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VOL. 14, NO. 1
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Features
The Man Who Broke The Klan
The Klan had spread to almost all of the former Confederacy, but no place was more firmly in its grip than York County, South Carolina. Unusually for a professional soldier, Merrill combined forcefulness with an acute sociological eye.
The Draper Raid of June 1864
Draper’s conduct did come into question, and his men’s behavior on the march through the Northern Neck has been the subject of controversy ever since.Salvo
Voices
Homecomings
“We are so glad to have Jimmy safe at home, but oh, what a different homecoming from what we anticipated when he enlisted. No feasting. No rejoicing. Only sadness and...
Faces of War
A Close Call Close to Home
“This was a desperate conflict,” remembered one veteran of the 11th Tennessee Infantry about the fighting at Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864. The 11th and the rest of its...
Travels
Three Days in Gettysburg
Of the many Civil War sites located across the country, one consistently stands out as most popular: Gettysburg. The site of the epic three-day battle between Union and Confederate forces...
Preservation
Fighting Again for Virginia’s Historic Resources
It’s a narrative unfortunately all too familiar in Virginia: a data center development project set to destroy a portion of historic landscape. On December 13, 2023, the county board of...
Cost of War
A Rebel Banner of Historic Worth
The Artifact: Battle flag carried by the 7th Texas Infantry Condition: The flag quadrant is worn and tattered with several small tears and one large tear running the fold width...
In Focus
The Broken Glass Plate of Lincoln and McClellan
Broken but somehow whole, this 7-by-9-inch plate of the historic 1862 meeting between President Abraham Lincoln and Major General George McClellan on the Antietam battlefield is a dramatic reminder that...Columns
Crossroads
An Unwilling Abolitionist
In February 1863, the war between the United States and the Confederacy faced a sea change. The Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect in January, freeing by executive order more...
Observatory
The Centennial & The Twilight Zone
Wearing a black suit and pencil tie, a man strolls into the frame. With a Chesterfield cigarette smoldering between his fingers, he turns, squints at the camera, and breaks the...Books & Authors
The Cabinet Diarists
Without doubt, Lincoln’s greatest success was universalizing the Union war, maximizing participation, and inspiring patriotism— by extending the American dream.
Q&A with Harold Holzer
Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 50 books. His latest, Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration (Dutton) came out...Odds & Ends
Editorial
The Power of a New Year
On New Year’s Eve 1862, 24-year-old William Thompson Lusk, a captain in the 79th New York Infantry, wrote to his sister about the year gone by—and the one to come....
Dispatches
Spring 2024 | Dispatches
Pete & Sam & AI New reader here. I thought I’d let you know how much I enjoyed the Winter 2023 issue, especially the books section [“The Best Civil War...