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Fateful Lightning
A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than $700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the...
by Edward L. Ayers
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2004
Winner of the Bancroft Prize: Through a gripping narrative based on massive new research, a leading historian reshapes our understanding of the Civil War.
Our standard Civil War histories tell a reassuring story of the triumph, in an inevitable conflict, of the dynamic, free-labor North over...
The Battle of Vicksburg
A UNC Press Civil War Short, Excerpted from Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The Vicksburg campaign was among the longest of the Civil War, lasting from 26 May 1862 to 4 July 1863. This Civil War Short provides a compelling narrative of the final six weeks of the campaign, excerpted from Michael Ballard's Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi, which blends strategy...
Major McKinley
William Mckinley & The Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
“A finely written and deeply researched book. It adds a major dimension to McKinley’s life and times and will interest all students of the Civil War as well.” —H. Wayne Morgan, author of William McKinley and His America (Kent State University Press, 2003)
“The Civil War was a crucial...
The Civil War in Georgia
A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
From Winchester to Cedar Creek
The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Utilizing a vast array of unpublished letters, diaries, and memoirs and published regimental histories, Jeffry Wert has written a path-breaking study of the crucial 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. In vivid detail he describes the battles of Third Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, and Cedar Creek, Union...
The Civil War 100
The Stories Behind the Most Influential Battles, People and Events in the War Between the States
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
The Civil War was the defining event in American history.
The Civil War 100 uses a truly novel approach to analyze the respective importance of the events, leaders and battles of America's most important war.
"Across this easily accessible reference, readers meet not
only such icons as...
The Everything Civil War Book
Everything you need to know about the conflict that divided a nation
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2009
North against South. Grant versus Lee. Brother against brother. The Civil War split the nation into two warring parties and shaped American history and culture dramatically. This book provides a complete survey of the warÆs major events, including:
Profiles of the Civil WarÆs great leaders
The...
by Thomas Weber
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
“Time has been very good to Thomas Weber’s Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865. First published by Columbia University Press in 1952, it has been out of print since the 1970s, but never out of demand. It has emerged as the premier account of the impact of the railroads on the American...
The View from the Ground
Experiences of Civil War Soldiers
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2006
Civil War scholars have long used soldiers' diaries and correspondence to flesh out their studies of the conflict's great officers, regiments, and battles. However, historians have only recently begun to treat the common Civil War soldier's daily life as a worthwhile topic of discussion in its own...
Fort Pillow, a Civil War Massacre, and Public Memory
Civil War Battlefields and Historic Sites Recaptured
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
At the now-peaceful spot of Tennessee's Fort Pillow State Historic Area, a horrific incident in the nation's bloodiest war occurred on April 12, 1864. Just as a high bluff in the park offers visitors a panoramic view of the Mississippi River, John Cimprich's absorbing book affords readers a new vantage...
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War (Illustrated Edition)
Civil War Memories Series
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders,...
Gone for a Sojer Boy
The Revealing Letters and Diaries of Union Soldiers in the Civil War as They Endure the Siege of Charleston S.C., the Virginia Campaigns of Petersburg and Richmond, and Captivity in Andersonville Prison
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Gone for a Sojer Boy is a companion book to Echoes from the Boys of Company H and is based upon hundreds of letters from a few Civil War soldiers of Company H, 100th Regiment, New York State Volunteers. They provide rare insight into the life and thoughts of common solders. This volume explores the...
by Daneen Wardrop
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Civil War Nurse Narratives, 1863–1870, examines the first wave of autobiographical narratives written by northern female nurses and published during the war and shortly thereafter, ranging from the well-known Louisa May Alcott to lesser-known figures such as Elvira Powers and Julia Wheelock. From...