Published: 9/17/14JONES & SWORD (eds.): Gateway to the Confederacy (2014)By: A. Wilson GreeneCategory: Book Reviews Gateway to the Confederacy: New Perspectives on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, 1862-1863 edited by Evan C. Jones and Wiley Sword. Louisiana State University Press, 2014. Cloth, IBSN: 9780807155097. $39.95. Literature...
Published: 9/10/14HAMLER: Civil War Woodworking (2014)By: Ralph JordanCategory: Book Reviews Civil War Woodworking Volume II: More Authentic Projects for Woodworkers and Reenactors by A.J. Hamler. Linden Publishing, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 9781610351966. $24.95. In this well written, prolifically illustrated book, master carpenter...
Published: 9/10/14MEIER: Nature’s Civil War (2013)By: Kathleen Logothetis ThompsonCategory: Book Reviews Nature’s Civil War: Common Soldiers and the Environment in 1862 Virginia by Kathryn Shively Meier. University of North Carolina Press, 2013. Cloth, IBSN: 9781469610764. $39.95. Kathryn Shively Meier’s Nature’s Civil War analyzes the...
Published: 9/3/14KREYLING: A Late Encounter with the Civil War (2014)By: Edward L. AyersCategory: Book Reviews A Late Encounter with the Civil War by Michael Kreyling. University of Georgia Press, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 9780820346571. $19.95. As the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War draws to a close,...
Published: 8/27/14JENKINS: The Battle of Peach Tree Creek (2014)By: Keith S. BohannonCategory: Book Reviews The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood’s First Sortie, July 20, 1864 by Robert D. Jenkins, Sr. Mercer University Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0881463965. $35.00. July 17, 1864, was a momentous...
Published: 8/27/14VENET: A Changing Wind (2014)By: Brian P. LuskeyCategory: Book Reviews A Changing Wind: Commerce & Conflict in Civil War Atlanta by Wendy Hamand Venet. Yale University Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-300-19216-2. $30.00. Wendy Venet’s interesting new social history of Atlanta during the...
Published: 8/20/14MACKOWSKI & WHITE: Simply Murder (2013)By: Catherine M. WrightCategory: Book Reviews Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862 by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White. Savas Beatie, 2013. Paper, ISBN: 1611211468. $12.95. This engaging volume, part of the “Emerging Civil...
Published: 8/20/14FRESE: Concord and the Civil War (2014)By: Tyler SperrazzaCategory: Book Reviews Concord and the Civil War: From Walden Pond to the Gettysburg Front by Rick Frese. History Press, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 1626192944. $19.99. Rick Frese’s Concord and the Civil War: From Walden...
Published: 8/13/14PRINCE: Stories of the South (2014)By: Nina SilberCategory: Book Reviews Stories of the South: Race and the Reconstruction of Southern Identity, 1865-1915 by K. Stephen Prince. University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 1469614189. $39.95. In Stories of the South: Race...
Published: 8/6/14O’CONNELL: Fierce Patriot (2014)By: Thomas J. RowlandCategory: Book Reviews Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman by Robert L. O’Connell. Random House, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 9781400069729. $28.00. It is a respected aphorism that each generation possesses the inherent...
Published: 8/6/14KORDA: Clouds of Glory (2014)By: Allen C. GuelzoCategory: Book Reviews Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee by Michael Korda. HarperCollins, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 0062116290. $40.00. There are two difficulties in the path of any biography of...
Published: 7/30/14SMITH (ed.): Race and Recruitment (2013)By: Kevin M. LevinCategory: Book Reviews Race and Recruitment edited by John David Smith. Kent State University Press, 2013. Paper, ISBN: 9781606351802. $29.95. In recognition of Civil War History‘s 60th anniversary, the editors at Kent State University Press...
Published: 7/30/14DIOUF: Slavery’s Exiles (2014)By: Christopher James BonnerCategory: Book Reviews Slavery’s Exiles: The Story of the American Maroons by Sylviane A. Diouf. New York University Press, 2014. Cloth, IBSN: 081472437X. $29.95. In 1838, authorities discovered a trapdoor hidden beneath a pile...
Published: 7/23/14GOTTFRIED: The Maps of the Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns (2013)By: Zachery A. FryCategory: Book Reviews The Maps of the Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns: An Atlas of the Battles and Movements in the Eastern Theater after Gettysburg, Including Rappahannock Station, Kelly’s Ford, and Morton’s...
Published: 7/16/14EMBERTON: Beyond Redemption (2013)By: Christian McWhirterCategory: Book Reviews Beyond Redemption: Race, Violence, and the American South after the Civil War by Carole Emberton. University of Chicago Press, 2013. Cloth, ISBN: 022602427X. $45.00. This book surprised me. I expected an...
Published: 7/16/14SMITH & LOWERY (eds.): The Dunning School (2013)By: John C. RodrigueCategory: Book Reviews The Dunning School: Historians, Race, and the Meaning of Reconstruction edited by John David Smith and J. Vincent Lowery. The University Press of Kentucky, 2013. Cloth, ISBN: 0813142253. $40.00. It seems...
Published: 7/9/14CASTEL (with SIMPSON): Victors in Blue (2011)By: Jonathan M. SteplykCategory: Book Reviews Victors in Blue: How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other, and Won the Civil War by Albert Castel with Brooks D. Simpson. University Press of Kansas, 2011. Cloth, ISBN:...
Published: 7/9/14LONG: Doctoring Freedom (2012)By: Jonathan LandeCategory: Book Reviews Doctoring Freedom: The Politics of African American Medical Care in Slavery and Emancipation by Gretchen Long. University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Cloth, ISBN: 0807835838. $37.50. Gretchen Long’s Doctoring Freedom: The Politics...
Published: 7/9/14DUNKERLY, PFANZ & RUTH: No Turning Back (2014)By: Alfred C. Young IIICategory: Book Reviews No Turning Back – A Guide to the Overland Campaign, from May 4-June 13, 1864 by Robert M. Dunkerly, Donald C. Pfanz, and David R. Ruth. Savas Beatie, 2014. Paper, ISBN:...
Published: 7/2/14MORGAN: The Civil War Lover’s Guide to New York City (2013)By: John Patrick RileyCategory: Book Reviews The Civil War Lover’s Guide to New York City by Bill Morgan. Savas Beatie, 2013. Paper, ISBN: 1611211220. $18.95. Bill Morgan has written a wonderful guidebook to the Civil War in...