Category: Civil War Magazines
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Latest Issue of Civil War History (March 2008) Looks Promising
After having reservations similar to Harry Smeltzer’s, I finally decided to resubscribe to Civil War History, a journal published by The Kent State University Press, just recently. I was rewarded with the March 2008 issue pictured at left, which has only one article focusing on the usual race and gender topics seemingly overwhelmingly favored by […]
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Gettysburg Magazine – Subscribe Today!
After seeing references to it often at Eric’s blog and getting onto a bit of a Gettysburg kick lately book wise, I finally did it. I broke down and purchased the entire run of Gettysburg Magazine. Readers wishing to do this have some options. Individual copies of issues 1-5, 10, and 14 are hard to […]
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Brett’s Civil War Book Collection
Jim Miller over at Civil War Notebook has posted his entire Civil War Non-Fiction book collection online. I’ve been in the process of cataloging my own collection lately, except I’ve been using Excel instead of Word. I’ve uploaded the file to the web, but I still have maybe 150 books to go, almost all of […]
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Gettysburg Magazine
This was cross-posted on my blog earlier tonight. I own the complete run of Gettysburg Magazine, all 37 issues. For those keeping score, at two issues per year, that makes 19 years’ worth of magazines. It’s the ONLY magazine that I’ve EVER purchased where I’ve kept every single issue, including North and South, where I […]
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New Market Heights, Ft. Harrison, and Peeble’s Farm
I missed the series of August battles of Grant’s Fourth Offensive due to real life issues, but I’m back with a look at perhaps the North’s best chance to drive Lee out of Petersburg and Richmond between July 30, 1864 and April 2, 1865. The events of September 29, 1864 nearly proved fatal to Lee’s […]
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Civil War Times Illustrated, September 2006
Civil War Times Volume 45, Number 7 (September 2006) Civil War Times Web Site Page 7 Turning Points: Dr. Letterman’s War by Jeffry D. Wert Army surgeon Jonathan K. Letterman instituted a system to expedite removal of wounded from the field of battle to hospitals and medical stations. Appointed medical director of the Army of […]
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Civil War History, September 2006
Civil War History Volume 52, Number 3 (September 2006) Civil War History Web Site Note: I am not particularly interested in many of the articles which routinely appear in Civil War History, so the titles and authors are listed without summary. Page 229 The Problem of Race in the Age of Freedom: Emancipation and the […]