Book Reviews
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
A new book on Robert E. Lee's Civil War generalship argues he was a victim of his own success.
By B. Keith Toney For more than 100 years, from the time of his death in 1870 until 1977, Confederate General …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
'Old Bald Head' Ewell was a much better general than his notoriously eccentric image sometimes suggested.
By B. Keith Toney With the possible exception of World War II, the American Civil War has been written about more often than any …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
AMBROSE BIERCE: ALONE IN BAD COMPANYAmbrose Bierce's macabre lexicography, The Devil's Dictionary, once defined a cynic as "a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." That definition could also stand as …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide, by Mark Grimsley and Brooks D. Simpson, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1999, $17.95, paperback. Chickamauga: A Battlefield Guide With a Section on Chattanooga, by Steven E. Woodworth, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1999, $16.95, paperback.…
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Through Blood and Fire: Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua Chamberlain, by Mark Nesbitt,Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pa., 1996, $19.95.
Mark Nesbitt, best known for his best-selling Ghosts of Gettysburg series, has turned his attention to Maj. Gen. JoshuaChamberlain, …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Like all wars, the Civil War was decided by the man in the trenches–the humble foot soldier.
By B. Keith ToneyAll too often when reading about the Civil War, one gets caught up in the personalities–the dashing cavalry leaders, …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Brassey's History of Uniforms: American Civil War, Union Army, by Robin Smith, and Brassey's Historyof Uniforms: American Civil War, Confederate Army, by Ron Field, Brassey's Inc., McLean, Va., $31.95 each. When President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to fight …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Grant Wins the War: Decision at Vicksburg, by James R. Arnold, John Wiley and Sons, New York, (212) 850-6000, 398 pages, $30. When General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck congratulated Major General Ulysses S. Grant on capturing Vicksburg, he rejoiced that in …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Southern Invincibility: A History of the Confederate Heart, by Wiley Sword, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1999, $27.95. On the eve of the Civil War, how did Southerners perceive themselves and the cause on which they were about to embark? …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Mort Künstler's Civil War: The North and Mort Künstler's Civil War: The South, by Mort Künstler, Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, Tenn., 1997, $12.95.When it comes to artists who have made the Civil War their primary subject matter, few, if …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Lee vs. Pickett: Two Divided by War will stand as a groundbreaking study of a fascinating relationship.
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Admiral David Dixon Porter: The Civil War Years, by Chester G. Hearn,Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., $35. To U.S. naval officer David Dixon Porter, army generals who were politicians–and politicians in general–were anathema. He saw them as a dire threat …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Reluctant Witnesses: Children's Voices from the Civil War, by Emmy E. Werner, Westview Press, Boulder, Colo., 1998, $24 hardcover. Between 250,000 and 420,000 boy soldiers fought in the Civil War. Uncounted other children were exposed to the war's ravages and …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
A Southern Boy in Blue: The Memoir of Marcus Woodcock, 9th Kentucky Infantry (USA), edited by Kenneth W. Noe, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tenn., $32.95. Most students of the Civil War are familiar with certain men who chose to …
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Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Who was George Pickett, and how did he come to be one of the most recognizable individuals--at least by name--of the Civil War?
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
WAR COMES AGAIN: COMPARATIVE VISTAS ON THE CIVIL WAR AND WORLD WAR IIThe Civil War and World War II stand as two of the most critical events in American history. In War Comes Again: Comparative Vistas on the Civil …
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