Books and Discussions
Published: 6/29/16
SHULTZ & MINGUS: The Second Day at Gettysburg (2015)
The Second Day at Gettysburg: The Attack and Defense of Cemetery Ridge, July 2, 1863 by David L. Shultz and Scott L. Mingus, Sr. Savas Beatie, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1611210743. $32.95....
Published: 6/22/16
HOOPER: Lincoln’s Generals’ Wives (2016)
Lincoln’s Generals’ Wives: Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War—for Better and for Worse by Candice Shy Hooper. Kent State University Press, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-60635-278-6. $39.95. In this intricate comparative...
Published: 6/15/16
PHILLIPS: The Rivers Ran Backward (2016)
The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border by Christopher Phillips. Oxford University Press, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0195187236. $34.95. In The Rivers Ran Backward,...
Published: 6/8/16
PANHORST: The Memorial Art and Architecture of Vicksburg National Military Park (2015)
The Memorial Art and Architecture of Vicksburg National Military Park by Michael W. Panhorst. Kent State University Press, 2015. Paper, ISBN: 978-1-60635-219-9. $19.95. Historical memory is an ever-growing subfield. Coupled...
Published: 6/1/16
MEDFORD: Lincoln and Emancipation (2015)
Lincoln and Emancipation by Edna Greene Medford. Southern Illinois University Press, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0809333639. $24.95. “Who freed the slaves?” is becoming a tiresome debate, but it remains contentious. Like most...
Published: 5/25/16
HUBBARD (ed.): Lincoln, the Law, and Presidential Leadership (2015)
Lincoln, the Law, and Presidential Leadership edited by Charles M. Hubbard. Southern Illinois University Press, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0809334544. $34.50. Is there anything new to be written about Abraham Lincoln’s...
Published: 5/18/16
WILSON: Private John S. Mosby, First Virginia Cavalry (2015)
Private John S. Mosby, First Virginia Cavalry: Picketing Fairfax County Before Becoming the Confederacy’s “Gray Ghost” by Gregory Wilson. CreateSpace, 2015. Paper, ISBN: 978-1517255855. $25.00. Before he rode to glory...
Published: 5/11/16
NOYALAS: Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah (2015)
Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah: Remembrance, Reunion, and Reconciliation by Jonathan A. Noyalas. The History Press, 2015. Paper, ISBN: 978-1626198883. $21.99. Following the cessation of the Civil War’s hostilities,...
Published: 5/4/16
PERO: Gettysburg 1863 (2015)
Gettysburg 1863: Seething Hell: The Epic Battle of the Civil War in the Soldiers’ Own Words by Thomas R. Pero. Wild River Press, 2015. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0989523622. $75.00. “I think...
Published: 4/27/16
CROFTS: Lincoln & the Politics of Slavery (2016)
Lincoln & the Politics of Slavery: The Other Thirteenth Amendment and the Struggle to Save the Union by Daniel W. Crofts. University of North Carolina Press, 2016. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1469627311. $35.00....
Published: 4/22/16
Why did soldiers and civilians during the Civil War commit suicide?
Host Katie Brackett Fialka discusses suicide and suffering in the South during the Civil War with Diane Sommerville, Professor of History at Binghamton University.
Published: 4/20/16
IZECKSOHN: Slavery and War in the Americas (2014)
Slavery and War in the Americas: Race, Citizenship, and State Building in the United States and Brazil, 1861-1870 by Vitor Izecksohn. University of Virginia Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0813935850. $45.00. Historians...
Published: 4/13/16
GUNNIN (ed.): Letters to Virtue (2014)
Letters to Virtue: A Civil War Journey of Courage, Faith, and Love—Pvt. Charles W. Sherman, 12th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry edited by Ann K. Gunnin. BookLogix, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 978-1610055208. $29.00. Situated among the...
Published: 4/13/16
LOWRY: Galvanized Virginians in the Indian Wars (2015)
Galvanized Virginians in the Indian Wars by Thomas Power Lowry. Idle Winter Press, 2015. Paper, ISBN: 978-0692550748. $16.99. Working from the late Major Robert E. Denney’s invaluable database of 3,710 Confederate...
Published: 4/8/16
What is the connection between Abraham Lincoln and Walt Disney?
Learn about two of history’s most beloved figures, Abraham Lincoln and Walt Disney, in our latest Behind the Lines interview with Dr. Brian Craig Miller, Associate Professor at Emporia State...
Published: 4/6/16
ACKEN (ed.): Service with the Signal Corps (2015)
Service with the Signal Corps: The Civil War Memoir of Captain Louis R. Fortescue edited by J. Gregory Acken. University of Tennessee Press, 2015. Cloth, IBSN: 978-1621901259. $48.50. The U.S. Veteran...
Published: 3/30/16
DIXON: The Lost Gettysburg Address (2015)
The Lost Gettysburg Address: Charles Anderson’s Civil War Odyssey by David T. Dixon. B-List History, 2015. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0986155109. $18.95. “The world with neither long note nor remember what we say...
Published: 3/25/16
How do the myths about Sherman’s March line up with the historical realities?
Sherman’s March remains one of the contentious and mythologized events of the Civil War. Learn about how some of these myths line up with the realities in this interview with...