Category: Civil War Books – Authors
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Review: The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth
Hess, Earl J. The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth. University Press of Kansas (September 9, 2008). 288 pages, tables, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0700616077 $29.95 (Hardcover). Did the widespread use of the rifle musket for the first time in the American Civil War lead to increased average combat ranges, increasingly destructive […]
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Review: Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads and the Civil War’s Last Campaign
Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads and the Civil War’s Last Campaign by Eric J. Wittenberg Hardcover: 366 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.18 x 9.06 x 6.36 Publisher: Savas Beatie; (April 15, 2006) ISBN: 1932714170 Eric Wittenberg solidifies his standing as our best Civil War Cavalry author continuing to produce high quality, well-researched, readable histories that […]
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Review: Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery
Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery by Anne Farrow, Joel Lang, Jenifer Frank Product Details Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 15, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0345467833 ISBN-13: 978-0345467836 Over stated, simplified and questionable This is history for people who do not read history and have little intention to change. […]
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Review: Fire in the Cane Field – The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas January 1861-January 1863
Fire in the Cane Field – The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas January 1861-January 1863, Donald S. Frazier, State House Press, 2009 The first thing I want to say about this book is that it looks and feels like a good book should. The handsome high gloss cover and the feel of a sturdy […]
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Review: War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta
(Ed. Note: This review was of a prepublication proof of War Like the Thunderbolt, which is due out in September 2009.) War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta by Russell S. Bonds Product Details Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Westholme Publishing Language: English ISBN-10: 1594161003 ISBN-13: 978-1594161001 Atlanta is the focus This is […]
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Review: Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg
Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg by James A. Hessler Product Details Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (June 29, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714642 ISBN-13: 978-1932714647 If this were fiction, I would say the author’s main character is not […]
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Review: Lincoln’s Labels: America’s Best-Known Brands and the Civil War
Schmidt, James M. Lincoln’s Labels: America’s Best-Known Brands and the Civil War. Edinborough Press (April 1, 2008). 224 pages, illustrations, index. ISBN: 978-1889020211 $27.95 (Hardcover). Many people have heard of famous jewelers Tiffany and Co. of New York. But most are probably not aware of that company’s massive output of award medals, finely crafted swords, […]