Book Reviews
The digital home of book reviews and author interviews—and your source of the most up-to-date information on all things Civil War literature
Published: 5/1/19
A Fierce Glory (2018)
A detailed review of "A Fierce Glory: Antietam—The Desperate Battle That Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery" by Justin Martin.
Published: 4/24/19
River of Death (2018)
A detailed review of "River of Death—The Chickamauga Campaign, Volume 1: The Fall of Chattanooga" by William Glenn Robertson.
Published: 4/17/19
Meade: The Price of Command, 1863-1865 (2018)
A detailed review of "Meade: The Price of Command, 1863-1865" by John G. Selby.
Published: 4/10/19
Aberration of Mind (2018)
A detailed review of "Aberration of Mind: Suicide and Suffering in the Civil War-Era South" by Diane Miller Sommerville.
Published: 4/3/19
Holding the Line on the River of Death (2018)
A detailed review of "Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863" by Eric J. Wittenberg.
Published: 3/27/19
This War Ain’t Over (2018)
A detailed review of Nina Silber's "This War Ain’t Over: Fighting the Civil War in New Deal America."
Published: 3/20/19
The Great Battle Never Fought (2018)
A detailed review of "The Great Battle Never Fought: The Mine Run Campaign, November 26-December 2, 1863" by Chris Mackowski.
Published: 3/13/19
The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War (2018)
A detailed review of "The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War" by David A. Ward.
Published: 3/6/19
The Perfect Scout (2018)
A detailed review of "The Perfect Scout: A Soldier’s Memoir of the Great March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas," ed. by Anne Sarah Rubin and Stephen Murphy.
Published: 2/27/19
The Chickamauga Campaign: Glory or the Grave (2017)
A detailed review of "The Chickamauga Campaign—Glory or the Grave: The Breakthrough, the Union Collapse, and the Defense of Horseshoe Ridge, September 20, 1863" by David A. Powell.
Published: 2/20/19
“An Arch Rebel Like Myself” (2018)
A detailed review of "“An Arch Rebel Like Myself”: Dan Showalter and the Civil War in California and Texas" by Gene C. Armistead and Robert D. Arconti.
Published: 2/13/19
At The Forefront of Lee’s Invasion (2018)
A detailed review of "At The Forefront of Lee’s Invasion: Retribution, Plunder, and Clashing Cultures on Richard S. Ewell’s Road to Gettysburg" by Robert J. Wynstra.
Published: 2/6/19
An Aide to Custer (2018)
A detailed review of "An Aide to Custer: The Civil War Letters of Lt. Edward G. Granger" edited by Sandy Barnard and compiled by Thomas E. Singelyn.
Published: 1/30/19
Wilson’s Raid (2018)
A detailed review of "Wilson's Raid: The Final Blow to the Confederacy" by Russell W. Blount Jr.
Published: 1/23/19
September Mourn (2018)
A detailed review of "September Mourn: The Dunker Church of Antietam Battlefield" by Alann Schmidt and Terry Barkley.
Published: 1/16/19
Sixteenth President-in-Waiting (2018)
A detailed review of "Sixteenth President-in-Waiting: Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield Dispatches of Henry Villard, 1860-1861," ed. by Michael Burlingame.
Published: 1/9/19
The Maps of Fredericksburg (2018)
A detailed review of "The Maps of Fredericksburg: An Atlas of the Fredericksburg Campaign" by Bradley M. Gottfried.
Published: 1/2/19
Practical Liberators (2018)
A detailed review of "Practical Liberators: Union Officers In the Western Theater During the Civil War" by Kristopher A. Teters.