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Quinn McPhail
Published: 9/9/15
HESS: Civil War Infantry Tactics (2015)
Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness by Earl J. Hess. Louisiana State University Press, 2015. Cloth, ISBN 978-0807159378. $45.00. Of all the Union generals of the Civil...
Published: 9/2/15
SOLONICK: Engineering Victory (2015)
Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg by Justin Solonick. Southern Illinois University Press, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8093-3391-2. $37.50. On July 4, 1863, after enduring a 47-day siege, Confederate forces under...
Published: 8/26/15
CONANT (ed.): The Gettysburg Address (2015)
The Gettysburg Address: Perspectives on Lincoln’s Greatest Speech edited by Sean Conant. Oxford University Press, 2015. Paper, ISBN: 978-0190227456. $24.95. Sean Conant has amassed an impressive array of contributors for...
Published: 8/26/15
SZASZ: Lincoln and Religion (2014)
Lincoln and Religion by Ferenc Morton Szasz with Margaret Connell Szasz. Southern Illinois University Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0809333219. $24.95. A perennial question about Abraham Lincoln is the nature of his...
Published: 8/19/15
DEAN: An Agrarian Republic (2015)
An Agrarian Republic: Farming, Antislavery Politics, and Nature Parks in the Civil War Era by Adam Wesley Dean. University of North Carolina Press, 2015. Paper, ISBN: 978-1469619910. $29.95. Adam Wesley...
Published: 8/12/15
DAVIS: Crucible of Command (2015)
Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee—The War They Fought, The Peace They Forged by William C. Davis. Da Capo Press, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0306822452. $32.50. The...
Published: 8/5/15
HOOD (ed.): The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood (2015)
The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood edited by Stephen M. Hood. Savas Beatie, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-61121-182-5. $32.95. In 2012, author Stephen M. Hood revealed the existence...
Published: 7/25/15
MASUR: Lincoln’s Last Speech (2015)
Lincoln’s Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction and the Crisis of Reunion by Louis P. Masur. Oxford University Press, 2015. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0190218393. $24.95. It has long been observed that scholarly works...
Published: 7/22/15
SUDEROW & HOUSE: The Battle of Pilot Knob (2014)
The Battle of Pilot Knob: Thunder in Arcadia Valley by Bryce A. Suderow and R. Scott House. Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 978-0990353027. $20.00. The lovely Arcadia...
Published: 7/8/15
DRAKE (ed.): The Blue, the Gray, and the Green (2015)
The Blue, the Gray, and the Green: Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War edited by Brian Allen Drake. University of Georgia Press, 2015. Paper, IBSN: 978-0820347158. $22.95. A...
Published: 7/5/15
RAFUSE (ed.): Corps Commanders in Blue (2014)
Corps Commanders in Blue: Union Major Generals in the Civil War edited by Ethan S. Rafuse. Louisiana State University Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0807157022. $45.00. No subject in Civil War...
Published: 7/1/15
HAGLER: Georgia’s Confederate Monuments (2014)
Georgia’s Confederate Monuments: In Honor of a Fallen Nation by Gould B. Hagler, Jr. Mercer University Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-88146-466-5. $45.00. The expanding field of Civil War memory has opened...
Published: 6/25/15
GALLMAN & GALLAGHER (eds.): Lens of War (2015)
Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War edited by J. Matthew Gallman and Gary W. Gallagher. University of Georgia Press, 2015. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0820348100. $32.95. In terms of...
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Published: 6/17/15
Civil War Quarters
Discover the diverse tents and shelters used during the Civil War. From Sibley tents to improvised structures, explore the different ways soldiers set up camp.
Published: 6/17/15
BREWSTER: Lincoln’s Gamble (2014)
Lincoln’s Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months That Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War by Todd Brewster. Scribner, 2014. Cloth, IBSN: 978-1451693867. $27.00. “I love...
Published: 6/10/15
CUSHMAN: Belligerent Muse (2014)
Belligerent Muse: Five Northern Writers and How They Shaped Our Understanding of the Civil War by Stephen Cushman. University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Cloth, IBSN: 978-1469618777. $28.00. As Stephen...
Published: 6/3/15
DOYLE: The Cause of All Nations (2014)
The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War by Don Doyle. Basic Books, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0465029679. $29.99. It has long been accepted that the Civil...
Published: 5/27/15
GORDON: A Broken Regiment (2014)
A Broken Regiment: The 16th Connecticut’s Civil War by Lesley J. Gordon. Louisiana State University Press, 2014. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0807157305. $49.95. On the Otto Farm at the Antietam National Battlefield, 150 yards...