All posts tagged "civil war"
Art & Design
Art Review: An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing “The Gross Clinic” Anew
October 1, 2026The image of Dr. Gross evoked memories of scenes of carnage which Americans, north and south,...
History
Book Review: At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union by Robert V. Remini
September 18, 2026In 1850, the best that Clay could do was to coax Southern politicians to agree to...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame
August 3, 2026Never perhaps has there been such a masterful account of the man’s failures—and successes—in this country’s...
History
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson
July 11, 2026Lincoln came to the Presidency without any real military experience. He had been an Illinois militia...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Lincoln Emancipated: The President And the Politics of Race edited by Brian R. Dirck; foreword by Allen C. Guelzo
May 26, 2026What is heartening is that, as Professor Michael Vorenberg stresses in his essay, Lincoln’s thinking about...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman by Walter Brian Cisco
May 21, 2026Biography, if it serves the reader, is best written not only with the exploits of the...
Military
The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South 1861-1865 by Robert R. Mackey
May 20, 2026Army Major Robert R. Mackey, currently assigned to the Pentagon, has written a much-needed study of...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Lincoln’s Hundred Days by Louis P. Masur
March 4, 2026The determination to end slavery may not have figured initially as a Union war aim for...
Movies
Movie Review: Lincoln
February 27, 2026As expected, Day-Lewis breathes life into Abraham Lincoln. And, as expected, he’s fantastic to watch, even...
History
Civil War 150 – A Readers’ Guide (Part 1)
December 28, 2025A sampling of new or recent books on the Civil War suggests that this bygone conflict...
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