ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War

Posted on May 30, 2023

At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War. By Megan L. Bever. Chapel Hill: University…

Book Review: Civil War Field Artillery: Promise and Performance on the Battlefield

Posted on May 23, 2023

Civil War Field Artillery: Promise and Performance on the Battlefield. By Earl J. Hess. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press,…

Book Review: The Wild Woman of Cincinnati: Gender and Politics On the Eve of the Civil War

Posted on May 16, 2023

The Wild Woman of Cincinnati: Gender and Politics On the Eve of the Civil War. By Michael D. Pierson. Baton…

Book Review: Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era

Posted on May 9, 2023

Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era. By Frances M. Clarke and Rebecca Jo Plant.…

Book Review: Unceasing Fury: Texans at the Battle of Chickamauga

Posted on April 4, 2023

The experience of the Civil War soldier was never far off from how people understood the war. Much of it…

Book Review: The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865: A Study in Command

Posted on March 28, 2023

The Trans-Mississippi West’s poor internal communications, and distance from political and military leadership in Richmond and Washington, D.C., meant that…

Book Review: Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876

Posted on March 23, 2023

Adam Fairclough has written a lot of books. Most of them are firmly set in the 20th century, dealing with…

Book Review: Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era

Posted on March 21, 2023

The field of deathways studies is decidedly a niche market that many people find morbid, but there is no mistaking…

Book Review: A Place of Rest for Our Gallant Boys

Posted on March 9, 2023

The mass mobilization of men during the Civil War and the sheer scale of combat and casualties called for serious…

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