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SAINLAUDE: France and the American Civil War (2019)

Book Reviews

...a marvelous book that contains fascinating analysis about French diplomacy...demonstrates how historians have too long made France into a...

Extra Dossier: J.E.B. Stuart

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We recently asked a panel of Civil War historians a series of questions about Major General James Ewell Brown "J.E.B." Stuart—a way of...

SCHLOTTERBECK (et al., eds.): James Riley Weaver's Civil War (2019)

Book Reviews

Weaver's writings provide rare insight into the complexities of the prisoner of war experience.

HORWITZ: Spying on the South (2019)

Book Reviews

We have lost a singular voice in the field of popular history.

The Best Civil War Movies of All Time

Articles

For our recent newsstand-only special issue The Civil War Almanac, we asked a number of Civil War historians for their opinions on a variety...

MILLER: North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession (2019)

Book Reviews

Reveals a new perspective on pro-Union southerners....draws sensible conclusions from the evidence it uses.

The American Civil War Museum: A Photo Tour

Photo Essays

Take a mini tour of the newly opened American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia.

HOOD: The Army of Tennessee in Retreat (2018)

Book Reviews

On December 16, 1864, Union General George Thomas accomplished a goal that Civil War field commanders found to be unobtainable: the...

A Bright Future

Faces of War

This Union officer sporting stylish spectacles with tinted glass and a second pair of lenses is Captain Thomas Bartlett Griffith, a...

LONGACRE: Custer (2018)

Book Reviews

Longacre has breathed new life into Custer's career...

HESS: Fighting for Atlanta (2018)

Book Reviews

Hess' insightful and fascinating study will remain the standard work on the subject for the foreseeable future.

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The American Civil War Museum: A Photo Tour

Photo Essays

Take a mini tour of the newly opened American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia.

Feeding the Troops

Photo Essays

"An army marches on its stomach." Variations of this statement have been attributed to great historical leaders, including Frederick the ...

"A Lady of Excellent Worth"

In the First Person

Nearly twenty years after the end of the Civil War, Union army veteran Melvin Grigsby traveled south in hopes of locating the local woman...

The Best Gettysburg Books

Articles

What are the five best books about the Battle of Gettysburg (nonfiction or fiction)? We asked six Civil War historians for their answers.

The Best Civil War Books of All Time

Analysis

For our latest newsstand-only special issue, The Civil War Almanac, we asked a panel of Civil War historians--J. Matthew Gallman, Matthew C....

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...