Civil War Books

Next Interactive Virtual Book Signing™ on June 21st
Interactive Virtual Book Signing™ will hold it's book signing on Saturday, July 21st at Noon Central Time. This signing will feature: Elizabeth Brown Pryor will present Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters Bradley Gottfried will present The Maps of Gettysburg: An Atlas of the Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 [...]

New Civil War Book Releases for March 2007 - Part 2
The following titles were released during the month of March. In some instances these new releases are books finally released in a paperback edition or a new edition of the book. Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War by James R. Gilmore Into the Valley: A History and Tour Guide of Civil War in the [...]

New Civil War Book Releases for March 2007
The following titles were released during the month of March. In some instances these new releases are books finally released in a paperback edition or a new edition of the book. The Road to Disunion, Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 (Road to Disunion) by William W. Freehling Nathan Bedford Forrest: In Search of [...]

'Servants of the Wind'
Veteran Pens Stunning Novel of Civil War Civil War Expert John Ferry's astonishing novel, Servants of the Wind, may be the North's answer to Gone with the Wind. [...]

Gettysburg Books Available Through Adams County Historical Society
The Adams County Historical Society now has an online gift store that contains books, maps, and artwork relating to Adams County and the Battle of Gettysburg. One of the most notable for Gettysburg fans: Gettysburg by the Numbers: The Essential Pocket Compendium of Crucial and Curious Data About the Battle Gettysburg by the Numbers: The Essential Pocket [...]

Still Life: Images at Antietam
OK… yet another book promotion by request of an author. However, Ms. Cassner-Janey's book appeals to me. I have a soft spot for photographic books on our Nation's Civil War battlefields. A great photographer can give us a different perspective or a view on a battlefield that we miss. I wonder is Mannie (an Antietam [...]

Devotion by Julia Oliver
I received an email from Julia Oliver, author of Devotion: A Novel Based on the Life of Winnie Davis, Daughter of the Confederacy, asking me to post a little something about her book. I don't have a problem promoting author's books on this site. I can't attest to how good or bad the book is, [...]
New Civil War Book Releases for February 2007 - Addendum
Here are additional books that were published during the month of February. (I'm sure the Bonekemper book is just going to enrage Dimitri ) Confederate Military History of Louisiana: Louisiana in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by John Dimitry McClellan and Failure: A Study of Civil War Fear, Incompetence and Worse by Edward H. Bonekemper III A Rising Thunder: [...]

New Book on 137th Pennsylvania
NEW CIVIL WAR BOOK DEPICTS PENNSYLVANIA’S LUCKIEST REGIMENT LANCASTER, PA, MARCH 7, 2007: The summer of 1862 saw the Union army in the midst of a potential crisis that might well have left the supporters of the Federal Government despairing the outcome of the war. Thousands of Union troops who had enlisted the previous summer [...]

Stealing The General
Author Russell S. Bonds, found my website and dropped me a quick email about his book, Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor. According to Russell, Paramount Pictures has picked up the movie rights to the book. I checked it out over on Amazon and 18 reviewers have given [...]
Pritzker Military Library Civil War Saturday Webcast
The next Civil War Saturday event at the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago is on April 28th. If you cannot attend in person, the library also has a webcast of the event. The Pritzker Military Library Presents: CIVIL WAR SATURDAY Saturday, April 28th, 2007 James S. Robbins discusses/signs LAST IN THEIR CLASS: Custer, Pickett and the [...]

Ed Bearrs Lecture in Glendale, CA on April 16th
For those of you out there in California, here's your chance to hear Ed Bearrs speak in person. Ed Bearss Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War National Library Week, Monday, April 16, 7 pm Glendale Public Library Auditorium 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, CA 91205 (818) 548-2042 FREE Lecture sponsored by the Friends of the Glendale Public Library. Few historians [...]

Civil War 100
Decorated military veteran and author of 15 books on military history, retired Lt. Col Michael Lee Lanning, has penned a new "introductory" book to the Civil War titled, "Civil War 100: The Stories Behind the Most Influential Battles, People and Events in the War Between the States ". Lanning presents the war by ranking [...]

Civil War Titles at The Online Books Page
I stumbled across a very cool website called The Online Books Page, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of [...]

McPherson's 'This Mighty Scourge'
Oxford University Press recently published James McPherson's new book, This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War. The have several posts on their book blog, including an interview with McPherson and two mini essays. A Few Questions For James McPherson WWII and This Mighty Scourge Lincoln's Finest Hour OUP: What are the hot topics in Civil War scholarship [...]

New Civil War Book Releases for February 2007
The following titles were released during the month of February. In some instances these new releases are books finally released in a paperback edition or a new edition of the book. Richard S. Ewell: A Soldier's Life (Civil War America) by Donald C. Pfanz Gettysburg, July 1 by David [...]
New Civil War Book Releases for January 2007 - Addendum
I missed a few books that we're released in January. BATTLE BETWEEN THE FARM LANES: Hancock Saves the Union Center: Gettysburg July 2, 1863 (Discovering Civil War America Series, V. 4) by David L. Shultz and David F. Wieck Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime during the Civil War by George [...]

'The Wanderer' Nominated for Best Nonfiction Book of 2007 by SIBA
Erik Calonius dropped me a quick email to let me know that his book, The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails, has been nominated by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance for best nonfiction book of 2007. Congratulations Erik!
Shelby Foote's Civil War Trilogy at Amazon
Amazon has got a great deal on Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Volume Set) in hardcover version. They are asking $41.25 and you can get free shipping. If you don't own this Civil War classic, now might be a good time to pick it up. At 2936 pages, if you read a little [...]
Photos of 'Sentinels of Stone: Shiloh and Corinth' Available
Tim Isbell, author and photographer of Gettysburg: Sentinels of Stone and Vicksburg: Sentinels of Stone has updated his website, www.timisbell.com, to include new photos of Shiloh and Corinth for his upcoming book, Sentinels of Stone: Shiloh and Corinth. Picuted below is the Tennessee monument at Shiloh: Additionally, tim lives very close to Beauvior and is capturing [...]