Category: Civil War Book Reviews

  • Review: A Crisis In Confederate Command: Edmund Kirby Smith, Richard Taylor, And The Army Of The Trans-Mississippi

    A Crisis In Confederate Command: Edmund Kirby Smith, Richard Taylor, And The Army Of The Trans-Mississippi (Hardcover) by Jeffery S. Prushankin Product Details Hardcover: 308 pages Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (December 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807130885 ISBN-13: 978-0807130889 Who is the enemy? The war between general officers can be as interesting as the war […]

  • Review: The General and Monaville, Texas

    The General and Monaville, Texas By Joe G. Bax 168 pages Aug. 1, 2009 Emerald Book Company Touching on a piece of history that I think is too often overlooked, author Joe G. Bax successfully paints a vivid picture of a small Texas town during the tumultuous period that followed the Civil War. With a […]

  • Review: The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta

      The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta By Marc Wortman Marc Wortman hasn’t so much written a book about the siege and burning of Atlanta as he has written a history of Atlanta covering approximately fifty years from its founding until its surrender to the army of William Tecumseh Sherman and its ultimate […]

  • Review: The Second United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War by Gerald L. Early

    The Second United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War A History and Roster Gerald L. Earley ISBN 978-0-7864-3925-6 32 photos, 4 maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index 253pp. hardcover (7 x 10) 2009 Price: $55.00 Gerald Early’s book on the 2nd U.S.S.S. adds yet another volume to the growing literature about Berdan’s Sharpshooters. These two regiments, […]

  • Review: Grant’s Lieutenants: From Chattanooga to Appomattox

    Grant’s Lieutenants: From Chattanooga to Appomattox (Modern War Studies) Edited by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 263 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (June 19, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 070061589X ISBN-13: 978-0700615896 Doing a book of essays is challenging.  Each essay needs to contribute to a central theme while being able to standalone.  The […]

  • Review: A Dangerous Stir: Fear, Paranoia, and the Making of Reconstruction

    A Dangerous Stir: Fear, Paranoia, and the Making of Reconstruction (Civil War America) by Mark Wahlgren Summers Product Details Hardcover: 344 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (September 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807833045 ISBN-13: 978-0807833049 People who read history know how the story ends.  We have read the last chapter of the […]

  • Review: Grant’s Lieutenants: From Cairo to Vicksburg

    Grant’s Lieutenants: From Cairo to Vicksburg (Modern War Studies) by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 264 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas; 1st edition, edition (July 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 0700611274 ISBN-13: 978-0700611270 Steven Woodworth has an excellent reputation as both author and editor.  He has the ability to attract people, who can contribute […]