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Gender and the Jubilee
Black Freedom and the Reconstruction of Citizenship in Civil War Missouri
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Gender and the Jubilee is a bold reconceptualization of black freedom during the Civil War that uncovers the political and constitutional claims made by African American women. By analyzing the actions of women in the urban environment of St. Louis and the surrounding areas of rural Missouri, Romeo...
An Unsung Civil War Heroine: Eliza Brown; General George A. Custer's Cook
Unsung Heroines Of History, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Thousands of books and articles have been written about the battles----both great and small----and the major personalities of the American Civil War. The vast majority of these books and articles have concentrated on the battles and personalities of the famous "household names"----the generals...
by James Longstreet
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
One of the most important, and controversial, Confederate generals during the Civil War was Lieutenant General James Longstreet, Robert E. Lees old warhorse. Longstreet was Lees principal subordinate for most of the war, ably managing a corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. Longstreet was instrumental...
Rebel Private, Front And Rear. Experiences Through The Civil War.
Civil War Texas Infantry, #2
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
"5th Texas Infantry: Rebel Private, Front And Rear Experiences in Company "F" in the Civil War" by William A. Fletcher a first hand account of the experiences of a Texas Civil War "grunt."
William A. Fletcher 1839-1915 was a citizen of Beaumont, Texas who enlisted...
Journal of the Civil War Era
Spring 2013 Issue
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The Journal of the Civil War Era
Volume 3, Number 1
March 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor's Note William Blair
Articles
Amber D. Moulton
Closing the "Floodgate of Impurity": Moral Reform, Antislavery, and Interracial Marriage in Antebellum
Massachusetts
Marc-William...
Civil War Mississippi
A Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2000
In the Civil War Mississippi experienced a protracted and devastating invasion, and Confederate and Union armies fought fiercely at Corinth, Holly Springs, Iuka, Port Gibson, Vicksburg, and many other sites throughout the state.
With both tourists and Civil War buffs in mind, archivist Michael...
by Barbara A. Gannon
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
This book provides readers with an overview of how Americans have commemorated and remembered the Civil War.
• Presents events related to the commemoration of public memory of the Civil War chronologically, from 1865 to the present
• Illustrated with photographs of monuments, individuals,...
Mosquito Soldiers
Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. And of the various maladies that plagued both armies, few were more pervasive than malaria -- a mosquito-borne illness that afflicted over 1.1...
by Michael Falco
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
A fresh and surprising look at the American Civil War through pinhole camera photographs of sesquicentennial battlefield reenactments
In 2011, Michael Falco set out to document the American Civil War's 150th anniversary by photographing reenactments of more than 20 major battles—from the...
Shades of Green
Irish Regiments, American Soldiers, and Local Communities in the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Drawing on records of about 5,500 soldiers and veterans, Shades of Green traces the organization of Irish regiments from the perspective of local communities in Connecticut, Illinois, and Wisconsin and the relationships between soldiers and the home front. Research on the impact of the Civil War on...
by Al Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2018
A descendant of a slave, Al Arnold, tells his journey of embracing his Confederate heritage. His ancestor, Turner Hall, Jr., a Black Confederate, served as a body servant for two Confederate soldiers and an orderly for General Robert E. Lee. Turner Hall, Jr. returned to Okolona, Mississippi after...
The Civil War Letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg
A Norwegian Regiment in the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
A collection of Civil War–era letters written by Hans Christian Heg, who grew up in southeastern Norway, migrated to Wisconsin, and traveled to the gold fields of California and the mining camps of the West, only to return to the Badger State to lead a regiment of Scandinavian immigrants—the Fifteenth...
The Rebel Shore
The Story of Union Sea Power in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
First published in 1957, this book details the important part that the sea power played in winning the Civil War.
“IN the past few decades there has been a resurgence of interest in the Civil War reflected in an avalanche of Civil War novels, biographies, and monographs. The writers responsible...
The Civil Rights Act and the Battle to End Workplace Discrimination
A 50 Year History
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
On the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, Raymond F. Gregory evaluates our progress towards the full implementation of one of the law’s key provisions: Title VII, which prohibits discrimination in the workplace. Gregory looks at key litigation as the law has come to include...