Books and Discussions
Published: 11/26/25
Conflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command (2025)
"Conflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command" is a readable and historiographically informed military history.
Published: 11/19/25
The National Tribune Remembers the Atlanta Campaign (2025)
Davis's expertly edited collection should remind readers of the vast and yet untapped potential of "The National Tribune."
Published: 11/13/25
The Best Civil War Books of 2025
What were the best Civil War history books published in 2025? A panel of historians offers their picks.
Published: 11/12/25
Exporting Reconstruction (2024)
"Exporting Reconstruction" is part of a growing body of scholarship that broadens the study of Reconstruction beyond the U.S. South.
Published: 11/5/25
Lee Besieged (2025)
John Horn's "Lee Besieged" is a focused account of Grant's Second Offensive at Petersburg.
Published: 10/29/25
As Wolves Upon a Sheep Fold (2023)
"As Wolves Upon a Sheep Fold" delivers the story of a practical, ordinary citizen swept up in national drama.
Published: 10/22/25
From Ironclads to Admiral (2025)
John Quarstein and Robert Worden finally give Admiral John Lorimer Worden the biography he deserves.
Published: 10/15/25
Hero of Fort Sumter (2025)
Readers will enjoy learning more about Robert Anderson, a man best known for his time at Fort Sumter during the Secession Winter, in Wesley Moody's new biography.
Published: 10/8/25
Litchfield County and the Civil War (2024)
Peter C. Vermilyea offers an in-depth analysis of how the mobilization of a Civil War regiment elicited both patriotism and dissent in a New England community.
Published: 10/1/25
If I Can Get Home This Fall (2025)
Tyler Alexander has assembled a highly readable and moving account of love and war.
Published: 9/24/25
Black Antietam (2022)
"Black Antietam" is a short but welcome work that restores to view the integral role played by African Americans in the community of Sharpsburg.
Published: 9/17/25
Unconditional Surrender (2025)
"Unconditional Surrender" invites readers to understand Grant as a complex individual who confronted head-on the challenges of his times.
Published: 9/10/25
Fractured Freedoms (2025)
"Fractured Freedoms" offers a deeply researched and well written microhistory of the U.S. Civil War era in central Louisiana.
Published: 9/3/25
Lincoln the Citizen (2025)
Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame has shepherded another important primary source into print.
Published: 8/27/25
Gettysburg Surgeons (2025)
"Gettysburg Surgeons" is an engaging narrative that addresses neglected aspects along the battle's well-traveled road.
Published: 8/20/25
Sexual Violence and American Slavery (2024)
"Sexual Violence and American Slavery" thoughtfully makes hard and critical history accessible and understandable.
Published: 8/19/25
The Five Best Books on Civil War Massacres
Civil War massacres frequently saw surrendering troops and noncombatants victimized. Here are five of the best books about some of the worst behavior of the Civil War.
Published: 8/19/25
Q&A with Jonathan W. White
A bookish Q&A with Jonathan W. White, professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University and the author or editor of 21 books.