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: 5/2/18
The Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book (2018)
A detailed review of "The Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book: Charles Lamar, the Wanderer, and Other Tales of the African Slave Trade" by Jim Jordan.
Published: 4/25/18
On to Petersburg (2017)
A detailed review of "On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee June 4-15, 1864" by Gordon C. Rhea.
Published: 4/18/18
Battle Above the Clouds (2017)
A detailed review of "Battle Above the Clouds: Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain, October 16 - November 24, 1863" by David A. Powell.
Published: 4/11/18
The Cavalries at Stones River (2017)
A detailed review of "The Cavalries at Stones River: An Analytical History" by Dennis W. Belcher.
Published: 4/4/18
Looking for Lincoln in Illinois (2017)
A detailed review of "Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: A Guide to Lincoln’s Eighth Judicial Circuit" by Guy C. Fraker.
Published: 3/28/18
Grant (2017)
A detailed review of "Grant" by Ron Chernow.
Published: 3/21/18
The Greatest Trials I Ever Had (2017)
A detailed review of "The Greatest Trials I Ever Had: The Civil War Letters of Margaret and Thomas Cahill," ed. by Ryan W. Keating.
Published: 3/14/18
The Thin Light of Freedom (2017)
A detailed review of "The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America" by Edward Ayers.
Published: 3/7/18
Determined to Stand and Fight (2017)
A detailed review of "Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864" by Ryan T. Quint.
Published: 2/28/18
The Army of the Potomac in the Overland and Petersburg Campaigns (2017)
A detailed review of "The Army of the Potomac in the Overland and Petersburg Campaigns" by Steven E. Sodergren.
Published: 2/21/18
The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest (2017)
A detailed review of "The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest 1861-1865" by John R. Scales.
Published: 2/14/18
Bluff, Bluster, Lies and Spies (2016)
A detailed review of "Bluff, Bluster, Lies and Spies: The Lincoln Foreign Policy, 1861–1865" by David Perry.
Published: 2/7/18
The Guerrilla Hunters (2017)
A detailed review of "The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts During the Civil War" edited by Brian D. McKnight & Barton A. Myers.
Published: 1/31/18
Lincoln’s Pathfinder (2017)
A detailed review of "Lincoln’s Pathfinder: John C. Frémont and the Violent Election of 1856" by John Bicknell.
Published: 1/24/18
Barren Victory (2017)
A detailed review of "The Chickamaugua Campaign: Barren Victory" by David A. Powell.
Published: 1/12/18
Civil War Logistics (2017)
A detailed review of "Civil War Logistics: A Study of Civil War Transportation" by Earl J. Hess.
Published: 1/10/18
Meade and Lee After Gettysburg (2017)
A detailed review of "Meade and Lee After Gettysburg" by Jeffrey Wm Hunt.
Published: 1/3/18
Making An Antislavery Nation (2017)
A detailed review of "Making an Antislavery Nation: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Battle Over Freedom" by Graham A. Peck.