ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: The Day They Hanged Old Brown: The Making of Celebrity and Martyrdom in the Civil War Era

Posted on February 5, 2026

The Day They Hanged Old Brown: The Making of Celebrity and Martyrdom in the Civil War Era. By John R.…

Book Review: Voices of the Formerly Enslaved in Louisiana: The WPA Narratives

Posted on February 5, 2026

Voices of the Formerly Enslaved in Louisiana: The WPA Narratives. Edited by Andrea Livesey. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 2025.…

Book Review: Texan in Blue: Captain Francis Asbury Vaughan of the First Texas Cavalry, USA

Posted on February 3, 2026

Texan in Blue: Captain Francis Asbury Vaughan of the First Texas Cavalry, USA. By Richard B. McCaslin and J. Wayne…

Book Review: Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis

Posted on February 3, 2026

Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis. By Jonathan S. Jones. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North…

Book Review: The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War

Posted on January 29, 2026

The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War. By Mark Kurlansky. Boston: Godine, 2025. Hardcover, 240 pp., $14.47.…

Book Review: A Forest of Granite: Union Monuments at Gettysburg, 1863—1913

Posted on January 27, 2026

A Forest of Granite: Union Monuments at Gettysburg, 1863—1913. By Brendan Harris. Havertown, Pennsylvania: Brookline Books, 2025. Hardcover, 235 pp.…

Book Review: From Gray to Blue: Galvanized Yankees in the American Civil War

Posted on January 22, 2026

From Gray to Blue: Galvanized Yankees in the American Civil War. By Patrick H. Garrow. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee…

Book Review: Honey Springs, Oklahoma: Historical Archaeology of a Civil War Battlefield

Posted on January 22, 2026

Honey Springs, Oklahoma: Historical Archaeology of a Civil War Battlefield. By William B. Lees. College Station, TX: Texas A &…

Book Review: Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America

Posted on January 20, 2026

Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America. By Earl J. Hess. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2025.…

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