It’s been quite awhile since my last book acquisitions post, and now that the 150th anniversary of the Siege of Petersburg is about to go into winter quarters for a bit, posting at TOCWOC should again pick up. Here are some recent arrivals along with my short comments on each: A Gunner in Lee’s Army: […]
Civil War Book Acquisitions, November 2014
November 8th, 2014 · No Comments
Categories: Civil War Book Publishers · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Civil War Books - New · Civil War Books - Now Reading · In The Review Queue
Tags: · a documentary history of the american civil war, a gunner in lees army, battle of gettysburg, Civil War books, eric j. wittenberg, graham t. dozier, john buford, july 1 1863, mark w. summers, reconstruction, savas beatie, the devils to pay john buford at gettysburg, the ordeal of the reunion, the university of north carolina press, thomas c. mackey, thomas henry carter, university of tennessee press
Book Alert
August 25th, 2012 · No Comments
Just a heads up to various TOCWOC readers – bookseller Edward R. Hamilton has a lot of remaindered and discontinued books of all kinds, but they have an excellent selection of Civil War books. Nice folks to deal with, shipping is prompt and reasonable. Some examples: STAFF OFFICERS IN GRAY: A Biographical Register of the […]
Categories: Civil War Odds & Ends
Tags: · Civil War books, Edward R. Hamilton
Short Takes
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Our local bookmeister, Dale Neal, report a new Civil War book by a local author. James Rumley’s orderly world was changed forever when Union soldiers attacked New Bern in 1862 and occupied his hometown in nearby Beaufort for the following three years. Rumley recorded his thoughts about Union occupation, secession, slave ownership and other topics […]
Categories: Arms & Armament · Civil War Books - New · Civil War Memory · Social History
Tags: · Civil War books, living history, monument desecration, Walker Colt
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