Category: James Durney’s Book Notes
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December 2012 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! December 2012 James W. Durney *********************************************************** New in the stores James M. Schmidt newest from History Press Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom had a small name change “People” became “City”. The Battle of Big Bethel: Crucial Clash in Early Civil War Virginia by […]
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Reading the War, December 1862
Reading the War December 1862 We do not have many books from Antietam to Gettysburg. I have no idea why but it is a fact we have to accept. Compounding the problem is that several books are out of date or just plain bad. My recommendations are: The Fredericksburg Campaign by Francis Augustin O’Reilly is […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Maps of Antietam
The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign, including the Battle of South Mountain, September 2 – 20, 1862 (Savas Beatie Military Atlas) by Bradley M. Gottfried Product Details Hardcover: 360 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (June 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611210860 ISBN-13: 978-1611210866 Savas Beaties “The Maps of” series makes available high […]
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Civil War Book Review: THE IRON BRIGADE IN CIVIL WAR AND MEMORY: The Black Hats from Bull Run to Appomattox and Thereafter
THE IRON BRIGADE IN CIVIL WAR AND MEMORY: The Black Hats from Bull Run to Appomattox and Thereafter by Lance J. Herdegen Product Details Hardcover: 696 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie; First Edition edition (August 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611211069 ISBN-13: 978-1611211061 The best brigade history, I have ever read. In 1957, John J. […]
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November 2012 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! November 2012 James W. Durney *********************************************************** New in the stores Larry J. Daniel’s book Battle of Stones River: The Forgotten Conflict Between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of the Cumberland due in stores on the fifth. The Civil War and American Art (Smithsonian American Art […]
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Civil War Book Review: The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter Product Details Hardcover: 528 pages Publisher: Knopf (July 10, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 030727263X ISBN-13: 978-0307272638 A good political thriller. A young Black woman joins a Washington law firm as a clerk. The firm is defending the impeached President of the United States. The impeachment based […]
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Civil War Book Review: War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era) by James M. McPherson Product Details Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (September 17, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807835889 ISBN-13: 978-0807835883 Civil War history tends to mention the Navy only at Hampton Roads and […]