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Civil War Pittsburgh
Forge of the Union
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
On Christmas Day 1860, the "Daily Pittsburgh Gazette "announced that more than one hundred cannons from the nearby U.S. Arsenal were to be shipped south. Fiercely loyal to the Union, Pittsburghers halted the movement of the artillery, which would have been seized by secessionist sympathizers. Over the...
John Brown, Abolitionist
The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
An authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.Bancroft Prize-winning cultural historian David S. Reynolds presents an informative and richly considered new exploration of the paradox of a man steeped in the Bible but more than willing to kill for his abolitionist...
by James Oakes
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction
The image of a scorpion surrounded by a ring of fire, stinging itself to death, was widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War. It captures their long-standing strategy for peaceful abolition: they would surround the slave states with...
Democracy Reborn
The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
A riveting narrative of the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, an act which revolutionized the U.S. constitution and shaped the nation's destiny in the wake of the Civil War
Though the end of the Civil War and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation inspired optimism for a new, happier reality...
Amazing Women of the Civil War
Fascinating True Stories of Women Who Made a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 1998
The Civil War is most often described as one in which brother fought against brother. But the most devastating war fought on American soil was also one in which women demonstrated heroic deeds, selfless acts, and courage beyond measure. Women mobilized soup kitchens and relief societies. Women cared...
Amazing Women of the Civil War
Fascinating True Stories of Women Who Made a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 1999
The Civil War is most often described as one in which brother fought against brother. But the most devastating war fought on American soil was also one in which women demonstrated heroic deeds, selfless acts, and courage beyond measure. Women mobilized soup kitchens and relief societies. Women cared...
by James B. Jones Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Tennessee's Civil War history is an oft-told narrative of famous battles, cunning campaigns and renowned figures. Beneath this well-documented history lie countless stories that have been forgotten and displaced over time. Discover how Vigilance Committees sought to govern cities such as Memphis, where...
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American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [6 volumes]
The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
This expansive, multivolume reference work provides a broad, multidisciplinary examination of the Civil War period ranging from pre-Civil War developments and catalysts such as the Mexican-American War to the rebuilding of the war-torn nation during Reconstruction.
Chicago's Battery Boys
The Chicago Mercantile Battery in the Civil War's Western Theater
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
The history of an artillery unit and its role in the Civil War, at Vicksburg and beyond, with photos, maps, and illustrations.
The celebrated Chicago Mercantile Battery was organized by the Mercantile Association, a group of prominent Chicago merchants, and mustered into service in August of 1862....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005
Although nine of the former British colonies joined the United States before Virginia, the fate of the new republic depended heavily on the Commonwealth. With four of the first five American presidents, and many other founding fathers and framers of the Constitution, calling Virginia their home, the...
Cape Cod and the Civil War
The Raised Right Arm
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Far from the glistening waters and gray-shingled villages of Cape Cod were the bloody front lines of the American Civil War. During this era, Cape Cod recruiting officers often urged soldiers to �raise the right arm of the old Bay State.� Learn about the Cape�s first casualty of war, Philander...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
After 150 years the Civil War is still our greatest national drama, at once heroic, tragic, and epic-our Iliad, but also our Bible, a story of sin and judgment, suffering and despair, death and resurrection in a "new birth of freedom." Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems,...
Remembering the Civil War
Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
As early as 1865, survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and what would be omitted from the historical record. In Remembering the Civil War, Caroline E. Janney examines how the war generation--men and women, black...
Honoring the Civil War Dead
Commemoration and the Problem of Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2005
By the end of the Civil War, fatalities from that conflict had far exceeded previous American experience, devastating families and communities alike. As John Neff shows, commemorating the 620,000 lives lost proved to be a persistent obstacle to the hard work of reuniting the nation, as every memorial...