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Vol. 42, No. 3 $3.00 48 Pages, April 2016 Battlefield Of Franklin Land Preservation Purchase

By Gregory L. Wade that were turned over to the City FRANKLIN, Tenn. — What is of Franklin Parks Department by considered the bloodiest acreage in Franklin’s Charge and the Battle of the Nov. 30, 1864, Battle of Franklin Franklin’s Trust (BOFT), managers is now being reclaimed as part of the of the Carter House the nearby Carn- evolving Carter Hill Battlefield Park. ton Plantation. The structures will be Local preservation leaders recently removed in coming months, possibly closed on a $2.8 million purchase relocated for other use. from owners Reid and Brenda The purchase is only the latest step Lovell after a months-long process in a long and arduous effort to re- of coordinating various funding build the Franklin battlefield. sources for the critical 1.6 acres that “It had to be a miracle,” quipped adjoin the Carter House, a major Civil War Trust (CWT) President battle landmark. James Lighthizer, referring to the Details were recently provided at most recent acquisition. Local res- a press conference led by Franklin’s ident Michael Grainger, long time Charge board member Julian Bibb, Trust board member and former who praised the “remarkable tran- chairman, said, “Local leadership sition” of the Franklin battlefield. has been incredible and will contin- Franklin’s Charge is a coalition of ue to be a partner [with the CWT].” civic and preservation groups who In 2005, after years of frustration joined together more than ten years attempting to preserve Franklin bat- ago to purchase local battleground. tleground, local preservationists de- Over 150 years ago the Army of cided it would have to be done the Tennessee stepped off in a series hard way, by buying properties, of- of charges to be virtually destroyed ten with buildings on them. by Federals under John Schofield in The largest parcel of land was hopes of taking Franklin and later originally a local golf course slated Nashville. to be sold to a developer to build At that time, most of the terrain houses on what was the right flank was open farmland on the outskirts of the Confederate attack north to- of what was once a small Middle ward the Federal lines just south of Tennessee farming community. Over the town. Battle of Franklin. 1891 print by Kurz and Allison. Restoration by Adam Cuerden. (Library of Congress) time development covered much of It was then that Franklin’s Charge the battlefield with houses, light in- came into existence. Funds have lin Parks Department, according to dustry, and small businesses. been raised for the $5 million pur- Bibb. All that remained of the critical chase from private donors, the CWT, But it was the land just south of the area where the Confederates tem- the City of Franklin and others. That Carter House, long considered the porarily broke the Federal line was 110-acre segment, now fully inter- most bloodied ground in Franklin, the small farmhouse and a few acres preted and known as the Eastern and some say in America, that was known as the Carter House farm. Flank Battlefield, is what got the the most coveted. The 1.6 acres purchased, which preservation ball rolling in Franklin. BOFT Chief Executive Officer adjoin the southern boundary of the Since that time nine other parcels Eric Jacobson noted, “to not have Carter House property, is comprised in proximity to the Carter House this ground reclaimed and preserved, of two lots. Today, they are occupied have been purchased and have been, would be like having Omaha Beach by a flower shop and other structures or will be, turned over to the Frank- cut out of Normandy.” The most recent acquisition evolved when Franklin’s Charge and the BOFT began discussions with the Lovells, who have a strong sense of the history of the land, having grown up in Franklin. “I was born and raised in Frank- lin on ground many believe should have been a national park,” said Reid Lovell. He recalled when visitors came to town and had to envision what happened, not walk on ground where it transpired. “My great-grandfather, who fought here, and my parents would be proud of what we are doing here today,” he said at the press conference. Franklin Alderman Michael Skinner, left, and Franklin Charge Board The Franklin Board of Mayor member Ernie Bacon attended the Franklin press conference. and Aldermen voted unanimously in February to fund part of the funding and the most complex, preservation group in Franklin who remaining debt on the Lovell according to Bibb. for years advocated the possibility property purchase. The previously “With help from city officials, the of a battleground park, attended the saved plots, valued at $6.8 million, Civil War Trust and others at the signing of official documents and are being transferred to the city in ABPP, we got it done,” Bibb noted. “have been with us every step,” said exchange for $1.08 million to be Other funding came from private do- Bibb. paid by the city on a non-interest nors including local Civil War Trust The site interpretation work will basis over seven years. board member Grainger, who has be led by representatives of the Ten- These funds will cover the balance been involved with other national nessee Civil War National Heritage now bridged by a local bank and will preservation efforts. Franklin Charge leader Julian Bibb speaks at the Lovell purchase be derived from the city’s hotel-mo- Representatives of Save the Frank- H Franklin closing. (Gregory L. Wade photos) tel tax. Local banker Chuck Isaacs lin Battlefield, the oldest battlefield ...... see page 4 was instrumental in working out the loans. All the city funds are allotted as well as a donation of $25,000 Inside this issue: by his employer, First Farmers and Merchants Bank. 23 – Black Powder, White Smoke 11 – The Source A $1.3 million grant from the 24 – Book Reviews 8 – Through The Lens National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program 33 – Critics Corner 10 – Treasures From The Museum (ABPP) was a major piece of the 36 – Events Section 14 – The Watchdog 24 Civil War News April 2016 – Reviews of Civil War Books – Guelzo On Emancipation, Its Relevance Kansas Frontier Guard Was First To Defend Washington Redeeming the Great Emanci- as the “Great Emancipator” has been committed to ending slavery. Care- pator. By Allen G. Guelzo. Illus- under attack by historians and others fully choosing his words, Guelzo The 116: The True Story of trated, photos, notes, index, 208 pp., who view his proclamations as contextualizes Lincoln’s statements Abraham Lincoln’s Lost Guard. 2016, Harvard, www.hup.harvard. political gamesmanship. and character. By James P. Muehlberger. Illustrat- even more on the relationship of Lin- edu, $22.95. Allen Guelzo effectively refutes He adds that the “problem with ed, photos, map, timeline, bibliog- coln and Lane. Lane was quite influ- these allegations and places them our apprehension of Lincoln’s anti- raphy, appendices, notes, index, 446 ential in Lincoln’s political life. in a contemporary framework. slavery is that he seems to have gone pp., Ankerwycke, www.shopaba.org, The remaining 200-plus pages con- He revives the importance of the about it in what we would regard as $24.95. tain detailed and interesting biogra- Emancipation Proclamation and a bafflingly obtuse fashion.” This phies of the unit members and their Lincoln’s reputation as an anti- is because Lincoln did not initially Just when you think that everything fates before, during and after the war. slavery advocate. view slavery as primarily a racial is- has been written about Abraham Lin- This is a well-written and informa- While noting Lincoln’s flaws, sue – but one that was political and coln, another obscure subject comes tive history of an obscure unit and a including his belief that recently economic. to light. This is the history of first relatively unknown aspect of the war. freed blacks were unprepared for Second, Guelzo argues that Lin- responders, The Frontier Guards, a It provides much information on Lin- full citizenship, Guelzo explores the coln lacked racial empathy because group of Kansas veterans who came coln’s early-war political aspirations. myths surrounding his proclama- he was “the wrong man for expres- to the aid of Abraham Lincoln and I thoroughly enjoyed this book and tion. He discusses the relevance of sions of empathy on almost any sub- defended the capital from Confeder- believe it deserves a spot on your self-emancipation and congressional ject.” Many, including myself, will ate attack in the earliest stages of the book shelf. I highly recommend it. attempts to take the lead on emanci- disagree with this. Civil War. pation away from Lincoln. Addressing the controversy sur- This book lucidly describes the Reviewer Joseph A. Truglio is Guelzo even explores the issue of rounding demands for reparations unit’s history and the activities of president and business agent for reparations for slavery. After reading for slaves’ descendants, Guelzo its leader, James Lane of Kansas. It a motion picture film technicians this book (and Holzer’s Emancipat- states that “reparations” were in fact details their performance in “Bleed- local union and a lifelong student ing Lincoln), no one will be able to paid by the gigantic cost of the Civil ing Kansas” and the efforts made to of the Civil War. His memberships rationally deny Lincoln’s anti-slav- War in death, suffering and dollars. deceive the Confederacy into not at- include the Lincoln Group of New ery sincerity. He says the war’s initial mission tacking Washington City at its most York and New Jersey Civil War Guelzo opines that Lincoln still was reunification but it changed to vulnerable time. Heritage Assn. He is president of deserves the title of Great Eman- both reunification and emancipation Although the text is only about 200 the Phil Kearny Civil War Round This is the second volume of the cipator because he was a positive during the conflict. pages, the book contains considerable Table in Wayne, N.J. Nathan I. Huggins lectures at Har- force for race relations: “Lincoln is Finally, the author concludes that information on their activities and vard University that I have read. a piece of African American history Lincoln himself readily admitted his The first, as eminent as this volume, as much as Civil War history; and the dependence on God when he said in Emancipating Lincoln: The Procla- fate of African Americans is tied to 1864, “I attempt no compliment to mation in Text, Context, and Mem- the fate of all other Americans. In- my own sagacity. At the end of three ory by Harold Holzer, examined the equality, as William Julius Wilson years of struggle the nation’s condi- Ulysses Grant: Youth to Uniform impact of Abraham Lincoln’s proc- reminded us, is a problem for blacks, tion is not what either party, or any by Joe Krom lamation of freedom at the time it whites, Latinos, and Asians together man devised, or expected. God alone This historical novel illustrates Grant’s was issued and how its meaning has as Americans, as citizens, as friends. can claim it.” boyhood in southern Ohio up to his entry into changed since. For ultimately, we are indeed all in This is a first-rate book that de- This second contribution eloquent- this together.” scribes a major historical event and the army as a lieutenant. Ulysses shaped ly objects to charges of racism and The author explains his rationale its relevance today. his country. What events shaped him? What political opportunism levied against by making several major points. early influences molded his character? Lincoln. The volume originated as First, he explains emancipation’s Reviewer Frank J. Williams is the 2012 Huggins lectures. significance and finds overwhelming founding chairman of the Lincoln 14, paperbac, pages In recent years, Lincoln’s reputation evidence that Lincoln was deeply Forum and author of Lincoln as Hero. el River Traders, Publisher www.eelrivertraders.com 11th Mich. Soldiers During, After War Conspicuous Gallantry: The and the mountainous regions of ness of war; yet he never wavered exploded above him while he was Civil War and Reconstruction Tennessee and Georgia. Just like a in his commitment to serve