Books and Discussions
Published: 5/7/25
Gendering Secession (2025)
Melissa DeVelvis has carefully mined her sources in "Gendering Secession."
Published: 4/30/25
Hell By The Acre (2024)
"Hell By the Acre" presents a compelling narrative of one of the Civil War's deadliest but most understudied clashes.
Published: 4/23/25
From Antietam to Appomattox with Upton’s Regulars (2023)
A splendid and valuable volume that will appeal to anyone interested in understanding the complexities of Civil War service in Virginia.
Published: 4/16/25
Righteous Strife (2025)
Richard Carwardine's "Righteous Strife" is an exceptional book that rivals Rable and Stout as the best single-volume overview of religion and the American Civil War.
Published: 4/9/25
The Consequences of Confederate Citizenship (2025)
"The Consequences of Confederate Citizenship" presents correspondence that sheds light on the intricate connections between battle front and home front.
Published: 4/2/25
New York City in the Civil War (2025)
"New York City in the Civil War" covers a wide range of topics in a short space.
Published: 3/26/25
The Atlanta Campaign, 1864 (2024)
"The Atlanta Campaign, 1864" should entice readers to turn to author David A. Powell's ever-growing list of venerated masterworks.
Published: 3/18/25
The Five Best Books on William T. Sherman
Historian Bennett Parten offers his picks of the five best books ever written about Union general William T. Sherman.
Published: 3/18/25
Q&A with Brian Matthew Jordan
A brief, bookish Q&A with Civil War historian Brian Matthew Jordan
Published: 3/18/25
A Grand Opening Squandered (2025)
"A Grand Opening Squandered" succeeds in explaining why the battles of June 15-18, 1864 deserve to be remembered.
Published: 3/12/25
Hundreds of Little Wars (2025)
"Hundreds of Little Wars" is a fitting tribute to the splendid career of historian Daniel E. Sutherland
Published: 3/5/25
Somewhere Toward Freedom (2025)
Bennett Parten finds new significance in one of the U.S. Civil War’s most storied episodes.
Published: 2/26/25
Authoritarianism in the American South (2024)
Dipboye's "Authoritarianism in the American South" is a freshly unique meditation on why the Civil War was fought.
Published: 2/19/25
William “Baldy” Smith (2022)
Union general William Smith's worst enemy was not the Confederates. It was himself.
Published: 2/12/25
Sons of East Tennessee (2022)
Jack Brubaker’s "Sons of East Tennessee" contributes to the growing literature on veterans and the problem of Civil War memory.
Published: 2/5/25
A Great and Good Man (2024)
"A Great and Good Man" is a valuable new addition to the growing scholarship on Abraham Lincoln.
Published: 1/29/25
The Beechers (2024)
Anyone interested in religion, politics, culture, and society in the nineteenth century U.S. should read "The Beechers."
Published: 1/22/25
Nat Turner, Black Prophet (2024)
"Nat Turner, Black Prophet" is only the latest in a line of recent and excellent scholarship on the Southampton revolt.