Category: McFarland Book of the Week
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: Colonels in Blue: Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia
Colonels in Blue: Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia Author: Roger D. Hunt TOCWOC’s Take: Colonels in Blue: Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia is the fourth volume (with McFarland the third publisher!) in Roger D. Hunt’s invaluable research series covering Union colonels of the Civil War. Hunt aims to collect as much information on each Federal […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: A Northern Confederate at Johnson’s Island Prison
A Northern Confederate at Johnson’s Island Prison: The Civil War Diaries of James Parks Caldwell Editor: George H. Jones TOCWOC’s Take: A Northern Confederate at Johnson’s Island Prison is the 18 month diary of prison life at Johnson’s Island, a Union prison near Sandusky, Ohio. James Parks Caldwell was a Confederate artillery lieutenant who served […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: The Causes of the Civil War: The Political, Cultural, Economic and Territorial Dispute Between North and South
The Causes of the Civil War: The Political, Cultural, Economic and Territorial Dispute Between North and South Author: Paul Calore TOCWOC’s Take: Paul Calore’s The Causes of the Civil War was written to “reduce the complex subject of sectionalism to its most fundamental form” and “to illustrate how the most troubling political, cultural, economic, and […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis: The Effort to Prevent Civil War
William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis: The Effort to Prevent Civil War Author: Lawrence M. Denton TOCWOC’s Take: William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis: The Effort to Prevent War focuses on Seward’s efforts to prevent the Civil War from occurring during the Secession Winter of 1860-61. The author believes Seward might have prevented […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: Union Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record
Union Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record (3 vols.) Authors: Travis W. Busey & John W. Busey TOCWOC’s Take: John W. Busey is no stranger to Gettysburg, having previously produced These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg on his own and the famous (and often updated) Regimental Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg with David […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: The L&N Railroad in the Civil War
The L&N Railroad in the Civil War: A Vital North-South Link and the Struggle to Control It Author: Dan Lee TOCWOC’s Take: The Louisville and Nashville Railroad was a key cog in the Union logistics effort in the Western Theater during the war. L&N President James Guthrie realized this immediately and made many demands of […]