Civil War High Tech: Excavating the Hunley and Monitor from MIT World

Lincoln’s Impact on Military Operations
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, a color lithograph by Currier & Ives; (SCALA/Art Resource)

New in Paperback – This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
The good folks at Oxford University Press recently sent me a copy of the new paperback edition of  James McPherson’s This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War. First published in 2007, it comprises 16 essays in which McPherson attempts to answer the following questi

New Acquisition – Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
I’ve made a number of new acquisitions over the past few weeks and this to assist with an assignment on the command skills of Abraham Lincoln. Author Author Eliot A. Cohen (left), also examines the records of

WWII in HD – Recommend
I’ve been catching the WWII in HD series running on The History Channel when I can today. Much of the footage h

National Geographic’s New Atlas of the Civil War
Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: National Geographic (October 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1426203470 ISBN-13: 978-1426203473 Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 10.7 x 1.1 inches The good folks at