Category: Western Theater
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Review: Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain
Jay Luvaas and Harold W. Nelson (Editors). Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas (May 7, 2008). 383 pages., order of battle, notes, index. ISBN: 978-0700615704 $17.95 (Paperback). The U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles series is well-established at this point, a […]
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Review: The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged by D.W. Reed
David W. Reed. The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged . Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press (May 15, 2008). 122 pages, 4 maps (on CD), notes, index. ISBN: 978-1572336179 $33.00 (Hardcover w/DJ). How can an essential “cornerstone of Shiloh historiography” remain unavailable to the general public for so long? That’s what I […]
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MMP Has Barren Victory II Available for Preorder
I completely missed this one, but Multiman Publishing is now offering Barren Victory II (BVII) for preorder. BVII, which covers Chickamauga, is the latest entry in the Civil War Brigade Series (CWBS). The game looks a little pricey with an $82 preorder price, but Chickamauga is a larger battle, even at the brigade level. The […]
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This Granger and Steedman Thing!
I have long been somewhat mildly disturbed by the story of the “last moment” arrival of Major General Gordon Granger with Brigadier General James B. Steedman’s First Division of the Reserve Corps of the Army of the Cumberland to the aid of Major General George H. Thomas in the late afternoon of September 20, 1863 […]
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The General’s Priest
Most serious students of the Civil War may recognize the name of Fr. Jeremiah Trecy, the Catholic priest who Major-General William S. Rosecrans recruited to join the chaplin corps of the Army of the Cumberland. Trecy is more commonly referred to as “Rosecrans’s confessor” and, in truth, he personally did look after the general’s spiritual […]
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for Cause and for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin, Part 9
for Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin by Eric A. Jacobson and Richard A. Rupp Softback $24.95 plus shipping 519 pages! ISBN 0-9717444-6-7 Hardback $44.95 plus shipping 519 pages! ISBN 0-9717444-4-0 We are nearing the end of this series, as this is the second […]
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for Cause and for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin, Part 8
for Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin by Eric A. Jacobson and Richard A. Rupp Softback $24.95 plus shipping 519 pages! ISBN 0-9717444-6-7 Hardback $44.95 plus shipping 519 pages! ISBN 0-9717444-4-0 In a short entry earlier this week, we looked at the build-up to […]