ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: Unsung Hero of Gettysburg

Posted on June 8, 2021

Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg By Edward G. Longacre University of Nebraska Press,…

Book Review: The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage

Posted on June 4, 2021

The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage By John Harris Yale University Press, 2020,…

From the Editor: A Follow-Up to a Review of The Civil War Battles of Macon

Posted on June 2, 2021

It’s been a while since ECW has published a barn-burner of a post, but Book Review Editor Steve Davis’s piece…

BookChat with Richard Miller, author of John P. Slough

Posted on June 2, 2021

I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new biography by Richard Miller, John P. Slough: The Forgotten…

Book Review: The Civil War Battles of Macon

Posted on June 1, 2021

The Civil War Battles of Macon By Niels Eichhorn History Press, 2021, $21.99 paperback Reviewed by Stephen Davis In this…

Echoes of Reconstruction: Roundup of Recent Books

Posted on May 31, 2021

ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Many of us expanded our reading during the…

Book Review: Fighting Means Killing: Civil War Soldiers and the Nature of Combat

Posted on May 27, 2021

Fighting Means Killing: Civil War Soldiers and the Nature of Combat By Jonathan M. Steplyk University Press of Kansas, 2018,…

Book Review: Cincinnati in the Civil War

Posted on May 25, 2021

Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union’s Queen City  By David L. Mowery The History Press, 2021, $26.99 Reviewed by…

Book Review –Getting Right with Lincoln: Correcting Misconceptions about Our Greatest President

Posted on May 21, 2021

Getting Right with Lincoln: Correcting Misconceptions about Our Greatest President By Edward Steers University Press of Kentucky, 2021, $27.95 hardcover…

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