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Civil War Book Review Winter 2014 Article 27 Annotations CWBR Editor Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr Recommended Citation Editor, CWBR (2014) "Annotations," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 16 : Iss. 1 . DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.16.1.28 Available at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol16/iss1/27 Editor: Annotations ANNOTATIONS Reynolds, John Winter 2014 Reynolds, John "In her hour of sore distress and peril" : The Civil War Diaries, Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. McFarland, $39.95 ISBN 9780786475995 Smith, Dave Winter 2014 Smith, Dave A Civil War Round Table Quiz Book. Potomac Books, $24.95 ISBN 9781612345802 Lawson, Lewis Winter 2014 Lawson, Lewis A Rogue's Life: R. Clay Crawford, Prison Escapee, Union Army Officer, Pretend Millionaire, Phony Physician and the Most Respected man in Macon, Georgia. McFarland, $35.00 ISBN 9780786474820 Recko, Corey Winter 2014 Recko, Corey A Spy For the Union: The Life and Execution of Timothy Webster. McFarland, $35.00 ISBN 9780786474905 Baker, Bruce Kelly, Brian Winter 2014 Published by LSU Digital Commons, 2014 1 Civil War Book Review, Vol. 16, Iss. 1 [2014], Art. 27 Baker, Bruce and Kelly, Brian. After Slavery: Race, Labor, and Citizenship in the Reconstruction South. University Press of Florida, $74.95 ISBN 9780813044774 Towns, Stuart Winter 2014 Towns, Stuart Arkansa Civil War Heritage: A Legacy of Honor. The History Press, $19.99 ISBN 9781626191921 Tucker, Phillip Winter 2014 Tucker, Phillip Barksdale's Charge: The True High Tide of the Confederacy at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Casemate, $32.95 ISBN 9781612001791 Cobb, Michael Hicks, Edward; Holt, Wythe Winter 2014 Cobb, Michael and Hicks, Edward; Holt, Wythe. Battle of Big Bethel: Crucial Clash in Early Civil War Virginia. Savas Beatie, $27.95 ISBN 9781611211160 Tucker, Leslie Winter 2014 Tucker, Leslie Brigadier General John Adams, CSA: A Biography. McFarland, $35.00 ISBN 9780786474844 Bishop, Randy Winter 2014 https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol16/iss1/27 DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.16.1.28 2 Editor: Annotations Bishop, Randy Civil War Generals of Tennessee. Pelican Publishing Company, $27.95 ISBN 9781455618118 Hunt, Roger Winter 2014 Hunt, Roger Colonels In Blue: Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. McFarland, $39.95 ISBN 9780786473182 Banks, John Winter 2014 Banks, John Connecticut Yankees at Antietam. The History Press, $19.99 ISBN 9781609499518 Cooling, Benjamin Winter 2014 Cooling, Benjamin Coutner-Thrust: From the Peninsula to the Antietam (new in paper back). University of Nebraska Press, $24.95 ISBN 9780803271722 Bishir, Catherine Winter 2014 Bishir, Catherine Crafting Lives: African American Artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900. The University of North Carolina Press, $30.00 ISBN 9781469608754 Tate, Thomas Winter 2014 Published by LSU Digital Commons, 2014 3 Civil War Book Review, Vol. 16, Iss. 1 [2014], Art. 27 Tate, Thomas General Edwin Vose Sumner, USA: A Civil War Biography. McFarland, $35.00 ISBN 9780786472581 Vansant, Wayne Winter 2014 Vansant, Wayne Grant Vs. Lee: The Graphic History of the Civil War's Greatest Rivals During the Last Year of the War. Zenith Press, $19.99 ISBN 9780760345313 Lepa, Jack Winter 2014 Lepa, Jack Grant's River Campaign: Fort Henry to Shiloh. McFarland, $35.00 ISBN 9780786474776 Lowe, Richard Winter 2014 Lowe, Richard Greyhound Commander: Confederate General John G. Walker's History of the Civil War West of the Mississippi. Louisiana State University Press, $36.00 ISBN 9780807152508 Brownlee, Peter Burns, Sarah; Dillon, Diane; Greene, Daniel; Stevens, Scott Winter 2014 Brownlee, Peter and Burns, Sarah; Dillon, Diane; Greene, Daniel; Stevens, Scott. Home Front: Daily Life in the Civil War North. The University of Chicago Press, $35.00 ISBN 9780226061856 Wolters, Timothy Winter 2014 https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol16/iss1/27 DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.16.1.28 4 Editor: Annotations Wolters, Timothy Information At Sea: Shipboard Command and Control in the U.S. Navy, From Mobile Bay to Okinawa. John Hopkins University Press, $54.95 ISBN 9781421410265 Ward, David Goodyear, Frank Winter 2014 Ward, David and Goodyear, Frank. Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration, Poems and Photographs Past and Present. Smithsonian Books, $19.95 ISBN 9781588343970 Wilson, Robert Winter 2014 Wilson, Robert Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation, A Biography. Bloomsbury, $28.00 ISBN 9781620402030 Robison, Ken Winter 2014 Robison, Ken Montana Territory and the Civil War: A Frontier Forged on the Battlefield. The History Press, $19.99 ISBN 9781626191754 Trent, Hank Winter 2014 Trent, Hank Narrative of James Williams: An American Slave. Louisiana State University Press, $45.00 ISBN 9780807151020 Rajoppi, Joanne Published by LSU Digital Commons, 2014 5 Civil War Book Review, Vol. 16, Iss. 1 [2014], Art. 27 Winter 2014 Rajoppi, Joanne New Brunswick and the Civil War: The Brunswick Boys in the