ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: An Uncommon Woman: The Life of Lydia Hamilton Smith

Posted on May 21, 2024

An Uncommon Woman: The Life of Lydia Hamilton Smith. By Mark Kelley. University Park: PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press,…

Book Review: Yankee Commandos: How William P. Sanders Led a Cavalry Squadron Deep into Confederate Territory

Posted on May 9, 2024

Yankee Commandos: How William P. Sanders Led a Cavalry Squadron Deep into Confederate Territory. By Stuart D. Brandes. Knoxville: The…

Book Review: Texas Coastal Defense in the Civil War

Posted on May 7, 2024

Texas Coastal Defense in the Civil War. By William Nelson Fox. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2024. Softcover, 159 pp.…

Book Review: The Folly and the Madness: The Civil War Letters of Captain Orlando S. Palmer, Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry

Posted on May 2, 2024

The Folly and the Madness: The Civil War Letters of Captain Orlando S. Palmer, Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry. Edited by Thomas…

Book Review: Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America

Posted on April 30, 2024

Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America. By Michael J. Megelsh. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State…

Book Review: Here’s a Letter from Thy Dear Son: Letters of a Georgia Family during the Civil War Era

Posted on April 23, 2024

Here’s a Letter from Thy Dear Son: Letters of a Georgia Family during the Civil War Era. Edited by Edward…

Book Review: Virginia Secedes: A Documentary History

Posted on April 18, 2024

Virginia Secedes: A Documentary History. Edited by Dwight T. Pitcaithley. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2024. Hardcover, 308 pp.,…

Book Review: American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860

Posted on April 18, 2024

American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860. By Edward L. Ayers. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2023. Hardcover, 368 pp. $32.50.…

Book Review: Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders’ Union: Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession in Antebellum America

Posted on April 16, 2024

Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders’ Union: Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession in Antebellum America. By Peter Radan. Lawrence, Kansas: University…

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