Category: Civil War Books – Authors
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In The Review Queue: Death in the Trenches, Border War, and Civil War Guerrillas
The “In the Review Queue” series provides TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog readers with a brief look at books Brett Schulte is planning to review here on the blog. These will be very similar to Drew Wagenhoffer’s “Booknotes” series at Civil War Books and Authors. I received three new Civil War books to review […]
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Review: Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War
Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War By David J. Eicher Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Little, Brown; 1st edition (March 22, 2006) ISBN: 0316739057 David Eicher has a difficult premise to prove but makes a good logical case for it. The short form is that the Southern mentality contained the seeds of […]
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Review: Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg
Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg by Timothy B. Smith Product Details Paperback: 520 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (January 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714197 ISBN-13: 978-1932714197 [This review is for the hardback version] The reading Civil War battle histories can be very enjoyable or an exercise in frustration depending on the author’s ability to explain […]
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Review: Army of the Potomac, Volume III: McClellan’s First Campaign, March – May 1862
Army of the Potomac, Volume III: McClellan’s First Campaign, March – May 1862 by Russel Beatie Product Details Hardcover: 864 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (February 28, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714251 ISBN-13: 978-1932714258 Details, they say the devil is in the details and they might be right. I am convinced that history is in the […]
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Review: Army of the Potomac, Volume II: McClellan Takes Command, September 1861-February 1862
Army of the Potomac, Volume II: McClellan Takes Command, September 1861-February 1862 by Russel H. Beatie Product Details Hardcover: 672 pages Publisher: Da Capo Press (November 9, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0306812525 ISBN-13: 978-0306812521 Russell H. Beatie is writing what should become the classic series on The Army of the Potomac. This is the second […]
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Review: Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy
Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy by David O. Stewart Product Details Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (May 12, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1416547495 ISBN-13: 978-1416547495 Why don’t I like this book? David Stewart is an excellent writer who displays his talent in this book. He […]
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Review: The Shiloh Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland) edited by Steven E. Woodworth
The Shiloh Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland) Editor Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st Edition (April 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0809328925 ISBN-13: 978-0809328925 Shiloh, the first big battle of the Civil War, no longer evokes the intense feelings of 1862. The larger bloodier battles […]