Civil category: 10105 books
by Edward L. Ayers
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
“An extremely good writer, [Ayers] is well worth reading . . . on the South and Southern history.”—Stephen Sears, Boston Globe
The Southern past has proven to be fertile ground for great works of history. Peculiarities of tragic proportions—a system of slavery flourishing in a land...
by Robert K. Krick
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2007
This work fills a tremendous gap in our available knowledge in a fundamental area of Civil War studies, that of basic quotidian information on the weather in the theater of operations in the vicinity of Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia. Krick adds to the daily records kept by amateur meteorologists...
by Dennis Adler
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Guns of the Civil War celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (1861–1865) with an elegant and richly detailed history of Colt, Henry, Manhattan, Remington, Sharps, Spencer, and S&W Firearms, and guns by many other rivals and contemporaries. This essential overview of the legendary...
Journal of the Civil War Era
Fall 2012 Issue
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
The Journal of the Civil War Era
Volume 2, Number 3
September 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Articles
Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture
Joan Waugh
"I Only Knew What Was in My Mind": Ulysses S. Grant and the Meaning of Appomattox
Patrick Kelly
The North...
by Amy Murrell Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
The Civil War has long been described as a war pitting "brother against brother." The divided family is an enduring metaphor for the divided nation, but it also accurately reflects the reality of America's bloodiest war. Connecting the metaphor to the real experiences of families whose households...
The Tangled Web of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Readings and Writings from a Novelist's Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
This unique collection of writings by the celebrated author David Madden provides a multitude of reflections on the Civil War and Reconstruction, from nonfiction to fiction. Included are Madden’s examination of key works by historians James McPherson and Fletcher Pratt, the story of the effort to...
Journal of the Civil War Era
Winter 2012 Issue
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
The Journal of the Civil War Era
Volume 2, Number 4
December 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Articles
Mark Fleszar
"My Laborers in Haiti are not Slaves": Proslavery Fictions and a Black Colonization Experiment on the Northern Coast, 1835-1846
Jarret Ruminski
"Tradyville":...
by Tyler G. Hicks
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2009
Instant Access to Civil Engineering Formulas
Fully updated and packed with more than 500 new formulas, this book offers a single compilation of all essential civil engineering formulas and equations in one easy-to-use reference. Practical, accurate data is presented in USCS and SI units for maximum...
When Freedom Would Triumph
The Civil Rights Struggle in Congress, 1954–1968
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
When Freedom Would Triumph recalls the most significant and inspiring legislative battle of the twentieth century -- the two decades of struggle in the halls of Congress that resulted in civil rights for the descendants of American slaves. Robert Mann's comprehensive analysis shows how political leaders...
Journal of the Civil War Era
Winter 2013 Issue -- PROCLAIMING EMANCIPATION AT 150: A SPECIAL ISSUE
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
The Journal of the Civil War Era
Volume 3, Number 4
December 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SPECIAL ISSUE: PROCLAIMING EMANCIPATION AT 150
Articles
Introduction
Martha S. Jones, Guest Editor
History and Commemoration: The Emancipation Proclamation at 150
James Oakes
Reluctant...
Behind Bayonets
The Civil War in Northern Ohio
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
A valuable addition to the literature on Ohio and the Civil War
Eminent Cleveland historian David Van Tassel had undertaken the challenge of writing an illustrated history of the Cleveland homefront during the Civil War. Unfortunately, he died in 2000 before completing his manuscript. Historian...
Union Heartland
The Midwestern Home Front during the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
The Civil War has historically been viewed somewhat simplistically as a battle between the North and the South. Southern historians have broadened this viewpoint by revealing the “many Souths” that made up the Confederacy, but the “North” has remained largely undifferentiated as a geopolitical...
The Story of Cole Younger (Civil War Classics)
From Decorated Soldier to Notorious Outlaw
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams.When the Great War ended, his violent life began. Cole Younger...
The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine
The Illustrated Note-Book of Henry O. Gusley
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
On September 28, 1863, the Galveston Tri-Weekly News caught its readers' attention with an item headlined "A Yankee Note-Book." It was the first installment of a diary confiscated from U.S. Marine Henry O. Gusley, who had been captured at the Battle of Sabine Pass. Gusley's diary proved so popular...