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Lee’s Lost Dispatch and Other Civil War Controversies By Phillip Leigh Illustrated, photos, maps, notes, bibliography, index, 224 pp. softcover $18.95 Westholme Publishing 2015 www.westholmepublishing.com Phillip Leigh, whose last book, Trading With the Enemy, I reviewed a while back, has produced another volume for the Civil War reader. This one is a series of essays […]
Review: Lee’s Lost Dispatch and Other Civil War Controversies by Philip Leigh
January 24th, 2016 · 6 Comments
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Short Takes
January 9th, 2009 · No Comments
As part of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, the Chicago History Museum will be showcasing one of five genuine handwritten copies of the Gettysburg Address. Marking the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth this year, the Chicago History Museum will host a version of the Gettysburg Address handwritten by the president, one of only […]
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Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: August 2008
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Last month I took a look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers. Now I’d like to take a look again and see how (if?) this list has changed much over time. I’ve taken the liberty of removing non-Civil War related books from the list. The books below are in the Civil War top […]
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Top 10 Amazon.com Civil War Bestsellers: July 2008
July 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments
I thought it might be fun to take a monthly look at the Amazon.com top 10 Civil War bestsellers and see how (if?) this list changes much over time. The first thing I noticed was the strange inclusion of several titles which have either little or no real connection to the Civil War. I’ve taken […]
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