Published: 8/11/21STANLEY: Grand Army of Labor (2021)By: David A. ZondermanCategory: Book Reviews Grand Army of Labor: Workers, Veterans, and the Meaning of the Civil War by Matthew E. Stanley. University of Illinois Press, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-0252043741. $30.00. The memory and meaning of...
Published: 8/4/21DRETSKE: The Bonds of War (2021)By: Damian ShielsCategory: Book Reviews The Bonds of War: A Story of Immigrants and Esprit De Corps in Company C, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry by Diana L. Dretske. Southern Illinois University Press, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-0-8093-3820-7....
Published: 7/28/21WYNSTRA: No Place for Glory (2021)By: Robert L. GlazeCategory: Book Reviews No Place for Glory: Major General Robert E. Rodes and the Confederate Defeat at Gettysburg by Robert J. Wynstra. Kent State University Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-60635-410-0. $55.00. Robert J. Wynstra has...
Published: 7/21/21WAITE: West of Slavery (2021)By: Cecily N. ZanderCategory: Book Reviews West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire by Kevin Waite. University of North Carolina Press, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1469663197. $29.95. As an historian of the Civil War’s westernmost...
Published: 7/20/21After Fort WagnerBy: Lewis DouglassCategory: The Front Line National Park Service Lewis Douglass, 54th Massachusetts Infantry On July 20, 1863, 22-year-old Lewis Douglass, a member of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry—and son of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass—wrote the following...
Published: 7/18/21The 54th Massachusetts at Fort WagnerBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: Photo Essays On July 18, 1863, Union troops commanded by Brigadier General Quincy Gillmore launched an attack on Fort Wagner, the Confederate bastion that protected Morris Island, located south of Charleston Harbor—part...
Published: 7/16/21Bully BoysBy: Tracy L. BarnettCategory: The Front Line “If you want to have a good time, join the cavalry!” Detailing the early war exploits of J.E.B. Stuart’s Confederate troops, this song immortalized the daring ride around George B....
Published: 7/14/21TRAMMELL & TERRELL: Civil War Richmond (2021)By: Codie EashCategory: Book Reviews Civil War Richmond: The Last Citadel by Jack Trammell and Guy Terrell. The History Press, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1467145893. $21.99. In the vast realm of Civil War studies, few individual cities...
Published: 7/7/21STAHL & BORDERS: Faces of Union Soldiers at South Mountain & Harpers Ferry (2021)By: Eugene D. SchmielCategory: Book Reviews Faces of Union Soldiers at South Mountain & Harpers Ferry by Joseph Stahl and Matthew Borders. The History Press, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1467147439. $21.99. Bell Irvin Wiley’s books, The Life of Johnny...
Published: 6/30/21BIELSKI: A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy (2021)By: Riley SullivanCategory: Book Reviews A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 by Mark F. Bielksi. Savas Beatie, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1611214895. $14.95. When one thinks of the Civil War, they often...