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A Crisis in Confederate Command
Edmund Kirby Smith, Richard Taylor, and the Army of the Trans-Mississippi
by Jeffery S. Prushankin
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Struggle for a vast future:
The American Civil War
Edited by Aaron Sheehan-Dean
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Tearing apart a nation founded on ideals of liberty and union, the American Civil War saw some of the most bitter
and bloody fighting that humankind has ever witnessed. The war changed America forever, shaping its future and
determining its place in history. In this book twelve eminent historians discuss the origins and legacy of
a landmark conflict. In his chapter, They Came to Butcher our People Jeffery Prushankin uniquely addresses
the conduct and impact of the Civil War in the West.
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Women in the
American Civil War
Edited by Lisa Tendrich Frank
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Essay: Cassie Seldon-Smith.
"a seminal and important contribution to the growing library of Civil War reference literature."
-- Midwest Book Review
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Kentuckians In Gray
Edited by Bruce S. Allardice and Lawrence Lee Hewitt
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Essay: William Yarnell Slack.
"This work will be a standard reference for historians and Civil War buffs of the Bluegrass for years to come."
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To This Fatal Blunder
Article in North & South magazine
by Jeffery S. Prushankin
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The ongoing feud between Edmund Kirby Smith and Richard Taylor was a reflection both of divergent approaches to Confederate Trans-Mississippi strategy and of Smith's quest for glory.
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 Review of: With Fire and Sword: Arkansas, 1861 - 1874
by Thomas A. DeBlack
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Reviewed by: Jeffery S. Prushankin, Department of History, Penn State Abington; for H-CivWar.
"...With Fire and Sword provides a powerful introduction to Arkansas in the secession crisis, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. The limitations of this book should not diminish its overall usefulness to both the scholar and the buff, or as a student-friendly text in an undergraduate history class. For academics, the up-to-date bibliography of published primary and secondary sources is particularly useful. Series editor Elliot West explains that the Histories of Arkansas Series aims to provide readers with an "enlightening and entertaining survey" of Arkansas history and DeBlack's work fits quite capably into that cast."
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 Review of: The Last Generation: Young Virginians in Peace, War, and Reunion
by Peter S. Carmichael
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Reviewed by: Jeffery S. Prushankin, Department of History, Penn State Abington.
for American Historical Review.
"Recently Civil War historiography has entered into an era where a blurring of the lines between military and social history has opened the field to a broad spectrum of subjects and methodologies. While this book is certainly more social history than military history, author Peter S. Carmichael provides an important contribution to both subfields and in doing so enhances the reader's appreciation of the Civil War as the nation's seminal event..."
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 Review of Gettysburg Requiem: The Life and Lost Causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates
by Glenn W. LaFantasie.
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Reviewed by: Jeffery S. Prushankin, Department of History, Penn State Abington.
from The Journal of American History
"For many, the battle of Gettysburg remains the turning point of the Civil War and the heroics of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Little Round Top, the key to Union success in July 1863. While Chamberlain found glory at Gettysburg, his vanquished counterpart, William C. Oates, remained mired in relative obscurity— until now..."
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 Recommendation: Invisible Southerners: Ethnicity in the Civil War
by Anne J. Bailey .
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Recommended by: Jeffery S. Prushankin, Department of History, Penn State Abington.
"A strong candidate for college level Civil War courses as well as a fine addition to the growing body of literature on ethnicity in Civil War America."
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 Recommendation: Pickett's Charge in History & Memory
by Carol Reardon.
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Recommended by: Jeffery S. Prushankin, Department of History, Penn State Abington.
"An examination rich in detail on the role of memory and myth in shaping our interpretation of history"
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 Blurb on :
Through the Howling Wilderness
by Gary D. Joiner.
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Blurb by:
Jeffery S. Prushankin, Department of History, Penn State Abington.
"A masterful study written by the leading expert on the Red River campaign. Joiner guides his readers across the rugged terrain of social, political, and economic pressures brought to bear on the Union and Confederate armies in the Trans-Mississippi.
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 Recommendation:
A Killer Angels Companion
by D. Scott Hartwig.
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Recommended by:
Jeffery S. Prushankin, Department of History, Penn State Abington.
"Separating fact from fiction and identifying the history in the historical novel."
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 The Harp and Eagle
by Susannah U Bruce.
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Recommended by:
Jeffery S. Prushankin, Department of History, Penn State Abington.
"Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865"
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 A Savage Conflict
by Daniel E. Sutherland.
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Recommended by:
Jeffery S. Prushankin, Department of History, Penn State Abington.
"The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War"
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