I just finished Jonathan A. Noyalas’ book “The Blood-tinted Waters of the Shenandoah: The 1864 Valley Campaign’s Battle of Cool Springs, July 17-18, 1864” and started the fisrt chapter of Ryan T. Quint’s book “Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle, December 20, 1861.”
General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War by Frank Varney
Just Rosecrans … the author makes a valiant attempt to rehabilitate Rosey’s reputation … the author’s scholarship is great and the book is highly readable … in the end, however, his argument falls flat — Rosey was a brave soldier but his record and reputation as an army commander stands at one and one – a win at Stones River and loss at Chickamauga … nonetheless, I highly recommend Dr. Varney’s book.
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All Roads Led to Gettysburg by Troy Harman, in which he argues that the combination of roads, waterways and railways (including those destroyed) made the choice of battlefield inevitable.
Recollections of the 4th Missouri Cavalry by William S. Burns Captain Co. I 4th Missouri Cavalry (Union) Ed by Frank Allen Dennis
Genealogical research of a Great great grandfather August Ulitzsch Bugler of Co. L 4th Mo Cav
I’m actually reading two books. The first one is “The Greatest Escape” authored by Douglas Miller. It tells the story of the Union POW’s who were imprisoned in Libby prison in Richmond and after many escape failures, finally by digging a tunnel, successfully broke out of their confinement. The second book is Harry Pfanz’s wonderful rendition of “Gettysburg, The Second Day”.
War in the Western Theater: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War; eds. Sarah Kay Bierle and Chris Mackowski
Heard Tim Smith and Rick Hatchet speak at the Sacred Trust talks in Gettysburg last weekend. Too hot to work outside so read “Iron Dice of Battle” by Tim Smith and “Thunder in the Harbor” by Rick Hatcher. Also bought “Union General Daniel Butterfield” at the Gettysburg Heritage Center and met Jim Pula and had him sign his book. Hope to finish it today. All good books that I would highly recommend.
Pre-gaming for the ECW Symposium by re-reading Gordon Rhea’s second book in the Overland Campaign series, “The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864”
Most of my reading lately has been focused on the causes of the Civil War. I recently made an exception after I heard an excellent, very interesting discussion online from the Museum of Civil War Medicine. The focus of the Zoom program was a book authored by Carole Adrienne. It was Healing a Divided Nation: How the American Civil War Revolutionized Western Medicine. I would recommend the book and the author to any Round Table looking for an unusual program.
I’m reading The Unvanquished: the Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers and the Shadow War that Forged America’s Special Operations.
Is anyone else reading this? What do you think? I find it entertaining, fast moving and well written although seems more about Mosby’s Rangers than the Jessie Scouts but I am in the early chapters.
Just finished Daniel Murphy’s Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg, which recounts the cavalry action from Brandy Station to Falling Waters and explains what cavalry fighting was really like. Highly recommended.
‘Lee’, by Clifford Dowdey.
Bloody Roads South by Trudeau
Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain by Krick the Elder.
I just finished Jonathan A. Noyalas’ book “The Blood-tinted Waters of the Shenandoah: The 1864 Valley Campaign’s Battle of Cool Springs, July 17-18, 1864” and started the fisrt chapter of Ryan T. Quint’s book “Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle, December 20, 1861.”
Thanks for the support! If you have any questions or curiosities, please feel free to shout!
Wide Awake by Jon Grinspan and Voices from Gettysburg by Allen Guelzo
Union General Dan Butterfield by James S. Pula.
Vicksburg by Donald Miller
General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War by Frank Varney
That sounds really interesting. Does Varney include George Thomas in the book and how his reputation was impacted by Grant’s post-war writings?
Just Rosecrans … the author makes a valiant attempt to rehabilitate Rosey’s reputation … the author’s scholarship is great and the book is highly readable … in the end, however, his argument falls flat — Rosey was a brave soldier but his record and reputation as an army commander stands at one and one – a win at Stones River and loss at Chickamauga … nonetheless, I highly recommend Dr. Varney’s book.
All Roads Led to Gettysburg by Troy Harman, in which he argues that the combination of roads, waterways and railways (including those destroyed) made the choice of battlefield inevitable.
