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Published: 10/21/15
COOK (ed.): A Quiet Corner of the War (2014)
A Quiet Corner of the War: The Civil War Letters of Gilbert and Esther Claflin, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1862-1863 by Gilbert Claflin and Esther Claflin and edited by Judy Cook. University of...
Published: 10/16/15
What type of combat did most Civil War soldiers face?
Were soldiers more likely to experience gigantic battles like Gettysburg or was the Civil War experience typically smaller in scale? Scott Nesbit and Andrew Fialka, both of the University of...
Published: 10/14/15
MAY: Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics (2013)
Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America by Robert E. May. Cambridge University Press, 2013. Paper, ISBN: 978-0521132527. $26.99. For decades, scholars...
Published: 10/8/15
Embattled Banner: A Conversation with Tony Horwitz
tonyhorwitz.com Author Tony Horwitz To help make sense of the recent developments regarding the Confederate battle flag, we sat down with Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the...
Published: 10/7/15
CHANDLER: The Last Days of the Confederacy in Northeast Georgia (2015)
The Last Days of the Confederacy in Northeast Georgia by Ray Chandler. The History Press, 2015. Paper, ISBN: 978-1626193444. $19.99. One might not think of northeast Georgia as an ideal...
Published: 10/2/15
How did Civil War women deal with the loss of their husbands?
Angela Elder discusses how widows dealt with the loss of their husbands during and after the Civil War.
Published: 9/30/15
DOWNS: After Appomattox (2015)
After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War by Gregory P. Downs. Harvard University Press, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0674743984. $32.95. When exactly did the Civil War end? This seemingly...
Published: 9/23/15
MYERS: Rebels Against the Confederacy (2014)
Rebels Against the Confederacy: North Carolina’s Unionists by Barton A. Myers. Cambridge University Press, 2014. Cloth, IBSN: 978-1107075245. $90.00. Barton Myers’s new study of North Carolina’s unionists during the Civil...
Published: 9/18/15
Would there have been a debate over the Confederate flag 100 years ago?
Our conversation with Dr. Karen Cox, Professor of History at UNC-Charlotte, about whether or not there would have been a debate over the Confederate flag 100 years ago. To learn...
Published: 9/16/15
HUSTON: The British Gentry, The Southern Planter, and the Northern Family Farmer (2015)
The British Gentry, The Southern Planter, and the Northern Family Farmer: Agriculture and Sectional Antagonism in North America by James L. Huston. Louisiana State University Press, 2015. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0807159187. $47.50....
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Published: 9/15/15
The Dead of Antietam
Explore Mathew Brady's haunting photographs of "The Dead of Antietam," capturing the devastating reality of war in chilling detail.
Published: 9/9/15
HESS: Civil War Infantry Tactics (2015)
Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness by Earl J. Hess. Louisiana State University Press, 2015. Cloth, ISBN 978-0807159378. $45.00. Of all the Union generals of the Civil...
Published: 9/2/15
SOLONICK: Engineering Victory (2015)
Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg by Justin Solonick. Southern Illinois University Press, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8093-3391-2. $37.50. On July 4, 1863, after enduring a 47-day siege, Confederate forces under...
Published: 8/26/15
CONANT (ed.): The Gettysburg Address (2015)
The Gettysburg Address: Perspectives on Lincoln’s Greatest Speech edited by Sean Conant. Oxford University Press, 2015. Paper, ISBN: 978-0190227456. $24.95. Sean Conant has amassed an impressive array of contributors for...
Published: 8/26/15
SZASZ: Lincoln and Religion (2014)
Lincoln and Religion by Ferenc Morton Szasz with Margaret Connell Szasz. Southern Illinois University Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0809333219. $24.95. A perennial question about Abraham Lincoln is the nature of his...
Published: 8/19/15
DEAN: An Agrarian Republic (2015)
An Agrarian Republic: Farming, Antislavery Politics, and Nature Parks in the Civil War Era by Adam Wesley Dean. University of North Carolina Press, 2015. Paper, ISBN: 978-1469619910. $29.95. Adam Wesley...
Published: 8/12/15
DAVIS: Crucible of Command (2015)
Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee—The War They Fought, The Peace They Forged by William C. Davis. Da Capo Press, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0306822452. $32.50. The...
Published: 8/5/15
HOOD (ed.): The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood (2015)
The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood edited by Stephen M. Hood. Savas Beatie, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-61121-182-5. $32.95. In 2012, author Stephen M. Hood revealed the existence...