Published: 4/25/23MAXFIELD: Man of Fire (2023)By: Brian Matthew JordanCategory: Book Reviews Man of Fire: William Tecumseh Sherman in the Civil War by Derek D. Maxfield. Savas Beatie, 2023. Paper, ISBN: 978-1-61121-599-1. $16.95. Derek D. Maxfield’s Man of Fire is the latest entry in Savas...
Published: 4/19/23HAUMESSER: The Democratic Collapse (2022)By: J. Matthew WardCategory: Book Reviews The Democratic Collapse: How Gender Politics Broke a Party and a Nation, 1856-1861 by Lauren N. Haumesser. University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Paper, ISBN: 978-1469671437. $27.95. Lauren Haumesser’s excellent book...
Published: 4/12/23MacKENZIE: The Fifth Border State (2023)By: Jonathan A. NoyalasCategory: Book Reviews The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829-1872 by Scott A. MacKenzie. West Virginia University Press, 2023. Paper, ISBN: 978-1952271717. $29.99. Three decades after the...
Published: 4/5/23SMITH: Young America (2022)By: Benjamin E. ParkCategory: Book Reviews Young America: The Transformation of Nationalism Before the Civil War by Mark Power Smith. University of Virginia Press, 2022. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0813948539. $49.50. There is a common narrative that America’s two-party system,...
Published: 4/1/23April-Fool’s DayBy: Harper's WeeklyCategory: The Front Line On March 30, 1861, Harper’s Weekly published the following image to mark April Fool’s Day. An accompanying article reads in part: We publish on the preceding page a picture of...
Published: 3/31/23Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 6By: Gary W. GallagherCategory: The Front Line This installment in the series focuses on the top leadership of the cavalry. The three titles include the correspondence of James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart, by far the most important...
Published: 3/29/23LONGACRE: Unsung Hero of Gettysburg (2021)By: Codie EashCategory: Book Reviews Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg by Edward G. Longacre. Potomac Books, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1640124295. $34.95. When it comes to cavalry commanders at the...
Published: 3/24/23Extra Voices: Battle FatigueBy: The Civil War MonitorCategory: The Front Line National Archives In the Voices section of our Spring 2023 issue we highlighted quotes about the onset of battle fatigue among soldiers in the Union and Confederate armies. Unfortunately, we...
Published: 3/22/23KENT: Lincoln: The Fire of Genius (2022)By: Jonathan TraceyCategory: Book Reviews Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln’s Commitment to Science and Technology Helped Modernize America by David J. Kent. Lyons Press, 2022. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1493063833. $29.95. Plenty of people who...
Published: 3/15/23TROTTI: The End of Public Execution (2022)By: Aaron David HyamsCategory: Book Reviews The End of Public Execution: Race, Religion & Punishment in the American South by Michael Ayers Trotti. University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Paper, ISBN: 978-1-4696-7040-9. $32.95. One of the most...