Published: 12/4/24Reckoning with the Devil (2024)By: Madelaine SetiawanCategory: Book Reviews "Reckoning with the Devil" distinguishes itself as the most informative and comprehensive account of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s life and legacy to date.
Published: 11/27/24“Digging All Night and Fighting All Day” (2024)By: Neil P. ChatelainCategory: Book Reviews “Digging All Night and Fighting All Day” is a fantastic look at one of the Civil War’s final campaigns, demonstrating federal prowess, Confederate resolve, the intricacies of interservice cooperation, and the complexities of how wars end.
Published: 11/20/24Plants in the Civil War (2024)By: Lindsay Rae Smith PrivetteCategory: Book Reviews Plants in the Civil War is a helpful book, highlighting the ways in which the botanical world provided for humans’ needs during times of peace and during times of war.
Published: 11/13/24Gettysburg in Color, Vol. 2 (2024)By: Riley SullivanCategory: Book Reviews Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, "Gettysburg in Color" is a handsome and visually stunning volume.
Published: 11/6/24The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai (2024)By: George C. RableCategory: Book Reviews Emma Mordecai’s diary is a valuable addition to southern women’s history, to Confederate history, and to Jewish history that will prove rewarding to general readers and researchers alike.
Published: 10/30/24Young Abolitionists (2024)By: James MartenCategory: Book Reviews "Young Abolitionists" succeeds in highlighting a dramatically understudied facet of both the history of childhood and the history of reform and abolitionism.
Published: 10/23/24Yankees in the Hill City (2024)By: Jonathan TraceyCategory: Book Reviews "Yankees in the Hill City" straddles the line between a local history of Lynchburg and a micro history of a prisoner of war camp.
Published: 10/17/24Magnificent Intentions (2024)By: James BrookesCategory: Book Reviews Adrienne Lundgren's "Magnificent Intentions" provides a remarkably fresh look at American visual culture during one of the most extraordinary and formative periods in United States history.
Published: 10/9/24‘Tis Not Our War (2024)By: J. Matthew GallmanCategory: Book Reviews Paul Taylor's "'Tis Not Our War" supplies a detailed narrative of how the federal government sought to fill its ranks, and how northerners responded.
Published: 10/2/24Our Ancient Faith (2024)By: Brian R. DirckCategory: Book Reviews Allen Guelzo's "Our Ancient Faith" is at once thought-provoking, learned, and eminently readable.
Published: 9/25/24Lincoln’s Lost Colony (2023)By: Phillip W. MagnessCategory: Book Reviews "Lincoln's Lost Colony" is a tragic yet fascinating chapter of Civil War history.
Published: 9/18/24High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac (2024)By: Evan PortmanCategory: Book Reviews "High-Bounty Men" breaks new ground and makes an historiographical intervention by reclaiming the honor of late-war recruits.
Published: 9/11/24America’s Imagined Revolution (2024)By: Evan C. RotheraCategory: Book Reviews Tomos Wallbank-Hughes's "America's Imagined Revolution" provides Reconstruction scholars with plenty new to ponder.
Published: 9/4/24The Abraham Lincoln Book of Quotes (2023)By: Brian Matthew JordanCategory: Book Reviews In "The Abraham Lincoln Book of Quotes," editor Travis Hellstrom presents some of the sixteenth president's "most loved wisdom.”
Published: 8/28/24The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism (2024)By: K. Howell Keiser Jr.Category: Book Reviews In "The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism," Niels Eichhorn and Duncan Campbell offer a convincing study of how the Civil War fit into broader international movements.
Published: 8/21/24“Tell Mother Not to Worry” (2024)By: Jonathan A. NoyalasCategory: Book Reviews Kirkwood’s study will undoubtedly appeal to Gettysburg aficionados. However, its utility should extend far beyond students of the conflict’s largest and costliest engagement.
Published: 8/14/24Texas Coastal Defense in the Civil War (2024)By: Riley SullivanCategory: Book Reviews William Nelson Fox’s new book supplies an introduction to military operations along the Texas Gulf Coast during the U.S. Civil War.
Published: 8/7/24Wide Awake (2024)By: Andrew TurnerCategory: Book Reviews Jon Grinspan's "Wide Awake" is a must-read for 2024.
Published: 7/24/24A Fire Bell in the Past, Vol. II (2021)By: Evan C. RotheraCategory: Book Reviews The contributors to this volume have interrogated new themes and examined old issues with new lenses.
Published: 7/17/24We Shall Conquer or Die (2024)By: Andrew FialkaCategory: Book Reviews With his debut book, Derrick Lindow has depicted an element of the war that certainly deserves more attention.