Reviews

Author: 
Bradley G. Bond
Reviewer: 
Robert P. Forbes

Forbes on Bond, 'Political Culture in the Nineteenth-Century South: Mississippi, 1830-1890'

Bradley G. Bond. Political Culture in the Nineteenth-Century South: Mississippi, 1830-1890. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. 343 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-1976-1.

Reviewed by Robert P. Forbes (Rutgers, The State University for New Jersey) Published on H-CivWar (December, 1997)

Author: 
George M. Blackburn
Reviewer: 
Richard Sonn

Sonn on Blackburn, 'French Newspaper Opinion on the American Civil War'

George M. Blackburn. French Newspaper Opinion on the American Civil War. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. xii + 158 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-313-30261-9.

Reviewed by Richard Sonn (University of Arkansas) Published on H-CivWar (December, 1997)

Author: 
Larry B. Maier
Reviewer: 
George C. Rable

Rable on Maier, 'Rough and Regular: A History of Philadelphia's 119th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, the Gray Reserves'

Larry B. Maier. Rough and Regular: A History of Philadelphia's 119th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, the Gray Reserves. Shippensburg, Penn.: Burd Street Press, 1997. . $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57249-082-6.

Reviewed by George C. Rable (Anderson University) Published on H-CivWar (December, 1997)

Author: 
Chester G. Hearn
Reviewer: 
Michael Pierson

Pierson on Hearn, 'When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans'

Chester G. Hearn. When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. xii + 260 pp. $26.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-2180-1.

Reviewed by Michael Pierson (Department of History, University of Massachusetts, Lowell) Published on H-CivWar (December, 1997)

Author: 
Susan T. Puck, ed.
Reviewer: 
Wendell Beall

Beall on Puck, 'Sacrifice at Vicksburg: Letters from the Front'

Susan T. Puck, ed. Sacrifice at Vicksburg: Letters from the Front. Shippensburg, Penn.: Burd Street Press, 1997. viii + 112 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57249-047-5.

Reviewed by Wendell Beall (West Fork High School, West Fork, Ark) Published on H-CivWar (November, 1997)

Author: 
Kenneth Wiley, ed.
Reviewer: 
Christopher S. Stowe

Stowe on Wiley, 'Norfolk Blues: The Civil War Diary of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues'

Kenneth Wiley, ed. Norfolk Blues: The Civil War Diary of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues. Shippensburg, Penn.: Burd Street Press, 1997. x + 326 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57249-019-2.

Reviewed by Christopher S. Stowe (University of Toledo) Published on H-CivWar (November, 1997)

Author: 
James R. Fleming
Reviewer: 
Connie Slaughter

Slaughter on Fleming, 'Band of Brothers: Company C, 9th Tennessee Infantry'

James R. Fleming. Band of Brothers: Company C, 9th Tennessee Infantry. Shippensburg, Penn.: White Mane Publishing, 1996. xiii + 155 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-57249-003-1.

Reviewed by Connie Slaughter (Wilson's Creek National Military Park) Published on H-CivWar (November, 1997)

Author: 
Thomas W. Cutrer, T. Michael Parrish, eds.
Reviewer: 
Terry L. Jones

Jones on Cutrer and Parrish, 'Brothers in Gray: The Civil War Letters of the Pierson Family'

Thomas W. Cutrer, T. Michael Parrish, eds. Brothers in Gray: The Civil War Letters of the Pierson Family. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. xii + 269 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-2134-4.

Reviewed by Terry L. Jones (Northeast Louisiana University) Published on H-CivWar (November, 1997)

Author: 
Craig L. Symonds
Reviewer: 
Donald S. Frazier

Frazier on Symonds, 'Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War'

Craig L. Symonds. Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997. v + 322 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-0820-1.

Reviewed by Donald S. Frazier (McMurry University) Published on H-CivWar (November, 1997)

Author: 
Fitzgerald Ross
Reviewer: 
Daniel E. Sutherland

Sutherland on Putnam, 'Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation' and Ross, 'Cities and Camps of the Confederate States'

Sallie Brock Putnam. Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. xxii + 389 pp. $16.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8032-8745-7.Fitzgerald Ross. Cities and Camps of the Confederate States. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. xxii + 262 pp. $13.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-06642-9.

Author: 
Gordon C. Rhea
Reviewer: 
Robert F. Pace

Pace on Rhea, 'The Battles for Spotsylvania Courthouse and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864'

Gordon C. Rhea. The Battles for Spotsylvania Courthouse and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. xii + 483 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-2136-8.

Reviewed by Robert F. Pace (Longwood College) Published on H-CivWar (October, 1997)

Author: 
B. Franklin Cooling
Reviewer: 
John F. Votaw

Votaw on Cooling, 'Monocacy: The Battle That Saved Washington'

B. Franklin Cooling. Monocacy: The Battle That Saved Washington. Shippensburg: White Mane Publishing, 1997. xviii + 335 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57249-032-1.

Reviewed by John F. Votaw (First Division Museum at Cantigny, Wheaton, Illinois) Published on H-CivWar (October, 1997)

Author: 
David W. Blight, Brooks D. Simpson, eds.
Reviewer: 
Carl J. Guarneri

Guarneri on Blight and Simpson, 'Union and Emancipation: Essays on Politics and Race in the Civil War Era'

David W. Blight, Brooks D. Simpson, eds. Union and Emancipation: Essays on Politics and Race in the Civil War Era. Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1997. x + 231 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87338-565-7.

Reviewed by Carl J. Guarneri (St. Mary's College of California) Published on H-CivWar (October, 1997)

Author: 
Steven Elliott Tripp
Reviewer: 
Crandall Shifflett

Shifflett on Tripp, 'Yankee Town, Southern City: Race and Class Relations in Civil War Lynchburg'

Steven Elliott Tripp. Yankee Town, Southern City: Race and Class Relations in Civil War Lynchburg. New York and London: New York University Press, 1997. xviii + 344 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8147-8205-7.

Reviewed by Crandall Shifflett (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) Published on H-CivWar (September, 1997)

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