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Category Archives: Books & Authors
We Are Such Stuff as Dreams: Ellsworth Predicts His Death
Boys, no doubt you felt surprised on hearing my orders to be in readiness at a moment’s notice, but I will explain all as far as I am allowed. Yesterday forenoon, I understood that a movement was to be made … Continue reading
BookChat with Mark Flotow, editor of In Their Letters, in Their Words
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Mark Flotow. Mr. Flotow is the editor of In Their Letters, in Their Words: Illinois Civil War Soldiers Write Home, a new release from Southern Illinois University … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Common Soldier, Primary Sources
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, BookChat, Camp Butler National Cemetery, common soldiers, Illinois, Illinois soldiers, In Their Letters in Their Words, James Cornelius, Mark Flotow, Southern Illinois University Press, Springfield, Stephen Douglas, Sylvia Frank Rodrigue
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BookChat with Zachery Fry, author of A Republic in the Ranks
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Zachery Fry, assistant professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Dr. Frey is the author of A Republic in the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Books & Authors, Lincoln, Politics
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, BookChat, Copperhead's, Don Carlos Buell, Fredericksburg, George B. McClellan, Joseph Hooker, Keith Altavilla, Krisopher Teters, Mud March, Republic in the Ranks, UNC Press, Zach Fry, Zachery Fry
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Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy!
It took me by surprise, but my tears were joyful. With so many museums, etc. closed because of Covid-19, work on finding source information for the images in First Fallen: The Life of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the North’s First Civil War … Continue reading
Hellmira: My First Book
Although I grew up only 30 miles from Elmira, NY, the first time I heard the term “Hellmira” was when I was an undergraduate at SUNY Cortland. I was shocked to learn that Elmira was home to a prisoner of … Continue reading
The Civil War and General Jim Mattis: A Closer Look at Call Sign Chaos (Part 1)
The first time I heard Jim Mattis speak was in 2007. As an Education Director for the U.S. Marine Corps, I attended then Lieutenant General Mattis’ seminar on the 1st Marine Division at the First Battle of Fallujah (2003). This … Continue reading
BookChat with Michael Woods, author of Arguing Until Doomsday
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by historian Michael E. Woods, associate professor of history at Marshall University. Dr. Woods is the author of Arguing Until Doomsday: Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Books & Authors, Politics
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, antebellum politics, Arguing Until Doomsday, Blundering Generation, BookChat, Democratic Party, Great Triumvirate, Jefferson Davis, Michael E. Woods, Roy F. Nichols, Samuel Ashton, Seriah the Scribe, Stephen Douglas, The Disruption of American Democracy, UNC Press, University of Chicago
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The Role of Governors in Governing
I have the pleasure of reviewing books for several entities, including Emerging Civil War. I have said here (and elsewhere) many times that the 21st Century is a direct product of the 19th. With sheltering in place (or “reenacting Vicksburg,” … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Books & Authors, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln
Tagged Covid-19, Stephen D. Engle, Union war governors
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Book Review: “Meade and Lee at Bristoe Station”
Here’s an understatement: there have been a lot of books written about the American Civil War. Hundreds of them about Gettysburg; thousands about Lincoln; biographies, campaign monographs, and studies about the home front. You name it, there’s probably a plethora … Continue reading
A Box of Hellmira
It’s always exciting to have a box of new ECW books show up on my doorstep. The latest package, arrived this week, was filled with Derek Maxfield’s new entry in the ECW Series, Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series, Memory
Tagged Derek Maxfield, Elmira, Emerging Civil War Series, Hellmira, Mark Twain
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