Reviews

Author:

Paul Quigley

Reviewer:

Adrian Brettle

Brettle on Hutchison, 'Apples and Ashes: Literature, Nationalism, and the Confederate States of America' and Quigley, 'Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865'

Coleman Hutchison. Apples and Ashes: Literature, Nationalism, and the Confederate States of America. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2012. 277 pp. $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8203-3731-9; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8203-4244-3.Paul Quigley. Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865.

Author:

James Alan Marten

Reviewer:

Lisa Zevorich

Zevorich on Marten, 'Children and Youth during the Civil War Era'

James Alan Marten. Children and Youth during the Civil War Era. New York: New York University Press, 2012. xii + 270 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8147-9607-8; $25.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8147-9608-5.

Reviewed by Lisa Zevorich (Ohio State University) Published on H-CivWar (September, 2013) Commissioned by Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz

Author:

Mark E. Neely

Reviewer:

Lewie Reece

Reece on Burlingame, 'Lincoln and the Civil War' and Neely, 'Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War'

Michael Burlingame. Lincoln and the Civil War. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2011. 165 pp. $19.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8093-3053-9.Mark E. Neely. Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. 400 pp.

Author:

Gary W. Gallagher, Rachel A. Shelden, eds.

Reviewer:

Matthew E. Mason

Mason on Ashworth, 'The Republic in Crisis, 1848-1861' and Gallagher and Shelden, 'A Political Nation: New Directions in Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Political History'

John Ashworth. The Republic in Crisis, 1848-1861. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 217 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-02408-3; $22.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-107-63923-2.Gary W. Gallagher, Rachel A. Shelden, eds. A Political Nation: New Directions in Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Political History. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012. 272 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8139-3282-8.

Author:

Guy R. Hasegawa

Reviewer:

Sarah Handley-Cousins

Handley-Cousins on Hasegawa, 'Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs'

Guy R. Hasegawa. Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2012. 160 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8093-3130-7.

Reviewed by Sarah Handley-Cousins (University at Buffalo SUNY) Published on H-CivWar (August, 2013) Commissioned by Hugh F. Dubrulle

Repairing the "Melancholy Harvest"

Author:

Kenneth E. Burchett

Reviewer:

Amy Fluker

Fluker on Burchett, 'The Battle of Carthage, Missouri: First Trans-Mississippi Conflict of the Civil War'

Kenneth E. Burchett. The Battle of Carthage, Missouri: First Trans-Mississippi Conflict of the Civil War. Jefferson: McFarland & Company Inc., 2013. x + 230 pages. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7864-6959-8.

Reviewed by Amy Fluker (University of Mississippi) Published on H-CivWar (July, 2013) Commissioned by Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz

The Battle of Carthage and the Civil War in Southwest Missouri

Author:

Michael A. Eggleston

Reviewer:

Hampton Smith

Smith on Eggleston, 'The 10th Minnesota Volunteers, 18621865: A History of Action in the Sioux Uprising and the Civil War, with a Regimental Roster'

Michael A. Eggleston. The 10th Minnesota Volunteers, 18621865: A History of Action in the Sioux Uprising and the Civil War, with a Regimental Roster. Jefferson: McFarland & Co., 2012. 229 pp. $40.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7864-6593-4.

Reviewed by Hampton Smith (Minnesota Historical Society Library) Published on H-CivWar (July, 2013) Commissioned by Hugh F. Dubrulle

Author:

George Washington Williams

Reviewer:

Adam Rock

Rock on Williams, 'A History of the Negro Troops in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1865'

George Washington Williams. A History of the Negro Troops in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1865. Foreword by John David Smith. The North's Civil War Series. 1887; repr., New York: Fordham University Press, 2012. xl + 257 pp. $25.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8232-3385-4.

Reviewed by Adam Rock (University of Central Florida) Published on H-CivWar (July, 2013) Commissioned by Hugh F. Dubrulle

Author:

John B. Lundstrom

Reviewer:

Frank Cirillo

Cirillo on Lundstrom, 'One Drop in a Sea of Blue: The Liberators of the Ninth Minnesota'

John B. Lundstrom. One Drop in a Sea of Blue: The Liberators of the Ninth Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012. 499 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87351-821-5; ISBN 978-0-87351-872-7.

Reviewed by Frank Cirillo (Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia) Published on H-CivWar (July, 2013) Commissioned by Hugh F. Dubrulle

Antislavery Soldiers from the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes

Author:

Charles Bracelen Flood

Reviewer:

Timothy J. Orr

Orr on Flood, 'Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year'

Charles Bracelen Flood. Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year. Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 2011. 320 pp. $27.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-306-82028-1.

