ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: Take Freedom: Recovering the Fugitive History of the Denmark Vesey Affair

Posted on June 11, 2026

Take Freedom: Recovering the Fugitive History of the Denmark Vesey Affair. By James O’Neil Spady. Chapel Hill: University of North…

Book Review: Missouri and the Secession Crisis: A Documentary History

Posted on June 11, 2026

Missouri and the Secession Crisis: A Documentary History. Ed. Dwight T. Pitcaithley. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2025. Hardcover,…

Book Review: Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend: Reconsidering Lincoln as Commander in Chief

Posted on June 9, 2026

Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend: Reconsidering Lincoln as Commander in Chief. By Kenneth W. Noe. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State…

Book Review: France and the American Civil War: A Diplomatic History

Posted on June 4, 2026

France and the American Civil War: A Diplomatic History. By Stève Sainlaude. Translated by Jessica Edwards. Chapel Hill: The University…

Dusty Bookshelf Review: An Occasion for War? Civil Conflict in Lebanon and Damascus in 1860

Posted on June 2, 2026

Leila Tarazi Fawaz, An Occasion for War? Civil Conflict in Lebanon and Damascus in 1860. Berkeley: University of California Press,…

Book Review: Preeminent Strategist: General Joseph Eggleston Johnston, The Confederacy’s Most Agile General

Posted on June 2, 2026

Preeminent Strategist: General Joseph Eggleston Johnston, The Confederacy’s Most Agile General. By F. Gregory Toretta. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers, 2026.…

Book Review: A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War

Posted on May 28, 2026

A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War. By W. Fitzhugh Brundage. New York: W. W. Norton…

Book Review: Point Lookout, Maryland: The Largest Civil War Prison

Posted on May 26, 2026

Point Lookout, Maryland: The Largest Civil War Prison. By Robert E. Crickenberger Jr. El Dorado Hills: Savas Beatie, 2026. Paperback,…

Book Review: A Mother’s Work: Mary Bickerdyke, Civil War-Era Nurse

Posted on May 21, 2026

  A Mother’s Work: Mary Bickerdyke, Civil War-Era Nurse. By Megan Vangorder. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2026.…

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