M. A. Kleen

“Only Patriots―or Traitors”: Douglas, Logan, and the Secession Crisis in Southern Illinois

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on March 9, 2026

Whitewashing Lee’s Army: Gettysburg and the Erasure of Black History

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on February 15, 2026

Son of a Gun? The Civil War Myth of “Pregnancy by Bullet”

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on January 22, 2026

Justice Deferred: Lincoln, Stanton, and the Fate of the Coles County Fifteen

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on January 14, 2026

Skirmish at Cloud’s Mill: Unraveling an Early Civil War Mystery

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on December 8, 2025

Warm Times in Charleston: A Civil War Riot in Lincoln’s Backyard

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on November 24, 2025

Haunted by Memory: Two Civil War Ghost Stories

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on October 31, 2025

Breaking the Line at Fort Stedman: John B. Gordon’s Infiltration Innovation

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on October 8, 2025

The Making of a Riot: Political Violence in Civil War Illinois

by M. A. Kleen

Posted on September 12, 2025