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Published: 7/2/18
The Best Gettysburg Books
Uncover the best books on the Battle of Gettysburg recommended by Civil War historians. Explore both nonfiction and fiction accounts of this pivotal moment in history.
Published: 6/27/18
FRENCH: Phantoms of the South Fork (2017)
Phantoms of the South Fork: Captain McNeill and His Rangers by Steve French. Kent State University Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-60635-309-7. $39.95. In this narrative history, Steve French sheds light on...
Published: 6/25/18
Whither Public History?
CLAUDIO VAZQUEZ Visitors to Gettysburg National Military Park pause during a tour of the battlefield. Every one of you reading this magazine is a member of the public history world:...
Published: 6/20/18
CUTRER: Theater of a Separate War (2017)
Theater of a Separate War: The Civil War West of the Mississippi River, 1861–1865 by Thomas W. Cutrer. University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1469631561. $40.00. As the subject evidenced in...
Published: 6/13/18
BALLARD: William Edmondson “Grumble” Jones (2017)
William Edmondson “Grumble” Jones: The Life of a Cantankerous Confederate by James Buchanan Ballard. McFarland & Company, 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476670768. $39.95. On June 8, 1864, three days after the Confederate...
Published: 6/6/18
WILLIAMS: Georgia’s Civil War (2017)
Georgia’s Civil War: Conflict on the Home Front by David Williams. Mercer University Press, 2017. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0881466317. $35.00. The Civil War was as much a conflict within the Union and Confederacy as...
Published: 5/30/18
CONNOLE: The Civil War and the Subversion of American Indian Sovereignty (2017)
The Civil War and the Subversion of American Indian Sovereignty by Joseph Connole. McFarland & Company, 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476670737. $35.00. In 1865, the Republican Party controlled most all levers of power...
Published: 5/23/18
WILLS: Inglorious Passages (2017)
Inglorious Passages: Non-Combat Deaths in the American Civil War by Brian Steel Wills. University Press of Kansas, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0700625086. $34.95. In October 1862, one month after the single bloodiest day...
Published: 5/16/18
COOK: Civil War Memories (2017)
Civil War Memories: Contesting the Past in the United States since 1865 by Robert J. Cook. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-1421423494. $24.95. On June 17, 2015, white nationalist Dylann Roof...
Published: 5/9/18
MACKOWSKI & WHITE (eds.): Turning Points of the American Civil War (2017)
Turning Points of the American Civil War edited by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White. Southern Illinois University Press, 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-0809336210. $24.50. In his forward to this finely crafted anthology...
Published: 5/2/18
JORDAN (ed.): The Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book (2018)
The Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book: Charles Lamar, the Wanderer, and Other Tales of the African Slave Trade by Jim Jordan. University of Georgia Press, 2018. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-0-8203-5196-4. $32.95. The Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book is much more...
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Published: 5/2/18
Chancellorsville
Explore the Battle of Chancellorsville through images. Learn about General Hooker's ambitious plans to outwit General Lee and achieve victory.
Published: 5/2/18
Battlefield Echoes: MOPs, MOEs, and Chancellorsville
Library of Congress Kurz & Allison’s depiction of the Battle of Chancellorsville In the aftermath of his army’s defeat at Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee welcomed a brother of Secretary...
Published: 4/25/18
RHEA: On to Petersburg (2017)
On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee June 4-15, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea. Louisiana State University Press, 2017. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0807167472. $45.00. The six-week Overland Campaign in Virginia between May 4 and June...
Published: 4/20/18
The Best Civil War Books of 2017
The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2017 issue contained our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we enlisted the help of a handful...
Published: 4/18/18
POWELL: Battle Above the Clouds (2017)
Battle Above the Clouds: Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain, October 16 – November 24, 1863 by David A. Powell. Savas Beatie, 2017. Paper, ISBN 978-1-61121-377-5....
Published: 4/11/18
BELCHER: The Cavalries at Stones River (2017)
The Cavalries at Stones River: An Analytical History by Dennis W. Belcher. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476665368. $39.95. The Battle of Stones River, fought from December 31, 1862, to January...
Published: 4/6/18
Beyond the White Man’s Iliad
CATNAP72 / ISTOCK A statue of Robert E. Lee sits atop the Virginia Monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The Confederate monument controversy that has exploded in recent months raises fundamental...