Category: Civil War Books – Authors
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Review: Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick
Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick Product Details Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (February 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743290259 ISBN-13: 978-0743290258 This is a very well written book about one of our more interesting Civil War generals. George Thomas has a large vocal fan club […]
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March 2009 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! March 2009 James Durney *************************************************************** New Releases Scheduled for April 7 is Winston Groom’s Vicksburg, 1863. Winston Groom is an excellent author with several histories. Shrouds of Glory: from Atlanta to Nashville: the Last Great Campaign of the Civil War was his last book on the Civil War. On April […]
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Review: Hampton Legion Infantry C.S.A. by O. Lee Sturkey
This is the first of four reviews scheduled for Tuesdays in March. Each review will cover one of the first four volumes of 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 […]
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Podcast Highlighting Francis Hamit’s Civil War Novel Shenandoah Spy
Francis Hamit recently contacted TOCWOC to let me know he has a podcast available of his November 8, 2008 presentation about Belle Boyd and the Confederate Secret Serrvice given at the West Coast Civil War Roundtable Conference. The podcast should also be available at Brass Cannon Books soon. Francis is the author of the recent […]
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Soldiers still tell their story at Historic Blenheim
For Civil War buffs who live anywhere near Fairfax, Va., I wanted to bring to your attention a newly-opened museum and interpretive center called Historic Blenheim. If you’ve ever walked into a historic building and said, “if only the walls could talk” — you’re in luck at Historic Blenheim, because in this case they do. […]
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Two New Reference Works: Kentuckians in Gray and Confederate Colonels
Bruce S. Allardice and Lawrence Lee Hewitt (Editors). Kentuckians in Gray: Confederate Generals and Field Officers in the Bluegrass State. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky (November 14, 2008). 344 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0813124759 $40.00 (Hardcover w/DJ). Bruce S. Allardice. Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia, MO: The University of Missouri Press […]
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Review: Roll Call to Destiny: The Soldier’s Eye View of Civil War Battles
Brent Nosworthy. Roll Call to Destiny: The Soldier’s Eye View of Civil War Battles. New York: Basic Books (March 2008). 352 pages, notes, bibliography, index, 14 maps. ISBN: 978-1567923247 $27.95 (Hardcover w/DJ). Some very good things can result when an author has extra material left over from a previous book. Such is the case with […]