Tag Archives: book reviews

Steve Davis to Serve as ECW’s New Book Review Editor

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Emerging Civil War

Emerging Civil War is pleased to announce that we are reinvigorating our book review services for readers. Toward that end we have acquired the services of Stephen Davis, of Cumming, Ga., as ECW Book Review Editor. Over the years Steve … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Searching for Stonewall by Ben Cleary

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

It seems I’ve been searching for Stonewall Jackson in one capacity or another for more than 20 years, so, needless to say, Ben Cleary’s new book, Searching for Stonewall Jackson, caught my attention. Cleary takes a Tony Horwitz-like approach to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “The Camel Regiment”

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Ryan Quint

When he served as the U.S. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis had the grand idea of importing camels. The camels, Davis reasoned, would be perfect animals to use in fighting among the far western reaches of America’s deserts, and thus … Continue reading →

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Civil War News‘s November Annual “Book Issue”

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Steve Davis

I happen to be Book Review Editor for Civil War News, the nation’s monthly newspaper for enthusiasts. For our November issue I helped CWN Publisher Jack Melton plan some nifty features for the issue. 

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Book Review: “Death, Disease, and Life at War”

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Ryan Quint

From the regimental camp of the 111th New York Infantry near Brandy Station, Virginia, Surgeon James Benton wrote to his parents, “The spring campaign will soon be upon us and in my opinion we have never seen any fighting which … Continue reading →

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A Peek into the “Critic’s Corner” in Civil War News

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Steve Davis

SHAG-A-DOO-LA. Those of us who write about the Civil War for fun (rarely for profit) get our ideas from any number of sources. One never knows when or how some inspiration will occur. Driving to the store recently, I heard … Continue reading →

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Review: The Gettysburg Cyclorama

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

Having worked so much at the Wilderness, I don’t buy into that whole “Gettysburg as the turning point of the Civil War” nonsense. Aside from that premise, though, there’s little negative to say about Chris Brenneman and Sue Boardman’s stunning … Continue reading →

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A beautiful, despairing journey with a coal-black horse

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

There’s a kind of myth-making happening in Robert Olmstead’s novel Coal Black Horse. Published in 2007, I had the chance this past week to journey with the horse once more, and it was a trip well worth taking. Set in … Continue reading →

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The Land of Lincoln and the Defense of the Icon

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

The Lincoln Memorial looked like frost tonight. The flurry that had blanketed the lawn white earlier in the day had been glazed with rain and then turned to ice, so the whole landscape shimmered under the Memorial’s lights.

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