Grant Wins the War: Decision at Vicksburg, by James R. Arnold, John Wiley and […]
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Book Review: Brassey’s History of Uniforms: American Civil War ( Robin Smith and Ron Field) : ACW
Brassey’s History of Uniforms: American Civil War, Union Army, by Robin Smith, and Brassey’s […]
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Book Review: The Civil War Infantryman: In Camp, on the March, and in Battle (Gregory Coco) : ACW
Like all wars, the Civil War was decided by the man in the trenches–the […]
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Book Review: Through Blood and Fire: Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua Chamberlain (Mark Nesbitt) : ACW
Through Blood and Fire: Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua Chamberlain, by […]
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Book Review: Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide (by Mark Grimsley and Brooks D. Simpson) Chickamauga: A Battlefield Guide With a Section on Chattanooga (by Steven E. Woodworth): ACW
Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide, by Mark Grimsley and Brooks D. Simpson, University of Nebraska […]
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Book Review: Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company (Roy Morris, Jr.) : ACW
AMBROSE BIERCE: ALONE IN BAD COMPANY Ambrose Bierce’s macabre lexicography, The Devil’s Dictionary, once […]
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Book Review: Richard S. Ewell: A Soldier’s Life (Donald C. Pfanz) : ACW
‘Old Bald Head’ Ewell was a much better general than his notoriously eccentric image […]
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Book Review: The Marble Man / Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society
A new book on Robert E. Lee’s Civil War generalship argues he was a victim of his own success.
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Book Review: A Place Called Appomattox (By William Marvel): ACW
Two volumes offer new interpretations and shatter some myths about the end of the […]
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Book Review: Ulysses S. Grant / Soldier & President
Ulysses S. Grant was an unremarkable man, except at the times when it mattered most.