Book Notes
- Book Notes
In this unique book filled with wartime photographs, Gene Armistead examines the role of the horse and mule in the Civil War, paying particular attention to the recruitment of animals, the care or lack thereof, and the legacy and memory of the animals who served a vital function in supporting the Union and Confederate forces. The volume also contains a roster of hundreds of horses and the men who utilized them during the war. This informative reference should find itself on the bookshelf of any Civil War enthusiast.
Through skillful research, historian Judith Giesberg examines Pennsylvania throughout the Civil War. Although the book is brief, the author has managed to pack a wealth of information in its fewer than one hundred pages. Giesberg looks at many subjects of the war, among them the Election of 1860 in Pennsylvania, the mobilization for war, African Americans and the Underground Railroad, the raising of black troops in the state, the draft, the aftermath of Gettysburg, Thaddeus Stevens, the Election of 1864, and the funeral of Abraham Lincoln.
This valuable collection of documents is the latest volume in the Civil War in the Great Interior series that has already produced fine volumes of primary sources on Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, and Indiana. The editor skillfully presents a vast array of documents that cover a wide variety of issues, including the politics of slavery, Abraham Lincoln’s rise to political fame, the recruitment of soldiers, and how civilians coped with the rigors of conflict. The volume, which includes a long list of discussion questions, would work perfectly in the classroom or be very useful for anyone researching Illinois during the Civil War era. [End Page 223]