out his leisurely reading a book. After re- Letters of James W. King, 11th tourist, King could not resist sitting enlistment. covering, King returned to Michigan Michigan Volunteer Infantry. in “the old armchair presented to Southerners, in his view, had with his regiment in September and Edited by Eric R. Faust. Illustrated, [Andrew] Jackson by Washington” brought this “destruction” on them- was discharged in October. photos, maps, appendices, when he visited The Hermitage, near selves — and he would see to it that Rather than remain up north, he notes, bibliography, index, 304 Nashville. they got what they deserved. returned to Chattanooga, where he pp., 2015, Kent State, www. Throughout his enlistment King “The monster secession entered worked as a clerk for the assistant kentstateuniversitypress.com, $45. exhibited a strong desire to fight un- the sacred circle,” he wrote of one quartermaster. til the war was won, and he showed abandoned home in February 1863. King returned to Michigan in the little reluctance to criticize the gen- “The home is left to the mercy of the fall of 1865 to marry Jenny. Soon erals. Don Carlos Buell, in his esti- Northern soldier who, to avenge him- thereafter he settled in Tennessee to mation, was a “traitor.” self against some brother’s wrong, try his hand at growing cotton. Jenny And when George B. McClellan applies the torch, and the consuming spent some time there with him and was relieved of command in Novem- flames speedily do their work…. Ah some time back in Michigan. ber 1862, King wrote, “we have tried Jenny there is an awful penalty rest- Throughout 1866 they corre- such generals too long. This stand- ing on the heads of the leaders of this sponded with one another and with still policy I do not believe in, never rebellion. May each of them meet a other family members, with topics did. I hope our new leaders will not traitor’s doom.” ranging from farming and land spec- follow in the tracks of their prede- A number of topics arise in King’s ulation to race relations and national New book! cessors.” letters, including his hatred of Cop- politics during Reconstruction. By King’s experiences in the army perheads and his views of women. 1868, however, the Kings had had Armed - Ready included a minor engagement with Southern women, he noted, “have enough of the South, and threats of Confederate raider John Hunt Mor- one very bad habit, and that is nearly Klan violence forced them to return For Action gan, as well as the battles of Mur- all use tobacco & snuff to excess.” to the North. freesboro, Chickamauga and Mis- When Jenny apparently suggest- Conspicuous Gallantry is capa- sionary Ridge. “I have seen sights ed that women might serve in the bly edited and annotated by King’s Cairo that would make the blood curdle in military, he replied that their nature great-great-grandson. The inclusion one’s veins,” he told Jenny. was “an embodiment of peace and of both wartime and postwar corre- The Vicksburg Ironclad In some cases he chose not to gentleness” and that women were spondence makes this worthwhile Photographs by describe what he saw. But editor “not fitted to pass through the trying reading. Helen S. Schwartz James W. King enlisted as a pri- Eric Faust wisely included some of scares which war always brings.” Text/Tour by Robbie C. Smith vate in the 11th Michigan infantry in King’s most colorful accounts from But when Jenny told him that she Reviewer Jonathan W. White is Foreword by Edwin C. Bearss September 1861. Just 19 years old, Charles E. Belknap’s History of the had been learning to farm, James re- associate professor of American King began a long correspondence Michigan Organizations at Chicka- plied playfully, “You would make a Studies at Christopher Newport with his future wife, Sarah Jane Bab- mauga, Chattanooga, and Mission- pretty looking farmer Jenny.” University and author of several cock, whom he affectionately called ary Ridge (1897). These include a Only 15 men in the 11th Michi- books about Abraham Lincoln and Artistry In Jenny. description of King’s wounding at gan volunteered to reenlist in 1864, the Civil War. Visit his website at King’s letters offer richly detailed Missionary Ridge on Nov. 24, 1863. and King was not among them. In www.jonathanwhite.org. artistrPyinhpohtootoggraapphyh.cyom descriptions of the places he saw, Throughout the correspondence July 1864, he was wounded in the 215-735-1982 including towns like Louisville King often reflected on the terrible- shoulder by a Confederate shell that (215) 269-1596 April 2016 Civil War News 25 Woman From The North 7 Essays Discuss Lincoln & Europe

Lincoln in the Atlantic World. By calls “lessons” – an African lesson, cratic pretensions and both male and Goes South As Teacher Louise L. Stevenson. Illustrated, pho- a German lesson, an English lesson, female conventions of gentility,” es- tos, tables, notes, bibliography, index, and so on. pecially the “sockdologizing” of the Heading South to Teach: The The book’s setup is of particular 290 pp., 2015, Cambridge. www. The “African” lesson is about the British upper classes who had done World of Susan Nye Hutchison, note. Beneath the heading of each cambridge.org, $99.99 hardcover, unusual appearance, in the list com- so much to favor the Confederacy. 1815-1845. By Kim Tolley. chapter, Tolley has included signifi- $29.99 softcover. posed in 1860 by John Locke Scripps “Sockdologizing” – a “verbal jab Illustrated, maps, tables, notes, cant slices from Hutchinson’s diary, of “most influential” books Lincoln at aristocratic” pretensions — was bibliography, index, 278 pp., 2015, which set the stage for the chapter’s had read, of Nathaniel Riley’s 1817 almost the last word Lincoln heard, UNC, www.uncpress.unc.edu, narrative. Authentic Narrative of the Brig Com- and formed an ironically appropriate $29.95 softcover. In this fashion, readers get a much merce. That was an account of the period to a life that challenged pre- fuller and more robust portrait of shipwreck and enslavement of Amer- tension at every level. the protagonist than in a traditional ican sailors in North Africa. Stevenson’s book is more of a se- biography. Scripps was shrewdly positioning ries of episodes than a comprehen- Susan Nye began her diary as she Lincoln’s opposition to slavery as an sive survey of Lincoln and the Atlan- headed south in 1815. She married issue that touched white Americans, tic world of the 19th century. Latin Adam Hutchinson in 1825. Her last not just blacks. He also was lining up America, for instance, makes no ap- entry was made in 1841. Lincoln’s support for gradual, com- pearance in the book, nor do the Eu- At the time less than one out of pensated emancipation with similar ropean wars of the 1850s and 1860s. five white Southerners, 16 or older, recommendations made in Riley’s The “English lesson” is almost and fewer than one out of 10 en- popular Narrative. entirely about John Bright but gives slaved and free blacks had any reli- Another “lesson” comes in the short shrift to Bright’s formidable gious affiliation. form of the hat Lincoln wore in his political ally, Richard Cobden, who Nye was not just a teacher but also undercover passage through Balti- was known broadly as “the British an evangelizer bringing the word of more en route to his inauguration. Lincoln.” God to others. She did this in myriad The hat was a soft-brimmed “Kos- There are several easily-correct- ways: praying in the streets of Ra- suth hat,” made popular in America ed errors that will annoy hard-core leigh with slaves and free blacks, es- by the champion of Hungarian inde- Lincolnites (e.g., Francis Carpenter’s tablishing an independent school in pendence, Louis Kossuth. First Reading of the Emancipation Georgia, and risking arrest by teach- One of the great shifts in studies “Lincoln had adopted the uniform Proclamation depicts Lincoln’s read- ing slaves to read. of American history in the 18th and of a European republican” and may ing of the “preliminary” proclama- First half 19th-century American Other American women of the 19th centuries has been the introduc- have even borrowed his famous Get- tion to his cabinet on Sept. 22, 1862, history is often overshadowed in lit- age, such as Lucretia Mott, Ange- tion of a transatlantic perspective. tysburg formula — “of the people, by not, as commonly thought, the first erature and schools by the issues that lina and Sarah Grimke, and Harriet Partly, this reflects a political agen- the people, for the people” — from a draft reading of July 22, 1862). brought about the Civil War. Often Beecher, are better known for pro- da since the transatlantic perspective speech Kossuth delivered before the But this book adds a series of im- this preoccupation subsumes other moting women’s rights and speaking seeks to displace ideas about Ameri- Ohio legislature in 1852. portant bricks in the rebuilding of the themes or characteristics of the age out against slavery. can exceptionalism. The most intriguing of Stevenson’s worldwide context of the Civil War, some call “Freedom’s Ferment,” the Yet Hutchinson deserves credit But in a healthier way, the trans- lessons is the last one, taught by which is, after all, what concerned ripening of the Republican spirit in as a groundbreaker for all she atlantic perspective reminds us that the British comedy, “Our American Abraham Lincoln the most. the newly developing nation. accomplished during an era of events like the Civil War did not occur Cousin.” Although it is remembered Freedom’s Ferment spawned a shifting social norms. in a vacuum. Both sides placed heavy today only as the play Lincoln was Reviewer Allen C. Guelzo is new way for Americans to view the Readers interested in the social bets on the possibilities of European watching when John Wilkes Booth the Luce Professor of Civil War world and was played out in arenas of history of the first half of the 19th intervention, and both armies leaned fired his fatal shot, Stevenson care- Studies at Gettysburg College and American life that included religion, century will find this book enjoyable heavily on the examples afforded by fully unpacks in detail the message the author of the New York Times education, women’s rights, mental and fascinating. European warfare at mid-century. Lincoln was enjoying. best-seller Gettysburg: The Last health care and for social justice. The author’s sentiments about her But the transatlantic perspective “Overall, the play discredits aristo- Invasion. Fueling this attitude was the Sec- subject are best summarized when cannot be limited merely to diplomat- ond Great Awakening (1790-1840), she visits Hutchinson’s grave and ic or military history. Louise Steven- a religious revival movement that notes about the headstone, “When son’s Lincoln in the Atlantic World Richard A. LaPosta pushed these issues and abolition to the sunlight falls from the right an- reminds us that, for Abraham Lin- the forefront of American society. gle, the phrase becomes clear: ‘The coln, the Civil War was a “testing” of Civil War Books Kim Tolley’s biography of Susan Righteous Live in Everlasting Re- the single greatest accomplishment Nye Hutchinson explores one of the membrance.’” of Enlightenment political ideas, the First Editions • Rare • Out of Print little-known players of the Second creation of a large-scale republic. Buy, Sell, Trade, Search Service Great Awakening. Hutchinson left be- Reviewer James A. Percoco is Thus, “the outcome of the Civ- Specializing in Regimental Histories hind a rich diary for scholars to catch Teacher-in-Residence for the il War would determine the fate of Catalogs Issued a glimpse of this important time. Civil War Trust and The Journey republicanism both nationally and Tolley’s skillful use of other Through Hallowed Ground globally, in 1865 and for all time.” 317 Turnpike Rd., Somers, CT 06071 source material like newspapers, Stevenson approaches the Partnership, the author of (860) 763-0481 • [email protected] census returns and church records Summers With Lincoln: Looking transatlantic Lincoln through a further illuminates Hutchinson’s life for the Man in the Monuments, and series of seven essays, which she and provides a solid dose of Ameri- a member of the National Teachers can social history. Hall of Fame.

