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Published: 2/28/18
SODERGREN: The Army of the Potomac in the Overland and Petersburg Campaigns (2017)
The Army of the Potomac in the Overland and Petersburg Campaigns by Steven E. Sodergren. Louisiana State Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0807165560. $47.95. In 1998, J. Tracy Power published Lee’s Miserables, a groundbreaking analysis...
Published: 2/23/18
The West’s Missing War
URSULA COYOTE/NETFLIX Jack O’Connell and Michelle Dockery in a scene from the Netflix miniseries Godless. As in previous depictions of the postwar West, the Civil War factors little into the...
Published: 2/21/18
SCALES: The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest (2017)
The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest 1861-1865 by John R. Scales. Savas Beatie, 2017. Cloth, IBSN: 978-1611212846. $32.95. In 1868, with the nation in the midst of a contentious political realignment...
Published: 2/14/18
PERRY: Bluff, Bluster, Lies and Spies (2016)
Bluff, Bluster, Lies and Spies: The Lincoln Foreign Policy, 1861–1865 by David Perry. Casemate, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 9781612003627. $32.95. In this book, the author takes on one of the more fascinating—and...
Published: 2/7/18
McKNIGHT & MYERS (eds.): The Guerrilla Hunters (2017)
The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts During the Civil War edited by Brian D. McKnight & Barton A. Myers. Louisiana State University Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0807164976. $49.95. Brian D. McKnight and Barton...
Published: 2/2/18
A Story from the Trenches
Letters from a Surgeon of the Civil War John Gardner Perry During the early days of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s attempt to capture Petersburg, Virginia, in the summer of...
Published: 1/31/18
BICKNELL: Lincoln’s Pathfinder (2017)
Lincoln’s Pathfinder: John C. Frémont and the Violent Election of 1856 by John Bicknell. Chicago Review Press, Inc., 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1613737972. $26.99. John Bicknell is an accomplished journalist and author who should be...
Published: 1/24/18
POWELL: Barren Victory (2017)
The Chickamaugua Campaign: Barren Victory: The Retreat into Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle, September 21 to October 20, 1863 by David A. Powell. Savas Beatie, 2017. Paper,...
Published: 1/19/18
Close Calls at Beaver Dam Creek
Army Letters, 1861–1865 Oliver Willcox Norton as he appeared in 1863 Little over a week after he participated in the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek—the first of the Seven Days...
Published: 1/12/18
HESS: Civil War Logistics (2017)
Civil War Logistics: A Study of Civil War Transportation by Earl J. Hess. Louisiana State University Press, 2017. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0807167502. $45.95. Earl Hess is a Civil War Renaissance man. In a career spanning...
Published: 1/12/18
Extra Voices: Dog Days of Summer
Library of Congress Union soldiers bask in the sweltering summer sun in camp In the Voices section of the Summer 2015 issue of The Civil War Monitor we highlighted first-person...
Published: 1/10/18
HUNT: Meade and Lee After Gettysburg (2017)
Meade and Lee After Gettysburg: The Forgotten Final Stage of the Gettysburg Campaign from Falling Waters to Culpepper Court House, July 14-31, 1863 by Jeffrey Wm Hunt. Savas Beatie, 2017. Cloth,...
Published: 1/3/18
PECK: Making An Antislavery Nation (2017)
Making an Antislavery Nation: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Battle Over Freedom by Graham A. Peck. University of Illinois Press, 2017. Hardcover, ISBN: 978-0252041365. $34.95. Graham Peck’s first book tackles big issues...
Published: 12/27/17
BERRY & ELDER (eds.): Practical Strangers (2017)
Practical Strangers: The Courtship Correspondence of Nathaniel Dawson and Elodie Todd, Sister of Mary Todd Lincoln edited by Stephen Berry and Angela Esco Elder. University of Georgia Press, 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-0820351025....
Published: 12/20/17
ECELBARGER: Slaughter at the Chapel (2016)
Slaughter at the Chapel: The Battle of Ezra Church, 1864 by Gary Ecelbarger. University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-5499-2. $26.95. The Atlanta Campaign’s significance to the Union’s triumph in...
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Published: 12/15/17
Winter is Coming
With winter nearly upon us, we thought it the perfect time to compile Civil War scenes—in photos and sketches—that invoke the chilly temperatures and inclement weather that accompany the season....
Published: 12/15/17
Civil War Cabbage Stew
Library of Congress Cooking in the Union camp at City Point, Virginia Looking for a hearty meal to help fend off winter’s cold? Try this Civil War-era recipe for cabbage...
Published: 12/13/17
FREY: Failure to Pursue (2016)
Failure to Pursue: How the Escape of Defeated Forces Prolonged the Civil War by David Frey. McFarland and Company, 2016. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476666693. $39.95. Since the end of the American Civil War, a...