Category: Book Reviews
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
Around the Web October 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Welcome back to our survey of the best of social media on the Civil War and Reconstruction over the last month. There was a big…
Albert Castel Award Goes to Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that Changed the Course of the Civil War, June 23-July 4, 1863
David Powell and Eric Wittenberg were honored last week with the 2022 Albert Castel Book Award for their campaign study Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that…
Around the Web September 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
August tends to be a slow month for podcasts, but it was a great one for blog posts and book reviews. Enjoy! Blogs Scott Hartwig…
Kent Masterson Brown Wins Emerging Civil War Book Award for “Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command”.
Kent Masterson Brown has won the Emerging Civil War Book Award for his new volume Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command. According to the…
Grant’s Memoirs on List of Top Books Written by American Presidents
Last week I reported that Julia Dent Grant’s memoirs were ranked the Best Book by or about a First Lady by Town and Country Magazine….
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