Category: Civil War Books – Now Reading
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Civil War Book Preview: The Petersburg Campaign Volume II: The Western Front Battles
Bearss, Edwin C., Suderow, Bryce & Wyrick, William. The Petersburg Campaign Volume 2: The Western Front Battles September 1864-April 1865. Savas Beatie LLC (March 2014). 600 pp., 38 illustrations, 25 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-61121-104-7 $34.95 (Cloth). The Petersburg Campaign Volume 2: The Western Front Battles September 1864-April 1865 by Ed Bearss and edited by Bryce Suderow, is […]
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April 2014 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! April 2014 James W. Durney *********************************************************** Hello again, this is the first “Those” in almost a year. A number of factors, reasons and events caused this to happen, none of which is important to you. The immediate goal is to publish every two months while working toward being a monthly […]
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Civil War Book Preview: Twenty-Five Hours to Tragedy: The Battle of Spring Hill by Jamie Gillum
Gillum, Jamie. Twenty-five Hours to Tragedy: The Battle of Spring Hill and Operations on November 29, 1864: Precursor to the Battle of Franklin. (Jamie Gillum (self published): 2014). 504 pages, maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-4701-0681-2 $37.95 (Paperback). Way back when I first started blogging on the Civil War, I was very interested in The Battle […]
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Civil War Book Review: Learning from the Wounded
Devine, Shauna. Learning from the Wounded: The Civil War and the Rise of American Medical Science. (The University of North Carolina Press: 2014). 384 pages, 3 tables, 26 halftones, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-4696-1155-6 $39.95 (Cloth). Note: Also available in Kindle format. Learning from the Wounded: The Civil War and the Rise of American […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Fifth New York Cavalry in the Civil War
Burns, Vincent L. The Fifth New York Cavalry in the Civil War. (McFarland: 2013). 304 pages, maps, illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-4766-0624-8 $35.00 (Paperback). Note: Also available in Kindle format. McFarland has produced dozens of regimental histories over the last decade, and The Fifth New York Cavalry in the Civil War by Vincent […]
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Civil War Book Review: Bloody Autumn: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864
Bloody Autumn: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 (Emerging Civil War) by Daniel Davis and Phillip Greenwalt Product Details Series: Emerging Civil War Paperback: 168 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (January 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611211654 ISBN-13: 978-1611211658 The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 is a popular subject, with many histories from which to choose. This […]
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Civil War Book Review: Allegany to Appomattox: The Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers
Dunham, Valgene. Allegany to Appomattox: The Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers (Syracuse University Press, 2013). 264 pages, maps, illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0-8156-1011-3 $29.95 (Cloth). Note: Also available in Kindle format. Many soldiers answered the call to war in the heady days of 1861 and […]