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Rebel Yell

September 26, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson S. C. Gywnne Hardcover; 688 pages. Scribner (2014) Rebel Yell is an easy-to-read biography of Stonewall Jackson focusing on his Civil War career with interspersed […]

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Stuart’s Finest Hour

August 8, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Stuart’s Finest Hour: The Ride Around McClellan, June 1862 John J. Fox III Hardcover; 344 pages Angle Valley Press (2013) Stuart’s Finest Hour is a concise history of Jeb Stuart’s renowned 110-mile, three-day cavalry ride […]

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Clouds of Glory

July 29, 2014 Civil War Profiles 3

Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee Michael Korda Hardcover; 832 pages. HarperCollins (2014) Clouds of Glory is a lengthy, and at times redundant, biography that focuses largely on Robert E. […]

Jackson, Thomas J.

Remains of the “Marshall”

July 6, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Iron hull remains of the packet boat, Marshall, that transported Stonewall Jackson’s casket from Lynchburg to Lexington, VA in May 1863. The original boat was 90 feet long and 14 feet wide. The hull is […]

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Mother Earth, Bloody Ground

June 28, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Mother Earth, Bloody Ground R. E. Thomas Paperback; 290 Pages Black Gold Media (2014) Mother Earth, Bloody Ground is part two in a trilogy of alternate history novels that depict Stonewall Jackson surviving his Chancellorsville […]

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The Civil War Generals

April 11, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

The Civil War Generals: Comrades, Peers, Rivals – In Their Own Words Robert I. Girardi Hardcover; 304 pages Zenith Press (2013) The Civil War Generals is an entertaining collection of primary source commentaries on Union […]

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Lincoln’s Boys

March 16, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Lincoln’s Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln’s Image Joshua Zeitz Hardcover; 400 pages Viking (2014) A concise, dual biography of John Nicolay and John Hay, Lincoln’s personal secretaries and closest aides […]

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Glorious War

February 23, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Glorious War: The Civil War Adventures of George Armstrong Custer Thom Hatch Hardcover; 384 pages St. Martin’s Press (2013)  Glorious War is a focused biography of George Armstrong Custer’s military service from his 1857 entrance […]

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Lincoln and Medicine

February 1, 2014 Civil War Profiles 1

Lincoln and Medicine Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein Hardcover; 152 pages Southern Illinois University Press (2012) A book from the Concise Lincoln Library series, Lincoln and Medicine is a brief analysis of the medical conditions possibly suffered […]