Book Review: Dorwart’s History of the ONI
Jeffrey Dorwart's in-depth history of the Office of Naval Intelligence draws on archival material, memoirs and gripping interviews
Leave Them Standing
Confederate monuments must remain at Gettysburg to help interpret the Civil War’s causes and consequences
Fort and Fortitude: Pushing the Confederate Army to the Breaking Point
Known in official reports as Redoubt H, it was a key part of the Union’s plan to push the Confederate army to the breaking point.
Antietam’s Cornfield Maelstrom
Antietam’s opening fight turned a field of crops into a scene of slaughter
Book Review: The Life and Art of Joseph Henry Sharp
A look at the work of Joseph Henry Sharp, a founding member of the preeminent Taos Society of Artists
Civil War Times Reviews: Lincoln’s Antagonists
Radicals in Congress—Black Republicans and a belligerent Copperhead—played a central role in prosecuting the war and impeaching Andrew Johnson
Abolitionist Brooklyn: A Sanctuary City Before Its Time
Separated from Southern-sympathizing Manhattan, Brooklyn had one of the largest and most politically aware Black communities in the U.S.
Book Review: An American Remembrance
This retrospective takes in the soft-focus realism of painter and Wild West contributor Bob Crofut
Austria’s Deadly Emissary: Lorenz Rifle-Muskets in the Civil War
First manufactured in Austria, the Lorenz rifle-musket was the third most widely used rifle in the Civil War.
America’s Civil War Reviews: Close Quarters, Profound Trauma
The effects of imprisonment on the senses scarred prisoners for the rest of their lives
American History Reviews: Thurgood Marshall’s Cunning Courtroom Defeat
On the surface, 1941 Oklahoma case was a painful shellacking, but it shocked the country and jumpstarted the civil rights movement
Porter’s Private War: The USS Essex in Polynesia
David Porter attacked enemy shipping and unilaterally annexed an island in the Pacific
Book Review: Texas Ranger Lee Hall
Chuck Lyons draws a bead on Lee Hall, among the most adventurous of the legendary Texas Rangers
‘If This Rebellion Succeeds, the Nation Is Ruined’
The war forever changed Corporal Robert Bradbury
