Happy first day of New York Fashion Week! To celebrate, we've compiled images of men and women of the 1860s who stood out through their dress, hairstyles, and personal flair—whether intentionally or not: #CivilWar #fashion

"A Great and Good Man" ed. by Jonathan White & William Griffing provides readers with "a deeper understanding of how Lincoln was observed in real time," writes Jon-Erik Gilot. Read more here: #CivilWar

In our latest digital history column, Cecily Zander writes about the Grand Army of the Potomac national encampment held in Denver, CO, in July 1883—and how and why its attendees idealized the American West. Read it here: #CivilWar

#otd in 1865, the U.S. House, by a vote of 119 to 56, passed the 13th Amendment—which decreed that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States."

The ironclad warship USS Monitor launched at Greenpoint, NY, #otd in 1862. Its low profile and large cylindrical gun turret initially earned it the derisive nickname "cheesebox on a raft," yet the innovative vessel quickly helped usher in a new era in naval warfare. #CivilWar

"The Beechers: America’s Most Influential Family" by Obbie Tyler Todd is a must-read for "[a]nyone interested in religion, politics, culture, and society in the nineteenth century U.S.," writes Evan C. Rothera. Read more about it here:

Get to know Union general George B. McClellan's "honest and brave" war horse "Daniel Webster," aka "Handsome Dan," from an October 1861 article published in The Scientific American: #CivilWar #Horses

Our friends at Emerging Civil War sat down with John Heckman, host of our first-ever podcast, The 1864 Project, to learn more about the project. Listen here: #CivilWar

"Nat Turner, Black Prophet" by by Anthony E. Kaye, with Gregory P. Downs, is "only the latest in a line of recent and excellent scholarship on the Southampton revolt," writes Benjamin E. Park. Read more about it here: #BookReview #books

The Mud March—Ambrose Burnside's attempted offensive against Richmond that was derailed by heavy rains—ended #otd in 1863. Four days later, President Lincoln relieved Burnside of command of the Army of the Potomac. #CivilWar

In our latest digital history column, Rich Condon writes about the importance of investigating and understanding our own family ties to the past: #CivilWar

Happy World Snow Day! We thought it a good time to share an 1862 article from The Scientific American that reviewed the newly patented Brown’s Coasting Sled—and more generally discussed the nature of snow sledding during the Civil War: #worldsnowday

Episode 7—the series finale—of our podcast "The 1864 Project" is now live. Our guest: Amy Murrell Taylor, who talks about the experiences of those who escaped slavery during the Civil War. Listen here: #CivilWar #Podcast

Each essayist in "The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals," ed. by Timothy D. Johnson, "provides an interpretation of how the U.S. War with Mexico influenced the officer they examine," writes Evan C. Rothera. Read more here:

In our Winter '24 issue we highlighted quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers on the close calls they or their comrades experienced during the war. We didn’t have room to include all we found; read those that just missed the cut here: #CivilWar

The latest issue of our e-newsletter, The Gazette, went out this morning. If you’re not signed up to receive it, you can view it here: If you’d like to get it in the future, sign up here (it's free!): #CivilWar

"Anyone interested in the political history of the antebellum United States would be well advised to read" Ian T. Iverson's "Holding the Political Center in Illinois," writes Evan C. Rothera. Read more about it here: #CivilWar

In our latest digital history column, weapons expert Phil Spaugy writes about the Civil War service of one of the thousands of M1816/22 muskets rifled for use during the conflict. Read it here: #CivilWar

Episode 6 of our podcast "The 1864 Project" is now live. Our guest: Evan Kutzler, who talks about the state of Civil War prisons in 1864, from the POW experience to how the breakdown of the formal prisoner exchange system affected conditions. Listen here:

Alan Taylor's "American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873" is a "lucid, engaging, and spritely account" of the period "beyond both the battlefield and the boundaries of the United States," writes Brooks Simpson. Read more here: #CivilWar