American History Review: Muckraking Magazine Became a Reforming Juggernaut
Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine that Rewrote America, by Stephanie Gorton
Where was ‘Little Phil’?
Few things vex historians more than conflicting testimony from witnesses to the same event
Book Review: American Disruptor
Roland De Wolk tackles the life, times and scandals of transcontinental railroad mover Leland Stanford
True Grit: Maj. Gen. George Sears Greene at Antietam
Culp’s Hill Hero also deserves credit for his valiant effort on America’s bloodiest day
On-Screen Review: First Cow
Writer-director Kelly Reichardt relates the offbeat tale of frontier roomies and a cow they milk for profit
601 Reasons Not to Set Fires
When arsonists targeted Virginia City, Nevada, in early 1871, the 601 Vigilance Committee took decisive action
Online Exclusive: Tammany Played Fair and Square With Colonists
The Lenape chief Tamanend was a trusted negotiator and brought peace to the Delaware Valley for 70 years
October 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, actor Buck Taylor, Western cavalrymen and deadly gunfights
Letter From Wild West — October 2020
Unlike the heroic cowboys of 1950s big- and small-screen fame, the Cowboys in real-life Tombstone, Arizona Territory, were badmen
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
