Category: Civil War Book Reviews
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Review: Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America
Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America (Paperback) by Evan Carton (Author) Product Details Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Bison Books (April 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0803219466 ISBN-13: 978-0803219465 Inconsistencies and excesses In the Civil War’s Emancipation Tradition John Brown is one of the major players, the doomed idealist, martyred by the evil […]
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Review: A History of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment: Lee’s Reliables
This is the fourth and final review of the inaugural 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 others in the series in terms of regimental history length, amount of annotation, depth and print size […]
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Review: Crisis of Command in the Army of the Potomac
Simson, Jay W. Crisis of Command in the Army of the Potomac: Sheridan’s Search for an Effective General. McFarland (August 14, 2008). 245 pages, maps, illustrations, index. ISBN: 978-0786436538 $39.95 (Paperback). As a Civil War general, how would you go about avoiding the wrath of Union Major General Phil Sheridan? The three generals Sheridan sacked, […]
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Review: Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition, June 1863
Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition, June 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr. Product Details Paperback: 624 pages Publisher: Ironclad Publishing; 1ST edition (February 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0967377080 ISBN-13: 978-0967377087 Histories of the Gettysburg Campaign dismiss The Pennsylvanian response with no more than a page. The hapless state militia breaks at the first rumor […]
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Joseph R. Reinhart Responds to Chancellorsville and the Germans Review
I recently received a long and interesting email from TOCWOC reader Joseph R. Reinhart about my review of Christian Keller’s book Chancellorsville and the Germans: Nativism, Ethnicity, and Civil War Memory. Mr. Reinhart has been researching German-American involvement in the Civil War for over 15 years. He is the editor of August Willich’s Gallant Dutchmen: […]
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Martin Pegler Books
Bill Adams (whom I have mentioned before in connection with his firearms expertise) send this short review of a couple of Martin Pegler’s books and has allowed me to post it here. I’ve read Out of Nowhere and found it excellent. Fred Ray I thoroughly enjoyed Martin Pegler’s Out of Nowhere: A History of the […]
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Review: Identification Discs of Union Soldiers in the Civil War: A Complete Classification Guide and Illustrated History
Maier, Larry B. and Stahl, Joseph W. Identification Discs of Union Soldiers in the Civil War: A Complete Classification Guide and Illustrated History. McFarland (August 15, 2008). 222 pages, many illustrations, index. ISBN: 978-0786433100 $55.00 (Hardcover). Did Civil War soldiers have dog tags? Surprisingly, yes they did, and they are referred to today as “identification […]