A witness of a sort SHARPSHOOTER “that historians rarely encounter.” The Selected Letters and Papers of Maj. Eugene SHARPSHOOTER Blackford, C.S.A. The Selected Letters

VOLUME 1 and Papers of Maj. Eugene Blackford, C.S.A. Fred L. Ray, Ed. Edited by Fred L. Ray

A Virginia officer in an Alabama regiment, commander the Army of Northern Virginia’s elite sharpshooters, Eugene Blackford’s correspondence spans nearly the entire war and allows a modern reader to see this turbulent era through the eyes of someone who lived it. His accounts of the sharpshooters; battles like Chancel- lorsville and Gettysburg; camp life; army leaders; and national and regimental politics are detailed and exceptional. Volume 1 of 3. Special 20% prepublication discount • 6x9 cloth, 235 pages, 10 Maps, 30 illustrations, footnotes, index, bib. – CFS Press, Asheville, NC http://www.ebsharpshooter.com 26 Civil War News April 2016 1861 Peace Conference’s 13 Essays On ’64 Tennessee Campaign

The Tennessee Campaign of Lee White, is a recently discovered describe “The Fight for Freedom by Aim To Avert Civil War 1864. Edited by Steven E. Woodworth diary about Confederate division the U.S. Colored Troops at the Bat- and Charles D. Grear. Photos, maps, commander Maj. Gen. Patrick R. tle of Nashville.” Co-editor Steven E. The Peace That Almost Was: arrival and tangential involvement, notes, 261 pp., 2016, Southern Cleburne’s movements through Al- Woodworth describes the actions of The Forgotten Story of the 1861 the conference’s agreement on pro- Illinois, www.siupress.com, $34.50. abama and northern Georgia at the Gen. Andrew Jackson (A.J.) Smith’s Washington Peace Conference posed constitutional amendments, commencement of the campaign. command at Nashville. John J. Smith and the Final Attempt to Avert the immediate undermining of them Next is an accounting by Stewart writes about civilians’ actions during the Civil War. By Mark Tooley. by ex-President and conference pres- Bennett of the battle of Allatoona the Franklin-Nashville Campaign. Illustrated, photos, notes, index, ident John Tyler, and congressional Pass, Georgia. This is an exciting Co-editor Charles D. Grear tells 316 pp., 2015, Nelson Books, www. inaction on them. description of the bloody contest. of “Texans’ Reactions to Hood’s thomasnelson.com, $26.99. The conference agreed to rec- John R. Lundberg tells of the Battle Tennessee Campaign.” Finally, Tim- ommend congressional initiation of Spring Hill, Tenn., and the after- othy B. Smith and Jennifer M. Mur- of constitutional amendments that math of the clash, when Gen. John ray, respectively, describe battlefield would •reinstate the Missouri Com- M. Schofield’s troops slipped by the preservation at Franklin and Nash- promise boundary between free and Confederate army, escaping to fight ville, Tenn. Although the salvation of slave territories; •require a majority again at Franklin. the battlefield land and buildings at of slave state senators to approve There are two essays about Franklin got off to a late start, its story new territorial acquisitions; •prohib- the Battle of Franklin. First is is positive. Unfortunately, the pres- it congressional interference with “The Destruction of the Army of ervation of land at Nashville is the slavery where it existed; •affirm fu- Tennessee’s Officer Corps . . .” by story of a true “lost cause.” Except for gitive slave laws; •ban importation Andrew S. Bledsoe. Following is Shy’s Hill and a few forts, redoubts of slaves, and •require unanimous an essay examining the psychology and monuments, the battlefield of approval of the states to revoke any of killing as it pertained to Franklin, Nashville has been largely taken over of these provisions. where there was a lot of killing and by urban sprawl. Little remains of the It is significant that, like the un- much close-quarter fighting fields where Thomas’s and Hood’s successful Crittenden proposals of On the two-day Battle of Nash- troops once struggled. the preceding month, these con- ville, there are four essays. Brooks This book is a valuable addition to flict-avoidance proposals dealt sole- After the fall of Atlanta, D. Simpson writes of the pre-battle a Civil War library. Although it does ly with slavery-related issues. Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood communication difficulties and mis- not contain as detailed descriptions of At the conference’s close, Tyler broke away from the Union army understandings among Gens. George the campaign as other volumes, these pledged to present these proposals to under Gen. William Tecumseh H. Thomas, Ulysses S. Grant and essays provide fresh insights. For 19 days in February 1861, both houses of Congress because it Sherman to initially cut off his Henry W. Halleck. In “Where Genius 131 delegates from 21 states met in was “my duty to give them my offi- communications with the North and Cannot Exist,” Paul L. Schmelzer Reviewer Robert L. Durham spent Washington in a quixotic attempt cial approval and support.” later to invade Tennessee in the hope scrutinizes Thomas’s generalship in most of his career at the Defense to prevent the Civil War. Mark By the next evening, however, of drawing Sherman off in pursuit. light of German military writer Carl Logistics Agency. He has written Tooley has written a significant he had taken his seat as delegate to This volume is a collection of 13 von Clausewitz’s standard for mili- book reviews and articles for and entertaining book describing Virginia’s secession convention, de- essays on this pivotal 1864 campaign tary “genius.” numerous historical blogs and the often-overlooked efforts of the nounced the proposals and called the The first essay, edited by William D.L. Turner and Scott L. Stabler publications. Washington Peace Conference. Up- conference a “worthless affair.” per South and Border slave states, Tooley does not contend that the as well as Northern free states, were conference was insignificant. He represented. points out that it probably delayed Books for Review Tooley’s most valuable contribu- secession by Virginia and other Up- can be sent to: tion is to confirm that the national per South states, helped prevent Bor- crisis was all about slavery. He says, der states’ secession, and arguably CWN Review Editor, Edward H. Bonekemper III “Nearly all the Peace Conference provided a cooling-off period that was a desperate attempt to protect enabled the electoral vote counting 814 Willow Valley Lakes Dr., Willow Street, PA 17584 slavery and assuage Southern wor- and Lincoln’s inauguration to occur Send cover image to [email protected] ries about Northern Republican en- peacefully. croachment on Southern political Despite a few minor historical prerogatives.” errors, this book is a marvelous ex- He cites a Washington Star article position of a significant, generally 39th ANNUAL that said the arriving delegates faced unknown occurrence in the series of the “only question upon where (sic) events that occurred between Lin- OHIO CIVIL WAR SHOW there bids fair to be any considerable coln’s election and inauguration. It is difference of opinion — the territori- highly recommended. AND 24th ANNUAL ARTILLERY SHOW al slavery question.” The author describes the dele- Reviewer Edward Bonekemper gates, contemporary Washington, its is Civil War News Book Review INCLUDING clergy and churches (not really nec- Editor and author of six Civil War essary), proposed compromise pro- books, including The Myth of visions, counting of the presidential the Lost Cause: Why the South WORLD WAR I & II electors’ ballots, Abraham Lincoln’s Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won. MILITARY MATERIAL 1775 thru 1945 April 30th - May 1st, 2016 – Saturday 9-5 & Sunday 9-3 Richland County Fairgrounds, Mansfield, Ohio U.S. 30 & Trimble Road Exit Located 7 Miles West of Exit 176 (US 30) on I-71 750 Tables of Military Items, Books, Prints, etc. for Buy, Sell, Trade & Display. 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Photos, maps, appendix, Benjamin Butler’s command would War Letters of Captain Henry Au- a very favorable impression on me. April 1864, he died in Andersonville notes, bibliography, index, 378 pp., come in from the east, up the Pen- gustus Sand, Company A, 103rd He is not very refined and appears to that November. 2016, Oklahoma, www.oupress. insula. A diversionary movement un- New York Volunteers. Edited by be fond of show, as he goes round in Sgt. George Marsh, 8th Connecti- com, $29.95. der Brig. Gen. George Custer would Peter H. Sand and John F. McLaugh- camp in full Zouave uniform, with cut, was a veteran of New Bern. move toward Charlottesville. lin. Illustrated, photos, map, notes, a long mustache and shaved head, He was a carpenter, constantly sent Dahlgren’s role in the operation bibliography, index, 184 pp., 2015, and looks like anything but an acting money home to his parents and in was to lead a 500-man force to free McFarland, www.mcfarlandpub. brigadier.” his spare time tattooed his comrades the prisoners on Belle Isle, south of com, $35 softcover. While he lay dying at the Otto with India ink. He died on the Rohr- the James River. farmhouse on the Antietam battle- bach farm at Antietam early in the In the end, Custer’s movement had field, Sand and his mother Isabella morning of Sept. 17, 1862, while little effect on the overall operation. wrote several touching letters to his waiting to go into battle. Butler never sent forces toward the family in New York. 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A Connecticut Yankee at War: a prominent Plaquemines family. He As with any such effort, there are Saw America Change The Life and Letters of George Lee became involved in local politics, minor criticisms. For example, the Gaskell. By Robert Grandchamp. Il- helped register freed black voters, editor relies on the long-accepted Lincoln’s Bold Lion: The Life din’s advancement was assured. Pro- lustrated, photos, maps, notes, bibli- and finally operated retail businesses strength numbers for the opposing and Times of Brigadier General moted to lieutenant colonel in 1862, ography, index, 200 pp., 2015, Pel- in Louisiana and later in Chattanoo- forces in the 1862 Peninsula Cam- Martin Davis Hardin. By James he was assigned command of the ican, www.pelicanpub.com, $25.95. ga, Tenn. paign even though researchers such Huffstodt. Illustrated, photos, maps, 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regi- The heart of this book consists of as Leon Tenney have recently shown notes, bibliography, index, 432 pp., ment. He bravely led his command Gaskell’s wartime letters — most that Confederate numbers were 2015, Casemate, www.casematepub- in actions at Second Bull Run, White written to his sister Mary and some probably higher. lishing.com, $32.95. Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Freder- to a local newspaper. As expected, Grandchamp’s compilation is a icksburg, Gettysburg and the Penin- the letters are literate and informa- worthwhile addition to the library sula Campaign. tive. The correspondence regarding of anyone interested in field artil- Hardin was wounded four times Battery G’s experiences at the battles lery units or the experiences of black and lost his left arm during an of Fair Oaks and Second Fredericks- troops and their white officers in the ambush at Catlett’s Station. After burg will be of value to students of occupied South. a brief recuperation, he assumed those actions. command of the Washington Most of the letters written while Reviewer John Foskett is a defenses and was largely responsible Gaskell served in Battery G reveal practicing attorney in Boston, for foiling Gen. Jubal Early’s plan to details of life in a battery on cam- Mass., and has a life-long interest capture the capital. paign. In fact, given the relative in the Civil War. Due to his mother’s lobbying, he dearth of original correspondence was promoted to brigadier general in by members of Federal field artillery July 1864. He spent the remainder units, the reader may well wish that of the war in Washington and then Gaskell had written more often. Digital Issues of commanding occupation troops in Gaskell’s letters from Louisi- Raleigh, N.C. ana are equally informative about a CWN are available After the war, Hardin pursued a starkly different sort of war experi- legal career, his first love. Joining ence. Primary accounts of service as by subscription a powerful law firm in Chicago, he George Lee Gaskell is yet another a white officer commanding black became a frequent companion of of those unknown Civil War figures troops in newly conquered parts of alone or fellow lawyer Robert Todd Lincoln whose experiences are sufficient- the South are lacking, and Gaskell’s Gen. Martin D. Hardin (1837- and joined virtually all of Chicago’s ly unique that they should be made articulate correspondence sheds with print 1923) was the son of Mexican War elite social clubs. After the death of available to students of the war. needed light on that role, as well. hero John J. Hardin, an intimate his first wife, he married Amelia Mc- Robert Grandchamp has done Grandchamp, who has written a plus archives friend of Abraham and Mary Lin- Laughlin, the daughter of a wealthy just that in a succinct, nicely pro- solid history of Battery G, has done a coln. Coming from an ancestry rich Chicago coffee merchant. duced volume that utilizes Gaskell’s nice job of combining Gaskell’s let- to 2012 at in military heroes, Martin Hardin Between his thriving law practice Civil War letters, sandwiched by a ters with necessary biographical de- experienced America from its era of and the McLaughlin family wealth, well-written and informative brief tails in a tightly written and well-ed- CivilWarNews.com canal boats and slavery to the times the Hardins enjoyed a privileged biography of Gaskell’s life before ited book. He supplies an abundance of the Gilded Age, airplanes and Pro- life befitting a wealthy couple of the and after the war. of detailed, explanatory endnotes. hibition. Gilded Age. Growing up in eastern Connecticut This book is both a biography of Hardin never forgot his military and Rhode Island, Gaskell became a General Hardin and a window into friends, attended G.A.R. meetings, carpenter and then a clerk before en- America’s change to industrializa- hosted Union and Confederate listing on a commercial voyage as a tion and modernization. friends, and wrote extensively of his hand on the merchant bark Ariel in During his youth Hardin explored war experiences. 1860. America’s backwoods from Jackson- By his death in 1923, he had wit- Already educated in English ville, Ill., to St. Louis, Mo., and the nessed America transform itself grammar and Latin, Gaskell sailed to river plantations of western Missis- from the days of covered wagons to a Zanzibar and learned Arabic, French sippi. He fished, hunted, rode canal world military and economic power. and Swahili. When he returned to boats, listened to slaves’ ghost sto- James Huffstodt does an excellent Rhode Island, war had broken out. ries and developed a love for adven- job portraying General Hardin’s life In December 1861 Gaskell enlisted 39th ANNUAL OHIO CIVIL WAR ture. These attributes would serve in the context of a changing Amer- in Battery G of the 1st Rhode Island him well during his life as a soldier. ica. Readers get to know him inti- Light Artillery. Battery G served COLLECTORS SHOW & Although Hardin was initially mately and also how his world was with the Army of the Potomac in 24th ANNUAL ARTILLERY SHOW drawn to life as a lawyer, his mother changing. the Peninsula, Antietam, Fredericks- Sarah Hardin and stepfather Chan- There are a few typographical and burg, Chancellorsville and Gettys- INCLUDING WORLD WAR I & II cellor Reuben Walworth of New historical errors. For example, Presi- burg campaigns and saw action in MILITARY MATERIAL FROM 1775 THROUGH 1945 York planned a military career for dent Henry Harrison should be Ben- several battles. Gaskell, however, April 30 – May 1, 2016 • Sat. 9-5 & Sun. 9-3 him. jamin Harrison, Mrs. Bertha Potter never served in a gun crew. Instead, Appointed to West Point by Pres- should be Mrs. Bertha Palmer, and due to his high level of literacy, he Richland County Fairgrounds, Mansfield, Ohio ident Franklin Pierce, he gradually the date of Hardin’s return to active was made the battery’s company Location: US-30 and Trimble Rd. adjusted to West Point’s military life, duty after his amputation was 1864, clerk. He became immersed in re- 750 Tables of Military Items, Books, Prints, etc. made many lifelong friends, grad- not 1863. cord-keeping duties and gained a for Buy, Sell, Trade & Display. uated in 1859 and was assigned to These minor errors detract very unique perspective. command Fort Umpqua, Washington little from the valuable contribution His Civil War career took a dra- SPECIAL FEATURES Territory. this book makes as a definitive biog- matic turn in December 1863 when 30 Gun Artillery Show During the trek to his new post, he raphy of a forgotten hero. It is highly he accepted a voluntary appointment Cannon Firing Demonstrations endured the rigors of frontier travel, recommended. to a newly organized unit of black met numerous Indian tribes, and de- troops, the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Civil War & WWII Encampments veloped a respect for Native Ameri- Reviewer Wayne L. Wolf is Artillery, Colored (later the 11th Sutler’s Row cans and their culture. His stay on the Professor Emeritus at South U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery). After Field Hospital Scenario frontier was cut short by the opening Suburban College and the author passing a rigorous examination, Gas- Camp Chase Fife & Drum Period Music of the Civil War as he was recalled kell joined his new unit, which spent of numerous books and articles 73rd OVI Regimental Band East and attached to Battery H, 3rd on the Civil War including The Last the remainder of the Civil War on U.S. Battery. Confederate Scout and Two Years garrison duty in Plaquemines Parish, Period Church Service Due greatly to his mother’s social Before the Paddlewheel. He is past Louisiana. Gettysburg Address Presented Daily connections in Washington and her president of the Lincoln-Davis Following the war, Gaskell re- by President Lincoln friendship with the Lincolns, Har- Civil War Roundtable. mained in the South and married into Marlboro Volunteers Traveling Museum & Military Vehicles Exhibits by 29th Annual Meeting of GAR-UCV Veterans Association Suppliers to the Confederacy: & much more! More British Imported Arms & $7 Admission (includes parking) – Under 12 FREE Accoutrements Volume II Handicap Facilities, Food and Door Prizes. www.ohiocivilwarshow.com By Craig L. Barry &David C. Burt FOR INFORMATION CALL: 419-884-2194 Ohio Civil War Show, LLC Available in 2016 from Schiffer Publishing www.schifferbooks.com Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble 30 Civil War News April 2016 Wallace’s Career Through Shiloh Battle Atlanta Campaign Book Has “My Greatest Quarrel with Despite this long list of accom- Road. His orders were first issued Weak Sources & References Fortune”: Major General Lew plishments, Wallace is primarily verbally and transcribed by an Wallace in the West, 1861-1862. remembered for a single day in his aide. This written order was never Atlanta 1864: Sherman Marches (William Tecumseh Sherman for the By Charles G. Beemer. Illustrated, military career: April 6, 1862. On located after the battle, and the exact South. By James Donnell. Illustrat- Union and Joseph E. Johnston and photos, maps, notes, bibliography, that first day of the Battle of Shiloh, instructions contained in it are at ed, maps, photos, bibliography, in- John Bell Hood for the Rebels). index, 342 pp., 2015, Kent State, Wallace commanded the three-bri- the crux of the allegations against dex, 96 pp., 2016, Osprey, www.os- Donnell has made little, perhaps www.kentstateuniversitypress.com, gade 3rd Division of the Army of the Wallace. preypublishing.com , $24 softcover. no, use of the major studies of the $39.95. Tennessee near Crump’s Landing. Beemer explains that for years campaign that have appeared during Ulysses S. Grant’s army was Wallace was blamed by many offi- the last four or five decades. spread out over several miles while cers for the near defeat on Shiloh’s His 15 suggestions for “Further awaiting Don Carlos Buell’s army first day. If he ignored a direct order Reading” omit all works by Russell to join it for a campaign against to take the River Road, criticism of Bonds, Albert Castel, Stephen Davis Corinth, Miss. Grant was unprepared him by Grant, Halleck and others and others who have done so much for a surprise Confederate attack on would be appropriate. But it is not to reshape our understanding of the the Union forces. Located miles to clear he did so. If not directly orga- 1864 operations in Georgia. the north, Wallace’s troops were not nized by Grant, the criticism was at The book will be of limited value part of the initial battle but heard the least supported by his later writings to those who have no knowledge guns in the distance. and statements on the topic. of the events that brought about A confusing series of events be- This work covers Wallace’s early the September 1864 Union victory gan to unfold when Wallace received career and military service through that may have saved the Lincoln verbal and then written orders to the Battle of Shiloh. Most notable Administration. march his division to support the rest are Wallace’s actions at Fort Donel- Both new recruits to the study of of the army in its struggle to survive son, where his unauthorized actions the Civil War and veteran campaign- against the Confederate onslaught. helped save