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Author: James Durney

  • Civil War Book Review: DIVIDED LOYALTIES: Kentucky’s Struggle for Armed Neutrality in the Civil War

    DIVIDED LOYALTIES: Kentucky’s Struggle for Armed Neutrality in the Civil War by James Finck Product Details Hardcover: 216 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (July 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611211026 ISBN-13: 978-1611211023   In 1861, states faced the difficult choice of remaining in the United States of America or leaving.  The majority of states chose to leave […]

  • 150 Years Ago, May 1863

    150 Years Ago May 1863 The quick bloodless war that men afraid they would miss is entering its’ third summer.  Both sides are showing signs of strain.  Black wreaths hang on many doors and the streets are full of maimed men.  Some historians think the dead were deliberately undercounted.  Both sides sent badly wounded and […]

  • April 2013 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! April 2013 James W. Durney *********************************************************** Scheduled to be in the stores  The LAST BATTLE OF WINCHESTER: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7 – September 19, 1864 by Scott Patchan looks at the third Battle of Winchester the largest, longest, and bloodiest battle fought in […]

  • 150 Years Ago, April 1863

    150 Years Ago April 1863 The Naval Blockade, inflation and disruption of the transportation system are taking a toll on the Confederacy.  The combination of high prices and shortages cause the “Bread Riot”.  On the Second, in Richmond, a small group of women and children march for “bread”.  The group grows, turns into a mob […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Invaders in Our Town: The Battle of Gettysburg Through the Eyes of Some Who Lived It

    Invaders in Our Town: The Battle of Gettysburg Through the Eyes of Some Who Lived It Author James M. Faber Paperback 548 pages Color illustration and Maps Available from www.invadersinourtown.com  for $22.95 Readers of history can forget that people make history.  Each event has tens, hundreds, thousands or millions of people with hopes and dreams […]

  • Civil War Book Review: Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg: The Battles for Brinkerhoff’s Ridge and East Cavalry Field, July 2 -3, 1863

    Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg: The Battles for Brinkerhoff’s Ridge and East Cavalry Field, July 2 -3, 1863 by Eric J. Wittenberg Product Details Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (February 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1611210941 ISBN-13: 978-1611210941 The publisher of the 2002 edition allowed this well received book to go out of print.  This […]

  • March 2013 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! March 2013 James W. Durney ***********************************************************   Scheduled to be in the stores Look for Alex Mendoza’s Chickamauga 1863: Rebel Breakthrough. This is one of the “Bright Lights” of the western ACW historians and authors. Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg by Tom Huntington is an […]