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Published: 11/14/18
WERT: Civil War Barons (2018)
Civil War Barons: The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, Inventors and Visionaries Who Forged Victory and Shaped a Nation by Jeffry D. Wert. DaCapo, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0306825125. $30.00. Jeffry D. Wert is perhaps best...
Published: 11/12/18
“A Lady of Excellent Worth”
Cahaba: A Story of Captive Boys in Blue (1888) Castle Morgan prison in Cahaba, Alabama, as it appeared during the Civil War Nearly twenty years after the end of the...
Published: 11/7/18
ULLRICH & CRAIG: General E.A. Paine in Western Kentucky (2018)
General E.A. Paine in Western Kentucky: Assessing the “Reign of Terror” of the Summer of 1864 by Dieter C. Ullrich and Berry Craig. McFarland, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476671437. $39.95. Civil War...
Published: 10/31/18
LANG: In The Wake of War (2017)
In The Wake of War: Military Occupation, Emancipation, and Civil War America by Andrew F. Lang. Louisiana State University Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0807167069. $47.50. Americans today are seemingly unconcerned about standing...
Published: 10/24/18
WHITE: New Bern and the Civil War (2018)
New Bern and the Civil War by James Edward White III. The History Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 978-1625859921. $21.99. Local historian James White has produced an account of the small North Carolina...
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Published: 10/19/18
Currier and Ives on Lincoln
Explore prints of Abraham Lincoln made by Currier and Ives during the Civil War. Discover the artistry and historical significance of these iconic images.
Published: 10/17/18
BLIGHT: Frederick Douglass (2018)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight. Simon and Schuster, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1416590316. $37.50. Esteemed historian David Blight has produced a masterfully researched, nuanced, and beautifully written biography of...
Published: 10/12/18
Jackson the Magician
Virginia Military Institute Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, as he appeared in November 1862. “Oh, for the presence and inspiration of Old Jack for just one hour!” That was the cry...
Published: 10/10/18
CROON (ed.): The War Outside My Window (2018)
The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 edited by Janet Elizabeth Croon. Savas Beatie, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611213881. $34.95. Georgia resident LeRoy Wiley Gresham (1847-1865) began...
Published: 10/8/18
Interview: Animatronic Lincoln at Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Garner Holt Productions The Lincoln Memorial Shrine “Reflections of the Face of Lincoln,” a new exhibit that features an impressive animatronic bust of the 16th president, recently opened at the...
Published: 10/3/18
EMERSON (ed.): “Don’t tell father I have been shot at” (2018)
“Don’t tell father I have been shot at”: The Civil War Letters of Captain George N. Bliss, First Rhode Island Cavalry edited by William C. Emerson with Elizabeth C. Stevens. McFarland,...
Published: 9/26/18
THOMAS: Wade Hampton’s Iron Scouts (2018)
Wade Hampton’s Iron Scouts by D. Michael Thomas. The History Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 9781467139380. $21.99 Robert E. Lee was a general who cherished the military initiative as a key component to strategic and...
Published: 9/24/18
Varina
John O’Brien Collection Confederate first lady Varina Davis, the subject of a new novel by Charles Frazier, as she appeared shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War A young...
Published: 9/12/18
HARDY: Kirk’s Civil War Raids Along the Blue Ridge (2018)
Kirk’s Civil War Raids Along the Blue Ridge by Michael Hardy. The History Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 978-1625858467. $21.99. Officially promoted to Colonel of the Third North Carolina Mounted Infantry (US) on...
Published: 9/9/18
GURA: Man’s Better Angels (2017)
Man’s Better Angels: Romantic Reformers and the Coming of the Civil War by Philip F. Gura. Harvard University Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 9780674659544. $29.95. Most historians are aware of John Brown,...
Published: 9/5/18
NASH: Reconstruction’s Ragged Edge (2016)
Reconstruction’s Ragged Edge: The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains by Steven E. Nash. University of North Carolina Press, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1469626246. $39.95. In examining Reconstruction historiography, Appalachia is...
Published: 8/29/18
HARDY: General Lee’s Immortals (2018)
General Lee’s Immortals: The Battles and Campaigns of the Branch-Lane Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 by Michael C. Hardy. Savas Beatie, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611213621.$34.95. Civil War history and...
Published: 8/22/18
PFANZ: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps (2018)
Where Valor Proudly Sleeps: A History of Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 1866-1933 by Donald C. Pfanz. Engaging the Civil War Series at Southern Illinois University Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 978-0809336456. $26.50. Today, the Fredericksburg...