the day for the Union. ers would be wise to turn to one or This confusion impacted the Union Beemer argues that non-recogni- more of the recent far better and army’s fighting strength that day and tion of these actions was part of a much more substantive works on the began a war of words that continued larger conspiracy created by officers campaign. for decades. on Grant’s staff to ensure that Wal- This little work offers a very The major controversy is about lace, not Grant, was blamed for the general account of the crucial 1864 Reviewer Richard M. McMurry, an Lew Wallace is known for different what those orders said. As pre- failures on Shiloh’s first day. military campaign in North Georgia. independent scholar in Dalton, aspects of his life. The author of Ben planned, Wallace took the inland For readers interested in the dis- James Donnell has based his text Georgia., is working on a study of Hur, he also served in the Union Shunpike Road that would put him putes between political and “profes- overwhelmingly on the unreliable Joseph E. Johnston’s role in the Army during the Civil War, rising close to Shiloh Church and Sher- sional” generals, this book will be official reports and self-serving Confederate military history. to the rank of major general. During man’s Division. But the Rebels had interesting — especially to students memoirs of the commanding generals his time in uniform, he led troops driven Sherman back from that area, of Grant or Wallace. at the Battle of Fort Donelson and and Wallace was exposed. So he had elsewhere, served on the military to retrace his steps and eventual- Reviewer David Sesser, a Books for Review commission that tried the Lincoln ly come down the River Road. His former museum curator, is assassination conspirators, and division thus missed the first day’s Special Collections Curator and can be sent to: led the commission that convicted fighting. E-Resources Coordinator at the CWN Review Editor, Edward H. Bonekemper III Capt. Henry Wirz of conspiracy and Grant later stated that he had Huie Library, Henderson State 814 Willow Valley Lakes Dr., Willow Street, PA 17584 murder. ordered Wallace to take the River University, Arkadelphia, Ark. Send cover image to [email protected]

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“If I Have Got To Go and Fight, He discusses the importance of The Butlers of Iberville Parish, Jackson’s support, young Butler se- — especially of Frances’s crucial I Am Willing.”: A Union Regiment the draft, substitution, local and state Louisiana: Dunboyne Plantation cured an appointment to West Point, role in managing Dunboyne Planta- Forged in the Petersburg Cam- bounties, desertion, religion, health, in the 1800s. By David D. Plater. Il- from which he graduated in 1820. tion during her husband’s absences. paign: The 179th New York Volun- politics, the 1864 election, ties to the lustrated, maps, photos, notes, bibli- Eleven years later he resigned The book is recommended for teer Infantry 1864-1865. By Edwin home front, acceptance of death, and ography, index, 332 pp., 2015, LSU, from the army. In 1826 Butler wed those desiring to study antebellum P. Rutan II. Illustrated, photos, maps, veterans’ postwar reunions. www.lsupress.org, $35. Frances Parke Lewis, a great-grand- Southern agriculture, particularly the notes, appendices, bibliography, in- Perhaps the most interesting chap- daughter of Martha Custis Wash- sugar plantations. It also offers much dex, 524 pp., 2015, RTD Publica- ter involves the court-martial of Pvt. ington. One of the bridesmaids was good material on Southern family tions, www.179thnyvolunteers.blog- Newton Spencer, a soldier from Co. Frances’s cousin Mary Custis — lat- life, the effect of the Civil War on spot.com, $24.95 softcover. F who wrote a scathing letter pub- er Mrs. Robert E. Lee. Louisiana, and the efforts of white lished in the Penn Yan Democrat The Butlers moved to Louisiana Southerners to rebuild their lives af- This book tells the tale of the blaming Maj. Gen. George G. Meade to make their fortune growing sugar. ter the war. 179th New York Volunteer Infan- for the disaster at the Crater. Union For decades they struggled with the Readers seeking accounts of Civil try, a regiment raised in the Em- high command charged him with numerous problems that beset plant- War military action will find almost pire State’s southern tier during the disrespecting a commanding officer ers along the Mississippi River. nothing here. Some of the material spring and summer of 1864. In June, to discourage men from betraying By 1860 they had risen into the on Butler’s military career, however, shortly before the Petersburg Cam- their commanders to the antiwar lower strata of the Southern aris- will be of value to those studying the paign commenced, the 179th went to press during an election year. tocracy. Butler had returned to the United States Army’s 19th-century the front and joined the Army of the Rutan’s chapter about Spencer is army in the Mexican War as colonel history. Potomac’s 9th Corps. a skillful reminder that regimental of the 3rd United States Dragoon A good map or two would have Over the next 10 months, the reg- history involves more than narrating Regiment. In 1861 he served as a enhanced the book. Judicious edit- iment participated in the opening the Union army’s well-known battles delegate to the Louisiana secession ing and common sense, both in short assaults against Petersburg and the against the Confederates. convention. supply these days, would have great- Battles of the Crater, Poplar Springs In short, this book is cutting-edge. Too old for Civil War service, But- ly reduced the excessive length of Church and Fort Mahone. During It invigorates the genre by looking ler sent his two sons into the Con- many of the footnotes and made the this year of bloody action, it lost 72 at sources that go beyond the battle- federate army. One received a mortal book much more reader-friendly. killed and another 109 dead from field. wound at Belmont, Mo., in Novem- disease. It is not without its shortcomings, ber 1861 while major of the 11th Reviewer Richard M. McMurry, an Like most modern regimental his- and most of these have to do with Edward George Washington But- Louisiana Infantry Regiment. The independent scholar in Dalton, tories, Rutan’s book does not seek to awkward text and image formatting. ler (1800-1885) was the son of an other served as a staff officer and Ga., is working on a study of glorify the men of the 179th but sim- Rutan originally published his regi- army officer. His father’s friend An- survived the war. Joseph E. Johnston’s role in the ply to “understand more deeply and mental history as an e-book, and it is drew Jackson served as the boy’s David Plater has given us an ex- Confederate military history. more broadly the reality of the sol- evident that he and his editors made guardian after his father died. With cellent account of the Butlers’ lives diers’ experience and respect what little effort to revise the manuscript they endured.” when they transferred it to the print- Even though he professes no argu- ed version. ment, Rutan develops something of Block quotations are frequent and a thesis. He takes pains to disprove enormous. This might suit the in- War Affected Country’s a common theory about regiments ternet, but it tends to break up the recruited late in the war. Some his- narrative and stifle analysis in the torians — and Rutan singles out printed version. Also, the alignment Bruce Catton, Ella Lonn and James is inconsistent, and the print is terri- Economic Development McPherson — have hinted that late- bly small. war regiments were mostly filled Most vexing of all, nearly all of the Free Labor: The Civil War and at least the book’s first portion. The confined just to the North. Southern with “bounty men,” soldiers who e-book’s maps and some of its pho- the Making of an American Work- armies fighting in the fields were industrial workers saw their live- joined the ranks because of high en- tographs are missing from the print- ing Class. By Mark A. Lause. Illus- only as effective as the munitions the lihoods threatened by the employ- listment bonuses, not patriotism. ed copy. At various points, bracketed trated, photos, notes, index, 296 pp., industrial laborers produced and that ment of slaves in both skilled and The theory contends that late-war text indicates where these missing 2015, Illinois, www.press.uillinois. the transportation workers moved to unskilled industrial occupations. The regiments rarely aided the Union maps and images ought to appear. edu, $95 hardcover, $28 softcover. the front. author’s discussion of free labor also army in its hour of need and were This apparently is the author’s During the war an overlooked includes female and African-Ameri- weighed down by rampant skulking, reminder to visit the e-book to get struggle took place on the home can workers. desertion and antiwar activism. Ru- the full experience. But for a reader front as labor leaders fought with The core of the book examines tan believes the 179th New York did who possesses only the printed copy, owners for increased benefits for labor unions’ development from the not fit this mold. these insertions are simply annoying. their members. 