Month: July 2009

  • Top 7 Shiloh Books: Brett Schulte

    The recent Civil War Bloggers Top 10 Gettysburg Books list turned out well, so well that I immediately contacted the members of the Shiloh Discussion Group to see if they would join me in creating another combined list, this time of the Top 7 Shiloh books, which will appear this August at TOCWOC on a […]

  • Review: Pursuit: The Chase, Capture, Persecution & Surprising Release of Jefferson Davis

    Pursuit: The Chase, Capture, Persecution & Surprising Release of Jefferson Davis (Paperback) by Clint Johnson Product Details Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Citadel; Reprint edition (June 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0806528915 ISBN-13: 978-0806528915 Clint Johnson has written a book that works on many levels.  This is a concise biography of Jefferson Davis.  This is a […]

  • Recent Technological Advances Aid Descendents of Slaves

    Editor’s Note: The following blog entry is a guest post by Britney Wilkins, a writer for Best Online Colleges. The Civil War stood poised to transition the newly formed country into a free nation in which slaves were freed from the Emancipation Proclamation and were thereby allowed to begin their own history.  However, many descendents […]

  • Review: In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat

    In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat by Earl J. Hess Product Details Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English ISBN-10: 0807832820 ISBN-13: 978-0807832820 Joined with “Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns” and “Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in […]

  • Top 7 Shiloh Books at the Shiloh Discussion Group

    After the great success of the combined Civil War bloggers’ Top 10 Gettysburg Books, I immediately started thinking of other “Top X Books on a Battle” ideas.  One battle that immediately came to mind was Shiloh, with the experts to ask being the Shiloh Discussion Group.  The members of the SDG discuss Shiloh in great […]

  • Review: Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-January 1863

    Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-January 1863 (Hardcover) by Donald S. Frazier Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: State House/McWhiney Foundation Press (July 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1933337362 ISBN-13: 978-1933337364 After the fall of New Orleans, Civil War history moves away from Louisiana & Texas.  “Beast” […]

  • Review: The Last Confederate General: John C. Vaughn and the East Tennessee Cavalry

    Gordon, Larry. The Last Confederate General: John C. Vaughn and the East Tennessee Cavalry. Zenith Press (March 15, 2009). 272 pages, illustrations, maps, index. ISBN: 978-0760335178 $27.00 (Hardcover). Who was the last Confederate general to surrender in the Eastern Theater?  Even hardcore students of the Civil War would be hard pressed to find the answer […]