Mayhem at the Mule Shoe
How a battle-tested brigade of South Carolinians helped stave off disaster for the Army of Northern Virginia at Spotsylvania
By Jeffry D. Wert
No Stranger to Violence
Ardent abolitionist James Montgomery earned admirers and courted controvery as he blazed an uncompromising path through the Civil War.
By Colin Edward Woodward
Gettysburg, Readdressed
Since 1863, when Abraham Lincoln delivered his iconic speech at Gettysburg, seven presidents and one vice president have traveled to the historic town to speak about the legacy of the Civil War.
By Cecily N. Zander
Editorial: Rethinking the Beast
Salvo: Facts, Figures & Items of Interest
Voices: Battle Fatigue
Preservation: Another Gettysburg Victory
Faces of War: An Empty Sleeve after Fredericksburg
Figures: Beasts of Burden
Cost of War: Colonel Abram Duryee's Silver Tray
In Focus: Richmond After the Fall
Columns:
Fighting Words: "To Jump the Broomstick," by Tracy L. Barnett
Crossroads: Nathan Bedford Forrest at Franklin, by Andrew S. Bledsoe
Books & Authors:
The Best Civil War Books of 2022
With Cecily Zander, Jennifer M. Murray, Brian Matthew Jordan, Gerald J. Prokopowicz, and
Kevin M. Levin
Parting Shot: Lincoln's Laboratory