1850s to 1877. During this period, Although it had its share of de- It is fair enough to say that “If I Lause notes that one of the mis- free labor made some gains but also sertions and although each soldier Have Got to Go and Fight” can exist conceptions about the Civil War is suffered severe setbacks in winning collected as much as $700 in boun- as both an e-book and a hard copy. that most industrial workers opposed pay hikes, job security and fringe ties, the 179th fought doggedly, los- However, in the printed format it the Federal government’s efforts to benefits. As a result, some union ing between 15 and 40 percent of its needs to play by the rules. end slavery. Labor, some historians leaders became socially and politi- combatants in its battles. These reservations should not de- claim, feared that if slavery was end- cally radicalized. The officers and enlisted men ter readers. This is a solid regimental ed African Americans would flood Both home-grown and imported were “no rear echelon or garrison history, one that justifiably empha- the labor market as cheap labor and ideas concerning a revamping of soldiers,” Rutan writes, “This book sizes the important role played by decrease industrial workers’ pay. American society and government demonstrates that the 179th New those Union soldiers who were re- The New York draft riots and began to be espoused by union lead- York was a ‘high number’ regiment cruited during the war’s final year. discontent in the Pennsylvania coal ers as they sought to win concessions that fought.” fields are used by these historians as from transportation and industrial This is an excellent regimental Reviewer Timothy J. Orr is an examples of labor resistance to the leaders. history. In addition to providing the assistant professor of history war and emancipation effort. The year 1877, says Lause, marked traditional play-by-play action of the at Old Dominion University in In rebuttal, Lause points out that a a low point in the free labor move- 179th’s important battles and cam- Norfolk, Va. For eight years, he substantial portion of the men fight- ment in the United States. During paigns, Rutan injects social history worked as a ranger at Gettysburg ing for the Federal cause were indus- that year the federal government into his narrative. National Military Park. This book is part of the Universi- trial workers and the troops used to ended its Reconstruction policy in ty of Illinois Press’s “The Working crush the New York draft riot includ- the South and used Federal troops to Class in American History” series. ed labor union members. break up industrial and transporta- Mark Lause’s central theme is that The book’s heart and soul is con- tion strike efforts. the Civil War caused a reshaping of cerned with the idea of free labor: This book is well worth reading to the economic, social and political the right of laborers to collectively understand the United States’ eco- structure of the United States. negotiate with their employers con- nomic development. The Civil War, Kimberly Brigance In 1860, U.S. wealth was based on cerning wages, benefits and safety like World War II, reshaped labor/ agriculture that was supported by a issues. Lause contends that the lead- capital relations. My only complaint ISA Accredited Appraiser society of artisans producing materi- ers of the free labor movement saw is the small size of the print; I had al goods in small quantities. By 1866, slavery as an impediment to devel- to stop after every 20 pages to rest Civil War Militaria & Memorabilia the U.S. was an industrial country oping a free labor movement and my eyes. supported by agriculture. Laborers thus opposed slavery. in manufacturing and transportation The U.S. free labor movement had Reviewer Charles H. Bogart has grew more numerous than those en- started before the Civil War when a B.A. in history from Thomas [email protected] | 770-715-2208 gaged in agriculture. industrial workers began to strike, More College and an MA in The author explores the rela- with various degrees of success, for urban planning from Ohio State www.kbappraise.com tionship between labor and capital. higher wages and improved living University. He is the historian for Those interested only in the military conditions. Frankfort, Kentucky’s Fort Boone aspects of the Civil War should read The free labor concept was not Civil War Battle Site. 32 Civil War News April 2016 U.S. Army Col. Henry M. Lazelle Winfield Scott’s Policy Had A Varied & Colorful Career On Regular Army Use

Against the Grain: Colonel Hen- pointed colonel of the newly raised ing Lazelle erupted in connection ry M. Lazelle and the U.S. Army. 16th New York Cavalry. He spent with his supervising the continued Winfield Scott’s Vision for the military tradition, while Vlahos By James Carson. Illustrated, pho- a year leading that unit in a largely compilation of the Official Records. Army: Mobilizing the North to gives no credibility to the part played tos, maps, notes, bibliography, in- futile conflict with John Mosby’s On Lazelle’s watch, a roster of loyal Preserve the Union. By Mark C. by the militia during the Civil War. dex, 428 pp., 2015, North Texas, rangers in northern Virginia. After members of the otherwise mutinous Vlahos. Illustrated, photos, maps, He dismisses it: “The Militia system www.untpress.unt.edu, $32.95. performing other functions, he was 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry who tables, bibliography, notes, 210 pp., as organized could not provide a assigned to Reconstruction duty in fought at the Battle of Stones River 2015, LuLu Publishing, www.lulu. reservoir of military manpower.” North and South Carolina before was included. com, $19.51 softcover. The author appears unaware of being sent back out West on various Apparently, however, the list the important role played by the posts in connection with the “Indian originated from a newspaper story, New York State Militia (NYSM) Wars.” which ignited a political battle over (New York State National Guard He returned to West Point as Com- how the ORs were being compiled. (NYSNG) after 1862). When war mandant of Cadets, was re-assigned While Lazelle prevailed on the is- began in 1861, the NYSM exceeded to Western posts, and was sent to sue and secured more congressional the size of the Regular Army by over India as an observer of British mili- funding for the project, he ultimately 3,000. tary exercises related to the Empire’s was replaced. Early in the war at least four difficulties with Afghanistan. He re- This book provides illuminating NYSM regiments were federalized turned to Washington to assume su- insights on a number of interesting for the duration of the war. The 9th pervision of the compilation of the Civil War-era military issues: soldier NYSM, 14th Brooklyn, 20th NYSM Official Records and ended his mil- and family life at isolated frontier and the 69th NYSM all served with itary career as commander of Fort forts, arcane and contrived rules of distinguished records. Clark, Texas. prisoner exchange and parole, frus- On four occasions there were ad- Lazelle was a bright but conten- trations of small unit commanders ditional musters of NYSNG units tious character, and dispute seemed confronting Mosby’s “guerilla” ac- into Federal service for 90 days to be his constant companion. Two tivities, cadet life at West Point, the each: 1861 (7,334 men), 1862 incidents were significant. While politicized process of assembling the (8,588), 1863 (13,971), and 1864-65 Commandant of Cadets at West Official Records, and Army politics (5,000+). Henry M. Lazelle is another inter- Point he became embroiled in the and bureaucracy. Finally, over 600 former members esting figure from the Civil War era sharp controversy involving the al- The text is well-written if some- of the famed 7th NYSM served in whose relative anonymity is difficult leged harassment and bullying of what dry, and the author presents a the volunteer armies, while 345 were to explain. In this biography La- one of the few black cadets, Johnson balanced study of Lazelle despite By 1861, Winfield Scott had commissioned officers serving as a zelle’s great-grandson James Carson Chestnut Whittaker. his familial connection. Extensive served in the army for over five de- “training cadre” for volunteer units. relates his story and sheds light on Lazelle, whose racist views are use has been made of primary sourc- cades — including commands in the Winfield Scott deserves kudos for a number of areas that generally es- discussed frankly by Carson, and es, and there are several interest- War of 1812 and the Mexican War. his vision for the Union army. As cape attention. West Point’s Superintendent, John ing period photographs, especially In addition, he had a profound effect Vlahos observes, “Nobody contrib- Lazelle’s career reads like a mov- M. Schofield, drew a line in Whittak- of Lazelle’s various frontier posts. on the strategic concept adopted by uted more to establishing the army.” ie script. He graduated in 1855 from er’s court-martial that left intact an There are only four maps, but they Union forces during the Civil War. Scott’s maintaining the Regular in- West Point, where he roomed with ongoing “tradition” of cadet hazing adequately show the locations of La- The so-called Anaconda or Snake fantry as a unit was based on his bril- the later renowned painter James that was particularly egregious in the zelle’s assignments and activities. Plan realistically envisioned a pro- liant use of Regulars as intact units McNeill Whistler. He served as a cases of the socially isolated black Although Lazelle’s Civil War ex- tracted war of four or more years and at Chippewa and Lundy’s Lane in lieutenant at Fort Bliss in western cadets. periences were somewhat truncated, proposed an army of 25,000 regulars 1814. Texas, where he fought Apaches. When Schofield was replaced Civil War students will find this book and 60,000 volunteers. Scott realized the necessity of uti- In 1861 he and his command were by Lazelle’s classmate Oliver of substantial value for its revealing Mark Vlahos suggests that “Scott’s lizing the Regular infantry as an in- surrendered to the authorities of a O. Howard, who was far more view of Army life before, during and decision to keep Regular units intact” tact force functioning as a model for seceded Texas by their treasonous sympathetic to blacks and who had a after the war. It is recommended. rather than scatter the regulars as a the volunteer units. commander David Twiggs. Lazelle more jaundiced view of West Point’s training cadre “would have a lasting This book is a brief and infor- was held until exchanged and paroled traditions, he and Lazelle inevitably Reviewer John Foskett is a impact on mobilization.” Influences mative history of the Union army’s in July 1862. Then he was appointed clashed. Howard had Lazelle practicing attorney in Boston, on Scott’s thinking and alternatives organization and mobilization from Assistant Commissary General of relieved but also was relieved Mass., and has a life-long interest to his use of Regular infantry are the 1861 to 1865. More than 20 charts Prisoners of War, a post considered himself by commanding general in the Civil War. focus of this book. and tables complement the text along to be consistent with his parole. William T. Sherman. The author traces the evolution of with numerous illustrations. In October 1863, Lazelle was ap- The other notable dispute involv- military mobilization from the Rev- Although the author suggests al- olutionary War to 1865. He defines ternatives to Scott’s decision to keep the role of the militia system and the the Regular infantry units intact, the part played by Regular infantry units use of the Regulars did work even Scott’s Memoirs Is Good Military History in the Eastern and Western Theaters with an imperfect militia system. of the Civil War. This success is demonstrated by Memoirs of Lieut.