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TOWLE: African Americans, Death, and the New Birth of Freedom (2022)

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Ashley Towle's "African Americans, Death, and the New Birth of Freedom" is an essential read.

MARTIN: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge (2022)

Book Reviews

In "From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge," Brian Martin describes Canada's unique role in the U.S. Civil War.

Elmer Ellsworth's Civil War

Photo Essays

On May 24, 1861, 24-year-old Elmer E. Ellsworth—colonel of the 11th New York Infantry—was shot and killed by the pro-secessionist...

HARMAN: All Roads Led to Gettysburg (2022)

Book Reviews

Troy D. Harman returns with another contemplative treatment of the summer of 1863 in "All Roads Led to Gettysburg."

HOOPER: Delivered Under Fire (2023)

Book Reviews

Candice Shy Hooper’s "Delivered Under Fire" gives students of the conflict a greater appreciation for one of its more fascinating...

CIMPRICH: Navigating Liberty (2022)

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John Cimprich's "Navigating Liberty" gives thorough attention to the most important subjects in the literature on the transition from...

PRIDE: Storm Over Key West (2020)

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Mike Pride's "Storm Over Key West" interrogates the social, political, and racial dynamics of the island from the 1840s into the early...

MAXFIELD: Man of Fire (2023)

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Neither blind to the general's foibles nor taken by the Lost Cause caricatures, Derek D. Maxfield's "Man of Fire" renders a human portrait...

HAUMESSER: The Democratic Collapse (2022)

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In "The Democratic Collapse," Lauren N. Haumesser contends that gender was a fountainhead of political contention in the antebellum United ...

MacKENZIE: The Fifth Border State (2023)

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MacKenzie's thoughtfully researched and lucidly argued "The Fifth Border State" offers a deeper understanding of the complexities...

SMITH: Young America (2022)

Book Reviews

Mark Power Smith's "Young America" challenges our framework for understanding the two decades immediately preceding the Civil War.

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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?

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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

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...