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Clara Barton’s Civil War

April 30, 2019 Civil War Profiles 0

Clara Barton’s Civil War: Between Bullet and Hospital  Donald C. Pfanz Hardcover; 228 pages Westholme Publishing (2018) In Clara Barton’s Civil War, author Donald Pfanz provides a thought-provokingly fair and accurate accounting of her nursing […]

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The War Outside My Window

July 8, 2018 Civil War Profiles 0

The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 Janet Elizabeth Croon, editor.  Hardcover; 480 pages Savas Beatie (2018)  The War Outside My Window is the edited diary of a […]

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Lincoln’s Lieutenants

January 12, 2018 Civil War Profiles 0

Lincoln’s Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac Stephen Sears Hardcover; 896 pages Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  (2017) Lincoln’s Lieutenants by Stephen Sears is a comprehensive leadership history of the Army of the Potomac […]

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American Ulysses

February 22, 2017 Civil War Profiles 0

American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ronald C. White Hardcover; 826 pages Random House (2016)    American Ulysses is a new and engaging biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White. Despite […]

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Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel

December 2, 2016 Civil War Profiles 0

Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel: An Unlikely Hero of the Civil War Sharon B. Smith Hardcover; 288 pages Lyons Press (2016)    In Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel, author Sharon B. Smith examines one of the most […]

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The Immortal Irishman

March 20, 2016 Civil War Profiles 0

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero  Timothy Egan Hardback; 384 pages Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2016)  In the Immortal Irishman, author Timothy Egan writes a popular biography of Thomas Francis Meagher, […]

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Corps Commanders in Blue

July 17, 2015 Civil War Profiles 0

Corps Commanders in Blue: Union Major Generals in the Civil War Ethan S. Rafuse, ed. Hardcover; 320 pages Louisiana State University Press (2014) Corps Commanders in Blue is a collection of essays edited by Ethan […]

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Lost Papers of John Bell Hood

May 22, 2015 Civil War Profiles 0

The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood Stephen M. Hood Hardcover; 312 pages Savas Beatie (2015) The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood is a treasure trove of primary source material […]

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Mourning Lincoln

April 23, 2015 Civil War Profiles 0

Mourning Lincoln Martha Hodes Hardcover;408 pages Yale University Press (2015) In Mourning Lincoln, author Martha Hodes uses a wide array of contemporary letters and diaries to document personal reactions to Abraham Lincoln’s death. The book […]