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1Schneider
Nov 6, 2008, 11:08 am

I am hoping to virtually pick some of your brains. Being an American Civil War nut, I am interested in subscribing to a Civil War magazine but am not sure which would be (or is) the best one. Does anyone have any suggestions, comments?

2Ammianus
Nov 6, 2008, 7:19 pm

While I can't give any magazine advice I would point out there's a host of free, educational, informative blogs on the internet focused on the civil war; for example:
http://cwba.blogspot.com/
http://swordandpen-prt.blogspot.com/
http://civilwarlibrarian.blogspot.com/

3charbonn
Nov 7, 2008, 8:35 pm

I subscribe to two Civil War magazines. NORTH & SOUTH I consider to be the best of the popular magazines. Unfortunately, it has recently lost its cartographer (the maps were one of the best features of each issue). CIVIL WAR HISTORY is a scholarly journal, currently published by Kent State University Press.

4Schneider
Nov 8, 2008, 10:35 pm

Thank you both. I actually have the blogs on my favorites lists. It is nice to hear what people "in the know" are reading. Thanks again.

5jcbrunner
Nov 9, 2008, 1:58 pm

Your choice depends on your focus: There are titles concentrating on reenacting, preservation or military history. North & South is a good general pick, its articles being often excerpts from upcoming books.

There is also the granddaddy of publications, Civil War Times Illustrated, which, I think, focuses more on the individual, and Blue & Gray, oriented on offering a tour of individual battlefields and locations with plenty of photographs and maps. CWTI's publisher also offers America's Civil War, directed more at casual readers.

Just have a look at them on your newsstand or order sample copies (I was amazed that most of them returned my included dollar bills and shipped sample copies free of charge during the late 80ies, when transatlantic subscriptions were less common. I stopped my subscriptions when I had too many déjà vus. I occasionally pick up a copy at our central railroad station's newsstand.).

6Schneider
Nov 13, 2008, 9:45 am

Awesome! Thank you much.