Category: Best Civil War Books
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Civil War Book Review: Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals
Mountcastle, Clay. Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals. University Press of Kansas (September 2, 2009). 212 pp., 20 photographs, 5 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0-7006-1668-8 $29.95 (Cloth). How did Union soldiers respond to guerrilla warfare by Southerners? Who conceived of and put into practice Union Army punitive measures against Southern civilians? Just how […]
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June 2010 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! June 2010 James W. Durney *********************************************************** In my mailbox or on the shelves Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market by Charles R. Knight is 336 pages, 50 photos and illustrations, 9 original maps, and 8 appendices, with traditional footnotes, covering the “complex prelude” and the battle. The author is […]
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Civil War Book Review: Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short But Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren
Wittenberg, Eric J. Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short But Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren. Edinborough Press (August 1, 2009). 318 pages, 7 maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-889020-33-4 $29.95 (Hardcover). Young Ulric Dahlgren, like his father Admiral John Dahlgren, had a burning ambition to rise as high as his many talents […]
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Maps of Gettysburg “Trailer” Released by Savas-Beatie
Savas-Beatie, the best non-academic publisher of Civil War books in the game today, recently released another “book trailer”, this time on their wildly successful book The Maps of Gettysburg by Bradley Gottfried, now in full color. Check it out below or at YouTube:
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May 2010 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! May 2010 James Durney *********************************************************** Newly Published Reluctant Rebels The Confederates Who Joined the Army after 1861 by Kenneth W. Noe offers a nuanced view of men often cast as less patriotic and less committed to the cause. He rekindles the debate over who these later enlistees were, why they […]
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April 2010 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! April 2010 James Durney *********************************************************** “Say it ain’t so, Joe,” Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith is a “history” unknown until the author “stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln. He became the first living person to lay eyes on this journal in more than 140 years. Using […]
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March 2010 Civil War Book Notes
Those that can’t write, Review! March 2010 James Durney *********************************************************** Excellent Reads! March 1865 saw Sherman’s army fight a number of small battles that while doing little to change the situation are interesting and should be included in your studies. We usually pass over these battles in the rush to Appomattox. These books will give […]