Savas Beatie Blog

As the D-Day anniversary coverage continues, let us remember the souls who made the greatest sacrifice and those remaining who deserve and have earned our respect and gratitude. …

Despite a long time interest in Civil War history (and American history generally) I never had an overwhelming urge to write a book. Most of us think about it but I never thought “I have to publish.…

One of the things I love about history is its ability to inspire. In 2016 when I signed the papers and agreed to write a book about the battle of New Market for the Emerging Civil War Series, I kne…

MAJOR AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT!We at Savas Beatie are so pleased to share with you that our big book of 2018, "The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1861," edited by Ja…

I thought I was going to be the one offering a helping hand when Jim Fielden of Cleveland emailed me in July 2018.I had completed and submitted my book “Too Much for Human Endurance” on the George…

Savas Beatie is pleased to announce the release of the Emerging Civil War Audio Series. The Emerging Civil War series of books published by Savas Beatie offers compelling and easy-to-read overviews…

Did you know that Confederates attacked the Cumberland Valley Railroad three times in three years during the Civil War, including during the Gettysburg Campaign? Jeb Stuart burned many of the railroad…

It is with a heavy heart that I relate to everyone that author, historian, archivist, and my friend Richard J. Sommers, one of the leading deans of the Civil War and a Savas Beatie author, passed away…

I was asked recently to pen an article for a publishing magazine giving advice to authors about how to pick a publisher and how to work with that publisher/editors. The request was timely because a…