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smock — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:39:18 +0000

From Battlefields Rising: How the Civil War Transformed American Literature, by Randall Fuller (Oxford University Press, 2010)

Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America, by Davis S. Reynolds (Norton, 2010)

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Israel Richardson at Antietam

smock — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:43:13 +0000

A Rising Star Struck Down in His Prime
Until Antietam: The Life and Letters of Major General Israel B. Richardson, U.S. Army, by Jack C. Mason, Southern Illinois University Press

Up to the moment he was mortally wounded along Antietam's …

Northern Women and the Travails of War

smock — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:03:44 +0000

Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front, by Judith Giesberg, University of North Carolina Press

The world of Civil War women has been enriched over the past decade by a bounty of significant …

Sowing Discontent, Reaping Retribution: December/January 2010

kholland — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:06:40 +0000

Daniel E. Sutherland is one of the outstanding Civil War scholars working today, the author of a prize-winning book on Culpeper County, Virginia, a study of the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville campaigns, a highly regarded textbook and several important essays. Sutherland’s latest effort, which focuses on guerrilla warfare and its effect on the nation’s great struggle, has been greatly anticipated. In A Savage Conflict, he does not disappoint.

‘He Always Went With Us Into the Fight’:October/November 2009

kholland — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:03:36 +0000

Every so often a Civil War book comes along that is both unique and enjoyable to read. Loyal Hearts: Histories of Civil War Canines is one such offering.

Three Views of the Lincoln-Douglass Dynamic: August/September 2009

kholland — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:59:20 +0000

In the past two years four authors have undertaken joint biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Contextualizing the overlapping roles of these complex personalities proves to be a fascinating and challenging litmus test of the political values not only of two iconic individuals but also of the historians interpreting them.

Vicksburg: From Mint Juleps to Bomb Bursts

kholland — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:53:09 +0000

Vicksburg 1863, by Winston Groom, Alfred A. Knopf

Winston Groom is a first-rate spinner of yarns, and like the tales of his most famous fictional character, Forrest Gump, his accounts seamlessly transport readers into the story. Vicksburg 1863 is …

Grant and Lee: MIA in New York: April/May 2009

kholland — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:50:08 +0000

Visitors to the New-York Historical Society’s ongoing exhibit on Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee will likely be intrigued by the first artifacts they see: artwork created by the legendary commanders themselves long before they were famous.

Lincoln Defines the War Powers: February/March 2009

kholland — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:30:34 +0000

James M. McPherson may be the most distinguished of the current generation of Civil War historians, and he is surely one of the most prolific. His latest offering, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief, traces Lincoln’s struggle to master the responsibility that would inevitably dominate his presidency.

Book Review: The Devil Knows How to Ride AND Quantrill's War (Edward E. Leslie/Duane Schultz) : CWT

HistoryNet Staff — Sun, 12 Aug 2001 01:01:01 +0000

THE DEVIL'S DUEThe Devil Knows How to Ride: The True Story of William Clarke Quantrill and His Confederate Raiders, by Edward E. Leslie, Random House, $27.50.

Quantrill's War: The Life and Times of William Clarke Quantrill, 1837-1865, by Duane Schultz, …