Published: 11/10/21MACKOWSKI & WELCH (eds.): The Summer of ’63: Gettysburg (2021)By: Summer PerrittCategory: Book Reviews The Summer of ‘63: Gettysburg, Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War edited by Chris Mackowski and Dan Welch. Savas Beatie, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-6112-1571-7. $29.95....
Published: 11/3/21HEBERT: Cornerstone of the Confederacy (2021)By: Caleb W. SouthernCategory: Book Reviews Cornerstone of the Confederacy: Alexander Stephens and the Speech that Defined the Lost Cause by Keith S. Hébert. University of Tennessee Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1621906346. $45.00. The “corner-stone” of the...
Published: 10/27/21HASEGAWA: Matchless Organization (2021)By: Sarah Handley-CousinsCategory: Book Reviews Matchless Organization: The Confederate Army Medical Department by Guy R. Hasegawa. Southern Illinois University Press, 2021. Paper, IBSN: 978-0-8093-3829-0. $26.50. In Matchless Organization, Guy R. Hasegawa offers a clear, detailed, and thorough history...
Published: 10/20/21GERHARDT: Lincoln’s Mentors (2021)By: Caleb W. SouthernCategory: Book Reviews Lincoln’s Mentors: The Education of a Leader by Michael J. Gerhardt. Custom House, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0062877192. $32.50. Americans, it seems, never tire of reading about Abraham Lincoln. Michael J. Gerhardt...
Published: 10/13/21ASHTON: William Barksdale, CSA (2021)By: Evan C. RotheraCategory: Book Reviews William Barksdale, CSA: A Biography of the United States Congressman and Confederate Brigadier General by John Douglas Ashton. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-1476683844. $39.95. William Barksdale’s life is...
Published: 10/6/21MARTEN & JANNEY (eds.): Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America (2021)By: Brian Matthew JordanCategory: Book Reviews Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney. University of Georgia Press, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-0-8203-5965-6. $36.95. In the two decades...
Published: 9/29/21OVIES: The Boy Generals (2021)By: Jonathan A. NoyalasCategory: Book Reviews The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac by Adolfo Ovies. Savas Beatie, 2021. Cloth, IBSN: 978-1611215359. $34.95. The June 24, 1865, issue...
Published: 9/22/21HOLDEN: Surviving Southampton (2021)By: Benjamin E. ParkCategory: Book Reviews Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden. University of Illinois Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0252085857. $22.95. The name that is associated with any given...
Published: 9/15/21STEINER: Lincoln and Citizenship (2021)By: Paul QuigleyCategory: Book Reviews Lincoln and Citizenship by Mark E. Steiner. Southern Illinois University Press, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0809338122. $24.95. Two days after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, Abraham Lincoln delivered the last speech of his...
Published: 9/8/21REEVES: A Fire in the Wilderness (2021)By: Jeffry D. WertCategory: Book Reviews A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee by John Reeves. Pegasus Books, 2021. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1643137001. $28.95. The two-day battle fought in...