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Published: 10/13/21
William Barksdale, CSA (2021)
An uneven biography of a U.S. congressman turned Confederate general.
Published: 10/6/21
Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America (2021)
An impressive array of essays about the Civil War’s long shadow.
Published: 9/29/21
The Boy Generals (2021)
A "skillfully researched, eloquently written, and prolifically illustrated" book.
Published: 9/27/21
The Five Best Books on Civil War Guerrillas
Library of Congress Two guerrillas stop a civilian rider to rob him in this sketch from a December 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly. “This Mr. Wales is a cold-blooded killer....
Published: 9/24/21
Mr. Gridley and His Sack of Flour
The story of R.C. Gridley, of Austin, Nevada, who made—and lost—an interesting wager on a local election in 1865.
Published: 9/22/21
Surviving Southampton (2021)
A brief but potent social history of an enslaved society in the antebellum South.
Published: 9/20/21
Unceasing Fury at Chickamauga
Read Confederate soldier W.W. Heartsills' firsthand account of his participation in the Battle of Chickamauga.
Published: 9/15/21
Lincoln and Citizenship (2021)
A terrific addition to the “Concise Lincoln Library” series.
Published: 9/13/21
Extra Voices: Nicknames
Read firsthand Union and Confederate soldiers' quotes about the nicknames they gave to comrades during the Civil War.
Published: 9/8/21
A Fire in the Wilderness (2021)
A worthwhile read about the first battlefield confrontation between Grant and Lee.
Published: 9/1/21
A Holy Baptism of Fire & Blood (2021)
A look at the role religion played in the American Civil War.
Published: 8/27/21
Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 2
IN CAMP AND BATTLE WITH THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY OF NEW ORLEANS (1885) Confederate gunners fire at the enemy in a postwar illustration titled “The Artillery Duel.” Artillerists created an invaluable...
Published: 8/25/21
Unlike Anything That Ever Floated (2021)
A solid introduction to the Battle of Hampton Roads.
Published: 8/18/21
The First Reconstruction (2021)
A new interpretation of the politics of the early republic.
Published: 8/11/21
Grand Army of Labor (2021)
How the Civil War both strengthened and constrained the American labor movement.
Published: 8/4/21
The Bonds of War (2021)
A combo microhistory and collective biography that works well.
Published: 7/28/21
No Place for Glory (2021)
A reinterpretation of one of the Gettysburg Campaign's pivotal episodes.
Published: 7/21/21
West of Slavery (2021)
A critical intervention in the literature on the Civil War in the West.