Category: Civil War Book Reviews
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Civil War Book Review: The New Gettysburg Campaign Handbook
THE NEW GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN HANDBOOK: Facts, Photos, and Artwork for Readers of All Ages, June 9 – July 14, 1863 by J. David Petruzzi and Steven Stanley Product Details Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (July 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 161121078X ISBN-13: 978-1611210781 The authors have an uncanny ability to hit the “sweet spot” with […]
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Civil War Book Review: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment: 1861-1865
Editor’s Note: This book review originally appeared last week at The Siege of Petersburg Online. This is the third and final review for the second release of titles in the South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set series from Broadfoot Publishing Company. A significant portion of each review will show you how this particular volume compared to the […]
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Civil War Book Review: Second Manassas: Longstreet’s Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge
Second Manassas: Longstreet’s Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge by Scott C. Patchan Product Details Hardcover: 200 pages Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. (July 31, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1597976873 ISBN-13: 978-1597976879 It is hard to image a trained military man doing a worse job than John Pope at Second Manassas. His conduct, throughout the […]
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Civil War Book Review: A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad: The Vermont Brigade, June 23, 1864
Editor’s Note: This review originally appeared at The Siege of Petersburg Online. Cross, David F. A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad: The Vermont Brigade, June 23, 1864 (White Mane Books, 2003). 267 pages, photos, maps, notes, bibliography. ISBN: 1-57249-332-1 $29.95 (Hardcover). On June 23, 1864, the Vermont Brigade of the Army of the Potomac […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Day Dixie Died: The Battle of Atlanta
Ecelbarger, Gary. The Day Dixie Died: The Battle of Atlanta (St. Martin’s Press, 2010). 320 pages, 17 b&w photos, 13 maps, notes, bibliography. ISBN: 0-312-56399-X $26.99 (Hardcover). Was the July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta THE decisive moment of the Atlanta Campaign, and by extension, the battle that secured Lincoln’s reelection in 1864 and won […]
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Civil War Book Review: Border War: Fighting Over Slavery Before the Civil War
Border War: Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War by Stanley Harrold Product Details Hardcover: 312 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; First Edition edition (October 29, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807834319 ISBN-13: 978-0807834312 Slavery did not present a great problem when the majority of the states held slaves. As states emancipated slaves […]
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August 2011 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! August 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list A World on Fire: Britain’s Crucial Role in the American Civil War is a detailed, informative and very enjoyable book. Sister States Enemy States is a series of essays on how the war affected Tennessee and Kentucky. The Doom of […]