Published: 8/10/12An introduction to “Behind the Lines” from your host David ThomsonBy: David ThomsonCategory: Behind The Lines Host David Thomson provides a brief welcome and introduction to “Behind the Lines,” The Civil War Monitor’s new video interview series with prominent members of the American Civil War...
Published: 8/10/12An interview with Peter CarmichaelBy: David ThomsonCategory: Behind The Lines Our interview with Peter Carmichael, the Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies at Gettysburg College and Director of the Civil War Institute. In this conversation, we discuss...
Published: 8/8/12SARNA & MENDELSOHN (eds.): Jews and the Civil War (2011)By: Daniel KotzinCategory: Book Reviews Jews and the Civil War: A Reader edited by Jonathan D. Sarna and Adam Mendelsohn. New York University Press, 2011. Paper, ISBN: 0814771130. $24.00. The Jewish experience during the Civil War...
Published: 8/6/12John Sherman and the Would-Be Thirteenth Amendment of 1861By: Dan CroftsCategory: The Front Line John Sherman was a rising Republican star. A prominent member of the U.S. House of Representatives, he was on the cusp of a long Senate career. Everyone knew the man...
Published: 8/1/12NEWMAN & MUELLER (eds.): Antislavery and Abolition in Philadelphia (2011)By: Kristen C. BrillCategory: Book Reviews Antislavery and Abolition in Philadelphia: Emancipation and the Long Struggle for Racial Justice in the City of Brotherly Love edited by Richard Newman and James Mueller. Louisiana State University Press, 2011....
Published: 8/1/12CURRAN (ed.): John Dooley’s Civil War (2011)By: Evan C. RotheraCategory: Book Reviews John Dooley’s Civil War: An Irish American’s Journey in the First Virginia Infantry Regiment edited by Robert E. Curran. University of Tennessee Press, 2011. Cloth, ISBN: 1572338229. $59.00. For years, historians...
Published: 7/30/12Munson Monroe Buford’s Unfinished Civil WarBy: James BroomallCategory: The Front Line In late March 1885, South Carolinian Munson Monroe Buford wrote to famed Confederate general and now prominent political figure Wade Hampton. Buford had served for the war’s duration in the...
Published: 7/25/12WILLS: George Henry Thomas (2012)By: Wayne HsiehCategory: Book Reviews George Henry Thomas: As True As Steel by Brian Steel Wills. University of Kansas Press, 2012. Cloth, ISBN: 0700618414. $39.95. While historians of the American Civil War have by no means...
Published: 7/23/12Fantasizing Lee as a Civil Rights PioneerBy: Andy HallCategory: The Front Line Over at Civil War Talk, there was a discussion recently about a story about Robert E. Lee, and an incident that allegedly occurred soon after the end of the...
Published: 7/18/12ARDEN & POWELL: Letters From the Storm (2010)By: Ivy Farr McIntyreCategory: Book Reviews Letters From the Storm: The Intimate Civil War Letters of Lt. J. A. H. Foster by Linda Foster Arden and Walter L. Powell. Mechling Bookbindery, 2010. Cloth, ISBN: 0984140018. $29.95. The 150th...
Published: 7/18/12HUGHES & RUSHING (eds.): Refugitta of Richmond (2011)By: Elizabeth H. TurnerCategory: Book Reviews Refugitta of Richmond: The Wartime Recollections, Grave and Gay, of Constance Cary Harris edited by Nathaniel C. Hughes Jr. and S. Kittrell Rushing. University of Tennessee Press, 2011. Cloth, ISBN: 1572337478....
Published: 7/11/12HOLZER, SYMONDS, & WILLIAMS (eds.): The Lincoln Assassination (2010)By: Angela M. ZombekCategory: Book Reviews The Lincoln Assassination: Crime & Punishment, Myth & Memory edited by Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, & Frank J. Williams. Fordham University Press, 2010. Cloth, ISBN:0823232260 $29.00. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on Good Friday in...
Published: 7/11/12EMERSON: Giant in the Shadows (2012)By: Harold HolzerCategory: Book Reviews Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln by Jason Emerson. Southern Illinois University Press, 2012. Cloth, ISBN: 0809330555. $39.95. Abraham Lincoln’s only surviving son has long been a...
Published: 7/2/12BRADY: War Upon the Land (2012)By: Jack E. DavisCategory: Book Reviews War Upon the Land: Military Strategies and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War by Lisa M. Brady. University of Georgia Press, 2012. Cloth, ISBN: 0820342491 $24.95. Lisa...
Published: 6/29/12Dark ArtilleryBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Happy Friday! Today’s Civil War cartoon is a Frank Leslie drawing entitled “Dark Artillery” or “How to make the contrabands useful.” Published in 1861, the cartoon is a commentary on...
Published: 6/27/12GILPIN: John Brown Still Lives! (2011)By: A. Wilson GreeneCategory: Book Reviews John Brown Still Lives!: America’s Long Reckoning with Violence, Equality, and Change by R. Blakeslee Gilpin. University of North Carolina Press, 2011. Cloth, ISBN: 0807835013. $30.00. The catalysts, conduct, context, and...
Published: 6/26/12The IntrepidBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line This week marks the sesquicentennial of the Seven Days’ Campaign. As such, we thought we would bring you this image of the Intrepid—one of the Union Army Balloon Corps’ aerial...
Published: 6/22/12The RailsplitterBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Today, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter officially hits movies. As such, we thought it fitting to pay tribute to the original Railsplitter—as opposed to the axe wielding vampire killer. The Railsplitter...
Published: 6/22/12The New Orleans PlumBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Happy Friday! This week’s Friday Funny is an 1862 cartoon entitled, “The New Orleans Plum.” A contemporary take on the famous Mother Goose tale, “Little Jack Horner,” this illustration casts...
Published: 6/20/12FLECHE: The Revolution of 1861 (2012)By: Barbara GannonCategory: Book Reviews The Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict by Andre Fleche. University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Cloth, ISBN: 0807835234. $39.95. Perhaps the oldest and...