Books and Discussions
Published: 4/15/15
STEERS: Lincoln’s Assassination (2014)
Lincoln’s Assassination by Edward Steers Jr. Southern Illinois University Press, 2014. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0809333493. $24.95. As the commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War comes to an end, historians and...
Published: 4/8/15
GRAHAM: The Coal River Valley in the Civil War (2014)
The Coal River Valley in the Civil War: West Virginia Mountains, 1861 by Michael B. Graham. The History Press, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 978-1626196605. $19.99. The History Press, publisher of Michael B....
Published: 4/1/15
PARSON: Work for Giants (2014)
Work for Giants: The Campaign and Battle of Tupelo / Harrisburg, Mississippi, June-July 1864 by Thomas E. Parson. Kent State University Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-60635-222-9. $39.95. The Tupelo Campaign offers...
Published: 4/1/15
MORIARTY: A Fine Body of Men (2014)
A Fine Body of Men: The Orleans Light Horse, Louisiana Cavalry, 1861-1865 by Donald Peter Moriarty II. The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 978-0917860676. $30.00. Writing the regimental history of...
Published: 3/25/15
MACKOWSKI & WHITE: That Furious Struggle (2014)
That Furious Struggle: Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863 by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White. Savas Beatie, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 978-1-61121-219-8. $12.95. The Chancellorsville Battlefield...
Published: 3/18/15
RUEF: Between Slavery and Capitalism (2014)
Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South by Martin Ruef. Princeton University Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0691162775. $39.95. Martin Ruef opens Between Slavery and Capitalism with a simple...
Published: 3/11/15
UFFELMAN, KANERVO, SMITH, WILLIAMS (eds.): The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams (2014)
The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams: A Southern Woman’s Story of Rebellion and Reconstruction, 1863-1890 edited by Minoa D. Uffelman, Ellen Kanervo, Phyllis Smith, and Eleanor Williams. University of Tennessee Press,...
Published: 3/4/15
McPHERSON: Embattled Rebel (2014)
Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson. The Penguin Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1594204975. $32.95. Jefferson Davis and his wife Varina were tending their rose garden...
Published: 2/25/15
SHERBURNE: The St. Albans Raid (2014)
The St. Albans Raid: Confederate Attack on Vermont by Michelle Arnosky Sherburne. The History Press, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 978-1626196292. $19.99. For most northern observers, October 19, 1864, marked one of...
Published: 2/25/15
PRIEST: “Stand to It and Give Them Hell” (2014)
“Stand to It and Give Them Hell”: Gettysburg As The Soldiers Experienced It From Cemetery Ridge to Little Round Top, July 2, 1863 by John Michael Priest. Savas Beatie, 2014. Cloth,...
Published: 2/20/15
Am Interview with Richard Fox
Our conversation with Richard Fox, Professor of history at the University of Southern California and recent author of “Lincoln’s Body: A Cultural History,” now out with W.W. Norton. In this...
Published: 2/18/15
DOHREN (ed.): Letters from a Shoebox (2013)
Letters from a Shoebox: The Civil War Correspondence of John Huffman, David Huffman and William Bowman edited by Jim Dohren. Sunbury Press, 2013. Paper, ISBN: 978-1620062944. $14.95. Civil War historians...
Published: 2/13/15
An Interview with Martha Hodes
Our conversation with Martha Hodes, a Professor of history at New York University, and recent author of “Mourning Lincoln,” now out with Yale University Press. In this interview, Dr. Hodes...
Published: 2/11/15
ESCOTT: Lincoln’s Dilemma (2014)
Lincoln’s Dilemma: Blair, Sumner, and the Republican Struggle over Racism and Equality in the Civil War Era by Paul D. Escott. University of Virginia Press, 2014. Cloth, ISBN: 978-0-8139-3619-2. $29.95 ...
Published: 2/11/15
KING: To Raise Up a Nation (2013)
To Raise Up a Nation: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, and the Making of a Free Country by William S. King. Westholme Publishing, 2013. Cloth, ISBN: 978-1594161919. $35.00. Early in William S....
Published: 2/4/15
SPENCER (ed.): A Connecticut Yankee in Lincoln’s Cabinet (2014)
A Connecticut Yankee in Lincoln’s Cabinet: Navy Secretary Gideon Welles Chronicles the Civil War edited by J. Ronald Spencer. The Acorn Club, 2014. Paper, ISBN: 978-0615961033. $24.95. Few primary source...
Published: 1/28/15
COOLING: Jubal Early (2014)
Jubal Early: Robert E. Lee’s “Bad Old Man” by Benjamin Franklin Cooling III. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014. Cloth, IBSN: 978-0810889132. $38.00. “My bad old man,” as Robert E. Lee once...
Published: 1/23/15
An Interview with Peter Carmichael (2015)
Our conversation with Peter Carmichael, the Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. In this interview, Dr. Carmichael touches on some of the events and speakers at this...