Category Archives: Books & Authors

Review: On to Petersburg by Gordon Rhea

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

Back in September, I mentioned how excited I was about the arrival of Gordon Rhea’s book On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864. In October, my colleague Edward Alexander posted his thoughts about the book, situating it the … Continue reading →

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“Whipt ’em Everytime”: The Poorly Titled Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Edward S. Alexander

Researching the VI Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac has also made me quite familiar with Richard Hoke’s brigade of North Carolina infantry. These Tarheel regiments–the 6th, 21st, 54th, and 57th–frequently found themselves matched up against those whose … Continue reading →

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A Peek into the “Critic’s Corner” in Civil War News

Posted on April 10, 2018 by stephendavis

SHAG-A-DOO-LA. Those of us who write about the Civil War for fun (rarely for profit) get our ideas from any number of sources. One never knows when or how some inspiration will occur. Driving to the store recently, I heard … Continue reading →

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A Postscript to a Conversation with Hallowed Ground‘s Mary Koik

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(a postscript to a four-part series) As a follow-up to my interview with Hallowed Ground editor Mary Koik earlier this month, I asked her, “If a young woman wanted to get into Civil War-related publishing, as a writer or author, … Continue reading →

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Read Along With Me: William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs

Posted on March 27, 2018 by juliemujic

Introduction to a series Last weekend, I went to Half Price Books and came across this Penguin Classics edition of Sherman’s Memoirs for $7.99. I was especially interested to discover that this version was edited and annotated by the late Michael … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: 3/26-4/1/18

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

Through the decades, many historians and history buffs have echoed Thomas Jefferson’s sentiment, “I cannot live without books.” What is the one Civil War book you think is absolutely essential? Hyperbole speaking – the one book you “cannot live without”?

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Artillery Sketches of Alfred Waud

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Emerging Civil War

Talk about being in the right place at the right time . . . our own Meg Groeling wrote a series of posts for ECW several years ago called “Drawing the War.” It featured the newspaper artists who were embedded … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part four)

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part four of four) We’ve been talking this week with Dr. Caroline Janney, author and past president of the Society of Civil War Historians. Currently on the history faculty at Purdue University, she’ll take up a new post next fall … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part three)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part three of four) As a scholar, Dr. Caroline Janney has explored a strong interest in Civil War memory. During our conversation with her this week, she’s also talked about the deep connection to place she feels as a historian. … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part two)

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

(part two of four) As part of our Women’s History Month commemoration, we’re talking this week with Dr. Caroline Janney, professor, author, and past president of the Society of Civil War Historians. Janney has spent a good deal of her … Continue reading →

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