ECW Book Reviews

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.…

Book Review: Heartsick and Astonished: Divorce in Civil War-Era West Virginia

Posted on August 15, 2023

Heartsick and Astonished: Divorce in Civil War-era West Virginia. Edited by Allison Dorothy Fredette. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia…

Book Reivew: The Maps of Spotsylvania Through Cold Harbor: An Atlas of the Fighting at Spotsylvania Court House Through Cold Harbor, Including all Cavalry Operations, May 7 through June 3, 1864

Posted on August 10, 2023

The Maps of Spotsylvania Through Cold Harbor: An Atlas of the Fighting at Spotsylvania Court House Through Cold Harbor, Including…

Book Review: Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance before the Civil War

Posted on August 8, 2023

Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance before the Civil War. By Matthew J. Clavin. New York: New York University Press,…

Book Review: Agents of Empire: The First Oregon Cavalry and the Opening of the Interior Pacific Northwest during the Civil War

Posted on August 3, 2023

Agents of Empire: The First Oregon Cavalry and the Opening of the Interior Pacific Northwest during the Civil War. By…

Book Review: Private No More: The Civil War Letters of John Lovejoy Murray, 102nd United States Colored Infantry

Posted on August 1, 2023

Private No More: The Civil War Letters of John Lovejoy Murray, 102nd United States Colored Infantry. Edited by Sharon A.…

Book Review: John T. Wilder: Union General, Southern Industrialist

Posted on July 27, 2023

John T. Wilder: Union General, Southern Industrialist. By Steven Cox. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 203 pp. $35.00.…

Book Review:The Sergeant: The Incredible Life of Nicholas Said

Posted on July 27, 2023

The Sergeant: The Incredible Life of Nicholas Said – Son of an African General, Slave of the Ottomans, Free Man…

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