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			<title><![CDATA[ ‘Junius and Albert’s Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey’ by Peter Carlson ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/junius-and-alberts-adventures-in-the-confederacy-a-civil-war-odyssey-by-peter-carlson/2013/05/24/916527e0-b67a-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html
					
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			<title><![CDATA[ “War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865” by James M. McPherson ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From the Washington Post:&nbsp; http://www.washingtonpost...-0327ab83ab91_story.html
					
						By  Howell Raines, Saturday, October&nbsp;20, 10:11&nbsp;AM
	
							
							
							
							
						
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
				
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			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:08:24 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Corinth 1862 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Timothy B. Smith has a new book out:&nbsp; Corinth 1862 Siege, Battle, 
Occupation.&nbsp; This is an excellent book that covers Corinth, MS during 
the war.&nbsp; I highly recommend it.Jim&nbsp; ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ John Keegan ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ British military historian John Keegan died recently.&nbsp; Although I admired his work in general, his book on the American Civil War reportedlhy contained numerous egregious errors.&nbsp; He gives a fairly good account of the Peninsular Campaign in his ...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/2266/John-Keegan">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:37:32 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Book sale benefits battlefield preservation ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Gatehouse Press is having a book sale to benefit battlefield preservation. There are great prices on The Gettysburg Magazine and Morningside books and 10% of all sales goes to the Civil War Trust to help preserve land. Take advantage of big discounts and ...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/2254/Book-sale-benefits-battlefield-preservation">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Discovering and accepting Lincoln’s flaws ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From the Washington Post:&nbsp; http://www.washingtonpost...05/gJQA9cT7RW_story.htmlFor all who enjoy an alternative history (you know who you are!).As a little boy growing up in Washington, Stephen L. Carter spent 
many happy hours in a room upstairs, p...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/2247/Discovering-and-accepting-Lincolns-flaws">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ 'Bitter Bierce,' great satirist and Civil War writer, joins Library of America canon ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel:&nbsp; http://www.jsonline.com/b...rtainment/128670418.htmlAs part of its ongoing mission of publishing quality American 
literature in attractive, durable volumes, the nonprofit Library of 
America has just released ...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/2097/Bitter-Bierce-great-satirist-Civil-War-writer-joins-Lib">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:42:53 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ General Stonewall Jackson revealed as "Black man's friend" ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From the Washington Times:&nbsp; &nbsp; http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/civil-war/2011/jul/26/general-stonewall-jackson-revealed-black-mans-frie/Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - The Civil War by Martha M. Boltz
VIENNA, Va, July 27, 2011 — T...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/2082/General-Stonewall-Jackson-revealed-as-Black-mans-friend">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:08:10 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Colonels in Blue ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I recently picked up a book by Roger D. Hunt, "Colonels in Blue: Union Army Colonels of the Civil War, the mid-Atlantic states Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia" (Stackpole&nbsp;Books, 2007). The book&nbsp;is very ...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1893/Colonels-in-Blue">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:13:26 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Grand Design: Strategy and the US Civil War ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Donald Stoker is a Professor of Strategy and Policy at the Naval War College. It's his job to teach the elite Naval Captains and Colonels attending the current philosophy of high order command and control expected of senior officers.&nbsp; This work focus...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1804/The-Grand-Design-Strategy-and-the-US-Civil-War">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Books listed in "The Union Bookself"? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Have strated&nbsp;my own, humble civil war book collection.&nbsp;&nbsp; As of now, am focusing on three areas - (1) books that I find of interest, (2) books listed "In Tall Cotton:...." and (3) books listed in "The Union Bookshelf:..."&nbsp; Finding a cop...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1752/Books-listed-in-The-Union-Bookself">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the War for the Union ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp; Written by Captain Lyman Jackman, published in 1891. Foundation of material taken from his personal journals during the war. Addtional material from others in the regiment. Very fascinating reading. Includes multiple stories from the experien...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1748/History-Sixth-New-Hampshire-Regiment-War-Union">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ The Common Soldier, Bell Irvin Wiley ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Life of Billy Yank, and The Life of Johnny Reb, by Bell Irvin WileyI have read both and enjoyed both. All of my ancestors, both Union and Confederate were foot soldiers and only one rose to the rank of Corporal. Extensive research was done on both boo...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1727/The-Common-Soldier-Bell-Irvin-Wiley">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:41:27 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trick or Treat ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Just in time for Halloween, Real treat, right out of the &#39;twighlight zone&#39;. Finishing up Ambrose Bierce&#39;s &quot;Tales of Soldiers and
Civilians and other stories&quot;, Ghosts and all .

          Even how he went missing in Mexi...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1695/Trick-or-Treat">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:06:59 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly - Eric Wittenberg ]]></title>
			<link>http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1690/Like-a-Meteor-Blazing-Brightly-Eric-Wittenberg</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Mr Wittenberg has been toying with this biography for some time. Publication was delayed 8 months because he dithered with documents (not unusual for EW he is
documentation fanatic who has routinely stopped publication to squeeze more evidence into his wo...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1690/Like-a-Meteor-Blazing-Brightly-Eric-Wittenberg">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:45:31 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Civil War Naval History ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A couple books on civil war naval history recently came to my attention.  Tom Chaffin&#39;s The H.L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy is a
great little book on the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel.  Lots of interesting material and pictur...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1686/Civil-War-Naval-History">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:30:24 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ John Keegan's Civil War ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I saw that British military historian, John Keegan, has a military history of the American Civil War being released on October 20, 2009.  Keegan is one of my
favorite authors.  His books Face of Battle and Mask of Command are classics.  I am certain that ...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1685/John-Keegans-Civil-War">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Received Book award ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Just finished an excellent book called &quot;This Republic of Suffering&quot; by Drew Gilpin Faust. Death, dying and how the CW soldier,
and the era itself coped and adjusted it&#39;s thinking about what it is to die the &quot;good dea...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1651/Received-Book-award">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:23:19 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ BH Reid: America's Civil War - The Operational Battlefield 1861-3 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Reid is an historian and British military analyst. It is difficult to immerse yourself in British theoretical writing and not come away without an appreciation
of the American Civil War because Henderson, Fuller, and Liddell-Hart all drew some inspiration...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1646/BH-Reid-Americas-Civil-War-Operational-Battlefield-1861">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:31:29 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Beatie & The Army of the Potomac ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ All -



Does anyone know about the Russel Beatie books on the Army of the Potomac?  From what I can discern, there are three of them out and we&#39;re up to March-May
1862 (published 2007).


There&#39;s going to be more, right?  Anyone know what the nex...<br /><a href="http://thecivilwarhomepagediscussion2824.yuku.com/topic/1643/Beatie-The-Army-of-the-Potomac">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:26:18 PST</pubDate>
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