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Civil War Monitor Publishes Its “Best Civil War Books of 2022” List

Every year the respected history magazine Civil War Monitor publishes its “Best Civil War Books” of the Year list. You can read the whole list…

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‘Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War’ by Roger Lowenstein Named a “Best” Book by Washington Post

‘Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War,’ by Roger Lowenstein was named one of the Washington Post’s “best”…

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Kate Masur Wins the Littleton-Griswold Prize in US Law and Society from American Historical Association for “Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction”

Historian Kate Masur has won the Littleton-Griswold Prize in US Law and Society from the American Historical Association for her 2021 book Until Justice Be…

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Posted in Book Reviews Civil War

A Carolina Librarian on Recent Civil War Books that Help Challenge Your Understanding of the Civil War

Paul Birkhead, a librarian in Salisbury, North Carolina at the Rowan Public Library, wrote an interesting column in the Salisbury Post on recent books he…

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Around the Web November 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

The last month was a good one for both blogging and podcasts. I particularly enjoyed the Civil War Talk Radio interview with Bryan Cheeseboro of…

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New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie on Why He Studies Reconstruction & W.E.B. DuBois Today

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie used today’s column to explain why he keeps returning to the Reconstruction Era now. Here is a some of…

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Posted in Book Reviews U.S. Grant

Podcast: Gary Gallagher on Bruce Catton’s Army of the Potomac Trilogy With Chris Mackowski

Gary Gallagher was interviewed this week by Chris Mackowski of Emerging Civil War about Bruce Catton’s iconic Army of the Potomac Trilogy. Bruce Catton was…

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National Park Book on Asians and the Civil War Available Free to Read OnLine

The National Park Service book Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War is now free to read online. The book is available to read…

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Civil War Monitor’s Five Essential Books on Sherman’s March to the Sea

Civil War Monitor has been putting out lists of the best books on a variety of Civil War-related topics lately. Here is its list of…

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Black Resettlement and the American Civil War Wins Tom Watson Brown Award

Professor Sebastian Page of Oxford University has won the Tom Watson Brown Book Award for his new volume Black Resettlement and the American Civil War….

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