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Published: 7/17/24
LINDOW: We Shall Conquer or Die (2024)
With his debut book, Derrick Lindow has depicted an element of the war that certainly deserves more attention.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/9781469673530.avif)
Published: 7/10/24
JOHNSON: Convicting the Mormons (2023)
Janiece Johnson's "Convicting the Mormons" offers an engaging account of the narrative nineteenth century Americans created about the Mountain Meadows Massacre.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/61GlDAccF9L._SL1213_-396x600.jpg)
Published: 7/3/24
LONGACRE: J.E.B. Stuart (2024)
With a firm and even hand on the tiller, Edward Longacre supplies a fresh and highly recommended account of Lee’s purple plumed cavalryman.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/81xmtDaQJCL._SL1500_-425x600.jpg)
Published: 6/26/24
POWELL: The Atlanta Campaign, 1864 (2024)
Powell's brief overview of the Atlanta Campaign succeeds in providing its audience with an accessible and visually compelling overview of one of the war’s most pivotal moments.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/9780807169728.jpg-400x600.webp)
Published: 6/18/24
WETTA & NOVELLI: Abraham Lincoln and Women in Film (2024)
Abraham Lincoln and Women in Film: One Hundred Years of Hollywood Mythmaking by Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli. Louisiana State University Press, 2024. Cloth, IBSN: 9780807169728. $45.00. Abraham...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/81YlphbNJL-1._SL1500_-400x600.jpg)
Published: 6/12/24
WILLIAMS: Tabernacles in the Wilderness (2024)
Rachel Williams's "Tabernacles in the Wilderness" explores the overlooked role of the United States Christian Commission (USCC) during the Civil War.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/817IUTpTrrL._SL1500_-400x600.jpg)
Published: 6/5/24
McGINTY: Lincoln & California (2023)
Brian McGinty's "Lincoln and California" will appeal to those interested in the history of the Far West, Abraham Lincoln, or a more holistic understanding of the Civil War era.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/81DOgSwFJSL._AC_CR0000_SX960_SY720_-413x600.jpg)
Published: 5/29/24
OVIES: The Boy Generals (2022)
"The Boy Generals" is a work of distinction...two of the war's great cavalrymen have found a very worthy chronicler.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/81mdH4OokAL._SL1500_-396x600.jpg)
Published: 5/22/24
NORTON (ed.): Fighting for a Free Missouri (2023)
"Fighting for a Free Missouri" is a valuable contribution to a rich body of scholarship about the unique role German immigrants played in shaping the state's history during the Civil War era.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/81erI7sNo5L._SL1500_-398x600.jpg)
Published: 5/15/24
LARSON: The Demon of Unrest (2024)
Erik Larson, the author of several action-packed books that have attracted a wide readership, employs a narrow lens to frame the broad history of North-South antagonism.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/91gpdgIQmuL._SL1500_-398x600.jpg)
Published: 5/8/24
HATCHER, III: Thunder in the Harbor (2023)
"Thunder in the Harbor" will serve as a seminal work on Fort Sumter for years to come.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/81h6iktHP5L._SL1500_-399x600.jpg)
Published: 5/1/24
LOWE: A Fine Opportunity Lost (2024)
Ed Lowe’s overview of Confederate General James Longstreet’s campaign in East Tennessee is arguably the perfect length for Savas Beatie’s Emerging Civil War Series.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/819Odf-8acL._SL1500_-399x600.jpg)
Published: 4/24/24
WELCH & PAWLAK: Never Such a Campaign (2024)
"Never Such a Campaign" is an ideal introduction to Second Manassas for any reader not yet familiar with this often-overlooked battle.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/81chyZoeG4L._SL1500_-397x600.jpg)
Published: 4/17/24
SWANSON: A Man of Bad Reputation (2023)
Drew A. Swanson's "A Man of Bad Reputation" attempts to unravel the contested history of Reconstruction North Carolina.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/81Gyx-RGwBL._SL1500_-400x600.jpg)
Published: 4/10/24
OVIES: The Boy Generals (2023)
Adolfo Ovies's fine study will appeal widely to those interested in Merritt, Custer, and all things related to the Union cavalry.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/A1boM50s40L._SL1500_-404x600.jpg)
Published: 4/3/24
WALLACE: The Aftermath of the Battle of Little Bighorn
This is the second installment of author Wendy Ann Wallace’s multivolume, “iconoclast” history of George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/71rWnRzl2HL._SL1425_-395x600.jpg)
Published: 3/27/24
FIELDS-BLACK: Combee (2024)
Edda L. Fields-Black’s "Combee" is so much more than a campaign study of the June 1-3, 1863, raid led by the Underground Railroad conductor, nurse, and spy Harriet Tubman.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81iGhcLvKL._SL1500_-3-406x600.jpg)
Published: 3/20/24
BORDEWICH: Klan War (2023)
Fergus Bordewich's "Klan War" adds greatly to the growing literature on the Civil War's aftermath.![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/81u-jraqN7L._SL1500_-400x600.jpg)