Published: 10/15/13REVIEW ESSAY: Mosby’s Raids (2013) and Morgan’s Great Raid (2013)By: Matthew E. StanleyCategory: Book Reviews Morgan’s Great Raid: The Remarkable Expedition from Kentucky to Ohio by David L. Mowery. The History Press, 2013. Paper, ISBN: 1690494369. $19.99. Mosby’s Raids in Civil War Northern Virginia by William S....
Published: 10/9/13Wounded Warriors: Civil War AmputationBy: Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays [I]n the heat of battle, Civil War doctors often had to make quick diagnoses of soldiers’ injuries. According to The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65,...
Published: 10/9/13WESLEY: The Politics of Faith (2013)By: D. H. DilbeckCategory: Book Reviews The Politics of Faith During the Civil War by Timothy L. Wesley. Louisiana State University Press, 2013. Cloth, ISBN: 0807150002. $45.00. The past fifteen years or so have witnessed renewed scholarly...
Published: 10/9/13The Wound DresserBy: Walt WhitmanCategory: The Front Line During the Civil War, renowned poet Walt Whitman served as a nurse. His battlefield medical career began at Fredericksburg, where he tended to wounded soldiers—including his brother. Deeply moved by...
Published: 10/9/13Civil War Amputation…In Their Own Words.By: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line Throughout the Civil War, surgeons performed approximately 60,000 amputations—the most common battlefield operation. Such drastic measures were a consequence of the damage caused by Minié balls, which often shattered and...
Published: 10/9/13Civil War Medical RemediesBy: Laura June DavisCategory: The Front Line While these nineteenth century remedies might not cure what ails you, they make an intriguing read. For Dysentery Dissolve as much table salt in pure vinegar as will ferment and...
Published: 10/2/13KEEHN: Knights of the Golden Circle (2013)By: Frank J. CirilloCategory: Book Reviews Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Southern Secession, Civil War by David C. Keehn. Louisiana State University Press, 2013.Cloth, ISBN: 0807150047. $39.95. Historians have long delved into the dynamics of...
Published: 9/30/13The Civil War’s French AccentBy: John GradyCategory: The Front Line In October 1862 during a wide-ranging meeting, the French Emperor Napoleon III asked Commissioner John Slidell why the Confederacy didn’t have a navy capable of breaking the blockade. The two...
Published: 9/25/13BEARSS: The Petersburg Campaign (2012)By: Brooks D. SimpsonCategory: Book Reviews The Petersburg Campaign: The Eastern Front Battles, June – August, 1864, Volume 1 by Edwin C. Bearss with Bryce Suderow. Savas Beatie, 2012. Cloth, ISBN: 1611210909. $34.95. The siege of Petersburg...
Published: 9/20/13An Interview with Ben Wright and Zach DresserBy: David K. ThomsonCategory: Behind The Lines Our conversation with Ben Wright and Zach Dresser, editors of “Apocalypse and the Millennium in the American Civil War Era,” forthcoming from LSU Press. In the interview, Wright and Dresser...
Published: 9/18/13DERDEN: The World’s Largest Prison (2012)By: Angela M. ZombekCategory: Book Reviews The World’s Largest Prison: The Story of Camp Lawton by John K. Derden. Mercer University Press, 2012. Cloth, ISBN: 0881464155. $35.00. A military prison need not have operated for long to...
Published: 9/13/13An Interview with Margaret HumphreysBy: David K. ThomsonCategory: Behind The Lines Our conversation with Margaret Humphreys, the Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine at Duke University and author of Marrow of Tragedy: The Health Crisis of the American...
Published: 9/11/13The New York Times: Disunion (2013)By: Christopher MorrisCategory: Book Reviews The New York Times: Disunion: Modern Historians Revisit and Reconsider the Civil War from Lincoln’s Election to the Emancipation Proclamation edited by Ted Widmer with Clay Risen and George Kalogerakis. Black...
Published: 9/6/13An Interview with Cate WyattBy: David K. ThomsonCategory: Behind The Lines Our conversation with Cate Wyatt, President of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership. In the interview, Wyatt discusses the extensive work of the partnership over a 180 mile stretch from...
Published: 9/4/13JANNEY: Remembering the Civil War (2013)By: Bruce E. BakerCategory: Book Reviews Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation by Caroline E. Janney. University of North Carolina Press, 2013. Cloth, ISBN: 1469607069. $35.00. For ten years, the study of the...
Published: 8/28/13TAGG: The Battles That Made Abraham Lincoln (2012)By: Brian DirckCategory: Book Reviews The Battles That Made Abraham Lincoln: How Lincoln Mastered His Enemies to Win the Civil War, Free the Slaves, and Preserve the Union by Larry Tagg. Savas Beatie, 2012. Paper, ISBN:...
Published: 8/21/13BOYKO: Blood and Daring (2013)By: Kenneth W. NoeCategory: Book Reviews Blood and Daring: How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation by John Boyko. Knopf Canada, 2013. Cloth, ISBN: 0307361446. $24.86. Like a traveler without a passport, John...
Published: 8/19/13Of Eyes and Teeth: The Trial of George Maddox, the Raid on Lawrence, and the Bloodstained Verdict of the Guerrilla WarBy: Joseph M. Beilein, JrCategory: The Front Line Just after seven o’clock on the night of April, 2 1867, George Maddox slipped out the backdoor of the Ottawa, Kansas, courthouse, hopped on his horse, and rode for Missouri....
Published: 8/14/13ERWIN: Guerrilla Hunters in Civil War Missouri (2013)By: Amy L. FlukerCategory: Book Reviews Guerrilla Hunters in Civil War Missouri by James D. Erwin. The History Press, 2013. Paper, ISBN: 1609497457. $17.99. Although historians once dismissed Missouri as the “sideshow” of the Civil War, it...
Published: 8/12/13Williamsburg Battlefield Trust, EmbattledBy: Glenn BrasherCategory: The Front Line In Virginia’s “Historic Triangle” of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, colonial and revolutionary history far outshine the area’s role in the Civil War. Further, when one considers the role of African...