Month: March 2011
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Civil War Book Review: Reconstructing Appalachia: The Civil War’s Aftermath
Reconstructing Appalachia: The Civil War’s Aftermath (New Directions in Southern History) edited by Andrew L. Slap Product Details Hardcover: 390 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (May 4, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813125812 ISBN-13: 978-0813125817 Reconstruction is one of the most contentious areas in American history, depending on who is talking: Reconstruction is the […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: A Northern Confederate at Johnson’s Island Prison
A Northern Confederate at Johnson’s Island Prison: The Civil War Diaries of James Parks Caldwell Editor: George H. Jones TOCWOC’s Take: A Northern Confederate at Johnson’s Island Prison is the 18 month diary of prison life at Johnson’s Island, a Union prison near Sandusky, Ohio. James Parks Caldwell was a Confederate artillery lieutenant who served […]
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Civil War Book Review: Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg
Editor’s Note: For more information on the Siege of Petersburg, be sure to visit The Siege of Petersburg Online: Beyond the Crater! *** Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg by Earl J. Hess Product Details Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: University of South Carolina Press (September 30, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1570039224 ISBN-13: 978-1570039225 […]
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Tom Lowry Vs. the National Archives: An Emailgate Answer?
First, a short primer. Earlier this year, historian Tom Lowry was accused of altering a Lincoln pardon letter by the National Archives, who claimed Lowry grew “reticent” during what I assumed was a string of emails. Lowry denied this accusation at a new blog, saying he had never been contacted about the pardon and had […]
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Civil War Book Review: Patriotism Limited, 1862-1865: The Civil War Draft and the Bounty System
Patriotism Limited, 1862-1865: The Civil War Draft and the Bounty System by Eugene Converse Murdock Product Details Hardcover: 270 pages Publisher: Kent State University Press; 1st edition (1967) Language: English ASIN: B0006BS8YS Building the military for a major war is an expensive time consuming process. The purchase, checking and distribution of thousands of items are […]
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McFarland Civil War Book of the Week: The Causes of the Civil War: The Political, Cultural, Economic and Territorial Dispute Between North and South
The Causes of the Civil War: The Political, Cultural, Economic and Territorial Dispute Between North and South Author: Paul Calore TOCWOC’s Take: Paul Calore’s The Causes of the Civil War was written to “reduce the complex subject of sectionalism to its most fundamental form” and “to illustrate how the most troubling political, cultural, economic, and […]
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Civil War Book Review: The New York Times The Complete Civil War 1861-1865
The New York Times The Complete Civil War 1861-1865 edited by Harold Holzer & Craig L. Symonds Product Details Hardcover: 512 pages Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; Har/Dvdr edition (October 13, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1579128459 ISBN-13: 978-1579128456 Events as they happen The New York Times is one of America’s oldest daily newspapers, being […]