Civil War Profiles

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 […]

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 […]

Guiney Station

May 10, 2015 Civil War Profiles 0

Inside this outbuilding near Guiney Station, Virginia, Stonewall Jackson passed away from pneumonia at 3:15 pm on May 10, 1863. James Power Smith, Jackson’s former aide-de-camp, had the stone marker placed in 1903.

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 […]

Camp Chase Prison

March 31, 2015 Civil War Profiles 0

Named after Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, and located four miles west of downtown Columbus, OH, Camp Chase started as a Union training facility in 1861. Converted into a prison camp […]

Lincoln’s Assassination

February 8, 2015 Civil War Profiles 0

Lincoln’s Assassination Edward Steers, Jr. Hardcover; 176 pages Southern Illinois University Press (2014) Another appealing volume from the Concise Lincoln Library series, Lincoln’s Assassination contains a wealth of information starting with John Wilkes Booth’s original […]