Category: Civil War Books – Now Reading
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June 2011 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! June 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list Sing Not War by James Marten looks at the experience of being a veteran of the Civil War. This is an excellent book on an often-ignored subject. The Won Cause by Barbara A. Gannon looks at Black and White comradeship […]
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Civil War Book Review: Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.: Remembering the Rebellion and the Gettysburg Campaign
Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.: Remembering the Rebellion and the Gettysburg Campaign Scott L. Mingus Sr. and James McClure Product Details Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Colecraft Industries; 1st edition (April 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0983364001 ISBN-13: 978-0983364009 In 1863, York County is not the epicenter of the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania. That […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs
Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs Editor: Herbert M. Schiller TOCWOC’s Take: Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs is a compilation of two 19th century works on Confederate torpedoes, the first by a Confederate and the second by a Union author: Torpedo Book […]
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Civil War Book Review: Love and War: The Civil War Letters and Medicinal Book of Augustus V. Ball
Love and War: The Civil War Letters and Medicinal Book of Augustus V. Ball edited by Donald S. Frazier & Andrew Hillhouse, Transcribed by Anne Ball Ryals Product Details Hardcover: 528 pages Publisher: State House Press; annotated edition edition (October 25, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 9781933337425 ISBN-13: 978-1933337425 ASIN: 1933337427 A family and a war […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: Tennessee in the Civil War: Selected Contemporary Accounts of Military and Other Events, Month by Month
Tennessee in the Civil War: Selected Contemporary Accounts of Military and Other Events, Month by Month Compiler: James B. Jones, Jr. TOCWOC’s Take: Tennessee in the Civil War: Selected Contemporary Accounts of Military and Other Events, Month by Month strives to take the reader beyond Shiloh, Stones’ River, Fort Pillow, and other famous battles. This […]
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Civil War Book Review: Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in the Civil War
Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in the Civil War by Gail Stephens Product Details Hardcover: 301 pages Publisher: Indiana Historical Society (October 15, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0871952874 ISBN-13: 978-0871952875 Lew Wallace spent most of his life on the American stage. While never a major player, he is important as a politician, military […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: Colonels in Blue: Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia
Colonels in Blue: Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia Author: Roger D. Hunt TOCWOC’s Take: Colonels in Blue: Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia is the fourth volume (with McFarland the third publisher!) in Roger D. Hunt’s invaluable research series covering Union colonels of the Civil War. Hunt aims to collect as much information on each Federal […]