Books and Discussions
Published: 11/9/22
The Last Fire-Eater (2022)
A concise biography of a colorful Confederate.
Published: 11/2/22
Black Suffrage (2022)
A look at northerners' attitudes toward African-American rights in the post-Civil War years.
Published: 10/31/22
Voices From the Army of Northern Virginia, Part 4
USAHEC Confederate corps commander James Longstreet Literature on the Army of Northern Virginia contains book-length testimony from four of the seven officers who commanded its infantry corps. These titles include...
Published: 10/26/22
Remembering Enslavement (2022)
A "monumental contribution to the study of public history."
Published: 10/19/22
James Montgomery (2022)
A new book rehabilitates the reputation of a maligned and misunderstood Union officer.
Published: 10/17/22
September Suspense (2012)
Close students of Civil War military history are familiar with the long career and good work of Dennis E. Frye. As chief historian at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Frye’s...
Published: 10/12/22
Yours Affectionately, Osgood (2022)
An interesting collection of wartime correspondence by a New York officer.
Published: 10/5/22
The War after the War (2022)
A detailed review of John Patrick Daly's "The War after the War," a new history of the post-Civil War period of Reconstruction.
Published: 9/28/22
Count the Dead (2022)
A "little book" that "packs a huge punch."
Published: 9/28/22
Quick Picks: Sherman’s March Books
Looking to learn more about William T. Sherman's March to the Sea? An expert historian offers some suggestions for further reading.
Published: 9/21/22
The Families’ Civil War (2022)
A deep dive into Philadelphia's working-class African-American soldiers and their families.
Published: 9/14/22
When Hell Came to Sharpsburg (2022)
A look at how the Battle of Antietam affected the local population.
Published: 9/7/22
James Longstreet and the American Civil War (2022)
A detailed defense of "Lee's War Horse" against his postwar detractors.
Published: 9/3/22
The Whartons’ War (2022)
A well-edited collection of a Confederate general's wartime correspondence with his wife.
Published: 8/31/22
W.G. (2022)
A look at the life of a fascinating Civil War-era character.
Published: 8/31/22
The Five Best Books on the Civil War in the (Far) West
Library of Congress On the first day of my American West in History and Film class, I ask students to explain where the historical West of their imaginations is located,...
Published: 8/24/22
Only the Clothes on Her Back (2022)
A detailed review of Laura F. Edwards' "Only the Clothes on Her Back," a look at the lives of everyday Americans in the early republic.
Published: 8/17/22
Been in the Storm So Long (1979)
On the one-year anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize winning scholar Leon F. Litwack’s death, historian Evan C. Jones offers this extended retrospective on Litwack’s magnum opus. Throughout the nineteenth...