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Month: October 2009

  • Mr. Lincoln’s Forts reissue & signing

    Frank Cooling and Wally Owen’s book on the ring of forts around Washington has been reissued. At $75 for the hardback the price is steep but it’s the definitive reference work on the 68 forts that protected the capitol during the war. If you’re DC area on the evening of Nov. 14 (between 6-8pm) you […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: October 23, 2009

    Air Date: 102309 Subject: The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project Website: http://www.papersofabrahamlincoln.org/ Guest: Daniel Stowell Summary: Daniel Stowell talks about the Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project, “a long-term project dedicated to identifying, imaging, and publishing, both comprehensively in electronic form and selectively in printed volumes, all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his […]

  • Review: The Second United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War by Gerald L. Early

    The Second United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War A History and Roster Gerald L. Earley ISBN 978-0-7864-3925-6 32 photos, 4 maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index 253pp. hardcover (7 x 10) 2009 Price: $55.00 Gerald Early’s book on the 2nd U.S.S.S. adds yet another volume to the growing literature about Berdan’s Sharpshooters. These two regiments, […]

  • Reading Abe Lincoln on the Kindle

    Mike Kienzler at the always interesting Abraham Lincoln Observer has a blog entry up concerning Abraham Lincoln related literature available on Amazon’s new Kindle reader.  As Mike relates, what Amazon promises regarding Abe and what they actually deliver offers up mixed results.  Go check it out! I was also interested to note that Barnes & […]

  • Review: Grant’s Lieutenants: From Chattanooga to Appomattox

    Grant’s Lieutenants: From Chattanooga to Appomattox (Modern War Studies) Edited by Steven E. Woodworth Product Details Hardcover: 263 pages Publisher: University Press of Kansas (June 19, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 070061589X ISBN-13: 978-0700615896 Doing a book of essays is challenging.  Each essay needs to contribute to a central theme while being able to standalone.  The […]

  • Civil War Books Available in UNC’s Fall Sale 2009

    UNC Press is offering many Civil War books for 50% off in their Fall Sale 2009 event, running through November 20, 2009.  Please head over and purchase some books.  UNC Press is one of the very best Civil War book publishers among University presses.  I have learned quite a bit from their catalogue of Civil […]

  • Review: A Dangerous Stir: Fear, Paranoia, and the Making of Reconstruction

    A Dangerous Stir: Fear, Paranoia, and the Making of Reconstruction (Civil War America) by Mark Wahlgren Summers Product Details Hardcover: 344 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (September 10, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807833045 ISBN-13: 978-0807833049 People who read history know how the story ends.  We have read the last chapter of the […]