Category Archives: Books

Another take on President Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Posted on April 15, 2015 by civilwarweek

Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal by Jeffrey S. Williams The son of a well-known actor, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor by 1859 and was performing in Richmond, Virginia, in November of that year when he spontaneously joined … Continue reading →

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Muskets and Memories: A Modern Man’s Journey through the Civil War

Posted on April 15, 2013 by civilwarweek

   

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Request for Help - 1st Minnesota photographs

Posted on March 2, 2012 by civilwarweek

This is Wayne Jorgenson. I am a Civil War collector and historian on the First Minnesota Infantry. I am in the final stages of writing a book about the men who served in the First Minnesota Infantry during the Civil … Continue reading →

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Excerpts from Midnight Rising: John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz

Posted on October 21, 2011 by civilwarweek

A new book on the famed abolitionist John Brown will be released next week (Oct. 25). It is written by Tony Horwitz, who previously wrote the best-seller, “Confederates in the Attic.” Bloomberg recently posted five excerpts in advance of this … Continue reading →

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Pursuit - by Dean Urdahl

Posted on September 11, 2011 by civilwarweek

          Pursuit is an interesting novel by Dean Urdahl. A fictionalized account of the 1862-1863 battles against the Dakota Indians. Urdahl uses the fiction to bring out the action - everything is accurate historically. Compare this … Continue reading →

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Sisters pen book on Civil War history

Posted on June 2, 2011 by civilwarweek

by Mark Wineka, Salisbury (N.C.) Post MOCKSVILLE — For five years, sisters Mary Alice Hasty and Hazel Winfree relied on John Spillman to supply the ham biscuits and coffee for breakfast or the tomato soup and grilled sandwiches for lunch. … Continue reading →

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Best-selling author signs copies of new Civil War book in Hagerstown

Posted on May 19, 2011 by civilwarweek

By KATE S. ALEXANDER [email protected] HAGERSTOWN— A stack of letters bound in ribbon and hidden in an Eastern Shore (Md.) home ignited an acclaimed book telling the stories of little-known Civil War heroes and skyrocketed author Adam Goodheart to the New … Continue reading →

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Civil War Trust provides history lovers with ‘Essential To-Do List’ for 150th Anniversary

Posted on May 18, 2011 by civilwarweek

(Washington, D.C.) – Whether it’s standing atop Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain or inside Antietam’s Dunker Church, or viewing the remains of the ironclad USS Monitor or the Confederate submarine HL Hunley, some experiences have the power to bring history alive like nothing … Continue reading →

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The Lincoln Assassination: New research unravels old myths

Posted on May 17, 2011 by civilwarweek

By Jeffrey S. Williams Concordia University-St. Paul, Minn. Written for Dr. David Woodard’s “Readings in American History” class - April 2011. The Northern States were celebrating the end of the Civil War when President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s … Continue reading →

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Fire on the Water exhibit at Athenaeum observes 150th anniversary of Civil War

Posted on May 5, 2011 by civilwarweek

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A ship that helped turn the tide of public opinion at home and abroad during the Civil War is featured in a new exhibit, “Fire on the Water: Portsmouth’s Kearsarge Sinks the Deadly Confederate Raider Alabama.” “Civilian … Continue reading →

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