Reviews

Author: 
William Marvel
Reviewer: 
Donald S. Frazier

Frazier on Marvel, 'The Alabama & the Kearsarge: The Sailor's Civil War'

William Marvel. The Alabama & the Kearsarge: The Sailor's Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. x + 337 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2294-4.

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

Author: 
David J. Eicher
Reviewer: 
T. Michael Parrish

Parrish on Eicher, 'The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography'

David J. Eicher. The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1996. xxiii + 407 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-252-02273-9.

Reviewed by T. Michael Parrish (LBJ Library, University of Texas) Published on H-CivWar (January, 1997)

Author: 
Nicole Etcheson
Reviewer: 
Lex Renda

Renda on Etcheson, 'The Emerging Midwest: Upland Southerners and the Political Culture of the Old Northwest, 1787-1861'

Nicole Etcheson. The Emerging Midwest: Upland Southerners and the Political Culture of the Old Northwest, 1787-1861. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. xiii + 205 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-32994-3.

Reviewed by Lex Renda (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) Published on H-CivWar (January, 1997)

Author: 
Lou Falkner Williams
Reviewer: 
Robert D. Sawrey

Sawrey on Williams, 'The Great South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials, 1871-1872'

Lou Falkner Williams. The Great South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials, 1871-1872. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996. xiii + 197 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8203-1795-3.

Reviewed by Robert D. Sawrey (Marshall University) Published on H-CivWar (January, 1997)

Author: 
John Ashworth
Reviewer: 
Bill Cecil-Fronsman

Cecil-Fronsman on Ashworth, 'Slavery, Capitalism, and Politics in the Antebellum Republic, vol. 1: Commerce and Compromise, 1820-1850'

John Ashworth. Slavery, Capitalism, and Politics in the Antebellum Republic, vol. 1: Commerce and Compromise, 1820-1850. New York and Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995. xii + 520 pp. $64.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-47487-0.

Reviewed by Bill Cecil-Fronsman (Department of History, Washburn University) Published on H-CivWar (December, 1996)

Author: 
St. Clair A. Mulholland
Reviewer: 
Charles Sanders

Sanders on Mulholland, 'The Story of the 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion'

St. Clair A. Mulholland. The Story of the 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion. New York: Fordham University Press, 1996. xxviii + 462 pp. $27.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8232-1606-2.

Reviewed by Charles Sanders (Kansas State University) Published on H-CivWar (December, 1996)

Author: 
David C. Bosse, ed.
Reviewer: 
Robert Dardenne

Dardenne on Bosse, 'Civil War Newspaper Maps: A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily Press'

David C. Bosse, ed. Civil War Newspaper Maps: A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily Press. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. xv + 253 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-313-28705-3.

Reviewed by Robert Dardenne (University of South Florida) Published on H-CivWar (December, 1996)

Author: 
Daniel E. Sutherland, ed.
Reviewer: 
George C. Rable

Rable on Sutherland, 'A Very Violent Rebel: The Civil War Diary of Ellen Renshaw House'

Daniel E. Sutherland, ed. A Very Violent Rebel: The Civil War Diary of Ellen Renshaw House. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996. xxvi + 285 pp. $34.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87049-944-9.

Reviewed by George C. Rable (Anderson University) Published on H-CivWar (November, 1996)

The Real

The Real "Secesh Female"

Author: 
Richard R. Duncan, ed.
Reviewer: 
Roger C. Adams

Adams on Duncan, 'Alexander Neil and the Last Shenandoah Valley Campaign: Letters of an Army Surgeon to His Family, 1864'

Richard R. Duncan, ed. Alexander Neil and the Last Shenandoah Valley Campaign: Letters of an Army Surgeon to His Family, 1864. Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane Publishing, 1996. x + 140 pp. $19.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-942597-95-0.

Reviewed by Roger C. Adams (Curator, Special Collections and Archives, Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University) Published on H-CivWar (November, 1996)

Author: 
Nathaniel Cheairs Jr.. Hughes
Reviewer: 
Stephen D. Engle

Engle on Hughes, 'Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston'

Nathaniel Cheairs Jr.. Hughes. Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. xix + 336 pp. $37.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2281-4.

Reviewed by Stephen D. Engle (Florida Atlantic University) Published on H-CivWar (November, 1996)

Author: 
Randolph Paul Runyon
Reviewer: 
Michael Chesson

Chesson on Runyon, 'Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad'

Randolph Paul Runyon. Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1996. x + 259 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8131-1966-3.

Reviewed by Michael Chesson (Department of History, University of Massachusetts-Boston) Published on H-CivWar (November, 1996)

Author: 
William F. McConnell
Reviewer: 
Ethan S. Rafuse

Rafuse on McConnell, 'Remember Reno: A Biography of Major General Jesse Lee Reno'

William F. McConnell. Remember Reno: A Biography of Major General Jesse Lee Reno. Shippensburg, Penn.: White Mane Publishing, 1996. xi + 113 pp. $19.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57249-020-8.

Reviewed by Ethan S. Rafuse (Department of History, University of Missouri-Kansas City) Published on H-CivWar (October, 1996)

Author: 
Larry M. Logue
Reviewer: 
Brooks Simpson

Simpson on Logue, 'To Appomattox and Beyond: The Civil War Soldier in War And Peace'

Larry M. Logue. To Appomattox and Beyond: The Civil War Soldier in War And Peace. Chicago, Ill.: Ivan R. Dee Publisher, 1996. xiv + 168 pp. $22.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-56663-093-1.

Reviewed by Brooks Simpson (Arizona State University) Published on H-CivWar (October, 1996)

Author: 
Kenneth W. Noe, ed.
Reviewer: 
Randall C. Jimerson

Jimerson on Noe, 'A Southern Boy in Blue: The Memoir of Marcus Woodcock, 9th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.)'

Kenneth W. Noe, ed. A Southern Boy in Blue: The Memoir of Marcus Woodcock, 9th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.). Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996. xxvi + 348 pp. $32.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87049-921-0.

Reviewed by Randall C. Jimerson (Western Washington University) Published on H-CivWar (September, 1996)

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