Category: Civil War Books – Authors
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Civil War Book Review: Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President
Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President by Roger Billings & Frank J. Williams Product Details Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky; Reprint edition (January 25, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813136539 ISBN-13: 978-0813136530 Lore has Lincoln as a country lawyer riding the circuit. He wins cases by charming the […]
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Two Important New Antietam Books
If you’re looking for some good Antietam reading as the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam nears, you’re in luck. Not one but two promising new books on Antietam have recently become available. First, we have Tom Clemens’ long-awaited The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Vol. II: Antietam, which is a fully and exhaustively […]
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Civil War Book Review: Virginia at War, 1861
Virginia at War, 1861 edited by William C. Davis & James I. Robertson Product Details Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (November 11, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813123720 ISBN-13: 978-0813123721 William C. Davis (Editor) This is the first in a series covering Virginia during each year of the war. The format of […]
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September 2012 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! September 2012 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My Reading List Good bad or indifferent, these are the books that sit calling “read me next”. The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign, including the Battle of South Mountain, September 2 – 20, 1862 by Bradley Gottfried is the […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict
The Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict by Andre M. Fleche Product Details Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (March 1, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807835234 ISBN-13: 978-0807835234 The American Civil War as part of a worldwide movement. We like to think of “OUR” […]
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Civil War Book Review: UNHOLY SABBATH: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory, September 14, 1862
UNHOLY SABBATH: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory, September 14, 1862 by Brian Jordan Product Details Hardcover: 408 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (January 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611210887 ISBN-13: 978-1611210880 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches Mentioning the battle of South Mountain produces a limited set of responses. The most […]
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Book Review: The Diary of Cyrus Comstock
Book Review: The Diary of Cyrus B. Comstock; compiled and edited by Merlin E. Sumner, Morningside House Inc., 1987 My original interest in this book was spurred by my never ending search for information on engineer operations during the Civil War. Cyrus Comstock was a very influential staff engineer and aide for U.S. Grant during […]