Books: October 2008 Archives

In a recent post, I mentioned the fact that Company G of the 12th Pennsylvania Reserves was raised in York County in 1861 and fought the following year at Antietam. Yesterday at the York Borders store, I picked up a small book by Mark Nesbitt entitled The Gettysburg Dairies: War Journals of Two American Adversaries, chronicling the daily events of two soldiers in the Gettysburg Campaign -- one Union, one Confederate. This has been previously published as 35 Days to Gettysburg. I read it on an airplane flight yesterday and was pleased to discover that one of the two adversaries is from a soldier in Company H of the 12th. The contrast between his movements and those of a Georgian in Benning's Brigade is quite interesting.

I received a copy of Harold Holzer's latest book on Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln: President-Elect. This is, in my opinion, the finest analysis I have ever seen on the crucial four-month period between Lincoln's election and inauguration.

To read my review, click here.

Background post: New book from Scott Butcher!

Here is a message sent to me from author and fellow blogger Scott D. Butcher...

I'm excited to announce publication of my first full-color coffee table book!

York: America's Historic Crossroads is being released by Schiffer Publishing. This is the first of three photo books that I'm doing with them (next Spring will see the release of Delaware Reflections - 250 photos of the Delaware Coast from Lewes to Fenwick Island). It has been over 15 years since the last full-color photo book of York City was published, and so much has changed.

British troops barrelling through Maine on U.S. railroads. Russian, Union, and British naval vessels fighting it out near New York City. Citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, lining up behind P.G.T. Beauregard to greet a battered Royal Navy ship. Confederate flags flying freely over the Windy City of Chicago. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in his greatest battle since Little Round Top at Gettysburg. French troops march through Texas to relieve Union-held New Orleans. Lincoln and Stanton fighting a war on multiple fronts. Troops and ships rushing all over the map to confront one another.