Without a doubt, I join others here in recommending
Blue & Gray; however, I've never subscribed to it! The reason is as stated: its best feature is in analyzing a single ( often small ) engagement, or portion of a large battle, with an accompanying "General's Tour" that allows a traveller to explore the site of the action. And therein lies its "problem" for me. I live remote from
The Seat of War, so my travel is limited. That's why I'm happy that both state historical sites as well as the NPS stock relevant back issues in their gift shops, which is where I've purchased most of mine like the recent one on Stones River. I found other recent issues on Chickamauga at a used-book store that were helpful on my vacation; I also intend to buy the current Chattanooga issue, having just returned from there.
I began subscribing to
Civil War Times ( the
Illustrated part of the title was dropped a few years ago, since anymore EVERYTHING is! ) back in 1961 during the Centennial, and remained a faithful subscriber for close to a half-century, through their many ups-and-downs. At this time, however, I cannot recommend it, declining as it has from 10 issues @ $10 annually to its present anemic 6 at the hefty increase to $26! They will cry in their beer that this is "necessary", and maybe it IS; but somehow that's not enough for a long-time patron like myself, especially when after fifty years most of their material is for me merely a rehash of things already published.
Like with the price increases and the above-mentioned fate of
North and South ( which I hadn't heard ), it's exceedinly likely that more will "bite the dust", as it had become something of a glutted market, and I think magazines are having a tough time generally. The decline in literacy among a population glutted with
YouTube vids and
apps endangers all printed matter. Forums like THIS have probably already done much to replace them, too!