Category: Civil War Books – Authors
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The Top 13 Controversies at Franklin: Part 1
Editor’s Note: After I’d posted my recent comments on Lee’s possible endorsement of John Bell Hood for army command in 1864, I started going back over a lengthy nine or ten part series I did on Eric Jacobson’s book For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of […]
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Civil War Book Review: Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863
Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863 (Emerging Civil War) by William Lee White Product Details Series: Emerging Civil War Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (September 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611211581 ISBN-13: 978-1611211580 For a number of years, I spent a weekend in March at Chickamauga following Dave […]
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New 1864 Diary of 148th Pennsylvania Soldier Published
Editor’s Note: This blog entry was cross-posted at The Siege of Petersburg Online. I recently received a care package from Bill Black, who has been hard at work with Carolee Michener in editing the diary of Ithiel B. Snyder of Co. G, 148th Pennsylvania Infantry. The 148th belonged to the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, II […]
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The October 1864 Battles Around Petersburg
How many of you know that there was a SECOND battle of Fair Oaks, and that it occurred in late October 1864 during the Siege of Petersburg? This is one of four neglected battles from October 1864 that lawyer Hampton Newsome tackles in his new book Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864. Newsome […]
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Did Lee Endorse Hood as an Army Commander in July 1864?
After the recent kerfluffle over a review of Sam Hood’s new book John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General (also available via Kindle), I decided to read it myself and review it carefully. That review will be the subject of a different blog post. Today, I want to discuss the […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Gettysburg Campaign in Numbers and Losses
The Gettysburg Campaign in Numbers and Losses: Synopses, Orders of Battle, Strengths, Casualties, and Maps, June 9 – July 14, 1863 by J. David Petruzzi and Steven Stanley Product Details Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (April 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611210801 ISBN-13: 978-1611210804 “Oh goody!” was my reaction on receiving this book. I confess […]
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Civil War Book Review: Searching for George Gordon Meade
Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg by Tom Huntington Product Details Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Stackpole Books; 1ST edition (February 1, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0811708136 ISBN-13: 978-0811708135 The invisible general Every Civil War General seems to have a group of dedicated and vocal supporters. With few problems, I can find: […]