Features
The Framing of Fitz John Porter
After a crushing defeat at Second Bull Run, Union leaders looked for someone to blame. They soon found their man.
By William Marvel
A Solemn Duty
Comrades’ letters to the faraway families of soldiers killed in battle or by disease offered details and heartfelt condolences.
By Mark H. Dunkelman
My Enemy, My Friend
How romanticized tales of Civil War fraternization were used to promote postwar reconcilliation
By Lauren K. Thompson
Departments
Editorial: Bringing Down Porter
Salvo: Facts, Figures & Items of Interest
Voices: Salt Pork
Preservation: The Valor Trail
Faces of War: A Letter to Cousin Nancy
Primer: When Bullets Hit Bodies
Cost of War: Wartime Diary of Corporal Wilkinson D. Perrin
In Focus: A Grave Offense
Columns:
Fighting Words: French Leave, by Tracy L. Barnett
Crossroads: William R.J. Pegram and Deliberate Courage, by Andrew S. Bledsoe
Books & Authors:
The Five Best Books on Lincoln and His Commanders
By Gerald J. Prokopowicz
Voices from the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 4
By Gary W. Gallagher
Parting Shot: A Most Honorable Career