ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: Union General, Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West

Posted on September 19, 2023

Union General, Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West. William L. Shea. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2023.…

Book Review: New Perspectives on Civil War-Era Kentucky

Posted on September 14, 2023

New Perspectives on Civil War-Era Kentucky. Edited by John David Smith. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2023. 360…

Book Review: African Americans, Death, and the New Birth of Freedom: Dying Free During the Civil War and Reconstruction

Posted on September 12, 2023

African Americans, Death, and the New Birth of Freedom: Dying Free During the Civil War and Reconstruction. By Ashley Towle.…

Book Review: On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Posted on September 7, 2023

On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. By Ronald C. White. New York: Random House,…

Book Review: Medicine, Science, & Making Race in Civil War America

Posted on September 5, 2023

Medicine, Science, & Making Race in Civil War America. By Leslie A. Schwalm. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press,…

Book Review: The Civil War Soldier and the Press

Posted on August 29, 2023

The Civil War Soldier and the Press. Edited by Katrina J. Quinn and David B. Sachsman. New York: Routledge, 2023.…

Book Review: Unhonored Service: The Life of Lee’s Senior Cavalry Commander, Colonel Thomas Taylor Munford, CSA

Posted on August 24, 2023

Unhonored Service: The Life of Lee’s Senior Cavalry Commander, Colonel Thomas Taylor Munford, CSA. By Sheridan R. Barringer. Burlington, NC:…

Book Review: Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign

Posted on August 22, 2023

Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign. By Daniel Murphy. Essex, CT: Stackpole Books,…

Book Review: Black Sailors in the Civil War: A History of Fugitives, Freemen and Freedmen Aboard Union Vessels

Posted on August 17, 2023

Black Sailors in the Civil War: A History of Fugitives, Freemen and Freedmen Aboard Union Vessels. By James H. Bruns.…

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