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Category: Civil War Book Reviews

  • Review: The Last Lincolns: The Rise & Fall of a Great American Family

    The Last Lincolns: The Rise & Fall of a Great American Family by Charles Lachman Product Details Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Union Square Press (October 7, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1402758901 ISBN-13: 978-1402758904 When Lincoln died, he left his widow Mary Todd Lincoln and two sons.  Robert Todd Lincoln was in his early twenties, a […]

  • Review: The 13th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry C.S.A. by Mike Wadsworth

    This is the third of four reviews scheduled for Tuesdays in March.  Each review will cover one of the first four volumes of 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 […]

  • Review: Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign

    Update: Welcome to TOCWOC for those of you who have found this page through a Google Search!  If you enjoy what you’re about to read below, feel free to Subscribe to TOCWOC’s RSS feed.  Be sure to check out the Civil War Book Reviews which have been posted here and browse through TOCWOC founder Brett […]

  • Review: The 14th South Carolina by Robert K. Krick

    This is the second of four reviews scheduled for Tuesdays in March.  Each review will cover one of the first four volumes of 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 […]

  • Review: Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick

    Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick Product Details Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (February 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743290259 ISBN-13: 978-0743290258 This is a very well written book about one of our more interesting Civil War generals.  George Thomas has a large vocal fan club […]

  • March 2009 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! March 2009 James Durney *************************************************************** New Releases Scheduled for April 7 is Winston Groom’s Vicksburg, 1863. Winston Groom is an excellent author with several histories. Shrouds of Glory: from Atlanta to Nashville: the Last Great Campaign of the Civil War was his last book on the Civil War. On April […]

  • Review: Hampton Legion Infantry C.S.A. by O. Lee Sturkey

    This is the first of four reviews scheduled for Tuesdays in March.  Each review will cover one of the first four volumes of 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 […]