Published: 12/6/21The Best Civil War Books of 2021By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2021 issue contains our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we’ve enlisted a handful of Civil War...
Published: 12/1/21PROCKO: Rebel Correspondent (2021)By: Sarah Kay BierleCategory: Book Reviews 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: 11/30/21Prison TalesBy: Brian Matthew JordanCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress Andersonville Prison in 1864 Looking to learn more about Civil War prisons and prisoners of war? We asked historian Brian Matthew Jordan to suggest a handful of...
Published: 11/24/21MACKOWSKI & WELCH (eds.): The Summer of ’63: Vicksburg & Tullahoma (2021)By: Robert L. GlazeCategory: Book Reviews 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: 11/17/21SWARTZ: Passing Through the Fire (2021)By: Codie EashCategory: Book Reviews 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: 11/10/21MACKOWSKI & WELCH (eds.): The Summer of ’63: Gettysburg (2021)By: Summer PerrittCategory: Book Reviews 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: 11/4/21Gettysburg Photo Mystery Solved?By: Patrick BrennanCategory: The Front Line With the help of an Artificial Intelligence-based, computerized color identifier and cutting-edge software that created a 3D rendering of McPherson Ridge in 1868, a group of Civil War detectives have...
Published: 11/3/21HEBERT: Cornerstone of the Confederacy (2021)By: Caleb W. SouthernCategory: Book Reviews 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: 10/27/21HASEGAWA: Matchless Organization (2021)By: Sarah Handley-CousinsCategory: Book Reviews 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: 10/25/21The Best Civil War NovelsBy: Craig A. WarrenCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress No event in American history has inspired more imaginative writing than the Civil War. Authors have made the struggle the subject of thousands of rhymes, songs, poems,...