ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: Fighting for a Free Missouri: German Immigrants, African Americans, and the Issue of Slavery

Posted on February 1, 2024

Fighting for a Free Missouri: German Immigrants, African Americans, and the Issue of Slavery. Edited by Sydney J. Norton. Columbia:…

Book Review: Building a House Divided: Slavery, Westward Expansion, and the Roots of the Civil War

Posted on January 30, 2024

Building a House Divided: Slavery, Westward Expansion, and the Roots of the Civil War. By Stephen G. Hyslop. Norman, OK:…

Book Review: Reconstruction Beyond 150: Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom

Posted on January 30, 2024

Reconstruction Beyond 150: Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom. Ed. by Orville Vernon Burton and J. Brent Morris. Charlottesville: University…

Book Review: Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction

Posted on January 25, 2024

Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction. By Fergus M. Bordewich. New York: Alfred A. Knopf…

Book Review: When Slavery and Rebellion Are Destroyed: A Michigan Woman’s Civil War Journal

Posted on January 25, 2024

When Slavery and Rebellion Are Destroyed: A Michigan Woman’s Civil War Journal. Edited by Jack Dempsey. Athens: University of Georgia…

Book Review: Searching for Irvin McDowell: The Civil War’s Forgotten General

Posted on January 23, 2024

Searching for Irvin McDowell: The Civil War’s Forgotten General. By Frank P. Simione, Jr. & Gene Schmiel. El Dorado Hills,…

Book Review: Wars Civil and Great: The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I

Posted on January 23, 2024

Wars Civil and Great: The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I. Edited by David J. Silbey…

Book Review: Abolitionist Twilights: History, Meaning, and the Fate of Racial Egalitarianism, 1865-1909

Posted on January 18, 2024

Abolitionist Twilights: History, Meaning, and the Fate of Racial Egalitarianism, 1865-1909. By Raymond James Krohn. New York: Fordham University Press,…

Book Review: A History of Putnam County, West Virginia in the Civil War

Posted on January 18, 2024

A History of Putnam County, West Virginia in the Civil War. By Philip Hatfield. Charleston, WV: 35th Star Publishing, 2023.…

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