ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: “Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War”

Posted on January 16, 2018

There have been legions of studies done about the corps of the Army of the Potomac and its fighting units.…

Book Review: The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1861-1865

Posted on January 7, 2018

In Ken Burns’ nine-part documentary The Civil War, Shelby Foote notably described Nathan Bedford Forrest as one of “two authentic geniuses” generated…

Book Review: “Shooting Lincoln: Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and the Race to Photograph the Story of the Century”

Posted on December 15, 2017

Across the street from Ford’s Theatre and next to the Petersen House in Washington, D.C. there’s a museum dedicated to…

Civil War Cookin’: It’s Just A Book Review

Posted on November 26, 2017

Well, it’s a couple days after Thanksgiving and since we’ve already “decked the halls with boughs of holly” (at least…

Book Review: Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls, Escaped Slave Turned Union Hero

Posted on November 20, 2017

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Eric Sterner Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert…

Book Review: “A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time”

Posted on November 18, 2017

In the midst of the traditional military studies about bayonets and bugles, it can be easy to forget the thousands…

Book Review: “Double Canister At Ten Yards”

Posted on November 14, 2017

 There’s a saying among Civil War historians, it might be old but no one is really sure of it’s earliest…

A Place for Historical Fiction: Savas Beatie Tests the Waters

Posted on October 16, 2017

Really? Savas Beatie published a novel? No way! . . . and then I talked to publisher Ted Savas. The…

Book Review: “On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864”

Posted on October 10, 2017

I’m not a fan of writing traditional book reviews. I suppose it reminds me too much of my standard weekly…

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