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Published: 10/17/18
BLIGHT: Frederick Douglass (2018)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight. Simon and Schuster, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1416590316. $37.50. Esteemed historian David Blight has produced a masterfully researched, nuanced, and beautifully written biography of...
Published: 10/12/18
Jackson the Magician
Virginia Military Institute Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, as he appeared in November 1862. “Oh, for the presence and inspiration of Old Jack for just one hour!” That was the cry...
Published: 10/10/18
CROON (ed.): The War Outside My Window (2018)
The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 edited by Janet Elizabeth Croon. Savas Beatie, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611213881. $34.95. Georgia resident LeRoy Wiley Gresham (1847-1865) began...
Published: 10/8/18
Interview: Animatronic Lincoln at Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Garner Holt Productions The Lincoln Memorial Shrine “Reflections of the Face of Lincoln,” a new exhibit that features an impressive animatronic bust of the 16th president, recently opened at the...
Published: 10/3/18
EMERSON (ed.): “Don’t tell father I have been shot at” (2018)
“Don’t tell father I have been shot at”: The Civil War Letters of Captain George N. Bliss, First Rhode Island Cavalry edited by William C. Emerson with Elizabeth C. Stevens. McFarland,...
Published: 9/26/18
THOMAS: Wade Hampton’s Iron Scouts (2018)
Wade Hampton’s Iron Scouts by D. Michael Thomas. The History Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 9781467139380. $21.99 Robert E. Lee was a general who cherished the military initiative as a key component to strategic and...
Published: 9/24/18
Varina
John O’Brien Collection Confederate first lady Varina Davis, the subject of a new novel by Charles Frazier, as she appeared shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War A young...
Published: 9/12/18
HARDY: Kirk’s Civil War Raids Along the Blue Ridge (2018)
Kirk’s Civil War Raids Along the Blue Ridge by Michael Hardy. The History Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 978-1625858467. $21.99. Officially promoted to Colonel of the Third North Carolina Mounted Infantry (US) on...
Published: 9/9/18
GURA: Man’s Better Angels (2017)
Man’s Better Angels: Romantic Reformers and the Coming of the Civil War by Philip F. Gura. Harvard University Press, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 9780674659544. $29.95. Most historians are aware of John Brown,...
Published: 9/5/18
NASH: Reconstruction’s Ragged Edge (2016)
Reconstruction’s Ragged Edge: The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains by Steven E. Nash. University of North Carolina Press, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1469626246. $39.95. In examining Reconstruction historiography, Appalachia is...
Published: 8/29/18
HARDY: General Lee’s Immortals (2018)
General Lee’s Immortals: The Battles and Campaigns of the Branch-Lane Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 by Michael C. Hardy. Savas Beatie, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611213621.$34.95. Civil War history and...
Published: 8/22/18
PFANZ: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps (2018)
Where Valor Proudly Sleeps: A History of Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 1866-1933 by Donald C. Pfanz. Engaging the Civil War Series at Southern Illinois University Press, 2018. Paper, ISBN: 978-0809336456. $26.50. Today, the Fredericksburg...
Published: 8/21/18
COLLINS: A Crooked River (2018)
A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers, and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1861-1877 by Michael L. Collins. University of Oklahoma Press, 2018. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0806160085. $29.95. “It has often been said,” Michael L....
Published: 8/15/18
LLOYD: Harbor of Spies (2018)
Harbor of Spies: A Novel of Historic Havana by Robin Lloyd. Lyons Press, 2018. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1493032266. $24.95. Regardless of what skeptics claim, the Civil War was fought over the issue of...
Published: 8/8/18
LOPERFIDO (ed.): Death, Disease, and Life at War (2018)
Death, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865 edited by Christopher E. Loperfido. Savas Beatie, 2018. Paper, IBSN: 978-1611213591. $16.95. The...
Published: 7/30/18
“Martyrs” to Their Cause: John Brown, Edmund Ruffin, and Harpers Ferry
John Grady The old court house at Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia, where John Brown was tried for treason. Long before the tumult and rage in Charlottesville last year over...
Published: 7/25/18
TAGG: The Generals of Shiloh (2017)
The Generals of Shiloh: Character in Leadership, April 6-7, 1862 by Larry Tagg. Savas Beatie, 2017. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611213690. $32.95. The Generals of Shiloh is designed to be a companion for anyone reading one...
Published: 7/18/18
MALAVASIC: The F Street Mess (2017)
The F Street Mess: How Southern Senators Rewrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act by Alice Elizabeth Malavasic. University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-1469635521. $29.95. As a catalyst for party realignment, trigger...