Category: James Durney’s Book Notes
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Civil War Book Review: The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic
The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic by Barbara Gannon Product Details Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (May 19, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807834521 ISBN-13: 978-0807834527 We accept the idea that segregation and discrimination is the norm between the Civil War and the […]
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Civil War Book Review: Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age America
Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age America by James Marten Product Details Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (May 18, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807834769 ISBN-13: 978-0807834763 American mythology states that veterans of “good wars” reenter society with almost no problems. These veterans ennobled […]
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Civil War Book Review: This Great Struggle: America’s Civil War
This Great Struggle: America’s Civil War by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 424 pages Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (April 16, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0742551849 ISBN-13: 978-0742551848 Write a one-volume history of the American Civil War. Be sure to consider the politics on both sides, the home fronts, personalities and objectives. Do not […]
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Civil War Book Review: Shifting Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina
Shifting Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina by Judkin Browning Product Details Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (February 10, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807834688 ISBN-13: 978-0807834688 Occupation is difficult for all parties. The civilian population is never fully trusted and the military often is high handed. The result […]
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June 2011 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! June 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list Sing Not War by James Marten looks at the experience of being a veteran of the Civil War. This is an excellent book on an often-ignored subject. The Won Cause by Barbara A. Gannon looks at Black and White comradeship […]
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Civil War Book Review: Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.: Remembering the Rebellion and the Gettysburg Campaign
Civil War Voices from York County, Pa.: Remembering the Rebellion and the Gettysburg Campaign Scott L. Mingus Sr. and James McClure Product Details Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Colecraft Industries; 1st edition (April 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0983364001 ISBN-13: 978-0983364009 In 1863, York County is not the epicenter of the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania. That […]
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Civil War Book Review: Love and War: The Civil War Letters and Medicinal Book of Augustus V. Ball
Love and War: The Civil War Letters and Medicinal Book of Augustus V. Ball edited by Donald S. Frazier & Andrew Hillhouse, Transcribed by Anne Ball Ryals Product Details Hardcover: 528 pages Publisher: State House Press; annotated edition edition (October 25, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 9781933337425 ISBN-13: 978-1933337425 ASIN: 1933337427 A family and a war […]