-General He served for the next 53 years and Civil War. Scott’s earlier chapters, Eventually, Vlahos reasons, recently published works on the use Winfield Scott. Edited by Timo- for much of that period was Ameri- however, contain much information “Scott’s decision to keep the Regu- of Regular infantry in the Civil War thy D. Johnson and Michael Gray. ca’s leading military figure. on the antebellum army that will lar infantry intact deprived the mo- as a cohesive fighting unit: Timo- Notes, bibliography, index, 414 pp., Scott fought in the War of 1812, interest anyone studying American bilized Army of maximum use of a thy Reese’s Sykes’ Regular Infantry 2015, Tennessee, www.utpress.org, receiving promotion to brigadier military history. That army, after small reservoir of military leadership Division, 1861-1865 (1990); Mark $59.95. general in 1814. In 1841 he became a all, shaped many of the Civil War’s and expertise contained in the stand- Johnson’s That Body of Brave Men: major general and commanding gen- officers. ing army.” The U.S. Regulars And the Civil War eral of the army — a post he held un- Scott’s observations on individu- He derives this judgment from in the West (2003); and the excep- til November 1861. His 1847 cam- als he knew — and often feuded with some of the early war writings of tional tome, On Duty Well and Faith- paign capturing Mexico City is one — will also spark interest. He skew- George B. McClellan, the brief re- fully Done: A History of the Regular of the outstanding feats of American ered Gen. John P. Boyd as “courte- flections on the use of the Regulars in Army in the Civil War (2013) by military history. ous, amiable ... but vacillating and the postwar memoirs of John Schof- Clayton Newell and Charles Shrader. In 1861 Scott proposed to Presi- imbecile, beyond all endurance.” ield and Ulysses S. Grant, and Fred However, there are a few issues. dent Abraham Lincoln that the best He described President James Shannon’s two volume study, The The book lacks an index. There is strategy to defeat the Confederacy K. Polk as someone “whose little Organization and Administration of too much reliance on Wikipedia as was to blockade the Rebel coast and strength lay in the most odious ele- the Union Army 1861-1865 (1928). a source. Several sources used are establish national control of the Mis- ments of the human character. ... a Instead of the Regular infantry dated — Robert Henry’s The Story sissippi River. man of meaner presence is not often being used on the battlefield, as an of the Mexican War and Carl Sand- The administration rejected the seen.” intact unit, Vlahos contends it should burg’s Abraham Lincoln: The War plan and launched a series of bloody Zachary Taylor, he said, was “slow have been broken up and used as a Years are examples. and unsuccessful efforts to end the of thought. ... quite ignorant … and “training cadre.” These writings not- Vlahos’s monograph is, however, war by capturing the Confederate quite bigoted.” Finally, Jefferson Da- ed above are the only sources cited an informative and fascinating study capital of Richmond. vis was “profoundly ignorant of law. by the author to support his thesis. of the mobilization of the Union In the long run, however, Union ... [a] deadly enemy.” Also, Vlahos notes, “…there is army during the Civil War period. forces managed to win the war by Timothy Johnson and Michael not one book out addressing mobi- implementing, if unintentionally, Gray have done a fine job editing this lization and Army expansion for the Reviewer Michael T. Russert, a a modified or expanded version of work. The addition of maps would Civil War…” However, he fails to member of the North Shore Round Scott’s basic plan. have made it much more useful. cite Marcus Cunliffe’s classic study Table of Long Island and the Winfield Scott is often regarded By that time, Scott had retired of army organization, Soldiers & Ci- Company of Military Historians, as the greatest American soldier to to West Point, New York. He then Reviewer Richard M. McMurry, an vilians: The Martial Spirit in Amer- has a MALS plus 60 hours in serve between the eras of George wrote his Memoirs, which were pub- independent scholar in Dalton, ica, 1775-1865 or any of the three American Studies. Washington and Robert E. Lee. Born lished in 1864. The old soldier died Ga., is working on a study of studies on the draft and mobilization in 1786 (“a year older than the Con- two years later. Joseph E. Johnston’s role in the of Union armies. stitution” he is reported once to have The Memoirs cover, but only Confederate military history. Cunliffe credits the militia system said), Scott entered the army in 1808. superficially, the first months of the as an integral part of the American April 2016 Civil War News 33

• He admired Jackson. Stonewall them all as chivalrous, brave and in June 1865, “and loves him more, was “the military leader of masterly noble. His compliments could be than in his most splendid hours of genius.” repetitious, but they were sincere. victory.” • Confederates were superheroes. He admired Jeb Stuart the most, and One of the reasons I enjoy re- Steve Davis’ “They marched, and fought, and dedicated Wearing to Stuart’s mem- reading Wearing of the Gray is triumphed, like war machines, ory. Describing Stuart’s “boyish gai- its timelessness. We live in a which felt no need of rest, or food, ety,” he recounted how Jeb loved to politically correct world today, in Critic’s Corner or sleep.” laugh, joke and sing. Douglas South- which relics of the Southern War for • Yankees were incompetent on all Freeman once wrote, “Cooke Independence are being taken down, the battlefield, especially against ‘caught’ Stuart precisely….Nothing moved away and packed into closets. Stonewall. They brought into battle that has been written since Cooke’s For me, John Esten Cooke’s writing, their best troops, “only to have them day has changed a line in the laugh- with its unabashed Confederatism, is put to rout. They advanced with the ing face of Stuart.” Cooke wrote of a welcome antidote. Editor’s note: With this column we it’s a little of each. It’s also one of most magnificent trains of supplies, others just as touchingly. In Wearing launch a new feature, “Critic’s Cor- the most elegant books written by a only to have them captured. They he ends his sketch of John Mosby Stephen Davis is a longtime Civil ner,” contributed by Stephen Davis Confederate about the war. brought to the contest new uniforms by recounting a scene he must have Warrior and avid book collector. of Atlanta. In each column Steve will Cooke was the consummate – only to have them covered with the witnessed: Mosby alone, standing at His two paperbacks on the select a “golden oldie” of the Civ- Virginian. Born at Winchester in mud and opprobrium of defeat and Stuart’s grave in Hollywood Ceme- Atlanta Campaign, A Long and il War bookshelf – one well-known 1830, he was nine when his father, disaster.” tery, breaking down in tears. Bloody Task and All the Fighting work which happens to be one of his a lawyer, moved his large family • The Confederate cause was no- A section called “In the Cavalry” They Want, will be published this personal favorites. to Richmond. There John Esten ble. “The flag of the Republic must allows Cooke to write a lot about summer as part of Savas Beatie’s “Favorite books” is a topic which (pron. EEstin) received good early be borne aloft in triumph tho’ the Stuart, but also “Jackson’s Death- Emerging Civil War Series. always elicits different opinions. schooling, but his father’s limited dearest and most precious blood of Wound” – Cooke was one of the first Steve welcomes comments and, yes, finances kept him from entering the the Southern land be poured forth Southern writers to recount the fatal criticism. Please email Steve at University. He read law under his like water.” incident at Chancellorsville. [email protected]. father’s tutelage, and in 1851 joined You get the idea. Cooke was an The section called “Outlines from the practice of “John R. Cooke & unapologetic Confederate, serving to the Outpost” reprints most of his Unapologetic Confederate Jno. Esten Cooke.” the very end (and never wounded). Southern Illustrated News columns, The younger Cooke’s real interest, After General Stuart’s death at Yel- but some of them didn’t make the cut Some years ago I gave a talk in however, was writing, in which he low Tavern, he was assigned to Brig. for the New York publisher. One war- St. Louis entitled, “From Cooke’s showed early talent. He published Gen. William N. Pendleton’s staff time article deriding Yankee generals Books to Krick’s Licks: A Century his first poem at eighteen. A nov- as inspector-general of horse artil- (Nathaniel Banks as “a shoemaker, I of Reading on the Army of Northern el about French chivalry, written lery He surrendered in this capacity believe, from Massachusetts”) was Virginia.” Bob Krick loved the title in 1847, was later serialized in the at Appomattox. He buried his silver excluded from Wearing. Cooke was (he was in the audience), but it also Southern Literary Messenger, Rich- spurs there rather than give them ever the novelist, and even some of suggests my choice here, John Esten mond’s esteemed magazine. Publi- over to the Yankees. his reminiscences in Wearing have Cooke’s Wearing of the Gray (1867) cation of other novels by Harper & Penniless at the end of the war, tinges of fiction. For one he even as pictured below. Brothers in New York, largely his- Cooke had to resume writing quick- brought in a Colonel Surry and May torical romances set in Virginia, al- ly. That meant for New York pub- Beverly, characters in one of his an- lowed Cooke to give up law practice lishers, which in turn meant that he tebellum Virginia romances. We may for literature. By the time of the war, had to soften his tone when he wrote excuse this: if it’s not straight histo- he enjoyed prestige as one of the about his former enemies. He com- ry, it’s still in the spirit of fun. South’s leading writers. piled his “Outlines” articles, plus The grind of war and the South’s Cooke had joined the Richmond others he had written, added in more, course to defeat necessarily Howitzers even before John Brown’s and thus developed Wearing of the hardened Cooke, as one sees in his Wearing Of The Gray reprint. raid. After Sumter he became ser- Gray: Being Personal Portraits, “Latter Days” section. “The war geant in the Howitzers, and com- Scenes & Adventures of the War, grows tedious,” he wrote in “On the manded a gun at Manassas. Promot- which was published by E. B. Treat Road to Petersburg.” At Appomattox ed to captain, he joined the staff of of New York in 1867. Cooke saw an army which had Find us on Jeb Stuart, to whom he was related The book carries 47 articles un- been overwhelmed by enemy by marriage. der such headings as “Personal Por- numbers, worn out by starvation and Facebook Service in Lee’s army gave Cooke traits.” Staff service in Lee’s army exhaustion. But he could still see the war experiences he began to soon had allowed Cooke to meet lots of heroism and gallantry. “The South facebook.com/CivilWarNews write about. In early 1863 a series of leading officers, and he described is prouder of Lee to-day,” he wrote articles, entitled “Outlines from the Outpost,” began appearing in Rich- mond’s Southern Illustrated News. One of these, “Stonewall Jackson, and the Old Stonewall Brigade,” Is Cooke’s Wearing a memoir, a demonstrates Cooke’s qualities as history, or a romantic novel? Well, Southern author. ATLANTA, THE HENANDOAH, AND Want to Advertise S in Civil War News? 