Gallagher, Gary W. (ed.) & Janney, Caroline E. (ed.). Cold Harbor to the Crater: The End of the Overland Campaign. (University of North Carolina Press: September 2015). 360 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 31 halftones, 5 maps, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-1-4696-2533-1. $35.00 (Hardcover) Gary Gallagher and the University of North Carolina Press return to the […]
Civil War Book Review: Cold Harbor to the Crater: The End of the Overland Campaign
January 18th, 2016 · 13 Comments
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Tags: · battle of cold harbor, battle of the crater, caroline e. janney, cold harbor to the crater gallagher 2015, francis c. barlow, gary gallagher, military campaigns of the civil war series, second battle of petersburg, siege of petersburg, the university of north carolina press
Best Books on the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg: December 13, 1862
December 13th, 2012 · No Comments
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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Tags: · ambrose burnside, battle of fredericksburg, carl smith, december 13 1862, francis a. o'reilly, fredericksburg 1862 clear the way, fredericksburg! fredericksburg!, gary gallagher, george c. rable, robert e. lee, the fredericksburg campaign, the fredericksburg campaign decision on the rappahannock, the fredericksburg campaign october 1862 january 1863, the university of north carolina press, victor brooks
Review: Wars within a War: Controversy and Conflict over the American Civil War (Civil War America)
June 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Wars within a War: Controversy and Conflict over the American Civil War (Civil War America) edited by Joan Waugh and Gary W. Gallagher Product Details Hardcover: 328 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (May 8, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807832758 ISBN-13: 978-0807832752 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches The Civil War […]
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In the Review Queue: Wars within a War: Controversy and Conflict over the American Civil War
June 9th, 2009 · No Comments
The “In the Review Queue” series provides TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog readers with a brief look at books Brett Schulte is planning to review here on the blog. These will be very similar to Drew Wagenhoffer’s “Booknotes” series at Civil War Books and Authors. I love books of essays. If you dislike or […]
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Tags: · controversy and conflict over the american civil war, gary gallagher, joan waugh, wars within a war
Thoughts on Struggle for the Shenandoah as The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 Goes to Paperback
May 21st, 2009 · No Comments
Drew Wagenhoffer’s review of the paperback version of The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 yesterday led me to go back and read my own multi part summary of the *other* Gary Gallagher produced 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign book Struggle for the Shenandoah , including a review and a bibliography of the campaign. Before Gallagher was […]
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Tags: · gary gallagher, struggle for the shenandoah, the kent state university press, the shenandoah valley campaign of 1864, the university of north carolina press
Book Review-Nonfiction
October 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Gary Gallagher- Causes Won, Lost and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know About the Civil War; Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2008; 274 pp, index, endnotes, illustrations; ISBN-978-08078-3206-6; $ Gary Gallagher’s latest book treads into some new territory for the prolific University of Virginia John L. Nau Professor of […]
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Tags: · causes won lost and forgotten, gary gallagher
Odds & Ends: June 21, 2008
June 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
This Odds & Ends is going out while I’m in LA on a business trip. I’ll probably either be packing up our booth from the Trade Show or on a plane home when you read this. Good thing you get to do some Civil War related reading while I’m away! 😉 Old Picture of the […]
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Tags: · antietam, causes won lost and forgotten, chickamauga, civil war movies, clear island, cold mountain, gamble for victory, gary gallagher, Gary Grigsby's War Between the States, gettysburg, jourdon anderson, osprey graphic history, petersburg campaign, richard r. kirkland, siege of petersburg, slavery, telegraph, thaddeus lowe, the angel of marye's heights, the battle of the crater
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