Quinn McPhail
Published: 12/29/21
RHEA: Stephen A. Swails (2021)
Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction by Gordon C. Rhea. Louisiana State University Press, 2021. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0-8071-7626-9. $29.95. Among the many shelves of biographies...
Published: 12/22/21
GUELZO: Robert E. Lee (2021)
Robert E. Lee: A Life by Allen C. Guelzo. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1101946220. $35.00. “How do you write the biography of someone who commits treason?,” asks...
Published: 12/15/21
SIMIONE, SCHMIEL, & SCHNEIDER: Searching for Irvin McDowell (2021)
Searching for Irvin McDowell, Forgotten Civil War General by Frank P. Simione Jr., Gene Schmiel, and E.L. “Dutch” Schneider. Independently Published, 2021. Paper, IBSN: 979-8527312492. $19.99. While there are shelves of books about Ulysses...
Published: 12/8/21
PATCHAN (ed.): Worthy of a Higher Rank (2021)
Worthy of a Higher Rank: The 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign Journal of Colonel Joseph Thoburn, Commander, First Infantry Division, Army of West Virginia edited by Scott C. Patchan. 35th Star Publishing,...
Published: 12/1/21
PROCKO: Rebel Correspondent (2021)
Rebel Correspondent by Steve Procko. Steve Procko Publications, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1-7372834-0-9. $29.95. In 1901, Arba F. Shaw began writing a series of war reminiscences that were published in serialized form...
Published: 11/24/21
MACKOWSKI & WELCH (eds.): The Summer of ’63: Vicksburg & Tullahoma (2021)
The Summer of ’63: Vicksburg & Tullahoma: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War edited by Chris Mackowski and Dan Welch. Savas Beatie, 2021. Cloth, ISBN:...
Published: 11/17/21
SWARTZ: Passing Through the Fire (2021)
Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War by Brian F. Swartz. Savas Beatie, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1611215618. $14.95. Savas Beatie’s popular Emerging Civil War series presents concise...
Published: 11/10/21
MACKOWSKI & WELCH (eds.): The Summer of ’63: Gettysburg (2021)
The Summer of ‘63: Gettysburg, Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War edited by Chris Mackowski and Dan Welch. Savas Beatie, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-6112-1571-7. $29.95....
Published: 11/3/21
HEBERT: Cornerstone of the Confederacy (2021)
Cornerstone of the Confederacy: Alexander Stephens and the Speech that Defined the Lost Cause by Keith S. Hébert. University of Tennessee Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1621906346. $45.00. The “corner-stone” of the...
Published: 10/27/21
HASEGAWA: Matchless Organization (2021)
Matchless Organization: The Confederate Army Medical Department by Guy R. Hasegawa. Southern Illinois University Press, 2021. Paper, IBSN: 978-0-8093-3829-0. $26.50. In Matchless Organization, Guy R. Hasegawa offers a clear, detailed, and thorough history...
Published: 10/20/21
GERHARDT: Lincoln’s Mentors (2021)
Lincoln’s Mentors: The Education of a Leader by Michael J. Gerhardt. Custom House, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0062877192. $32.50. Americans, it seems, never tire of reading about Abraham Lincoln. Michael J. Gerhardt...
Published: 10/15/21
The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia
Published in 1890, The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia—a slim volume devoted to telling the story of the battles fought in the war’s western theater along the Western & Atlantic Railroad—boasted a...
Published: 10/13/21
ASHTON: William Barksdale, CSA (2021)
William Barksdale, CSA: A Biography of the United States Congressman and Confederate Brigadier General by John Douglas Ashton. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476683844. $39.95. William Barksdale’s life is...
Published: 10/6/21
MARTEN & JANNEY (eds.): Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America (2021)
Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney. University of Georgia Press, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-0-8203-5965-6. $36.95. In the two decades...
Published: 9/29/21
OVIES: The Boy Generals (2021)
The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac by Adolfo Ovies. Savas Beatie, 2021. Cloth, IBSN: 978-1611215359. $34.95. The June 24, 1865, issue...
Published: 9/22/21
HOLDEN: Surviving Southampton (2021)
Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden. University of Illinois Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0252085857. $22.95. The name that is associated with any given...
Published: 9/15/21
STEINER: Lincoln and Citizenship (2021)
Lincoln and Citizenship by Mark E. Steiner. Southern Illinois University Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0809338122. $24.95. Two days after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, Abraham Lincoln delivered the last speech of his...
Published: 9/8/21
REEVES: A Fire in the Wilderness (2021)
A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee by John Reeves. Pegasus Books, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1643137001. $28.95. The two-day battle fought in...