In 1865 Northern Newspapers Were Filled With Atrocity Stories from Andersonville Prison
In the months after Robert E. Lee’s surrender, three factors increased Northern determination to Reconstruct the South. The first was Lincoln’s Good Friday assassination. Coming…
U.S. Failed in Counterterrorism Operations After the Civil War
Daniel Byman is a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a scholar of counterterrorism studies at the Brookings Institution. He has an…
James W. Loewen, “Author of Lies My Teacher Told Me,” Passes Away
James W. Loewen, a well-known sociologist, has died. His 1995 book Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong is a…
When a German Immigrant Was Nearly Killed Because of the Number of His Regiment
E.P. Alexander tells the story of German immigrant captured at Fredericksburg in December 1862 who was nearly killed because of the number of his regiment:…
The Laws of War: The Lieber Code on the Treatment of Prisoners of War
I have posted a number articles on prisoners of war and captivity studies recently. I thought it might be useful to post the relevant sections…
55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: A Second “Brave Black Regiment”
This is part of my series of scrapbooks on Black regiments that served in the Civil War. While they are each focused on a single…
The Story of Camp Douglas: Chicago’s Forgotten Civil War Prison by David L. Keller
The Story of Camp Douglas: Chicago’s Forgotten Civil War Prison by David L. Keller published by The History Press (2015) 259 pp. $22.20 Hardcover, $15.22 Paperback,…
The Role of African Americans as Guards Is Missing from POW Studies
In a roundtable found in the September 2017 issue of Civil War History, Professor Kelly D. Mezurek brings up an important point left out of…
Defending Henry Wirz: The 1984 Wirz Memorial at Andersonville
Swiss immigrant Henry Wirz is among the most controversial figures of the Civil War. To many Americans he is a war criminal responsible for the…
I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island: Life in a Civil War Prison by David R. Bush
I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island: Life in a Civil War Prison by David R. Bush published by University Press of Florida (2011)…