Category: Civil War Books – New
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Civil War Book Review: A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War
A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War by Thomas Fleming Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition (May 7, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0306821265 ISBN-13: 978-0306821264 This book is upsetting a number of people, looking at the distribution of […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign
The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7 – September 19, 1864 by Scott C. Patchan Product Details Hardcover: 576 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (July 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714987 ISBN-13: 978-1932714982 Note: Also available in a Kindle edition for $11.49. The largest battle in The Valley […]
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Savas Beatie Author Interview: Edward B. Hicks, J. Michael Cobb, and Wythe Holt on Big Bethel
Editor’s Note: This Savas Beatie author interview originally appeared at the Savas Beatie web site and appears at TOCWOC with written permission. This interview may not be reproduced without the express written content of Savas Beatie. For more details on this and other fine Savas Beatie books, please email the publisher at sales@savasbeatie.com. An Interview with The Battle of Big […]
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Civil War Book Review: Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863
Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863 (Emerging Civil War) by William Lee White Product Details Series: Emerging Civil War Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (September 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611211581 ISBN-13: 978-1611211580 For a number of years, I spent a weekend in March at Chickamauga following Dave […]
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New 1864 Diary of 148th Pennsylvania Soldier Published
Editor’s Note: This blog entry was cross-posted at The Siege of Petersburg Online. I recently received a care package from Bill Black, who has been hard at work with Carolee Michener in editing the diary of Ithiel B. Snyder of Co. G, 148th Pennsylvania Infantry. The 148th belonged to the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, II […]
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The October 1864 Battles Around Petersburg
How many of you know that there was a SECOND battle of Fair Oaks, and that it occurred in late October 1864 during the Siege of Petersburg? This is one of four neglected battles from October 1864 that lawyer Hampton Newsome tackles in his new book Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864. Newsome […]
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Did Lee Endorse Hood as an Army Commander in July 1864?
After the recent kerfluffle over a review of Sam Hood’s new book John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General (also available via Kindle), I decided to read it myself and review it carefully. That review will be the subject of a different blog post. Today, I want to discuss the […]