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Published: 8/12/19
The B&A Q&A: Kevin M. Levin
In his latest book, Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth (to be published this fall by the University of North Carolina Press), Boston-based historian and educator Kevin...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51-s57EG0AL._SX331_BO1204203200_1.jpg)
Published: 8/7/19
BIERLE: Call Out the Cadets (2019)
Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 by Sarah Kay Bierle. Savas Beatie, 2019. Paper, ISBN: 978-1611214697. $14.95. Military activity occurred incessantly throughout the Civil War...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51esOKIrjL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Published: 7/31/19
ELDER: That Bloody Hill (2017)
That Bloody Hill: Hilliard’s Legion at Chickamauga by Lee Elder. McFarland and Company, 2017. Paper, IBSN: 978-1476669588. $35.00. With That Bloody Hill: Hilliard’s Legion at Chickamauga, author Lee Elder brings one of the...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/boyd2.jpg)
Published: 7/26/19
“My Little ‘Rebel’ Heart Was on Fire”
Tennessee State Library and Archives Belle Boyd In July 1861, only months after the outbreak of the Civil War, Belle Boyd—the 17-year-old daughter of a prosperous family in Martinsburg, Virginia...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tubmanweb.jpg)
Published: 7/26/19
History as Imagination
Library of Congress Harriet Tubman, as she appeared in the late 1860s Anyone who has spent considerable time in research libraries or logging onto digital archives knows what it feels...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51bZrlrq-4L._SX329_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Published: 7/24/19
REIDY: Illusions of Emancipation (2019)
Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom & Equality in the Twilight of Slavery by Joseph P. Reidy. The University of North Carolina Press, 2019. Cloth, IBSN: 978-1469648361. $39.95. Joseph P. Reidy,...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/516kGKMn33L._SX330_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Published: 7/17/19
WHITE: Let Us Die Like Men (2019)
Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 by William Lee White. Savas Beatie, 2019. Paper, ISBN: 978-1611212969. $14.95. Compelling and easy to read, William Lee White’s new...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51zhT4CuEFL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Published: 7/10/19
TSOURAS: Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War (2018)
Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War by Peter G. Tsouras. Casemate, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-61200-647-5. $34.95. The literature on Civil War...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51CsCyROLyL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Published: 7/3/19
BROOMALL: Private Confederacies (2019)
Private Confederacies: The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers by James J. Broomall. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. Paper, ISBN: 978-1469651989. $29.95. James J. Broomall’s Private Confederacies: The...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sevendaysfeed-600x440.jpg)
Published: 6/29/19
The Seven Days Battles
Between June 25 and July 1, 1862, George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia battled on the outskirts of Richmond. The fate...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51dsEsCs9WL._SX301_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Published: 6/26/19
SEIPLE: Louisa on the Front Lines (2019)
Louisa on the Front Lines: Louisa May Alcott in the Civil War by Samantha Seiple. Seal Press, 2019. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1580058049. $27.00. Today, many recognize Louisa May Alcott as the renowned...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/512PzR7PSKL._SX327_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Published: 6/19/19
SAINLAUDE: France and the American Civil War (2019)
France and the American Civil War: A Diplomatic History by Stève Sainlaude, translated by Jessica Edwards. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1469649948. $45.00. Stève Sainlaude, Associate Professor of...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/stuart1-600x600.jpg)
Published: 6/14/19
Extra Dossier: J.E.B. Stuart
Library of Congress Major General J.E.B. Stuart We recently asked a panel of Civil War historians a series of questions about Major General James Ewell Brown “J.E.B.” Stuart—a way of...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51YDyft0j0L._SX329_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Published: 6/12/19
SCHLOTTERBECK (et al., eds.): James Riley Weaver’s Civil War (2019)
James Riley Weaver’s Civil War: The Diary of a Union Cavalry Officer and Prisoner of War, 1863-1865 edited by John T. Schlotterbeck, Wesley W. Wilson, Midori Kawaue, and Harold A. Klingensmith. Kent State...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1472624629-600x600.jpeg)
Published: 6/5/19
HORWITZ: Spying on the South (2019)
Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide by Tony Horwitz. Penguin Press, 2019. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1101980286. $30.00. As a young teenager enthralled by all things Civil War, I...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/coldmountain-600x600.jpg)
Published: 6/4/19
The Best Civil War Movies of All Time
Alamy A scene from the movie “Cold Mountain” For our recent newsstand-only special issue The Civil War Almanac, we asked a number of Civil War historians for their opinions on...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/513X1LHWfYL._SX330_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Published: 5/23/19
MILLER: North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession (2019)
North Carolina Unionists and the Fight Over Secession by Steve M. Miller. The History Press, 2019. Paper, ISBN: 978-1625859372. $21.99. According to author Steve M. Miller, popular perceptions hold that the southern states...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/4925a53f523111a438940fef07da0bb1-600x600.jpg)
Published: 5/23/19
The American Civil War Museum: A Photo Tour
[T]he new American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, had its grand opening May 4, 2019, and we were there to see it. The new facility, which boasts 6,000 square feet of permanent...![](https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51YpqHETK4L._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg)