ECW Book Reviews

Book Review: Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861

Posted on October 3, 2024

Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861. By Robert W. Merry. New…

Book Review: Heavy Marching: The Civil War Letters of Lute Moseley, 22nd Wisconsin

Posted on October 1, 2024

Heavy Marching: The Civil War Letters of Lute Moseley, 22nd Wisconsin. Edited by Sara DeLuca. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin…

Book Review: Embracing Emancipation: A Transatlantic History of Irish Americans, Slavery, and the American Union, 1840-1865

Posted on September 26, 2024

Embracing Emancipation: A Transatlantic History of Irish Americans, Slavery, and the American Union, 1840-1865. By Ian Delahanty. New York: Fordham…

Book Review: Black Civil War Veterans in Washington State

Posted on September 26, 2024

Black Civil War Veterans in Washington State. By Cynthia A. Wilson. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2022. Softcover, 176 pp.…

Book Review: Abraham Lincoln & Women in Film: One Hundred Years of Hollywood Mythmaking

Posted on September 24, 2024

Abraham Lincoln & Women in Film: One Hundred Years of Hollywood Mythmaking. By Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli.…

Book Review: Authoritarianism in the American South: Beliefs That Led to Slavery and Civil War, 1606-1861

Posted on September 24, 2024

Authoritarianism in the American South: Beliefs That Led to Slavery and Civil War, 1606-1861. By Robert L. Dipboye. Jefferson, NC:…

Book Review: Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War

Posted on September 19, 2024

Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War. By W. Clifford Roberts Jr. and Matthew A.M. Locke.…

Book Review: War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War

Posted on September 12, 2024

War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War. By Yael A. Sternhell. New Haven, CT: Yale…

Book Review: Justice for Ourselves: Black Virginians Claim Their Freedom After Slavery

Posted on September 10, 2024

Justice for Ourselves: Black Virginians Claim Their Freedom After Slavery. By John G. Deal, Marianne E. Julienne, and Brent Tarter.…

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