America’s Civil War July 2011

Inside this issue:

Field Notes:

• Scott brothers’ Gettysburg Movie
• Shelby Foote Collection to Rhodes College
• Mary Walker gets a statue
• Slave population map

5 Questions:

• Eric Foner about his book The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

Cease Fire:

• Harold Holzer discusses Civil War fiction

Legends

• Ron Soodalter discusses Ivan Turchin and the sack of Athens, GA

Features

• United We Stand – Gary Gallagher: Union as the northern cause
• How to Market a Milestone – photos by Jennifer E. Berry: merchandise from the Civil War Centennial
• Buying Time – Jeffrey Maciejewski: the 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg
• “We Are All Rebels” – Jim Bradshaw: a Louisiana youth wages war withe the Yankees on his doorstep
• Irvin McDowell’s Best Laid Plans – Your Host: all about McDowell’s plans and expectations for the march on Manassas

Reviews

• Failure in the Saddle: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joseph Wheeler and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign – David A. Powell (interview)
• The Siege of Washington: The Untold Story of the Twelve Days That Shook the Union – John Lockwood & Charles Lockwood
• Hearts Touched by Fire: The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War – Harold Holzer, ed.
• C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (Film)
• Harry’s Just Wild About
  • The Civil War: A Concise History – Louis P. Masur
  • The Battle of South Mountain – John David Hoptak
  • Brother of Mine: The Civil War Letters of Thomas & William Christie – Hampton Smith, ed.
  • Notre Dame and the Civil War: Marching Onward to Victory – James M. Schmidt