Month: April 2011
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Civil War Book Review: The Day Dixie Died: The Battle of Atlanta
The Day Dixie Died: The Battle of Atlanta by Gary Ecelbarger Product Details Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (November 23, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 031256399X ISBN-13: 978-0312563998 The Battle of Atlanta is assuming the status of a major event in American history. Modern historians are looking at the battle as a crucial event […]
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Civil War Book Review: Railroads of the Civil War: An Illustrated History
Railroads of the Civil War: An Illustrated History by Michael Leavy Product Details Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Westholme Publishing; 1 edition (December 15, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1594161194 ISBN-13: 978-1594161193 To a world moving by muscle, wind or river current steam changed everything, freeing and speeding movement in ways we cannot image. While riverboats captured […]
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April 2011 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! April 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list Moments of Despair: Suicide, Divorce, and Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina by David Silkenat, is an excellent social history looking these events in North Carolina from about 1840 to 1905. Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in […]