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Civil War Book Review: Cold Harbor to the Crater: The End of the Overland Campaign

January 18th, 2016 · 13 Comments

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 […]

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Categories: Beyond the Crater: Petersburg Campaign Notes · Campaigns & Battles · Civil War Book Publishers · Civil War Book Reviews · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Civil War Books - New · Civil War Books - Now Reading

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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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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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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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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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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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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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