The Civil War Monitor

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Allen C. Guelzo, a professor of humanities at the University of Florid...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Joan Waugh, professor emeritus of history at UCLA and the author of a...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Aaron Sheehan-Dean, the Fred C. Frey Professor of Southern Studies at...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Aaron Sheehan-Dean, the Fred C. Frey Professor of Southern Studies at...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Gary W. Gallagher, the John L. Nau III Professor of History Emeritus a...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Garry Adelman, the chief historian at the American Battlefield Trust,...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Garry Adelman, the chief historian at the American Battlefield Trust,...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Brooks D. Simpson, ASU Foundation Professor of History at Arizona Stat...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Christian McWhirter, who serves as a historical initiatives consultant...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Anne Sarah Rubin, a professor of history at the University of Maryland...

How did the civilians and soldiers who lived through Sherman’s March view its impact years later? How central was music to the lives of Union and Confederate soldiers? And what is the real story behind Ulysses S. Grant’s supposed drinking problem? I’m Terry Johnston, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Civil War Monitor . The American Civil War is a period of our history that we’re still trying t...

Civil War Breakthroughs is a podcast that explores how the inventions, ideas, and innovations of the Civil War era defined a new kind of conflict. In our first season, The Technological War , we'll explore the technologies and concepts that brought the conflict into the modern age. On this episode, we're joined by David Hochfelder, an associate professor of history at the University at Albany and...

Civil War Breakthroughs is a podcast that explores how the inventions, ideas, and innovations of the Civil War era defined a new kind of conflict. In our first season, The Technological War , we'll explore the technologies and concepts that brought the conflict into the modern age. On this episode, we're joined by Jennifer Raab, an associate professor in the Department of the History of Art at Yal...

Civil War Breakthroughs is a podcast that explores how the inventions, ideas, and innovations of the Civil War era defined a new kind of conflict. In our first season, The Technological War , we'll explore the technologies and concepts that brought the conflict into the modern age. On this episode, we're joined by  Scott Huffard, a professor of history at Lees-McRae College and author of Engines o...

Civil War Breakthroughs is a podcast that explores how the inventions, ideas, and innovations of the Civil War era defined a new kind of conflict. In our first season, The Technological War , we'll explore the technologies and concepts that brought the conflict into the modern age. On this episode, we're joined by Nathan Madison, a historian, researcher, documentary producer/consultant, and author...

Civil War Breakthroughs is a podcast that explores how the inventions, ideas, and innovations of the Civil War era defined a new kind of conflict. In our first season, The Technological War , we'll explore the technologies and concepts that brought the conflict into the modern age. On this episode, we're joined by Gordon Calhoun, a historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington,...

Civil War Breakthroughs is a podcast that explores how the inventions, ideas, and innovations of the Civil War era defined a new kind of conflict. In our first season, The Technological War , we'll explore the technologies and concepts that brought the conflict into the modern age. On this episode, we're joined by Jonathan Noyalas, professor of history and director of the McCormick Civil War Insti...

A new network of wires and tracks changed the way a war was fought. On the seas, the age of sail gave way to the age of iron and steam. And on the home front, the camera transformed the way a nation saw conflict. I’m Terry Johnston, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Civil War Monitor . The Civil War is a story of courage and conflict, but it is also the story of a nation that underwent profound...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Jonathan S. Jones, an assistant professor of history at James Madison...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Kevin M. Levin, a historian and educator based in Boston. He is the au...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by D. Scott Hartwig, former supervisory park historian at Gettysburg Nati...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by D. Scott Hartwig, former supervisory park historian at Gettysburg Nati...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Court Carney is a professor of history at Stephen F. Austin State Univ...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined by Eric Michael Burke, a U.S. Army combat infantry veteran of the wars in...

The American Civil War remains one of the most pivotal and complex periods in our history. While much has been written, countless fascinating questions still spark our curiosity. In our podcast Civil War Curious , we enlist expert historians to answer your lingering questions about the conflict. On this episode, we're joined Jessie Wheedleton, a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Mi...