Published: 12/28/20Goodbye to All ThatBy: Mark GrimsleyCategory: The Front Line Library of Congress Lieutenant Robert Pryor James, Co. E, 20th North Carolina Infantry This will be my final column for the “American Iliad” series, a project I undertook five years...
Published: 12/23/20CHATELAIN: Defending the Arteries of Rebellion (2020)By: J. Ross DancyCategory: Book Reviews Defending the Arteries of Rebellion: Confederate Naval Operations in the Mississippi River Valley, 1861-1865 by Neil P. Chatelain. Savas Beatie, 2020. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611215106. $32.95. In April 1861, artillery batteries of...
Published: 12/21/20Extra Voices: CoffeeBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line USAHEC A coffee cup used during the Civil War In the Voices section of the Winter 2020 issue of The Civil War Monitor we highlighted quotes by Union and Confederate...
Published: 12/16/20McDONOUGH: William Tecumseh Sherman (2016)By: Mitchell G. KlingenbergCategory: Book Reviews William Tecumseh Sherman, In the Service of My Country: A Life by James Lee McDonough. W. W. Norton, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-393-24157-0. $39.95. Can anything new be written of William Tecumseh...
Published: 12/9/20ZVENGROWSKI: Jefferson Davis, Napoleonic France, and the Nature of Confederate Ideology (2020)By: Caleb W. SouthernCategory: Book Reviews Jefferson Davis, Napoleonic France, and the Nature of Confederate Ideology, 1815-1870 by Jeffrey Zvengrowski. Louisiana State University Press, 2020. Cloth, ISBN: 9780807170670. $55.00. Jeffrey Zvengrowski, a professor at the University of Virginia...
Published: 12/7/20The Best Civil War Books of 2020By: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2020 issue contains our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we enlisted the help of a handful...
Published: 12/2/20HESS: Storming Vicksburg (2020)By: Robert GlazeCategory: Book Reviews Storming Vicksburg: Grant, Pemberton, and the Battles of May 19-22, 1863 by Earl J. Hess. University of North Carolina Press, 2020. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-4696-6017-2. $40.00. Vicksburg has fared well in recent...
Published: 11/25/20GOTTFRIED: The Maps of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign (2020)By: Jonathan NoyalasCategory: Book Reviews The Maps of the Cavalry at Gettysburg: An Atlas of Mounted Operations from Brandy Station Through Falling Waters, June 9-July 14, 1863 by Bradley M. Gottfried. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611214796. $34.95. Gary...
Published: 11/18/20FUOSS: Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg (2020)By: Rory CornishCategory: Book Reviews Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg by Jared Fuoss. Arcadia Publishing, 2020. Paper, ISBN: 978-1-4671-0485-2. $21.99. In June 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia launched its summer campaign, which culminated in the...
Published: 11/17/20“The Good Lord Bird”: Episode 7By: Megan Kate NelsonCategory: The Front Line On October 4, 2020, The Good Lord Bird, a 7-part miniseries about the life of abolitionist John Brown—based on the award-winning novel of the same name by James McBride—premiered on...