The first review of the The Fight for the Old North State is out - a highly
favorable, thorough, and thoughtful appraisal from Drew Wagenhoffer over at Civil War Books and Authors.
Review Excerpt
"Readers appreciative of the high-level research and narrative
interpretation skills displayed in Newsome's earlier military study Richmond Must Fall will find the same qualities here . . . In a narrative that details battlefield events and analyzes their military, political, and social contexts in equal measure, The Fight for the Old North State
is an excellent history of an understudied late-war offensive that was a
rare (though qualified) Confederate success. While racial and political
violence were certainly not new to 1864, Newsome's account of the
campaign also usefully portrays it as a clear, early demonstration that
the coming year's increasingly frequent confrontations between the most
volatile combinations of battlefield combatants would be characterized
by rising levels of lethal violence. Highly recommended." - Civil War Books and Authors
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