Reviewed by Timothy J. Orr (Old Dominion University) Published on H-CivWar (April, 2013) Commissioned by Martin Johnson

Author:

James A. Ramage, Andrea S. Watkins

Reviewer:

Timothy Jenness

Jenness on Ramage and Watkins, 'Kentucky Rising: Democracy, Slavery, and Culture from the Early Republic to the Civil War'

James A. Ramage, Andrea S. Watkins. Kentucky Rising: Democracy, Slavery, and Culture from the Early Republic to the Civil War. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2011. 480 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8131-3440-6.

Reviewed by Timothy Jenness (Lincoln Memorial University) Published on H-CivWar (April, 2013) Commissioned by Hugh F. Dubrulle

Author:

James Massie Gillispie

Reviewer:

Stuart McClung

McClung on Gillispie, 'Cape Fear Confederates: The 18th North Carolina Regiment in the Civil War'

James Massie Gillispie. Cape Fear Confederates: The 18th North Carolina Regiment in the Civil War. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2012. 240 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7864-4847-0.

Reviewed by Stuart McClung (Independent Scholar) Published on H-CivWar (April, 2013) Commissioned by Hugh F. Dubrulle

Author:

Joseph W. Danielson

Reviewer:

Eric P. Totten

Totten on Danielson, 'War's Desolating Scourge: The Union's Occupation of North Alabama'

Joseph W. Danielson. War's Desolating Scourge: The Union's Occupation of North Alabama. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2012. xiii + 218 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-1844-6.

Reviewed by Eric P. Totten (University of Central Florida) Published on H-CivWar (April, 2013) Commissioned by Hugh F. Dubrulle

Author:

James K. Bryant

Reviewer:

Matthew Hauck

Hauck on Bryant, 'The 36th Infantry United States Colored Troops in the Civil War: A History and Roster'

James K. Bryant. The 36th Infantry United States Colored Troops in the Civil War: A History and Roster. Jefferson: McFarland & Co., 2012. viii + 248 pp. $45.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7864-6878-2.

Reviewed by Matthew Hauck (Independent Scholar) Published on H-CivWar (April, 2013) Commissioned by Hugh F. Dubrulle

A Model Regiment

Author:

Scott McArthur

Reviewer:

Henry Goldman

Goldman on McArthur, 'The Enemy Never Came: The Civil War in the Pacific Northwest'

Scott McArthur. The Enemy Never Came: The Civil War in the Pacific Northwest. Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2012. 350 pp. $18.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-87004-512-7.

Reviewed by Henry Goldman (Longview Community College) Published on H-CivWar (April, 2013) Commissioned by Hugh F. Dubrulle

Goldman on McArthur, The Enemy Never Came

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Brettle on Hutchison, 'Apples and Ashes: Literature, Nationalism, and the Confederate States of America' and Quigley, 'Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865'

Zevorich on Marten, 'Children and Youth during the Civil War Era'

Reece on Burlingame, 'Lincoln and the Civil War' and Neely, 'Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War'

Mason on Ashworth, 'The Republic in Crisis, 1848-1861' and Gallagher and Shelden, 'A Political Nation: New Directions in Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Political History'

Handley-Cousins on Hasegawa, 'Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs'

Fluker on Burchett, 'The Battle of Carthage, Missouri: First Trans-Mississippi Conflict of the Civil War'

Smith on Eggleston, 'The 10th Minnesota Volunteers, 18621865: A History of Action in the Sioux Uprising and the Civil War, with a Regimental Roster'

Rock on Williams, 'A History of the Negro Troops in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1865'

Cirillo on Lundstrom, 'One Drop in a Sea of Blue: The Liberators of the Ninth Minnesota'

Orr on Flood, 'Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year'

Jenness on Ramage and Watkins, 'Kentucky Rising: Democracy, Slavery, and Culture from the Early Republic to the Civil War'

McClung on Gillispie, 'Cape Fear Confederates: The 18th North Carolina Regiment in the Civil War'

Totten on Danielson, 'War's Desolating Scourge: The Union's Occupation of North Alabama'

Hauck on Bryant, 'The 36th Infantry United States Colored Troops in the Civil War: A History and Roster'

Goldman on McArthur, 'The Enemy Never Came: The Civil War in the Pacific Northwest'

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