Blue-Blooded Cavalryman: Captain William Brooke Rawle in The Army of the Potomac, May 1863—August 1865
In his debut novel, Charles Frazier takes his readers into the lives of a man and a woman, joined by a tenuous love and divided by the vast chasm of war.
How did Robert E. Lee manage to get away? Gettysburg was a stunning Union victory, but President Abraham Lincoln wanted more. He expected his commanding general, George Gordon Meade to pursue and destroy the Army of Northern Virginia, and possibly bring the war to a close. However, as had oc…
In 2005 award-winning author, E.L. Doctorow, released a book that handled one of the more controversial aspects of the Civil War. In The March, Doctorow addresses General William Tecumseh Sherman’s strategic foray across the south designed to gut the Confederacy and destroy its citizen’s wil…
On November 30, 1864, in the span of five hours, the horrible killing power of Civil War armies was put on bloody display at Franklin, Tennessee.
One year after its publication, Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Shaara’s character-driven story of the battle of Gettysburg told from the perspective of some of the most important officers who fought there, is a powerful retelling of one of the mos…
The late, great Shelby Foote is most known to Civil War enthusiasts for his massive three-volume history of the war titled The Civil War: A Narrative and for his contributions to Ken Burns striking documentary series.
In 2007 award-winning author, Sue Mon Kidd was visiting New York City when she saw Judy Chicago’s massive painting The Dinner Party which celebrated the contributions of 1,000 women, many of whom have been overlooked in history.
Seventeen-year-old Bob Hayden was living in a small town in Michigan when he heard about the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter. Raised by his aunt and uncle, Bob is determined to join the Union army even though he is underaged. Bob’s uncle is opposed to him going off to war and insists that …
Red Badge of Courage remains one of the iconic works of fiction dealing with the American Civil War.
There have been thousands of books written about the American Civil War. Students of this epic era in American history can peruse histories of specific battles, biographies of leaders who helped shape the course of the war, memoirs or diaries penned by participants, sweeping histories of the…
Originally published in 1987 under the title Woe to Live On, Daniel Woodrell’s dark and gripping novel was made into a movie in 1999 and retitled Ride with the Devil.
In 2007 award-winning author, Sue Mon Kidd was visiting New York City when she saw Judy Chicago’s massive painting The Dinner Party which celebrated the contributions of 1,000 women, many of whom have been overlooked in history.
Red Badge of Courage remains one of the iconic works of fiction dealing with the American Civil War.
The late, great Shelby Foote is most known to Civil War enthusiasts for his massive three-volume history of the war titled The Civil War: A Narrative and for his contributions to Ken Burns striking documentary series.
