Month: May 2011
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News from Carolina
Rebel or loyalist? Sometimes it was hard to tell. On the surface, wealthy Lincolnton businessman and slaveholder John Phifer may have appeared loyal to Dixie. His textile mill on the South Fork River cranked out products much needed in the embattled South. His three sons were officers in the Confederate Army, and two died fighting […]
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Civil War Book Review: Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition, June 1863
Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Gordon Expedition, June 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr. Product Details Paperback: 312 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (March 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611210720 ISBN-13: 978-1611210729 This review is for the Savas Beatie edition of this book. Histories of the Gettysburg Campaign dismiss The Pennsylvanian response with no more than a page. […]
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Civil War Book Review: Moments of Despair: Suicide, Divorce, and Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina
Moments of Despair: Suicide, Divorce, and Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina by David Silkenat Product Details Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (February 21, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 9780807834602 ISBN-13: 978-0807834602 ASIN: 0807834602 Social History at its best! It is not often I find a social history that is […]
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Around The Web
The newest secession news is from Arizona, where a group of liberals in Tucson (apparently a protected area) want to form Baja Arizona. This is ironic since Tucson was a stronghold of the Confederate State of Arizona (not the same as the US state) and if you check the Wikipedia article there is a photo […]
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Civil War Book Review: One of Morgan’s Men: Memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry
One of Morgan’s Men: Memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry John M. Porter (Author), Kent Masterson Brown (Editor) Product Details Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (February 2, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813129893 ISBN-13: 978-0813129891 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches A Sunday afternoon in […]
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May 2011 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! May 2011 James W. Durney *********************************************************** My “to read” list Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in the Civil War by Gail Stephens looks at one of the more interesting Union generals. A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee Triumph, 1862-1863 by Jeffery Wert looks at why the AoNV almost […]
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Civil War Book Review: Human Interest Stories of the Civil War
Human Interest Stories of the Civil War by Scott L. Mingus Jr. & Dr. Thomas M. Mingus Product Details Paperback: 150 pages Publisher: Ten Roads Publishing, LLC. (December 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0982527551 ISBN-13: 978-0982527559 Connecting to the Civil War 150 years is a long time for a family. Any family member in the […]