Books and Discussions
Published: 7/18/18
The F Street Mess (2017)
A detailed review of "The F Street Mess: How Southern Senators Rewrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act" by Alice Elizabeth Malavasic.
Published: 7/11/18
The Battle of Peach Tree Creek (2017)
A detailed review of "The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood’s First Effort to Save Atlanta" by Earl J. Hess.
Published: 7/4/18
A Campaign of Giants (2018)
A detailed review of "A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg: Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater" by A. Wilson Greene.
Published: 7/2/18
The Best Gettysburg Books
What are the best books on the Battle of Gettysburg? We asked a handful of Civil War historians for their picks.
Published: 6/27/18
Phantoms of the South Fork (2017)
A detailed review of "Phantoms of the South Fork: Captain McNeill and His Rangers" by Steve French.
Published: 6/20/18
Theater of a Separate War (2017)
A detailed review of "Theater of a Separate War: The Civil War West of the Mississippi River, 1861–1865" by Thomas W. Cutrer.
Published: 6/13/18
William Edmondson “Grumble” Jones (2017)
A detailed review of "William Edmondson 'Grumble' Jones: The Life of a Cantankerous Confederate" by James Buchanan Ballard.
Published: 6/6/18
Georgia’s Civil War (2017)
A detailed review of "Georgia’s Civil War: Conflict on the Home Front" by David Williams.
Published: 5/30/18
The Civil War and the Subversion of American Indian Sovereignty (2017)
A detailed review of "The Civil War and the Subversion of American Indian Sovereignty" by Joseph Connole.
Published: 5/23/18
Inglorious Passages (2017)
A detailed review of "Inglorious Passages: Noncombat Deaths in the American Civil War" by Brian Steel Wills.
Published: 5/16/18
Civil War Memories (2017)
A detailed review of "Civil War Memories: Contesting the Past in the United States since 1865" by Robert J. Cook.
Published: 5/9/18
Turning Points of the American Civil War (2017)
A detailed review of "Turning Points of the American Civil War" edited by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White.
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.