Features
Rethinking Robert E. Lee
He was lauded as the Confederacy’s best general, a commander of mythic status. The truth is more complicated.
By Allen C. Guelzo
The Union Forever!
How the concept of Union was vital to loyal citizens’ understanding of the Civil War—and why it should remain so today.
By Andrew F. Lang
Treason in Our Midst
In the war’s immediate aftermath, many border state residents were unwilling to forgive the actions of returning neighbors who had served in the Confederate army.
By Caroline E. Janney
Departments
Editorial: The Monitor Turns 10
Salvo: Facts, Figures & Items of Interest
Voices: Nicknames
Preservation: Tending to the West
Primer: Artillery Ordnance
Faces of War: Escape After Spotsylvania
Cost of War: A Ketchum Hand Grenade
In Focus: “Hellmira”
Columns:
Fighting Words: Suits of Shoddy, by Tracy L. Barnett
Crossroads: John Bell Hood at Franklin, by Andrew S. Bledsoe
Books & Authors:
The Five Best Books on Civil War Guerrillas
By Matthew Christopher Hulbert
Voices from the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 2: Artillerists
By Gary W. Gallagher
Parting Shot: “Hand Cock” the Superb