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Vol. 12, No. 4

How a battle-tested brigade of South Carolinians helped stave off disaster for the Army of Northern Virginia at Spotsylvania

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Extra Voices: Army Stragglers

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In the Voices section of our Winter 2022 issue we highlighted quotes about the "straggling" of soldiers in the Union and Confederate...

TURLEY: The Gospel of Freedom (2022)

Book Reviews

Alicestyne Turley's "The Gospel of Freedom" is a recommended and valuable contribution to our understanding of the Underground Railroad, ...

The Best Civil War Books of 2022

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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...

GREEN, JR.: The Nashville and Decatur Railroad in the Civil War (2022)

Book Reviews

Walter R. Green Jr.'s "The Nashville and Decatur Railroad in the Civil War" is among the best of recent publications on individual...

Extra Dossier: George G. Meade

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For the Dossier section of our Fall 2022 issue, we asked a panel of Civil War historians a series of questions about Union general George G...

Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 5

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Four division commanders wrote letters that rival the best from anyone who served in the Army of Northern Virginia. The men wrote frequently...

BROWNING & SILVER: An Environmental History of the Civil War (2020)

Book Reviews

"An Environmental History of the Civil War" makes an important contribution to Civil War historiography.

LINK: The Last Fire-Eater (2022)

Book Reviews

William Link's "The Last Fire-Eater" situates Roger A. Pryor in larger historiographical currents.

ESCOTT: Black Suffrage (2022)

Book Reviews

Paul Escott's "Black Suffrage" focuses on Northern attitudes towards Black rights in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War.

Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 4

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Literature on the Army of Northern Virginia contains book-length testimony from four of the seven officers who commanded its infantry corps....

POTTER, HANNA, ALDERMAN, CARTER, BRIGHT & BUTLER (eds.): Remembering Enslavement (2022)

Book Reviews

"Remembering Enslavement" is a monumental contribution to the study of public history.

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The Best Civil War Books of 2021

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With the help of a handful of Civil War historians, here is our list of the best Civil War books of 2021.

Gettysburg Photo Mystery Solved?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...