Edwin C. Fishel. The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. xiv + 734 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-395-74281-5.
Reviewed by John Paul Jones (University of Richmond) Published on H-CivWar (July, 1997)
Edward E. Leslie. The Devil Knows How To Ride: The True Story of William Clarke Quantrill and His Confederate Raiders. N.Y.: Random House, 1996. xxii + 534 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-679-42455-0.
Reviewed by Robert W. Frizzell (Bailey Library, Hendrix College, Missouri Life Trip) Published on H-CivWar (June, 1997)
William C. Davis. The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996. xi + 224 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-0809-6.
Reviewed by Thomas A. DeBlack (Arkansas Tech University) Published on H-CivWar (May, 1997)
Steven E. Woodworth, ed. The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. xiv + 754 pp. $99.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-313-29019-0.
Reviewed by John David Smith (North Carolina State University) Published on H-CivWar (April, 1997)
Patience Essah. A House Divided: Slavery and Emancipation in Delaware, 1638-1865. Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 1996. xi + 217 pp. $29.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8139-1681-1.
Reviewed by Claude A. Clegg (North Carolina State A & T University) Published on H-CivWar (April, 1997)
Jon L. Wakelyn, ed. Southern Pamphlets on Secession: November 1860-April 1861. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. xxix + 418 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2278-4.
Reviewed by William Blair (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Published on H-CivWar (March, 1997)
W. C. Corsan. Two Months in the Confederate States: An Englishman's Travels Through the South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. xxii + 155 pp. $26.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-2037-8.
Reviewed by James Marten (Department of History, Marquette University) Published on H-CivWar (March, 1997)
David Evans. Sherman's Horsemen: Union Cavalry Operations in the Atlanta Campaign. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. xxxvi + 645 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-32963-9.
Reviewed by T. R. Brereton (Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky) Published on H-CivWar (March, 1997)
Gary Galagher, ed. Lee the Soldier. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. xxxv + 620 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8032-2153-6.
Reviewed by Craig L. Symonds (U.S. Naval Academy) Published on H-CivWar (March, 1997)
Chester G. Hearn. Admiral David Dixon Porter: The Civil War Years. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1996. xx + 376 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-55750-353-4.
Reviewed by Ethan S. Rafuse (Department of History, University of Missouri-Kansas City) Published on H-CivWar (March, 1997)
James A. Kegel. North With Lee And Jackson: The Lost Story of Gettysburg. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1996. xv + 459 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8117-1128-9.
Reviewed by Brooks Simpson (Arizona State University) Published on H-CivWar (February, 1997)
Samuel J. Martin. "Kill-Cavalry": Sherman's Merchant of Terror. The Life of Union General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. Madison, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996. 325 pp. $48.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8386-3665-7.
Reviewed by Gregory J. W. Urwin (Department of History, University of Central Arkansas) Published on H-CivWar (February, 1997)
John Michael Priest. Victory Without Triumph: The Wilderness May 6th & 7th, 1864. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing, 1996. xvii + 331 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57249-009-3.
Reviewed by Michael F. O'Hear (Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne) Published on H-CivWar (February, 1997)
Michael J. Birkner, ed. James Buchanan and the Political Crisis of the 1850s. Pennsylvania: Susquehanna University Press, 1996. 215 pp. $29.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-945636-89-2.
Reviewed by Eugene H. Berwanger (Colorado State University) Published on H-CivWar (February, 1997)
Chester G. Hearn. Six Years of Hell: Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. xi + 319 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-2090-3.
Reviewed by David E. Woodard (University of Minnesota) Published on H-CivWar (February, 1997)
