Category: Civil War Books – Authors
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Recent McFarland Civil War Books: October-November 2012
Editor’s Note: I tried to do a series called the “McFarland Book of the Week” awhile ago and I just could not reasonably keep up. You’ll see these new posts from time to time which update you on the most recent McFarland Civil War books available. McFarland’s books tend to be on the expensive side, […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Maps of Antietam
The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign, including the Battle of South Mountain, September 2 – 20, 1862 (Savas Beatie Military Atlas) by Bradley M. Gottfried Product Details Hardcover: 360 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (June 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611210860 ISBN-13: 978-1611210866 Savas Beaties “The Maps of” series makes available high […]
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Civil War Book Review: THE IRON BRIGADE IN CIVIL WAR AND MEMORY: The Black Hats from Bull Run to Appomattox and Thereafter
THE IRON BRIGADE IN CIVIL WAR AND MEMORY: The Black Hats from Bull Run to Appomattox and Thereafter by Lance J. Herdegen Product Details Hardcover: 696 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie; First Edition edition (August 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611211069 ISBN-13: 978-1611211061 The best brigade history, I have ever read. In 1957, John J. […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee
Hess, Earl J. The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee. (The University of Tennessee Press: October 2012). 424 pages, illustrations, 22 maps, bibliography, endnotes, index. ISBN: 978-1-57233-916-3 $39.95 (Hardcover). Check another previously poorly covered campaign off the list. With The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee, Earl Hess has produced the […]
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November 2012 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! November 2012 James W. Durney *********************************************************** New in the stores Larry J. Daniel’s book Battle of Stones River: The Forgotten Conflict Between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of the Cumberland due in stores on the fifth. The Civil War and American Art (Smithsonian American Art […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter Product Details Hardcover: 528 pages Publisher: Knopf (July 10, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 030727263X ISBN-13: 978-0307272638 A good political thriller. A young Black woman joins a Washington law firm as a clerk. The firm is defending the impeached President of the United States. The impeachment based […]
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Civil War Book Review: War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era) by James M. McPherson Product Details Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (September 17, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807835889 ISBN-13: 978-0807835883 Civil War history tends to mention the Navy only at Hampton Roads and […]