Category: Civil War Books – New
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Author Interview: John Horn, Author of The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864
John Horn and Savas Beatie have teamed up to produce The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864, a new and improved second edition of his H. E. Howard series book The Petersburg Campaign: The Destruction of The Weldon Railroad: Deep Bottom, Globe Tavern, and Reams Station: August 14-25, 1864. I contributed to […]
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Author Interview: Richard J. Sommers, Author of Richmond Redeemed
Publisher Savas Beatie (www.savasbeatie.com) originally published this author interview with Richmond Redeemed author Richard J. Sommers. Savas Beatie recently published an updated Second Edition of this classic look at the Siege of Petersburg’s Fifth Offensive. For more information on this and many other fine Civil War books, contact Savas Beatie at sales@savasbeatie.com. An Interview with Richmond […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Road to Atlanta: Regimental Wargame Scenarios for the Atlanta Campaign May-June 1864
Butkovich, Brad. The Road to Atlanta: Regimental Wargame Scenarios for the Atlanta Campaign May-June 1864. (Historic Imagination: January 2015). 104 pages, 10 scenarios and orders of battle, 20 maps. ISBN: 978-0-9904122-3-6. $13.99 (Watermarked PDF ) and $20.13 (Paperback) Available at: Wargame Vault (PDF) Amazon (paperback) Miniatures gamers hoping to war game the Atlanta Campaign now […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7–September 19, 1864
Patchan, Scott C. The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7–September 19, 1864. (Savas Beatie: 2013). 553 + xxi, 7 appendices, 81 images, 22 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 978-1-932714-98-2, $34.95 I own a lot of books on the Civil War: General histories, reference works, memoirs, campaign […]
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Civil War Book Preview: The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864 by John Horn
Shipping from the printer this week is the second edition of John Horn’s H. E. Howard book on the Battle of Globe Tavern and Grant’s Fourth Offensive during the Siege of Petersburg. The second edition is entitled The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864, and contains, according to the author “expanded […]
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Leadership Lessons from the Siege of Petersburg: Richard J. Sommers
Dr. Richard J. Sommers, author of Richmond Redeemed, recently reprinted in a Second Edition by Savas Beatie, recently gave a talk about leadership at the Siege of Petersburg which aired on CSPAN. Luckily for us, as Dr. Sommers writes in an email, it’s now available online: C-SPAN filmed a presentation on “Richmond Redeemed: Enduring Lessons […]
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Civil War Book Preview: The Battle of Petersburg, June 15–18, 1864 by Sean Chick
First New Book on the Second Battle of Petersburg in 25 Years Sean Chick’s new book on the Second Battle of Petersburg will be published by Potomac Books in 2015. I wanted to bring this one to readers’ attention with a sneak peek at the cover as well as some information on the book. Look […]