Category: Civil War Books – Authors
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March 2013 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! March 2013 James W. Durney *********************************************************** Scheduled to be in the stores Look for Alex Mendoza’s Chickamauga 1863: Rebel Breakthrough. This is one of the “Bright Lights” of the western ACW historians and authors. Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg by Tom Huntington is an […]
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Civil War Book Review: Fury on the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg
Fury on the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg by John M. Archer Product Details Paperback: 80 pages Publisher: Ten Roads Publishing, LLC. (June 13, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0983721394 ISBN-13: 978-0983721390 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches Starting July 4, 1863 and continuing until they died the participants wrote and talked about Gettysburg. The […]
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Why Bobby Lee Had More Men (and Lost More Men) Than Anyone Knew in 1864
The Overland Campaign: War of Attrition? The standard story of the Overland Campaign is this: Grant had at least a 2:1 advantage over Lee in the Overland Campaign (and Early maintains a 3:1 advantage!) Grant could gain ample new recruits, Lee had no manpower reserves to draw on Grant doggedly used these advantages to grind […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Battle of Carthage, Missouri: First Trans-Mississippi Conflict of the Civil War
The Battle of Carthage, Missouri: First Trans-Mississippi Conflict of the Civil War by Kenneth E. Burchett Product Details Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: McFarland (November 29, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0786469595 ISBN-13: 978-0786469598 The history of a non-event History has a way of overlooking or forgetting events. Oh yes, the event is real. People talked about […]
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February 2013 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! February 2013 James W. Durney *********************************************************** New in the stores SIMPLY MURDER: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862 by Chris Mackowski & Kristopher White is a unique combination of battle history and guidebook that works! Reading this book showed me what I missed during my visit to Fredericksburg. […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions: January 2013, Part 3
Editor’s Note: Civil War Book Acquisitions is an ongoing series which allows me to highlight new books I’ve recently acquired and give readers an idea of upcoming Civil War books. Harvest of Death: The Battle of Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas by Joe Walker 978-1461021902 158 pages, 9 maps, illustrations, bibliography, footnotes, order of battle appendix, index. […]
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Civil War Book Review: Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation
Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation by Timothy B. Smith Product Details Hardcover: 472 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (May 9, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 070061852X ISBN-13: 978-0700618521 Railroads were the “super highways” of the Civil War. Unlike today, railroads went into towns and/or towns went to railroads. During the war, both sides expended […]