Category: Civil War Books – Authors
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July 2010 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! July 2010 James W. Durney *********************************************************** In my mailbox or on the shelves Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market by Charles R. Knight is 336 pages, 50 photos and illustrations, 9 original maps, and 8 appendices, with traditional footnotes, covering the “complex prelude” and the battle. The author is […]
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Civil War Book Review: American Civil War Railroad Tactics (Elite 171)
Hodges, Robert R. American Civil War Railroad Tactics (Elite 171) Osprey Publishing (August, 2009). 64 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1846034527 $18.95 (Paperback). Two of my favorite topics are Civil War history and the history of railroads. I was pleased to see one of Osprey’s latest books in their Elite series, American Civil War Railroad […]
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Civil War Book Review: A History of the 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion (James Battalion): 1861-1865
This is the second review for the second release of titles in the South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set series from Broadfoot Publishing Company. A significant portion of each review will show you how this particular volume compared to the others in the series in terms of regimental history length, amount of annotation, depth and print size […]
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Civil War Book Review: Lincoln and McClellan: The Troubled Partnership between a President and His General
Lincoln and McClellan: The Troubled Partnership between a President and His General by John C. Waugh Product Details Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English ISBN-10: 0230613497 ISBN-13: 978-0230613492 Doing a book on Lincoln and McClellan is akin to running naked through a minefield. On one side, is a beloved President universally acclaimed and […]
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Civil War Book Review: Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals
Mountcastle, Clay. Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals. University Press of Kansas (September 2, 2009). 212 pp., 20 photographs, 5 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0-7006-1668-8 $29.95 (Cloth). How did Union soldiers respond to guerrilla warfare by Southerners? Who conceived of and put into practice Union Army punitive measures against Southern civilians? Just how […]
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Civil War Book Review: A Vast and Fiendish Plot: The Confederate Attack on New York City
A Vast and Fiendish Plot by Clint Johnson Product Details Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Citadel; 1 edition (March 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0806531312 ISBN-13: 978-0806531311 The Civil War has any number of small areas that lack studies. There are many reasons for this the major one being that people tend not to buy books […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Chickamauga Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland)
The Chickamauga Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland) edited by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st Edition edition (April 30, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0809329808 ISBN-13: 978-0809329809 Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland is a brilliant series of essays edited by the historian Steven E. Woodworth. […]