TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President by Roger Billings & Frank J. Williams Product Details Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky; Reprint edition (January 25, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813136539 ISBN-13: 978-0813136530 Lore has Lincoln as a country lawyer riding the circuit.  He wins cases by charming the […]

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Virginia at War, 1861 edited by William C. Davis & James I. Robertson Product Details Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (November 11, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813123720 ISBN-13: 978-0813123721 William C. Davis (Editor) This is the first in a series covering Virginia during each year of the war.  The format of […]

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Civil War Book Acquisitions: January 2012 Title: Virginia at War, 1865 Author: Davis, William C. (ed) & Robertson, James I., Jr. (ed) Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-3468 Price: $40.00 (Hardcover); $31.50 (Kindle) TOCWOC’s Take: As expected, this last book in the Virginia at War series spends a lot less time on the battlefield […]

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One of Morgan’s Men: Memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry John M. Porter (Author), Kent Masterson Brown (Editor) Product Details Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (February 2, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813129893 ISBN-13: 978-0813129891 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches A Sunday afternoon in […]

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Reconstructing Appalachia: The Civil War’s Aftermath (New Directions in Southern History) edited by Andrew L. Slap Product Details Hardcover: 390 pages Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (May 4, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0813125812 ISBN-13: 978-0813125817 Reconstruction is one of the most contentious areas in American history, depending on who is talking: Reconstruction is the […]

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Bruce S. Allardice and Lawrence Lee Hewitt (Editors). Kentuckians in Gray: Confederate Generals and Field Officers in the Bluegrass State. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky (November 14, 2008). 344 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978-0813124759 $40.00 (Hardcover w/DJ). Bruce S. Allardice. Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register.  Columbia, MO: The University of Missouri Press […]

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Aaron Sheehan-Dean (editor). The View from the Ground: Experiences of Civil War Soldiers (New Directions in Southern History). The University Press of Kentucky (December 22, 2006). 272 pages., notes, selected bibliography. ISBN: 978-0-8131-2413-1 $40.00 (Hardcover w/DJ). As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ll be looking at the essays contained in The View from the […]

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