Category: James Durney’s Book Notes
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Review: Army of the Potomac, Volume III: McClellan’s First Campaign, March – May 1862
Army of the Potomac, Volume III: McClellan’s First Campaign, March – May 1862 by Russel Beatie Product Details Hardcover: 864 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (February 28, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714251 ISBN-13: 978-1932714258 Details, they say the devil is in the details and they might be right. I am convinced that history is in the […]
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Review: Army of the Potomac, Volume II: McClellan Takes Command, September 1861-February 1862
Army of the Potomac, Volume II: McClellan Takes Command, September 1861-February 1862 by Russel H. Beatie Product Details Hardcover: 672 pages Publisher: Da Capo Press (November 9, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0306812525 ISBN-13: 978-0306812521 Russell H. Beatie is writing what should become the classic series on The Army of the Potomac. This is the second […]
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Review: Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy
Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln’s Legacy by David O. Stewart Product Details Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (May 12, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1416547495 ISBN-13: 978-1416547495 Why don’t I like this book? David Stewart is an excellent writer who displays his talent in this book. He […]
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Review: The Shiloh Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland) edited by Steven E. Woodworth
The Shiloh Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland) Editor Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st Edition (April 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0809328925 ISBN-13: 978-0809328925 Shiloh, the first big battle of the Civil War, no longer evokes the intense feelings of 1862. The larger bloodier battles […]
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Review: Sherman’s March in Myth and Memory (The American Crisis Series)
Sherman’s March in Myth and Memory (The American Crisis Series) by Paul Ashdown Product Details Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (July 28, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0742550273 ISBN-13: 978-0742550278 Reading history is something many of us enjoy. The lives of the great or near great, political movements, wars, migrations all of […]
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June 2009 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! June 2009 James Durney *************************************************************** New Releases The Shiloh Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland) edited by Steven E. Woodworth is the first in a series on Western Campaigns from Southern Illinois University Press. The second will be The Chickamauga Campaign. In 2010 or 2011, we should see a […]
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Review: Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America
Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America by Sally Denton Product Details Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Bison Books (May 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0803213689 ISBN-13: 978-0803213685 This dual bio is the intriguing tale of John and Jessie C. Fremont. John is a major political […]