Category: Civil War Book Reviews
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Review In Brief: History and Tour Guide of Five Forks, Hatcher’s Run and Namozine Church
Books on the Petersburg Campaign History and Tour Guide of Five Forks, Hatcher’s Run, and Namozine Church by Chris Calkins 184 pp., 17 maps, photographs In this review in brief, I’ll be taking a look at Blue & Gray magazine’s History and Tour Guide of Five Forks, Hatcher’s Run and Namozine Church by Chris Calkins. […]
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Review in Brief: Cannoneers In Gray
Unit Histories and Other Books on the Western Theater Cannoneers In Gray: The Field Artillery of the Army of Tennessee, 1861-1865 by Larry J. Daniel 234 pp., 0 maps, 5 tables In this review in brief, I’ll be taking a look at Larry J. Daniel’s Cannoneers In Gray: The Field Artillery of the Army of […]
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Review: Sherman’s Horsemen: Union Cavalry Operations In The Atlanta Campaign
The following is a review and summary of David Evans
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Review: Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly
http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWBooks/2ndBullRun.htm Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly. David A. Welker. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press (2002). 279 pp. 11 maps. This is a review and summary of David A. Welker’s Tempest at Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly. Mr. Welker’s book is one of three on the Battle of Chantilly that appeared from […]
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Review in Brief: Island No. Ten: Struggle For The Mississippi Valley
Island No. 10: Struggle For The Mississippi Valley by Larry J. Daniel and Lynn N. Bock 202 pp., 8 maps, 3 tables In this review in brief, I’ll be taking a look at Larry J. Daniel’s and Lyyn N. Bock’s Island No. 10: Struggle For The Mississippi Valley. The book weighs in at 202 pages, […]
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Michael Kauffman – American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
In addition to Rafuse’s book about McClellan, this book ended up in my house more by chance than out of interest. In all honesty, I’m more interested in discussion of how Lincoln’s death affected Reconstruction policies, but this is not on the agenda. What Kauffman did accomplish was a strong offering of pop history with […]