Category: Civil War Books – Authors
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Civil War Book Review: Covered with Glory: The 26th North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg
Covered with Glory: The 26th North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg by Rod Gragg Product Details Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; Reprint edition (February 8, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807871400 ISBN-13: 978-0807871409 Writing a regimental history can be tricky. Their is a delicate mix between combat and camp. […]
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Civil War Book Review: Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short But Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren
Wittenberg, Eric J. Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short But Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren. Edinborough Press (August 1, 2009). 318 pages, 7 maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-889020-33-4 $29.95 (Hardcover). Young Ulric Dahlgren, like his father Admiral John Dahlgren, had a burning ambition to rise as high as his many talents […]
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Review: For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair At Spring Hill & the Battle of Franklin
For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair At Spring Hill & the Battle of Franklin by Eric A. Jacobson Product Details Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: O’More Publishing; 2nd edition (2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0971744440 ISBN-13: 978-0971744448 One of the best Civil War histories I have read! This book is the gold standard […]
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Maps of Gettysburg “Trailer” Released by Savas-Beatie
Savas-Beatie, the best non-academic publisher of Civil War books in the game today, recently released another “book trailer”, this time on their wildly successful book The Maps of Gettysburg by Bradley Gottfried, now in full color. Check it out below or at YouTube:
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The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Volume 1: South Mountain Is Out!
Tom Clemens announced Thursday on his Maryland Campaign blog that the first volume of his lifelong labor of love, The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Volume 1: South Mountain, is available now at Antietam National Battlefield and should be available soon at Amazon.com. Everyone I’ve spoken with has had nothing but ebullient praise for Clemens’ […]
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Review: VALLEY THUNDER: The Battle of New Market
VALLEY THUNDER: The Battle of New Market by Charles Knight Product Details Hardcover: 360 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (May 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714804 ISBN-13: 978-1932714807 The must-have New Market book. I am convinced that enthusiasts write the best histories. An enthusiast finds an event that touches them deeply, for whatever reason. They take the […]
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May 2010 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! May 2010 James Durney *********************************************************** Newly Published Reluctant Rebels The Confederates Who Joined the Army after 1861 by Kenneth W. Noe offers a nuanced view of men often cast as less patriotic and less committed to the cause. He rekindles the debate over who these later enlistees were, why they […]