Earl J. Hess

1 article, 6 book reviews, 19 books reviewed in The Journal of Military History, 1998 to 2025.

Articles

  1. In Not So Dubious Battle: The Motivations of American Civil War Soldiers

    175–188

    and Vol. 62, No. 1, January 1998Review essay

Book reviews by Earl J. Hess

  1. Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!, by George Rable852

    Vol. 66, No. 3, July 2002

  2. Simple Story of a Soldier: Life and Service in the 2d Mississippi Infantry561–562

    Vol. 69, No. 2, April 2005

  3. Battle: The Nature and Consequences of Civil War Combat, by edited by Kent Gramm274

    Vol. 73, No. 1, January 2009

  4. An Environmental History of the Civil War, by Judkin Browning and Timothy Silver1220–1222

    Vol. 84, No. 4, October 2020

  5. American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850–1873, by Alan Taylor1114–1115

    Vol. 88, No. 4, October 2024

  6. Late to the Fight: Union Soldier Combat Performance from the Wilderness to the Fall of Petersburg, by Alexander F. Caillot1056–1057

    Vol. 89, No. 4, October 2025

Books by Earl J. Hess reviewed in the Journal

  1. Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River, by Earl J. Hess1159

    Reviewed by Vol. 64, No. 4, October 2000

  2. Pickett's Charge, the Last Attack at Gettysburg, by Earl J. Hess568

    Reviewed by Vol. 66, No. 2, April 2002

  3. Lee's Tar Heels: The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade, by Earl J. Hess1210

    Reviewed by Vol. 66, No. 4, October 2002

  4. Trench Warfare Under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign, by Earl J. Hess579–580

    Reviewed by Vol. 72, No. 2, April 2008

  5. The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth, by Earl J. Hess958–959

    Reviewed by Vol. 73, No. 3, July 2009

  6. The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee, by Earl J. Hess1137–1138

    Reviewed by Vol. 77, No. 3, July 2013

  7. Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi, by Earl J. Hess1482–1483

    Reviewed by Vol. 77, No. 4, October 2013

  8. Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston and the Atlanta Campaign, by Earl J. Hess1483–1484

    Reviewed by Vol. 77, No. 4, October 2013

  9. Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness, by Earl J. Hess238–239

    Reviewed by Vol. 80, No. 1, January 2016

  10. Braxton Bragg: The Most Hated Man of the Confederacy, by Earl J. Hess232–233

    Reviewed by Vol. 81, No. 1, January 2017

  11. Civil War Logistics: A Study of Military Transportation, by Earl J. Hess950–951

    Reviewed by Vol. 82, No. 3, July 2018

  12. The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood’s First Effort to Save Atlanta, by Earl J. Hess246–247

    Reviewed by Vol. 83, No. 1, January 2019

  13. Fighting for Atlanta: Tactics, Terrain, and Trenches in the Civil War, by Earl J. Hess575–576

    Reviewed by Vol. 83, No. 2, April 2019

  14. Civil War Supply and Strategy: Feeding Men and Moving Armies, by Earl J. Hess1120–1121

    Reviewed by Vol. 87, No. 4, October 2023

  15. Civil War Torpedoes and the Global Development of Mine Warfare, by Earl J. Hess536–538

    Reviewed by Vol. 88, No. 2, April 2024

  16. July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta, by Earl J. Hess545–546

    Reviewed by Vol. 88, No. 2, April 2024

  17. Civil War Field Artillery: Promise and Performance on the Battlefield, by Earl J. Hess821–822

    Reviewed by Vol. 88, No. 3, July 2024

  18. War Underground: A History of Military Mining in Siege Warfare, by Earl J. Hess1034–1036

    Reviewed by Vol. 89, No. 4, October 2025

  19. Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America, by Earl J. Hess200–202

    Reviewed by Vol. 90, No. 1, January 2026

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