I am reading “Union Jacks” by Michael J Bennett. My paternal great grandfather, Thomas Bowler, was a Landsman on 4 ships during the war. I know nothing of him except what I have from Pension records and a lengthy obituary(he was crushed in a Massachusetts quarry)
I want to thank you for your article some weeks ago, on Landsmen, that introduced me to this informative, well written and immensely enjoyable book. I have a difficult time putting it down
I’m reading two books at this time. One is, of course, Civil War related and the second concerns our first President and Revolutionary War hero George Washington. The first is James Robertson’s fantastic biography on Thomas Jackson called “Stonewall Jackson”. The second book is “All Cloudless Glory” a two volume biography of George Washington written by Harrison Clark.
I just finished “The Fate of the Day” by Rick Atkinson (Rev. War). I’m taking a short break pending receipt of my copy of O’Reilly’s new Malvern Hill book, “Retreat From Victory. Hope to receive it this week.
Crisis at Antietam by Steve Eden and summer issue of Military Images magazine. Recently finished Cwyana’s book “Invincible Twelfth”, Fink’s book on the fighting on the Rose Farm and Boslet’s book on the fighting on LRT
Two books actually. I am re-reading “The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862” edited by Gary Gallagher in preparation for my Civil War Round Table’s annual fieldtrip to the Valley in September and “Chickamauga” by Gen. John B. Turchin as I research his life for a possible book or article.
I just recently bought and read Lee’s Retreat: A History and Field Guide, by Chris Calkins. Having grown up in Hopewell, VA and visiting the Petersburg Battlefield Park countless times, I’m embarrassed to say I did not know the Lee’s Retreat drive existed; and plan to drive that someday. Now I’m reading Mr. Lincoln’s Army, by Bruce Catton. Over the years I collected everything he wrote and decided it was high time to start reading some of it, as I’ve only read Never Call Retreat.
I am currently reading “Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, May 1864” by Charles Knight. I enjoy reading histories of the Civil War’s less famous campaigns, so I decided to give Knight’s acclaimed work a shot.
I just finished Ed Cotham’s ‘Rockets, Tanks, and Submarines: The Ingenuity of Civil War Texans’ and am about to start John Coski’s new Hunter Davidson biography ‘An Officer of Six Navies’
Protecting The Flanks At Gettysburg: The Battles of Brinkerhoff’s Ridge and East Cavalry Field. Decided to get a few more books by Wittenberg, the one on the Battle of Aikens is next.
1. Frank O’Reilly’s “Retreat from Victory: The Battle of Malvern Hill and the End of the Seven Days, July 1, 1862”
2. Edward Hagerty’s “Soldier of the South: Lieutenant General Richard H. Anderson at War and Peace”
3. Henry B. Motty’s “A Desperate Fight: The Lives of Louisiana’s Confederate Soldiers”
4. Ron Chernow’s “Washington: A Life”
5. A. Scott Berg’s “Wilson”
6. Jonathan Sumption’s “The Hundred Years War, Volume 1: Trial by Battle”
Almost done with Little Round Top at Gettysburg by Joe Boslet.
Halfway through A Forest of Granite by Brendan Harris.
On deck is A Little Piece of Hell at Gettysburg: The Attack and Defense of the Rose Farm, July 2-3, 1863 by Scott Fink.
I am finishing Chris Mackowski‘s Chancellorsville‘s Forgotten Front, John D Milligan‘s Gunboats Down the Mississippi, and Sear’s To the Gates of Richmond.
What Civil War book are you currently reading?
1. Civil War Photo Forensics by Scott Hippensteel
2. The Geographies of War. by Jeremy Black.
3. Where the Rivers Ran Red by Michael Donahue.
Lee Besieged by John Horn
I am reading Germantown, by Michael C Harris, a Revolutionary War title.
Tim McGrath THREE ROADS TO GETTYSBURG
I am reading “Union Jacks” by Michael J Bennett. My paternal great grandfather, Thomas Bowler, was a Landsman on 4 ships during the war. I know nothing of him except what I have from Pension records and a lengthy obituary(he was crushed in a Massachusetts quarry)
I want to thank you for your article some weeks ago, on Landsmen, that introduced me to this informative, well written and immensely enjoyable book. I have a difficult time putting it down
I’m reading two books at this time. One is, of course, Civil War related and the second concerns our first President and Revolutionary War hero George Washington. The first is James Robertson’s fantastic biography on Thomas Jackson called “Stonewall Jackson”. The second book is “All Cloudless Glory” a two volume biography of George Washington written by Harrison Clark.
