Category: In The Review Queue
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Civil War Book Acquisitions: January 2013, Part 2
Editor’s Note: Civil War Book Acquisitions is an ongoing series which allows me to highlight new books I’ve recently acquired and give readers an idea of upcoming Civil War books. The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad in the Civil War by James C. Burke 978-0-7864-7154-6 272 pages, 41 photos, 2 maps, 5 graphs, charts, appendices, notes, […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions: January 2013, Part 1
Editor’s Note: Civil War Book Acquisitions is an ongoing series which allows me to highlight new books I’ve recently acquired and give readers an idea of upcoming Civil War books. The Battle of Petersburg by Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War 0-527-17558-7 Published in 1977, reprint from original. Out of Print. Kraus Reprint […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions: December 2012, Part 3
Editor’s Note: Civil War Book Acquisitions is an ongoing series which allows me to highlight new books I’ve recently acquired and give readers an idea of upcoming Civil War books. Confederate Currency by Pierre Fricke 978-0-74781-080-3 64 pages, full color, trade paperback $9.99 Shire Books Publication Date: 2012 TOCWOC’s Take: I received this interesting little […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions: December 2012, Part 2
Editor’s Note: Civil War Book Acquisitions is an ongoing series which allows me to highlight new books I’ve recently acquired and give readers an idea of upcoming Civil War books. A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era, Volume 1: Legislative Achievements (Voices of the Civil War) Edited by Thomas C. Mackey 978-1-57233-869-2 328 […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions: December 2012, Part 1
Editor’s Note: Civil War Book Acquisitions is an ongoing series which allows me to highlight new books I’ve recently acquired and give readers an idea of upcoming Civil War books. The Letters of General Richard S. Ewell: Stonewall’s Successor edited by Donald C. Pfanz The University of Tennessee Press 978-1-57233-873-9 480 pages $44.95 cloth TOCWOC’s […]
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Civil War Book Preview: New Siege of Petersburg Diary from the 36th Wisconsin
Editor’s Note: This preview has been cross-posted at The Siege of Petersburg Online. Also be sure to check out the book’s permanent bibliography page. Taylor, Guy C. & Alderson, Kevin (ed) & Alderson, Patsy (ed). Letters Home to Sarah: The Civil War Letters of Guy C. Taylor, Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. (University of Wisconsin Press: November […]
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Civil War Book Acquisitions: March 2012, Part 3
Civil War Book Acquisitions: March 2012, Part 3 Title: Cape Fear Confederates: The 18th North Carolina Regiment in the Civil War Author: Gillispie, James M. Publisher: McFarland & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-4847-0 Price: $35.00 (Paperback) TOCWOC’s Take: The 18th North Carolina, the subject of this new regimental history, is best known for having fired the volley […]