Book Reviews
The digital home of book reviews and author interviews—and your source of the most up-to-date information on all things Civil War literature
Published: 2/1/23
I Saw Death Coming (2023)
A "thought-provoking and accessible" reinterpretation of Reconstruction.
Published: 1/25/23
The Tale Untwisted (2023)
A slender volume that packs considerable punch.
Published: 1/18/23
Ways and Means (2022)
A look at how the Lincoln administration funded the Union war effort.
Published: 1/11/23
Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell (2022)
A brief history of a largely forgotten battle.
Published: 1/4/23
Contemners and Serpents (2022)
A well-edited collection of Civil War correspondence.
Published: 12/28/22
“If We are Striking for Pennsylvania” (2022)
A fresh treatment of the first three weeks of the Gettysburg Campaign.
Published: 12/21/22
C. Vann Woodward (2022)
Reflections on the distinguished career of an eminent American historian.
Published: 12/14/22
Hidden History of Civil War Florida (2022)
A concise history of an oft-overlooked Confederate state.
Published: 12/7/22
A Fire Bell in the Past (2021)
A novel look at the Missouri Crisis.
Published: 11/30/22
The Gospel of Freedom (2022)
A "valuable contribution" to our understanding of the Underground Railroad.
Published: 11/23/22
The Nashville and Decatur Railroad in the Civil War (2022)
A carefully researched history of an important wartime railroad.
Published: 11/16/22
An Environmental History of the Civil War (2020)
A coherent argument for a more ecologically conscious narrative of the nation’s fratricidal conflict.
Published: 11/9/22
The Last Fire-Eater (2022)
A concise biography of a colorful Confederate.
Published: 11/2/22
Black Suffrage (2022)
A look at northerners' attitudes toward African-American rights in the post-Civil War years.
Published: 10/26/22
Remembering Enslavement (2022)
A "monumental contribution to the study of public history."
Published: 10/19/22
James Montgomery (2022)
A new book rehabilitates the reputation of a maligned and misunderstood Union officer.
Published: 10/17/22
September Suspense (2012)
Close students of Civil War military history are familiar with the long career and good work of Dennis E. Frye. As chief historian at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Frye’s...
Published: 10/12/22
Yours Affectionately, Osgood (2022)
An interesting collection of wartime correspondence by a New York officer.