10 days ago by writechicpress

"He never wavered in his conviction that the war had a righteous goal, that of overcoming slavery." John P. Irwin, my brilliant father-in-law, has just published A Quaker Soldier in the Civil War: Letters from the Front. I started reading it today. This is Jack’s second delve into the genre of nonfi ...

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107 days ago by Rea Andrew Redd

Sherman's Forgotten General: Henry W. Slocum, Brian C. Melton, Shades of Blue and Gray Series, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007. xi + 292 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $44.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8262-1739-4. Reviewed for H-CivWar by Gerald J. Prokopowicz, Departm ...

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110 days ago by Jamie Rhein

Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Learning, United States I heard that this weekend there are Civil War reenactors on the state house lawn in Columbus. This reminded me of my two friends who have dabbled in Civil War reenacting. Each dress up in period soldier attire-- one is in Confederate gr ...

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123 days ago by Rea Andrew Redd

True Sons of the Republic: European Immigrants in the Union Army, Martin W. Öfele, Praeger/Greenwood Publishing, 240 pp., photos, notes, bibliography, $49.95. Up to 500,000 Union soldiers, or one fourth of the Union army, had been born in Europe. These immigrants had left their home countries for a ...

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164 days ago by cenantua

Welcome to Blogging Union Blue! This blog has been specifically created to present interesting stories about the Union soldier and sailor in the American Civil War (as well as any number of related topics that would be of interest to Brothers of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War). As an “e ...

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185 days ago by Rea Andrew Redd

Roll Call to Destiny: The Soldier's Eye View of Civil War Battles , Brent Nosworthy, Basic Books, 336 pages, March 2008, $27.95. Reviewed by Bruce Trinque, Amston, CT on Civil War Discussion Group, Yahoogroups.com Although in some ways Brent Nosworthy’s new Roll-Call to Destiny: The Soldier’s Eye Vi ...

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