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Published: 2/7/18
The Guerrilla Hunters (2017)
A detailed review of "The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts During the Civil War" edited by Brian D. McKnight & Barton A. Myers.
Published: 2/2/18
A Story from the Trenches
Read Union surgeon John Gardner Perry's letter detailing a tragic incident involving a young lieutenant at Petersburg.
Published: 1/31/18
Lincoln’s Pathfinder (2017)
A detailed review of "Lincoln’s Pathfinder: John C. Frémont and the Violent Election of 1856" by John Bicknell.
Published: 1/24/18
Barren Victory (2017)
A detailed review of "The Chickamaugua Campaign: Barren Victory" by David A. Powell.
Published: 1/19/18
Close Calls at Beaver Dam Creek
Discover the historical significance of the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek through the personal letter of Private Oliver Willcox Norton.
Published: 1/12/18
Civil War Logistics (2017)
A detailed review of "Civil War Logistics: A Study of Civil War Transportation" by Earl J. Hess.
Published: 1/12/18
Extra Voices: Dog Days of Summer
Read first-person quotes from Union and Confederate soldiers about the intense heat and discomfort that accompanied summer campaigning.
Published: 1/10/18
Meade and Lee After Gettysburg (2017)
A detailed review of "Meade and Lee After Gettysburg" by Jeffrey Wm Hunt.
Published: 1/3/18
Making An Antislavery Nation (2017)
A detailed review of "Making an Antislavery Nation: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Battle Over Freedom" by Graham A. Peck.
Published: 12/27/17
BERRY & ELDER (eds.): Practical Strangers (2017)
Practical Strangers: The Courtship Correspondence of Nathaniel Dawson and Elodie Todd, Sister of Mary Todd Lincoln edited by Stephen Berry and Angela Esco Elder. University of Georgia Press, 2017. Paper, ISBN: 978-0820351025....
Published: 12/20/17
ECELBARGER: Slaughter at the Chapel (2016)
Slaughter at the Chapel: The Battle of Ezra Church, 1864 by Gary Ecelbarger. University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8061-5499-2. $26.95. The Atlanta Campaign’s significance to the Union’s triumph in...
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Published: 12/15/17
Winter is Coming
Explore captivating Civil War scenes that depict the harsh winter conditions Union and Confederate soldiers endured.
Published: 12/15/17
Civil War Cabbage Stew
Library of Congress Cooking in the Union camp at City Point, Virginia Looking for a hearty meal to help fend off winter’s cold? Try this Civil War-era recipe for cabbage...
Published: 12/13/17
FREY: Failure to Pursue (2016)
Failure to Pursue: How the Escape of Defeated Forces Prolonged the Civil War by David Frey. McFarland and Company, 2016. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476666693. $39.95. Since the end of the American Civil War, a...
Published: 12/6/17
TUCKER: Pickett’s Charge (2016)
Pickett’s Charge: A New Look at Gettysburg’s Final Attack by Phillip Thomas Tucker. Skyhorse Publishing, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-63450-796-7. $27.99. Phillip Thomas Tucker’s examination of Pickett’s Charge begins with a bold...
Published: 12/1/17
The History Seeker
Jennifer Gleason Library of Virginia archivist Renee Savits In 2010, Renee Savits faced a dilemma. A career archivist, Savits had been with the Library of Virginia for 11 years, rising...
Published: 11/29/17
LEPA: The Union Sixth Corps in the Shenandoah Valley (2016)
The Union Sixth Corps in the Shenandoah Valley, June-October 1864 by Jack H. Lepa. McFarland and Company, 2016. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476666297. $35.00. One year after the Civil War’s guns fell silent,...
Published: 11/22/17
CODDINGTON: Faces of the Civil War Navies (2016)
Faces of the Civil War Navies: An Album of Union and Confederate Sailors by Ronald S. Coddington. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1421421360. $32.95. There is a certain level of satisfaction...