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Savas Beatie Civil War Books Win Awards

June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Savas Beatie, one of the leading publishers of Civil War books today, announced yesterday that several of their titles have won awards recently.  I couldn’t be more pleased, since any release from Savas Beatie is sure to be well-researched and a good read.  The full press release is below: June 15, 2009 Savas Beatie, LLC, […]

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Civil War Talk Radio: January 16, 2009

January 31st, 2009 · No Comments

Note: Since there was no new episode yesterday I decided to post one of the two CWTR episodes I had missed from January. Air Date: 011609 Subject: The Iron Brigade at Gettysburg Book: Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign Guest: Lance J. Herdegen Summary: Lance J. Herdegen, author of  Those […]

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Review: Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign

December 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign by Lance Herdegen Product Details Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (October 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714480 ISBN-13: 978-1932714487 The Iron Brigade was one of the premier combat units of the Army of the Potomac.  Comprised of western regiments their distinctive headgear made them […]

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