Great Rebellion. The History Press, $19.99 ISBN 9781626191747 Spar, Ira Winter 2014 Spar, Ira New Haven's Civil War Hospital: A History of Knight U.S. General Hospital, 1862-1865. McFarland, $39.95 ISBN 9780786476824 Ellis, Michael Winter 2014 Ellis, Michael North Carolina English, 1861-1865: A Guide and Glossary. The University of Tennessee Press, $95.00 ISBN 9781621900023 Miles, Nathania Miiles, Monday; Quick, Ryan Winter 2014 Miles, Nathania and Miiles, Monday; Quick, Ryan. Prince George's County and the Civil War: Life on the Border. The History Press, $19.99 ISBN 9781609498481 Smith, John Winter 2014 Smith, John Race and Recruitment. The Kent State University Press, $29.95 ISBN 9781606351802 McDonnell, Michael Corbould, Clare; Clarke, Frances; Brundage, W. Fitzhugh https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol16/iss1/27 DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.16.1.28 6 Editor: Annotations Winter 2014 McDonnell, Michael and Corbould, Clare; Clarke, Frances; Brundage, W. Fitzhugh. Remembering the Revolution: Memory, History, and Nation Making from Independence to the Civil War. University of Massachusetts Press, $27.95 ISBN 9781625340337 Drehle, David Winter 2014 Drehle, David Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year (new in paperback). Picador, $20.00 ISBN 9781250037800 Hopkins, Donald Winter 2014 Hopkins, Donald Robert E. Lee in War and Peace: The Photographic History of a Confederate and American Icon. Savas Beatie, $34.95 ISBN 9781611211207 Berman, Steve Winter 2014 Berman, Steve Shades of Blue & Gray: Ghosts of the Civil War. Prime Books, $15.95 ISBN 9781607014034 Brooks, Jeffrey Winter 2014 Brooks, Jeffrey Shattered Nation: An Alternate History Novel of the American Civil War. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, $19.99 ISBN 9780615802053 Published by LSU Digital Commons, 2014 7 Civil War Book Review, Vol. 16, Iss. 1 [2014], Art. 27 Petty, Adrienne Winter 2014 Petty, Adrienne Standing Their Ground: Small Farmers in North Carolina Since the Civil War. Oxford University Press, $74.00 ISBN 9780199938520 Spruill III, Matt Spruill IV, Matt Winter 2014 Spruill III, Matt and Spruill IV, Matt. Summer Lightning: A Guide to the Second Battle of Manassas. The University of Tennessee Press, $32.95 ISBN 9781572339989 Greenough, Sarah Anderson, Nancy Winter 2014 Greenough, Sarah and Anderson, Nancy. Tell It With Pride: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Shaw Memorial. Yale University Press, $55.00 ISBN 9780300197730 Collins, Darrell Winter 2014 Collins, Darrell The Army of the Potomac: Order of Battle, 1861-1865, with Commanders, Strengths, Losses and More. McFarland, $75.00 ISBN 9780786473465 Noyalas, Jonathan Winter 2014 https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol16/iss1/27 DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.16.1.28 8 Editor: Annotations Noyalas, Jonathan The Battle of Fisher's Hill: Breaking the Shenandoah Valley's Gibraltar. The History Press, $19.99 ISBN 9781609494438 Ash, Stephen Winter 2014 Ash, Stephen The Black Experience in the Civil War South (paperback edition). Potomac Books, $17.95 ISBN 9781612346298 Girardi, Robert Winter 2014 Girardi, Robert The Civil War Generals: Comrades, Peers, Rivals in Their Own Words. Zenith Press, $28.00 ISBN 9780760345160 Morgan, Bill Winter 2014 Morgan, Bill The Civil War Lover's Guide to New York City. Savas Beatie, $18.95 ISBN 9781611211221 Simpson, Brooks Winter 2014 Simpson, Brooks The Civil War in the East: Struggle, Stalemate, and Victory (new in paperback). Potomac Books, $19.95 ISBN 9781612346281 Sesser, David Winter 2014 Sesser, David The Little Rock Arsenal Crisis: On the Precipice of the American Civil War. The History Press, $19.99 ISBN 9781609499693 Published by LSU Digital Commons, 2014 9 Civil War Book Review, Vol. 16, Iss. 1 [2014], Art. 27 Gottfried, Bradley Winter 2014 Gottfried, Bradley The Maps of the Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns: An Atlas of the Battles and Movements in the Eastern Theater after Gettysburg, Including Rappahannock Station, Kelly's Ford, and Morton's Ford, July 1863 - February 1864. Savas Beatie, $34.95 ISBN 9781611211528 Hilderman, Walter Winter 2014 Hilderman, Walter Theophilus Hunter Holmes: A North Carolina General in the Civil war. McFarland, $35.00 ISBN 9780786473106 Johnson, Don Winter 2014 Johnson, Don Thirteen Months at Manassas/Bull Run: The Two Battles and the Confederate and Union Occupations. McFarland, $35.00 ISBN 9780786473205 Phillips, Samuel Winter 2014 Phillips, Samuel Torn by War: The Civil War Journal of Mary Adelia Byers. University of Oklahoma Press, $19.95 ISBN 9780806143958 Field, Ron Winter 2014 Field, Ron Union Infantryman Versus Confederate Infatryman. Osprey Publishing, $18.95 ISBN 9781780969275 https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol16/iss1/27 DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.16.1.28 10 Editor: Annotations Reinhart, Joseph Winter 2014 Reinhart, Joseph Yankee Dutchmen Under Fire: Civil War Letters from the 82nd Illinois Infantry. The Kent State University Press, $45.00 ISBN 9781606351765 Published by LSU Digital Commons, 2014 11.
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