Books and Discussions
Published: 11/18/20
Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg (2020)
A successful portrayal of the last resting place of Gettysburg's dead.
Published: 11/11/20
Fighting for Citizenship (2020)
In the fall of 1862, as Confederate forces surged into Kentucky, white residents of Cincinnati dragooned the city’s black inhabitants into defending the city. This forced labor rankled many, who...
Published: 11/4/20
My Dear Nelly (2020)
A well-edited and useful collection of Orlando Poe's Civil War correspondence.
Published: 10/28/20
Unforgiven (2021)
The trial of Lincoln's assassins is the subject of a new board game.
Published: 10/23/20
The Five Best Books on the Confederate Homefront
For decades, books about the Confederate homefront were often books about elite white slave-owning women—first Lost Cause-era flowery homages to their patriotism and dedication to the Confederacy, then more critical...
Published: 10/21/20
She Came to Slay (2019)
An irreverent and bold look at an American icon.
Published: 10/14/20
Confederate Citadel (2020)
A "pleasurable and informative overview" of the Richmond's wartime trials.
Published: 10/7/20
My Remembrance of the War (2019)
Review of a "wonderfully curated firsthand recollection."
Published: 9/30/20
Lincoln and the American Founding (2020)
A look at how the American founding had a profound effect on Abraham Lincoln.
Published: 9/23/20
Tempest Over Texas (2020)
A detailed narrative about military operations in Texas and Louisiana in the fall and winter of 1863–1864.
Published: 9/21/20
The Five Best Books on the African-American Civil War Experience
Begin an exploration of the African-American Civil War experience with these five must-read books.
Published: 9/16/20
Old Abe (2020)
A detailed review of by John Cribb's "Old Abe," an inspiring novel about Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
Published: 9/9/20
Colossal Ambitions (2020)
A detailed review of Adrian Brettle's "Colossal Ambitions," a study of Confederate planning for a post-Civil War world.
Published: 9/2/20
The Women’s Fight (2020)
An illuminating volume revisits familiar questions about Civil War-era women in new ways.
Published: 8/26/20
Seceding from Secession (2020)
Review of an exemplary study of West Virginia’s formation
Published: 8/19/20
Hellmira (2020)
A detailed summary of the North's most infamous prison camp.
Published: 8/12/20
Christopher H. Tebault, Surgeon to the Confederacy (2020)
Review of a "problematic" book marred by "contradictions"
Published: 8/5/20
Newest Born of Nations (2020)
Review of an "insightful" and "persuasive" study.