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Best Books on the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg: December 13, 1862 While I typically create “best Civil War books on…” posts for the 150th anniversary of major (and sometimes not so major) battles, I usually come up with brand new things to say about them. In this case I’ll mostly be letting my prior […]
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Best Books on the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg: December 13, 1862
December 13th, 2012 · No Comments
Categories: 150 Years Ago in the Civil War · Best Civil War Books · Civil War Book Publishers · Civil War Book Reviews · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Eastern Theater · Military History · Strategy & Tactics
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Two Good Books on Prairie Grove…And a Wargame
December 7th, 2012 · 2 Comments
For those of us with Civil War interests, December 7 also conjures up images of the greatest single march in the entire Civil War, and it didn’t involve Jackson’s foot cavalry. Instead, it was Herron’s Union forces trying to reach an overexposed Blunt who marched 120 or so miles in frigid December temperatures. The result […]
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Tags: · battle of prairie grove, december 7 1862, earl j. hess, embattled arkansas, fields of blood, michael e. banasik, the university of north carolina press
Book Review: Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard & His Fellow Veterans
October 12th, 2012 · 3 Comments
Bernard, George S. Newsome, Hampton (ed). Horn, John (ed). Selby, John G. (ed). Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard & His Fellow Veterans. (University of Virginia Press: July 2012). 512 pages, 3 b&w illustrations, 16 maps, bibliography, footnotes, index. ISBN: 978-0-8139-3175-3 $35.00 (Hardcover). Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard […]
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Tags: · civil war talks, george s. bernard, hampton newsome, john g. selby, john horn, university of virginia press
Which Antietam Books Should YOU Buy?: The Best Antietam (Sharpsburg) Books
September 17th, 2012 · 3 Comments
Editor’s Note: One half of this article comes from my earlier entry, the Top 5 Civil War Books on the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862, while the other half covers some of the better new books on Antietam which have come out in the last three years or so. Be sure […]
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The Best Books on the Seven Days and the Peninsula
July 1st, 2012 · No Comments
Books Focusing on The Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days On this, the 150th anniversary of the last day of the Seven Days at Malvern Hill, it seemed appropriate to offer up a list of the top books on McClellan’s great effort to reach Richmond and end the war quickly from March-July 1862. The Peninsula […]
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Experts Pick the Best Civil War Books on Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing)
April 6th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Editor’s Note: Today seemed to be an especially appropriate time to revisit and update the Top 7 Shiloh Books post I compiled back in 2009. In that post, Shiloh students at the Shiloh Discussion Group ranked their top 7 Shiloh books, with a first place vote garnering 7 points and a 7th place vote briging […]
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Get Maps of Gettysburg on Kindle for Only $3.99!
January 20th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Savas Beatie, one of the very best Civil War book publishers out there, is running a can’t miss deal for Kindle users. Click to read more about how to purchase the Kindle version of Maps of Gettysburg for only $3.99. If you know this deal is for you and you want to buy right now, […]
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