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Tag Archives: BookChat
BookChat: Rose Greenhow’s “My Imprisonment,” edited by Emily Lapisardi
I recently had the opportunity to spend some time with a new annotated edition of Rose Greenhow’s famous Civil War diary, Rose Greenhow’s My Imprisonment (Winston Lewis Publishing, 2021). The edition comes courtesy of editor Emily Lapisardi, a living historian … Continue reading
BookChat: James Longstreet and the American Civil War by Harold Knudsen
It’s the 159th anniversary of the battle of Chickamauga—a good showing by Jimmy Longstreet, so a good day to talk a little about a new book by Harold M. Knudsen, James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Antietam, BookChat, Brotherton Cabin, Bushrod Johnson, Chicamauga, Cory Pfarr, Fredericksburg National Battlefield, Gettysburg Day Two, H. J. Eckenrode, Harold Knudsen, independent command, James Longstreet, Jeffrey Wert, Johnny Shiloh, Killer Angels, Mexican War, military science, Moxley Sorrel, Second Manassas, Tom Berringer
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Forts: The War Department Tablets of Fort Donelson
Just in time for the 160th anniversary of the battle, Darryl R. Smith, owner of Walking With History tours, has released a new study, The War Department Tablets of Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Darryl admits, “the book is rather niche … Continue reading
ECW BookChat: A Fine Introduction to Battle by Joe Owen
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by Joseph Owen, A Fine Introduction to Battle: Hood’s Texas Brigade at the Battle of Eltham’s Landing, May 7, 1862, published by Fox Run Publishing (find out more … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors
Tagged A Fine Introduction to Battle, battle of Eltham's Landing, BookChat, Evander Law, First-Experiences-Under-Fire, Hood's Texas Brigade, Jerome Robertson, Joe Owen, John Bell Hood, Micah Jenkins, Portal to Texas History Database, Sam Hood, Texans in the Civil War
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BookChat with Tom McMillan, author of Armistead and Hancock
I recently had the opportunity to spend some time with the new book by author Tom McMillan, Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War (Stackpole Books, 2021). You can find out … Continue reading
BookChat with Richard Miller, author of John P. Slough
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new biography by Richard Miller, John P. Slough: The Forgotten Civil War General, published by the University of New Mexico Press (find out more about it here). Miller is the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Personalities, Politics, Reconstruction
Tagged 1st Colorado Infantry, Andrew Johnson, BookChat, Death Comes for the Chief Justice, Dick Miller, Glorieta Pass, John Milton Chivington, John P. Slough, New Mexico, Pottawatomie Creek, Richard Miller, Salmon P. Chase, westward expansion
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BookChat with Steven Woodworth and Charles Grear, editors of Vicksburg Besieged
I have been spending a lot of time lately with the latest volume in Southern Illinois University Press’s “Civil War Campaigns in the West” Series, Vicksburg Besieged, edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear (see info on the … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Campaigns, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged BookChat, Charles Grear, Chuck Grear, Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland, Civil War Campaigns in the West, Siege of Vicksburg, SIUP, Southern Illinois University Press, Steven Woodworth, Vicksburg Besieged, Vicksburg Campaign
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BookChat with Le’Trice D. Donaldson, author of Duty Beyond the Battlefield
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a book by historian Le’Trice D. Donaldson, author of Duty Beyond the Battlefield: African American Soldiers Fight for Racial Uplift, Citizenship, and Manhood, 1870-1920, published by Southern Illinois University Press (find out … Continue reading
BookChat with Timothy B. Smith, author of The Union Assaults on Vicksburg
I was pleased to spend some time recently with the most recent book by historian Timothy B. Smith, The Union Assaults on Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17-22, 1863, published by the University Press of Kansas (find out more about … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors
Tagged 26th Louisiana, 36th Mississippi, Battle of Vicksburg, BookChat, Francis Shoup, John McClernand, Joseph E. Johnston, Stockade Redan, Timothy B. Smith, Ulysses S. Grant, Union Assaults on Vicksburg, Vicksburg, Vicksburg National Military Park, Winchester Hall
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BookChat with Sam Hood, author of Patriots Twice
I was pleased to spend some time recently with a new book by Stephen “Sam” Hood, Patriots Twice: Former Confederates and the Building of America after the Civil War, a new release from Savas Beatie (click here for details). CM: … Continue reading