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Blood in the Ozarks: Union War Wilson Massacre. They argue, in Ghosts: Images of War. By Car- as readers study these photos that learn history are doomed to repeat Crimes Against Southern Sympa- several publications cited in the rie Zeidman. Photos, 72 pp., 2015, create a “You Are There” effect. it.” thizers and Civilians in Occupied book, that only Confederate troops Swiss Creek Publications, www. Readers are placed at the scene of An “extras” section includes six of Missouri. By Clint Lacy. Illustrat- were killed by Major Wilson’s swisscreek.com, $40 softcover. horrific battles such as Gettysburg, the author’s favorite photos. The first ed, photos, maps, 163 pp., 2015, command. Flanders, Monmouth, Antietam, is the “Iron Mike” statue at Norman- Poisoned Pen Publishing, mobush- Blood in the Ozarks is Lacy’s at- Normandy and Pearl Harbor; ceme- dy, a tribute to the 82d and 101st Air- [email protected], $17 softcover. tempt to prove the historical reality teries at Monmouth and Normandy; borne. The second is a monument to This short book is the latest sal- of the Wilson Massacre. Much of and the Nazi death camp at Aus- the French Battle of the Marne. The Lacy’s evidence is circumstantial. chwitz-Birkenau. third is of a stunning sunset at Valley The most convincing evidence that I found the picture of the Chil- Forge. he marshals involves an unpublished dren’s Memorial in the Jewish cem- The fourth photo is a view of Ho- Civil War memoir dictated in 1918 etery in Warsaw the most emotional. nolulu from Diamond Head. The that specifically mentions that “[s] Standing in front of this memorial fifth shows twilight on the James oldiers, their families, nearby fami- was a period photo of children on River near the Belle Isle Civil War lies” were “[a]ll killed” in Wilson’s their way to one of the death camps. prison. The last photo reminds us of raid. Interspersed with them is a modern the dedication and sacrifice of the Readers can make up their own This book is not about “ghosts” in image of a man staring at the mon- American soldiers who lie at rest in minds as to whether or not Lacy has the literal sense. Readers will find ument. the American Cemetery at Norman- carried the burden of proof for the no pictures of phantoms, images in- Another creative photo is from dy. Lest we forget. reality of the Wilson Massacre. This terspersed with trees, or misty float- Appomattox Court House. A peri- This work is an excellent photo lawyer views Lacy’s evidence of the ing orbs. Instead, a journey is tak- od image is combined with one of a archive of our historical past inter- massacre as falling short of proof be- en through four hallowed grounds modern visitor. This photo and doz- twined with modern photographic yond a reasonable doubt. Nonethe- to explore and tie the past with the ens more can be viewed over and images to create long-lasting mem- less, I think that Lacy makes a very present. over as doorways to the past brought ories. Highly recommended. believable case for the massacre. Photos from the Revolutionary to life in the present. Lacy’s prose is only so-so. War, Civil War, World War I and This work is sure to generate dis- Reviewer Larry Clowers lives Lengthy and frequent quotations World War II are combined with cussions and provide memories of in Gettysburg, Pa., and is a also interrupt the flow of the author’s pictures of modern visitors or period times that should never be forgotten. professional historical interpreter narrative and sometimes make it dif- photos to create chilling images at It is an antidote to George Santaya- of Ulysses S. Grant. vo in an apparent long-running feud ficult to follow. The few photos and historical locations. Time stands still na’s warning that “Those who do not between the author and two other illustrations in the book generally amateur historians of the Civil War complement the narrative. in Missouri. The bone of contention The book contains no bibliogra- between them relates to a wartime phy, but the footnotes attest to Lacy’s Union cavalry raid on the Pulliam combing of period Missouri newspa- family farm nestled in the Ozark pers and other source materials. The CIVIL WAR BOOKS foothills of southeastern Missouri. footnotes are grouped at the end of Both sides acknowledge that two each of the nine chapters, an im- companies of Union militia cavalry provement upon bunching them up HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THE MANY TITLES WE OFFER: commanded by Maj. James Wilson at the end of the text. charged into a Confederate militia Despite its narrow focus, I recom- cavalry encampment on the Pulliam mend Blood in the Ozarks to readers Rifles of the CIVIL WAR farm on Christmas Day 1863, kill- interested in the Civil War in Mis- U.S. Army ing at least 30 Rebel troopers while souri or the war’s impact on the ci- REVOLVERS freeing about 100 Union POWs held vilian population of that state. 1861–1906 MYTH VS. REALITY there. by John D. McAulay by Peter Schiffers Clint Lacy contends that, during Reviewer C. Michael Harrington the raid, Wilson’s men also indis- is a member of the Houston HARDCOVER SOFTCOVER criminately murdered about 60 civil- Civil War Round Table and Civil 280 PAGES • 8.5x11 144 PAGES • 8.5x11 ians who had gathered for a Christ- War Aficionados. He has written $47.95 + $4.50 p/h $29.99 + $4.50 p/h mas dinner and religious service. several articles on South Carolina Calling the raid the “Wilson Massa- Confederates. 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The young men witness 474 pp., 2015, Lynn Lowin, ah Valley. Lynn Lowin’s use of time travel the attack, Michael as a civilian and [email protected]., He witnesses the battles of First provides the medium by which she Gabriel as a recruit in the recently $16.95 softcover. Manassas, Port Royal, New Market combines accurate historical data authorized 2nd Kansas Colored In- and Gettysburg, as well as the sur- with a story constructed to relate fantry regiment. render at Appomattox Court House. to young 21st-century readers. The In 1864, after Gabriel participates But he is more than a passive by- book allows today’s youth to learn in Gen. Frederick Steele‘s Camden stander. He fights with the Virginia the basic events and tribulations of Expedition, he joins Michael as a Military Institute cadets at New Mar- the Civil War from a person their courier for the Kansas militia during ket, participates in partisan guerilla own age who also deals with con- Sterling Price’s raid through Mis- raids, and is a medic at Gettysburg. temporary issues of divorce, work, souri and Kansas. They witness the In his final travel episode, Will dating and sibling bickering. fighting between the Kansas militia witnesses Gen. Robert E. Lee’s sur- Additional themes of forgiveness, and Price’s men at the Mockbee farm render of the Army of Northern Vir- strength in adversity, and the impor- and the Union charge against the re- ginia and is reunited with soldiers tance of family are incorporated as treating Confederates at Mine Creek. and civilians he has interacted with lessons for maturing adolescents. With the war over, Gabriel joins over the past four years. Will’s War is thus not aimed at the the 10th U.S. Cavalry while buffalo Back in Litchfield, he learns that Civil War historian but provides an hunter Michael joins Maj. George his great-great-grandfather fought in excellent format for the war’s basic A. Forsyth’s Scouts and survives the the war. His estranged father gives history in a context very readable and brutal 1868 battle between the scouts him letters from his ancestor that relevant to young readers. For this and the Plains Indians at Beecher Is- propel him to seek information about purpose, it is highly recommended. Novels about the Civil War in land. The narrative concludes with his ancestor and his wartime role. the Trans-Mississippi Theater Michael’s visit to Nicodemus, Kan- Will’s story reflects the trage- Reviewer Wayne L. Wolf is are relatively rare. Works such as sas, for Gabriel’s funeral. dy and loss of war. He experiences Professor Emeritus at South Paulette Jiles’s Enemy Women and Brewster has penned an engaging the sorrow of friends’ deaths, hard- Suburban College and the author Daniel Woodrell and Ron Rash’s narrative with fully developed char- ships imposed on ordinary families of numerous books and articles Woe to Live On have attempted to acters and vivid, detailed descrip- and suffering of the wounded. He on the Civil War including The Last tell the complex story of the war in tions of the major events. Although This account uses William Brad- concludes that the war his ancestor Confederate Scout and Two Years Missouri. a few minor errors have crept into ford, a 13-year-old boy from Litch- fought represented the inhumanity of Before the Paddlewheel. He is past Philip Brewster’s new novel fol- the narrative, it appears that Brew- field, Conn., as a time traveler. Will’s man to man. president of the Lincoln-Davis lows two young men, one white and ster consulted some of the standard interest in the Civil War begins as he War was truly hell with its horrors Civil War Roundtable. one African American, through three works on the territorial, Civil War is reading a book by Bruce Catton, of amputated limb piles, starving turbulent events in Kansas history in and Indian War periods in Kansas and he is mysteriously transported soldiers and civilians, and mangled 1858, 1863 and 1868. history. back to 1861. bodies. Will thus becomes like all Brewster’s novel begins with the Those who prefer works of fiction emigration of Michael Craddock and desire to learn more about some and his family from Ohio to Kansas of the most significant events in the Territory in 1857. While traveling “Sunflower State,” all at a very rea- through Missouri, they meet a slave sonable price, will find Henceforth boy named Gabriel, and a friendship the Bad Angel quite enjoyable. develops between Gabriel and young Michael. Reviewer Jeff Patrick is an A Commitment to In 1858 the boys witness the in- interpretive specialist with the famous massacre of Free State men National Park Service at Wilson’s at the Marais des Cygnes and then Creek National Battlefield in Honor & Integrity meet abolitionist John Brown. They Republic, Mo. He holds B.A. and also encounter Abraham Lincoln M.A. degrees in American history Reflected in the when the presidential aspirant makes from Purdue University. Fit & Finish of Our Product magazine e Artilleryman is a quarterly magazine founded in 1979 for enthusiasts who collect and shoot cannons and mortars primarily from the Revolutionary War, Civil War to World War II. 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