The best civil war books of 2020

(The Civil War Monitor) “The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2020 issue contains our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual,

Ed Bearss wins the 2014 Douglas Southall Freeman Award for book on Petersburg Campaign

Savas Beatie LLC announced today that Ed Bearss has won the Douglas Southall Freeman Award for 2014 for his book entitled The Petersburg Campaign. The

New historical novel about the former slave Robert Smalls

From Amazon: A slave steals a gunboat and escapes with his entire family. Robert Smalls boarded the Confederate gunboat Planter and steamed her under the

Booknote: American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide (ABC-CLIO)

ABC-CLIO has recently released a new reference work entitled American Civil War: The Essential Reference Guide, hardback, 2011.  It will surely suffice for smaller libraries

New book on the Western Theater coming soon

I was excited to see this information posted on the University of North Carolina Press web site recently: The Civil War in the West Victory

New Civil War timeline book by the LOC is a superb volume

The newly released “The Library of Congress Illustrated Timeline of the Civil War” by Little-Brown is instantly the best resource of its kind on the