War upon the Land: Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War
“Decisions at Franklin – The Nineteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle” by Andrew S. Bledsoe
In the Shadows of the Round Tops by Allen Thompson
Landscape Turned Ref
Red
Re-reading with pleasure, Donald S. Frazier’s “Louisiana Quadrille.”
“Class of 1846” by John C. Waugh
I often think of those charging buffaloes.
Grant’s Canal – David F. Bastian
Just finished “The Heart of Hell”, by Jeff Wert”, ans just started “Decisions at Franklin”, by Andrew Bledsoe.
Recollections of the 4th Missouri Cavalry by William S. Burns Captain Co. I 4th Missouri Cavalry (Union) Ed by Frank Allen Dennis
Genealogical research of a Great great grandfather August Ulitzsch Bugler of Co. L 4th Mo Cav
i have a few relics from a member of Co. D 4th MO Cav — Corporal August Altheide
From Frederick to Sharpsburg: People,Places, and Events of the Maryland Campaign Before Antietam. by Steven R. Stotelmyer
Stonewall Jackson, The Man, The Soldier, The Legend. By James I. Robertson, Jr.
Harry Pfanz’s Gettysburg: The Second Day.
The Cassville Affairs by Robert Jenkins
“The Most Complete Political Machine Ever Known: The North’s Union Leagues in the American Civil War” by Paul Taylor.
Adelbert Ames by Michael Megelsh
I’m actually reading two books. The first one is “The Greatest Escape” authored by Douglas Miller. It tells the story of the Union POW’s who were imprisoned in Libby prison in Richmond and after many escape failures, finally by digging a tunnel, successfully broke out of their confinement. The second book is Harry Pfanz’s wonderful rendition of “Gettysburg, The Second Day”.
War in the Western Theater: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War; eds. Sarah Kay Bierle and Chris Mackowski
Dave Powells volume 1 on the Atlanta campaign
Heard Tim Smith and Rick Hatchet speak at the Sacred Trust talks in Gettysburg last weekend. Too hot to work outside so read “Iron Dice of Battle” by Tim Smith and “Thunder in the Harbor” by Rick Hatcher. Also bought “Union General Daniel Butterfield” at the Gettysburg Heritage Center and met Jim Pula and had him sign his book. Hope to finish it today. All good books that I would highly recommend.
The Wide Awakes
Picket’s Charge by James Hessler and Wayne Motts.
A Pitiless Rain: The Battle of Williamsburg, 1862 by Earl C. Hastings, Jr. and David Hastings
The Falling Hills – Perry Lentz
An excellent but overlooked novel of the Civil War.
The Left-Armed Corps: Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans, edited by Allison M. Johnson.
“Hurricane From the Heavens” by Daniel T. Davis and Phillip S. Greenwalt.
“Grant at Vicksburg: The General and The Siege” by Michael Ballard
Pre-gaming for the ECW Symposium by re-reading Gordon Rhea’s second book in the Overland Campaign series, “The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864”
Erik Larson’s “Demon of Unrest” with Yeal Sternhell’s “War on Record” up next.
Reading books by Brad Gottfried
Most of my reading lately has been focused on the causes of the Civil War. I recently made an exception after I heard an excellent, very interesting discussion online from the Museum of Civil War Medicine. The focus of the Zoom program was a book authored by Carole Adrienne. It was Healing a Divided Nation: How the American Civil War Revolutionized Western Medicine. I would recommend the book and the author to any Round Table looking for an unusual program.
Pfanz’s Gettysburg: The Second Day Cemetery Hill and Culps Hill.
High Tide at Gettysburg by Glenn Tucker.
“Victors in Blue,” by Albert Castel and Brooks D. Simpson.
Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign That Broke The Confederacy – Donald Miller
For Cause, For Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin by Eric Jacobson and Richard Rupp. I highly recommend it.
Currently reading Erik Larson’s The Demon of Unrest. Recently finished Jon Grinspan’s Wide Awake and An Unholy Traffic by Robert Colby.
I’m reading The Unvanquished: the Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers and the Shadow War that Forged America’s Special Operations.
Is anyone else reading this? What do you think? I find it entertaining, fast moving and well written although seems more about Mosby’s Rangers than the Jessie Scouts but I am in the early chapters.
Just finished Daniel Murphy’s Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg, which recounts the cavalry action from Brandy Station to Falling Waters and explains what cavalry fighting was really like. Highly recommended.