Book Review from The Civil War Monitor: Gettysburg's Southern Front

 

"Thousands of books have been written about the Gettysburg Campaign, yet talented scholars with fresh insights continue to prove the last has not been said about our most studied military campaign. In Gettysburg’s Southern Front, Hampton Newsome takes readers beyond the fields of Pennsylvania to examine Union efforts to threaten Richmond and its vital railroads in June and July 1863. In doing so, he offers a masterful campaign narrative of understudied military actions, squarely integrating them in the wider scope of the war." - Jonathan M. Steplyk in The Civil War Monitor 

Full review here.

Interview on Civil War Talk Radio: Gettysburg's Southern Front

Many thanks to Gerald Prokopowicz for having me on his Civil War Talk Radio podcast to talk about Gettysburg's Southern Front from University Press of Kansas.

If you're curious about the book and would like to find out more in a pod format, here is your chance!

Upcoming Speaking Schedule

Several speaking dates coming up. If you can make it to any of these events, please drop by and say hello:

Jan. 25, 2023 - Civil War Talk Radio

Feb. 23, 2023 - Pender CWRT, Rocky Mount, NC  

April 15, 2023 -  "In Great Deeds, On Great Fields: Gettysburg at 160 Years. A Civil War Symposium"; Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 

June 23, 2023 - CSS Neuse Museum, Kinston, NC

July 6, 2023 - Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond, VA  

August 10, 2023 - Rocky Mountain CWRT, Littleton, CO

Sept. 12, 2023 - Charlottesville CWRT

Sept. 21, 2023 - Barringer CWRT, Pinehurst, NC

Sept. 26, 2023 - Williamsburg  (Va.) CWRT

Nov. 7, 2023 - Brunswick, NC CWRT

Nov. 9, 2023 - Hanover Tavern, VA

Jan. 10, 2024 - Lynchburg CWRT

June 10, 2024 - Rappahannock Valley CWRT, Fredericksburg, VA

Aug. 8, 2024 - Rocky Mountain CWRT

Sept. 12, 2024 - Chattanooga CWRT

Oct 2, 2024 - CWRT of Wilmington, DE

Oct. 9, 2024 - Columbus (OH) CWRT

Nov. 21, 2024 - Hampton Roads CWRT

Feb. 13, 2025 - Milwaukee CRWT

Feb. 14, 2025 - Chicago CWRT

Book Review from Student of the American Civil War Blog: Gettysburg's Southern Front

"Hampton Newsome has a knack for finding parts of the Civil War that have been either ignored or undercovered and then doing a great job of researching and writing compelling narratives about those parts. This wonderful book is no exception." - Al Mackey at Student of the American Civil War blog.

Full review is here.

Book Review from Reconstruction Era Blog: Gettysburg's Southern Front

 

"Newsome’s new book is a marvelously researched history of five weeks of Union and Confederate maneuvering to control the Confederate capital. Nearly everything I read in it was new to me, and I am sure it will be so for most readers of Civil War history . . . .  I highly recommend this new work."  - Patrick Young at The Reconstruction Era: Blog Exploring the World the Civil War Created

Full review is here.