Published: 10/20/21GERHARDT: Lincoln’s Mentors (2021)By: Caleb W. SouthernCategory: Book Reviews 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: 10/18/21Suits of ShoddyBy: Tracy L. BarnettCategory: The Front Line Founded in 1818, Brooks Brothers of New York is the oldest clothing retailer in America. Even today, the name alone conjures images of fine silk neckties and Italian wool sportscoats—quality,...
Published: 10/15/21The Mountain Campaigns in GeorgiaBy: Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays 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: 10/13/21ASHTON: William Barksdale, CSA (2021)By: Evan C. RotheraCategory: Book Reviews 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: 10/6/21MARTEN & JANNEY (eds.): Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America (2021)By: Brian Matthew JordanCategory: Book Reviews 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: 9/29/21OVIES: The Boy Generals (2021)By: Jonathan A. NoyalasCategory: Book Reviews 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: 9/27/21The Five Best Books on Civil War GuerrillasBy: Matthew Christopher HulbertCategory: The Front Line 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: 9/24/21Mr. Gridley and His Sack of FlourBy: Harper's WeeklyCategory: The Front Line In the January 21, 1865, issue of Harper’s Weekly, the editors published a small story about a man from Nevada who had lost an election for city office—but gained national...
Published: 9/22/21HOLDEN: Surviving Southampton (2021)By: Benjamin E. ParkCategory: Book Reviews 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: 9/20/21Unceasing Fury at ChickamaugaBy: W.W. HeartsillCategory: The Front Line Fourteen hundred and 91 days in the Confederate Army (1953) W.W. Heartsill as he appeared after the Civil War The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, pitted William...