ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: Hundreds of Little Wars: Community, Conflict, and the Real Civil War

Posted on April 29, 2025

Hundreds of Little Wars: Community, Conflict, and the Real Civil War. Edited by G. David Schieffler and Matthew M. Stith. …

Book Review: The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War: A Biography of a Regiment

Posted on April 29, 2025

The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War: A Biography of a Regiment. By James Marten. Chapel Hill: The University…

Book Review: Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank

Posted on April 24, 2025

Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank. By Justene Hill Edwards. New York: W. W. Norton…

Book Review: A Union Tested: The Civil War Letters of Cimbaline and Henry Fike

Posted on April 24, 2025

A Union Tested: The Civil War Letters of Cimbaline and Henry Fike. Edited by Jeremy Neely. Athens, GA: University of…

Book Review: Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families

Posted on April 22, 2025

Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families. By Judith Giesberg. New York: Simon…

Book Review: Captive City: Meditations on Slavery in the Urban South

Posted on April 22, 2025

Captive City: Meditations on Slavery in the Urban South. By Jennie Lightweis-Goff. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025. Hardcover, 224…

Book Review: The “Immortal Six Hundred” and the Failure of the Civil War POW Exchange Process

Posted on April 17, 2025

The “Immortal Six Hundred” and the Failure of the Civil War POW Exchange Process. By John F. Schmutz. Jefferson, N.C.:…

Book Review: Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction

Posted on April 17, 2025

Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction. By Sarah E. Chinn. New…

Book Review: Lincoln’s Conservative Advisor: Attorney General Edward Bates

Posted on April 15, 2025

Lincoln’s Conservative Advisor: Attorney General Edward Bates. By Mark E. Neels. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2024. Paperback, 255 pp.…

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