The 20th book in my series, “Civil War Personalities, 50 At a Time,” has now been published in both Kindle and paperback formats.
With this book, my series now consists of nearly 1000 short biographies of significant Civil War figures (it’s less than 1000 because I have included some people, e.g. Mary Walker in “Civil War Women” and “Civil War New Yorkers,” in more than one volume).
New York’s influence and power were enormous in that era, and so was that of its people. I’ve included a representative few on the cover: Alonzo Cushing, hero of Gettysburg; Matthew Brady, pioneer of photography; Thomas Meagher, Immigrant General; William Seward, Secretary of State; Thomas Nast, pioneer of political cartooning; Ely Parker, Seneca leader and Union General; Horace Greeley, Leading Journalist; Dan Sickles, Rogue Union General; and Mary Walker, the only woman to win the Medal of Honor.
The book is available at
GENE SCHMIEL, CIVIL WAR HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, AND LECTURER 