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SILBER: Twelve Days (2023)

Book Reviews

Tony Silber's "Twelve Days" is a deeply researched, propulsive narrative of Washington, D.C., in April 1861.

GOODEN: The Governor's Pawns (2023)

Book Reviews

In "The Governor's Pawns," Randall Gooden opens a new perspective on the formation and early years of war-torn West Virginia.

Thanksgiving Day

Photo Essays

"It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the...

WHITE: Shipwrecked (2023)

Book Reviews

Jonathan W. White offers an enthralling and deeply researched account of the astonishing career of Appleton Oaksmith, a Civil War era sea...

BRUNDAGE (ed.): A New History of the American South (2023)

Book Reviews

Fitzhugh Brundage's "A New History of the American South" delivers a sweeping synthesis and historiographical review of southern history.

STRALEY: A Constant Reminder to All (2022)

Book Reviews

How did a state born of Unionist loyalties come to revere one of Lee's lieutenants?

The Books That Built Me: John Hennessy

Articles

The contruction of my historiographical self began on a rainy afternoon in fifth grade. There was no chance for outdoor romping, or...

HESS: July 22 (2023)

Book Reviews

"July 22" is a carefully crafted battle narrative written by Earl Hess, one of the Civil War's most talented chroniclers.

HIPPENSTEEL: Sand, Science, and the Civil War (2023)

Book Reviews

In "Sand, Science, and the Civil War," Scott Hippensteel addresses the geological factors that shaped virtually every facet of the conflict....

SHEA: Union General (2023)

Book Reviews

William L. Shea's "Union General" is a sympathetic biography of an important U.S. general whose embrace of emancipation earned him enemies.

Lincoln Prize Lecture 2023

Articles

On October 26, 2023, The American Civil War Museum (ACWM), in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History, will host...

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The Best Civil War Books of 2022

Articles

The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2022 issue contains our annual roundup of the year's best Civil War titles. As usual, we've...

Gettysburg Photo Mystery Solved?

Commentary

With the help of an Artificial Intelligence-based, computerized color identifier and cutting-edge software that created a 3D rendering of Mc...

The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia

Photo Essays

Published in 1890, "The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia"--a slim volume devoted to telling the story of the battles fought along the Western &...

The Best Civil War Books of All Time

Analysis

What are the best Civil War books ever published? We asked a panel of Civil War historians—J. Matthew Gallman, Matthew C. Hulbert, James ...

Bowdoin's Other Civil War Sons

Analysis

Discussions surrounding Bowdoin College and the Civil War invariably return to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the 20th Maine. But another...

Fantasizing Lee as a Civil Rights Pioneer

Analysis

There's a tale widely told these days about how Robert E. Lee, soon after the war, reached out in Christian fellowship to a black worshiper...