ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: The Overland Campaign for Richmond: Grant vs Lee, 1864

Posted on August 28, 2025

The Overland Campaign for Richmond: Grant vs Lee, 1864. By Bradley Gottfried. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers, 2025. Softcover, 128 pp.…

Book Review: The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign

Posted on August 28, 2025

The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign. By Jon M. Nese and Jeffrey J. Harding. Charleston, SC: The History Press,…

Book Review: Lee Besieged: Grant’s Second Petersburg Offensive, June 18-July 1, 1864

Posted on August 26, 2025

Lee Besieged: Grant’s Second Petersburg Offensive, June 18-July 1, 1864. By John Horn. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2025.…

Book Review: Landscapes of Freedom: Restoring the History of Emancipation and Citizenship in Yorktown, Virginia 1861-1940

Posted on August 26, 2025

Landscapes of Freedom: Restoring the History of Emancipation and Citizenship in Yorktown, Virginia 1861-1940. By Rebecca Capobianco Toy. Columbia, South…

Book Review: Gendering Secession: White Women and Politics in South Carolina, 1859-1861

Posted on August 21, 2025

Gendering Secession: White Women and Politics in South Carolina, 1859-1861. By Melissa DeVelvis. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2025, Hardcover,…

Book Review: West Virginia’s War: The Civil War in Documents

Posted on August 14, 2025

West Virginia’s War: The Civil War in Documents. Edited by William Kerrigan. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2025. Softcover, 304…

Book Review: The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made

Posted on August 14, 2025

The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made. By Calvin Schermerhorn. New Haven, CT: Yale University…

Book Review: Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery

Posted on August 12, 2025

Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery. By Richard Kreitner. New York: Farrar,…

Book Review: Nathaniel Lyon’s River Campaign of 1861: Securing Missouri for the Union

Posted on August 12, 2025

Nathaniel Lyon’s River Campaign of 1861: Securing Missouri for the Union. By Kenneth E. Burchett. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland &…

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