Published: 9/16/11A few words on The BookshelfBy: Matthew C. HulbertCategory: Book Reviews Greetings and welcome to the official digital headquarters of book reviews for The Civil War Monitor. In much the same way that printed editions of the Monitor will attempt to bridge the...
Published: 9/16/11BERTERA & CRAWFORD: The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War (2010)By: Kevin KrauseCategory: Book Reviews The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War by Martin N. Bershera and Kim Crawford. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2010. Cloth, ISBN 978-0870139734. $44.95. Since the turn towards social...
Published: 9/16/11WARSCHAUER: Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice, and Survival (2011)By: Peter C. LuebkeCategory: Book Reviews Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice, and Survival by Matthew Warshauer. Middleton: Wesleyan University Press, 2011. Cloth, ISBN 978-0-8195-7138-0. $29.95. The Civil War Centennial saw the publication of histories...
Published: 8/3/11The War BeginsBy: Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays [I]n a nineteenth-century world free from blogs, social networking sites, television, and cell phones, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper thrived. Part picture, part story, Leslie’s publications combined visually stimulating engravings with journalistic articles to...