Category: Civil War Book Reviews
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Civil War Book Review: Slavery and the Supreme Court, 1825-1861
Slavery and the Supreme Court, 1825-1861 by Earl M. Maltz Product Details Hardcover: 362 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (November 3, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0700616667 ISBN-13: 978-0700616664 Given a choice of spending an afternoon reading legal history or in the dentist’s chair, many would have to think which would be worse. I approached […]
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Civil War Book Review: Creating a Confederate Kentucky
Creating a Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in a Border State by Anne Elizabeth Marshall Product Details Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (November 29, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 080783436X ISBN-13: 978-0807834367 Becoming Confederate E. Merton Coulter said Kentucky “waited until after the war was over to […]
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March 2011 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! March 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list God’s Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War by George C. Rable looks at religion during the war.George C. Rable (Author) Strangling the Confederacy by Kevin Dougherty is not a new book but one that needs […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: Union Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record
Union Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record (3 vols.) Authors: Travis W. Busey & John W. Busey TOCWOC’s Take: John W. Busey is no stranger to Gettysburg, having previously produced These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg on his own and the famous (and often updated) Regimental Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg with David […]
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Civil War Book Review: Rashness of That Hour
Rashness of That Hour: Politics, Gettysburg, and the Downfall of Confederate Brigadier General Alfred Iverson by Robert Wynstra Product Details Hardcover: 360 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (November 19, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 193271488X ISBN-13: 978-1932714883 Politics over performance? In the 1800s, the Spoils System is in power. Politics controls Civil Service with elections causing massive […]
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New Civil War Book: One Continuous Fight in Paperback
One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, July 4-14, 1863 Authors: Eric Wittenberg, J.D. Petruzzi, and Mike Nugent TOCWOC’s Take: One Continuous Fight sets out to correct some long held notions about Meade’s performance in the Army of the Potomac’s pursuit of Lee after the Battle […]
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February 2011 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! February 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list Reconstructing Appalachia: The Civil War’s Aftermath edited by Andrew L. Slap presents a look at Reconstruction in an area with a unique set of problems. The Day Dixie Died: The Battle of Atlanta by Gary Ecelbarger is a description of […]