Published: 4/10/24The Boy Generals (2023)By: Jonathan A. Noyalas Category: Book Reviews Adolfo Ovies's fine study will appeal widely to those interested in Merritt, Custer, and all things related to the Union cavalry.
Published: 4/8/24Extra Voices: Losing ComradesBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line In the Voices section of our Winter 2023 issue we highlighted quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers about the loss of a comrade. Unfortunately, we didn’t have room to include all that we found. Below are those that just missed the cut.
Published: 4/3/24The Aftermath of the Battle of Little Bighorn (2024)By: Aaron David HyamnsCategory: Book Reviews This is the second installment of author Wendy Ann Wallace’s multivolume, “iconoclast” history of George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Published: 4/1/24Lincoln’s Imagined WestBy: Cecily ZanderCategory: War in the West In the midst of World War II, T.S. Eliot finished a series of poems that were collected in 1943 as Four Quartets. A prominent theme in the last poem, “Little Gidding,” is time and the place of humanity in history. In the penultimate stanza Eliot attests that “to make an end is to make a beginning.
Published: 3/27/24Combee (2024)By: Gordon BergCategory: Book Reviews Edda L. Fields-Black’s "Combee" is so much more than a campaign study of the June 1-3, 1863, raid led by the Underground Railroad conductor, nurse, and spy Harriet Tubman.
Published: 3/20/24Klan War (2023)By: Riley SullivanCategory: Book Reviews Fergus Bordewich's "Klan War" adds greatly to the growing literature on the Civil War's aftermath.
Published: 3/13/24Unforgettables (2024)By: Aaron David HyamsCategory: Book Reviews In "Unforgettables," John C. Waugh draws short biographical sketches of the characters who have stood out to him personally during his many decades of study.
Published: 3/6/24Calamity at Frederick (2023)By: Brian Matthew JordanCategory: Book Reviews With "Calamity at Frederick," Alexander B. Rossino continues assembling a bold new picture of the Maryland Campaign.
Published: 2/28/24When Slavery and Rebellion Are Destroyed (2023)By: George C. RableCategory: Book Reviews Jack Dempsey has ably edited the wartime letters of an ordinary Michigan family in "When Slavery and Rebellion Are Destroyed."
Published: 2/21/24The Battle of Little Bighorn (2023)By: Aaron David HyamsCategory: Book Reviews In "The Battle of Little Bighorn," author Wendy Ann Wallace contends that George Armstrong Custer was sabotaged.
Published: 2/16/24Jefferson Davis’ Inaugural AddressBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line At 1 p.m. on February 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as president of the Confederate States of America at Montgomery, Alabama. Davis, 52, who had served as U.S. secretary...
Published: 2/14/24The Iron Dice of Battle (2023)By: Riley SullivanCategory: Book Reviews Timothy B. Smith's "The Iron Dice of Battle" offers a fresh interpretation of the often-overlooked Albert Sidney Johnston.
Published: 2/7/24From the Wilderness to Appomattox (2023)By: Zachery A. FryCategory: Book Reviews Edward Altemos' "From the Wilderness to Appomattox" is a solid regimental history for an outfit that deserves it.
Published: 1/31/24Masters of Health (2022)By: Jonathan S. JonesCategory: Book Reviews Christopher D.E. Willoughby's "Masters of Health" is essential reading for historians of medicine and slavery.
Published: 1/24/24The Political Transformation of David Tod (2023)By: Daniel W. Crofts Category: Book Reviews Joseph Lambert, Jr.'s "The Political Transformation of David Tod" is a nicely written biography of Ohio's governor during two tumultuous years of war.
Published: 1/17/24Conflict of Command (2023)By: Andrew F. LangCategory: Book Reviews In "Conflict of Command," George C. Rable's dispassionate presentation of evidence allows historical contemporaries to tell their own story.
Published: 1/8/24Extra Voices: Doldrums of WarBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line In the Voices section of our Fall 2023 issue we highlighted quotes by Union and Confederate soldiers about the long stretches of inactivity and boredom they regularly faced. Unfortunately, we didn’t have room to include all that we found. Below are those that just missed the cut.
Published: 1/3/24The Creation of a Crusader (2023)By: Frank Kalisik IIICategory: Book Reviews Thomas Morris, a one-term U.S. senator from Ohio and Liberty Party vice presidential nominee, has often been a footnote in antislavery politics. No historian has attempted a book-length study, and...
Published: 12/29/23A Man by Any Other Name (2023)By: Cecily N. ZanderCategory: Book Reviews In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, historians of a much earlier American conflict began to see similarities between the guerilla warfare that played out in the dense jungles of Southeast Asia and the irregular fighting that characterized the Civil War experience in places like Missouri and Kansas.
Published: 12/21/23Twelve Days (2023)By: Gordon BergCategory: Book Reviews Historical consensus has long held that the greatest threat to Washington, D.C., during the Civil War came during Confederate General Jubal A. Early’s invasion culminating at the Battle of Fort...