I just finished “The Fate of the Day” by Rick Atkinson (Rev. War). I’m taking a short break pending receipt of my copy of O’Reilly’s new Malvern Hill book, “Retreat From Victory. Hope to receive it this week.
Crisis at Antietam by Steve Eden and summer issue of Military Images magazine. Recently finished Cwyana’s book “Invincible Twelfth”, Fink’s book on the fighting on the Rose Farm and Boslet’s book on the fighting on LRT
“Preeminent Strategist” biography of Joe Johnston by F. Gregory Torerrs
Two books actually. I am re-reading “The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862” edited by Gary Gallagher in preparation for my Civil War Round Table’s annual fieldtrip to the Valley in September and “Chickamauga” by Gen. John B. Turchin as I research his life for a possible book or article.
Abe by David Reynolds
I just recently bought and read Lee’s Retreat: A History and Field Guide, by Chris Calkins. Having grown up in Hopewell, VA and visiting the Petersburg Battlefield Park countless times, I’m embarrassed to say I did not know the Lee’s Retreat drive existed; and plan to drive that someday. Now I’m reading Mr. Lincoln’s Army, by Bruce Catton. Over the years I collected everything he wrote and decided it was high time to start reading some of it, as I’ve only read Never Call Retreat.
I am currently reading “Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, May 1864” by Charles Knight. I enjoy reading histories of the Civil War’s less famous campaigns, so I decided to give Knight’s acclaimed work a shot.
An Inconvienient Widow. A bio of Mary Todd.
I’m reading Ken Noe’s “Lincoln and the Heroic Legend: Reconsidering Lincoln as Commander in Chief.”
I am about to start reading Shattered Courage: Soldiers Who Refused to Fight in the American Civil War by Earl Hess
Frank O’Reilly’s book on Malvern Hill and Eden’s Crisis at Antietam.
I just finished Ed Cotham’s ‘Rockets, Tanks, and Submarines: The Ingenuity of Civil War Texans’ and am about to start John Coski’s new Hunter Davidson biography ‘An Officer of Six Navies’
The Garneri biography of Charles Dana. Fascinating stuff.
Return to Bull Run, John Hennessy.
Well into The Battle of Gaines’s Mill, vol. 2. Great read thus far.
Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln by Matthew Pinsker; also Race and Reunion by David Blight.
Protecting The Flanks At Gettysburg: The Battles of Brinkerhoff’s Ridge and East Cavalry Field. Decided to get a few more books by Wittenberg, the one on the Battle of Aikens is next.
“The Longest Raid of the Civil War” (John Hunt Morgan’s Raid) by Lester Horowitz
“Retreat from Victory” by Francis O’Reilly. On Malvern Hill. Very good.
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace by H. W. Brands. Enjoying it very much.
1. Frank O’Reilly’s “Retreat from Victory: The Battle of Malvern Hill and the End of the Seven Days, July 1, 1862”
2. Edward Hagerty’s “Soldier of the South: Lieutenant General Richard H. Anderson at War and Peace”
3. Henry B. Motty’s “A Desperate Fight: The Lives of Louisiana’s Confederate Soldiers”
4. Ron Chernow’s “Washington: A Life”
5. A. Scott Berg’s “Wilson”
6. Jonathan Sumption’s “The Hundred Years War, Volume 1: Trial by Battle”
Almost done with Little Round Top at Gettysburg by Joe Boslet.
Halfway through A Forest of Granite by Brendan Harris.
On deck is A Little Piece of Hell at Gettysburg: The Attack and Defense of the Rose Farm, July 2-3, 1863 by Scott Fink.
I am finishing Chris Mackowski‘s Chancellorsville‘s Forgotten Front, John D Milligan‘s Gunboats Down the Mississippi, and Sear’s To the Gates of Richmond.
About to read The Battle of Gaines Mill by Robert Krick, sent to me by the American Battlefield Trust.