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War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era) by James M. McPherson Product Details Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (September 17, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807835889 ISBN-13: 978-0807835883 Civil War history tends to mention the Navy only at Hampton Roads and […]

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The other day Dimitri Rotov had a blog post comparing a quote from James M. McPherson’s new book with similar quotes from other books.  What bothers Dimitri is that McPherson isn’t original; what also ticks me off is that McPherson mimics bad history. The quotes in question link the Red River Campaign of 1864 to […]

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A civil war army on the move uncoils and stretches out like a slinky.  The rougher the road, tighter the terrain and longer the march, the more attenuated the force becomes — “When these marches commenced, the men would be in regular military order, four abreast; but the first half-mile usually broke up all regularity.” […]

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I missed going over the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers for February 2009, having last looked at them in January.  I’ve enjoyed keeping an eye on this list to see how books move over time, and the Amazon.com Top 10 Civil War Books has become a monthly or every other monthly feature here at […]

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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James McPherson Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (October 7, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1594201919 ISBN-13: 978-1594201912 Lincoln is always right, the generals always wrong. “James M. McPherson is, without any second thoughts, the premier author of the civil war, the […]

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The past two months, July and August, I took a look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers.  Although I’m barely squeaking this in prior to month’s end, and despite Dimitri’s hatred of lists, I’d like to revisit this a third time and see how (if?) this list has changed in the past 45 […]

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The Civil War Network’s debut podcast is now available.  I plan to do brief summaries of the interviews Francis Rose conducts just as I have been doing for Gerry Prokopowicz’s Civil War Talk Radio.  Regular TOCWOC readers will be familiar with the format.  If you enjoy this podcast, I encourage readers to use Social Networking […]

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