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Civil War Book Review is the journal of record for new and newly reprinted books about the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras. Published quarterly by the LSU Libraries.

Current Issue: Spring 2024

Editorial

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War, Politics, & Change
Kennon H. Keiser Jr.

Feature Essays

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"A Look at Lincoln"
Frank J. Williams

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"Civil War Treasures"
Hans Rasmussen

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"To the Manor Born"
Jacob N. Long

Reviews

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A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction
Evan Rothera

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Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta and Then Got Written Out of History
David J. Gerleman

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Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant
Joshua Waddell

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The Governor’s Pawns: Hostages and Hostage-Taking in Civil War West Virginia
Riley Sullivan

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The Political Transformation of David Tod: Governing Ohio During the Height of the Civil War
Joseph Ricci

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The Lost President: A.D. Smith and the Hidden History of Radical Democracy in Civil War America
Stephen Maizlish

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A Brief Moment in the Sun: Francis Cardozo and Reconstruction in South Carolina
Alexander Wing

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Two Counties in Crisis: Measuring Political Change in Reconstruction Texas
Cameron Sauers

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American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era
David Endres

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The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union
Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz

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Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois
Michelle Norello