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Category: Civil War Book Reviews

  • Civil War Book Review: Where The South Lost The War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862

    Editor’s Note: I realized yesterday while putting together a post on Fort Donelson Civil War books that I never actually posted this review and summary of a key book in the Fort Donelson literature here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog.  This review was originally written in early 2005, before I had started blogging. […]

  • Civil War Book Acquisitions: February 2012, Part 1

    Civil War Book Acquisitions: February 2012 Title: The Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict Author: Fleche, Andre M. Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-3523-4 Price: $39.95 (Hardcover); $30.38 (Kindle) TOCWOC’s Take: We as Americans tend to be very focused on the events here from 1861-1865 […]

  • Civil War Book Review: The Battle of First Bull Run: An Illustrated Atlas and Battlefield Guide

    Hines, Blaikie. The Battle of First Bull Run Manassas Campaign – July 16-22, 1861: An Illustrated Atlas and Battlefield Guide. (American Patriot Press, 2011). 224 pages, over 500 photos and illustrations, 82 maps, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-61364-129-3 $39.50 (Oversized Paperback). Battle atlases are some of my favorite Civil War books.  Well done maps which accentuate […]

  • February 2012 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! February 2012 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “To Read” List Between the Holidays, a new PC, stomach flu, the new King book and real life my “to read” list has gotten out of hand.  I am reducing it a little more each day but as of this writing it is: […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Victors in Blue: How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other, and Won the Civil War

    Castel, Albert.  Simpson, Brooks D. Victors in Blue: How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other, and Won the Civil War (University Press of Kansas, 2011). 374 pages, 10 photos, 10 maps, notes. ISBN: 978-0-7006-1793-7 $34.95 (Hardcover). What ONE Union general, other than Grant, could have defeated Robert E. Lee?  How should the victorious […]

  • Civil War Book Review: GETTYSBURG’S FORGOTTEN CAVALRY ACTIONS

    GETTYSBURG’S FORGOTTEN CAVALRY ACTIONS: Farnsworth’s Charge, South Cavalry Field, and the Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863 by Eric J. Wittenberg Product Details Paperback: 244 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (November 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611210704 ISBN-13: 978-1611210705 An excellent book just got better! In 1998, Eric Wittenberg saw his first book published.  Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry […]

  • January 2012 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! January 2012 James W. Durney *********************************************************** Another Year This is going to be a year full of distractions that will compete for time to read.   Until early November political calls are a constant interruption.  After the election they will go back to ignoring us. This is the Sesquicentennial of 1862, […]