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Book Review: Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America

Posted on September 30, 2025

Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America. By…

Book Review: Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts: The Civil War Memoir of John W. M. Appleton

Posted on September 25, 2025

Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts: The Civil War Memoir of John W. M. Appleton. Edited by James…

Book Review: Faith of the Fathers: A Comprehensive History of Catholic Chaplains in the Civil War

Posted on September 25, 2025

Faith of the Fathers: The Comprehensive History of Catholic Chaplains in the Civil War. By Robert J. Miller. Norte Dame,…

Book Review: Conflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command: Davis, Johnston, Hood and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864

Posted on September 23, 2025

Conflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command: Davis, Johnston, Hood and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. By Dennis B.…

Book Review Reckless in their Statements: Challenging History’s Harshest Criticisms of Albert Sidney Johnston in the Civil War

Posted on September 18, 2025

Reckless in their Statements: Challenging History’s Harshest Criticisms of Albert Sidney Johnston in the Civil War. By Leigh S. Goggin.…

Book Review: Decisions at Forts Henry and Donelson: The Twenty-One Critical Decisions that Defined the Battles

Posted on September 18, 2025

Decisions at Forts Henry and Donelson: The Twenty-One Critical Decisions that Defined the Battles. By Hank Koopman. Knoxville, TN: The…

Book Review: Radical of Radicals: Austin Blair, Civil War Governor – In His Own Words

Posted on September 16, 2025

Radical of Radicals: Austin Blair, Civil War Governor – In His Own Words. Edited by Jack Dempsey. Traverse City, MI:…

Book Review: Rebels at the Gates: The Confederacy’s Final Gamble and the Battle to Save Washington

Posted on September 11, 2025

Rebels at the Gates: The Confederacy’s Final Gamble and the Battle to Save Washington. By Robert P. Watson. New York:…

Book Review: Becoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas

Posted on September 9, 2025

Becoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas. By Craig Thompson Friend. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina…

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