Joseph L. Harsh. Confederate Tide Rising: Robert E. Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862. Kent, Oh.: Kent State University Press, 1998. xviii + 278 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87338-580-0.
Reviewed by Steven Woodworth (Texas Christian University) Published on H-CivWar (July, 1998)
John Rhodehamel, Louise Taper, eds. "Right or Wrong, God Judge Me": The Writings of John Wilkes Booth. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. xii + 171 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-252-02347-7.
Reviewed by Bruce Turner (Head of Archives and Special Collections, University of Southwestern Louisiana) Published on H-CivWar (July, 1998)
Mark Perry. Conceived in Liberty: Joshua Chamberlain, William Oates, and the American Civil War. New York: Viking, 1997. x + 500 pp. $31.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-670-86225-2.
Reviewed by Ethan S. Rafuse (Department of History, University of Missouri-Kansas City) Published on H-CivWar (July, 1998)
Lawrence R. Tenzer. The Forgotten Cause of the Civil War: A New Look at the Slavery Issue. Manahawkin, N.J: Scholars' Publishing House, 1997. xxvi + 273 pp. $16.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-9628348-0-6.James Walvin. Questioning Slavery. London: Routledge, 1996. xi + 202 pp.
Donald C. Pfanz. Richard Sewell: A Soldier's Life. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. xix + 655 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2389-7.
Reviewed by Craig L. Symonds (U.S. Naval Academy) Published on H-CivWar (June, 1998)
Elizabeth R. Baer, ed. Shadows on My Heart: The Civil War Diary of Lucy Rebecca Buck of Virginia. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1997. xxxviii + 355 pp. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8203-1852-3.
Reviewed by Leah Berkowitz (Dearborn, Michigan) Published on H-CivWar (June, 1998)
Eric T. Dean. Shook Over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997. xi + 315 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-80651-1.
Reviewed by Richard E. Beringer (University of North Dakota) Published on H-CivWar (June, 1998)
James M. McPherson. For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. xviii + 237 pp. $25.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-509023-9.
Reviewed by Brian Wills (Kenneth Asbury Professor of History, Department of History and Philosophy, The University of Virginia's College at Wise) Published on H-CivWar (June, 1998)
Edward A. Jr.. Miller. The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois: The Story of the Twenty-Ninth U.S. Colored Infantry. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1998. xi + 267 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57003-199-1.
Reviewed by Ricardo A. Herrera (Department of History and Geography, Texas Lutheran University) Published on H-CivWar (June, 1998)
Emily E. Werner. Reluctant Witnesses: Children's Voices from the Civil War. New York: Westview Press, 1998. xi + 175. $24.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8133-2822-5.
Reviewed by James Marten (Department of History, Marquette University) Published on H-CivWar (June, 1998)
LaWanda Cox. Freedom, Racism, and Reconstruction: Collected Writings of LaWanda Cox. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1997. xviii + 425 pp. $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8203-1901-8.
Reviewed by Patrick G. Williams (University of Arkansas) Published on H-CivWar (May, 1998)
William E. Parrish. Frank Blair: Lincoln's Conservative. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1998. xv + 318 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8262-1156-9.
Reviewed by Frank Towers (Bilkent University, Turkey) Published on H-CivWar (May, 1998)
Randolph B. Campbell. Grass-Roots Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1880. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. x + 280 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-2194-8.
Reviewed by Dale Baum (Texas A&M University) Published on H-CivWar (May, 1998)
Ed Malles, ed. Bridge Building in Wartime: Colonel Wesley Brainerd's Memoir of the 50th New York Volunteer Engineers. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1997. xxii + 415 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87049-977-7.
Reviewed by Charles Sanders (Kansas State University) Published on H-CivWar (April, 1998)
Michael Burlingame, John R. Turner Ettlinger, eds. Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. xx + 393 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8093-2099-8.
Reviewed by Phyllis F. Field (Ohio University) Published on H-CivWar (April, 1998)
