TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Category: Best Civil War Books

  • Civil War Book Review: Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign

    Shea, William L. Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign. The University of North Carolina Press (November 15, 2009). 368 pages, 41 illustrations, 17 maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0-8078-3315-5 $35.00 (Cloth). How was the Confederacy able to find men, material, arms, ammunition, and food to defend Arkansas in the wake of Earl Van […]

  • New Civil War Book: One Continuous Fight in Paperback

    One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, July 4-14, 1863 Authors: Eric Wittenberg, J.D. Petruzzi, and Mike Nugent TOCWOC’s Take: One Continuous Fight sets out to correct some long held notions about Meade’s performance in the Army of the Potomac’s pursuit of Lee after the Battle […]

  • An Interview With The New Gettysburg Campaign Handbook Collaborators J.D. Petruzzi and Steven Stanley

    A chat with Civil War author J. David Petruzzi and cartographer Steven Stanley about their new book project with Savas Beatie Q: I’m familiar with Savas Beatie’s The New Civil War Handbook and The New American Revolution Handbook, but can you explain the books and their format for those of our readers who are not? […]

  • November 2010 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! November 2010 James W. Durney *********************************************************** The seasons for giving In my house, “What do you want for Christmas?” is becoming a standard question.  One of the nice things about children is they volunteer the answer without being asked.  While the name of the holiday may change this question is […]

  • September 2010 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! September 2010 James W. Durney *********************************************************** In my mailbox or on the shelves I want to recommend this book again.  I am enjoying the one-page Bios Part of the New Jersey Civil War Sesquicentennial is New Jersey Goes to War edited by Joseph G. Bilby containing 150 biographies of New […]

  • July 2010 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! July 2010 James W. Durney *********************************************************** In my mailbox or on the shelves Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market by Charles R. Knight is 336 pages, 50 photos and illustrations, 9 original maps, and 8 appendices, with traditional footnotes, covering the “complex prelude” and the battle.  The author is […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Lincoln and McClellan: The Troubled Partnership between a President and His General

    Lincoln and McClellan: The Troubled Partnership between a President and His General by John C. Waugh Product Details Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English ISBN-10: 0230613497 ISBN-13: 978-0230613492 Doing a book on Lincoln and McClellan is akin to running naked through a minefield.  On one side, is a beloved President universally acclaimed and […]