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Category: Civil War Books

  • The Top 13 Controversies at Franklin: Part 10

    Editor’s Note: After I’d posted my recent comments on Lee’s possible endorsement of John Bell Hood for army command in 1864, I started going back over a lengthy nine or ten part series I did on Eric Jacobson’s book For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin.  I had totally […]

  • Two Weeks Left in the Free Civil War Book Contest

    There are only two weeks left to enter for a chance to win one of the books in Earl Hess’ Field Fortifications trilogy.  Click here for details.

  • Excerpt from Upcoming Hampton Roads Peace Conference Book

    Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from Jim Conroy’s new book Our One Common Country:  Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865.  Jim was kind enough to share a short excerpt, and he sets the scene below. *** On January 29, 1865, Jefferson Davis sent three senior officers of the Confederate government […]

  • Lincoln: Speeches and Writings, 1859-1865 EBook 75% Off Until February 17

    I wanted to pass along a little tidbit for any Kindle (Nook, Ipad, tablet du jour) owning Lincoln fans out there.  Library of America, publishers of Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings 1859-1865: Library of America #46 is throwing a 75% off Ebook sale at Amazon.com right now.  Click this link to get the ebook version for […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Yankee Dutchmen Under Fire

    Reinhart, Joseph R. Yankee Dutchmen Under Fire: Civil War Letters from the 82nd Illinois Infantry (The Kent State University Press, October 2013). 272 pages, 15 maps, 9 illustrations, notes, bibliographic essay, index. ISBN: 978-1-60635-176-5 $45.00 (Cloth). Note: Also available in Kindle format. How did German-American soldiers feel about the Civil War?  How did they see […]

  • The Top 13 Controversies at Franklin: Part 9

    Editor’s Note: After I’d posted my recent comments on Lee’s possible endorsement of John Bell Hood for army command in 1864, I started going back over a lengthy nine or ten part series I did on Eric Jacobson’s book For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin.  I had totally […]

  • Civil War Book Review: John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General

    Hood, Stephen M. John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General (Savas Beatie, 2013). 384 pages, illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography. ISBN: 978-1-61121-140-5 $32.95 (Hardcover). Note: Also available in Kindle format. Note: The author, Stephen Hood, is nicknamed “Sam” Hood, as was General John Bell Hood.  For purposes of clarity, this review […]