Civil category: 10105 books
by Joshua K. Callaway
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
From the Kentucky Campaign to Tullahoma, Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge, junior officer Joshua K. Callaway took part in some of the most critical campaigns of the Civil War. His twice-weekly letters home, written between April 1862 and November 1863, chronicle his gradual change from an ardent Confederate...
A Soldier's General
The Civil War Letters of Major General Lafayette McLaws
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2003
During his service in the Confederate army, Major General Lafayette McLaws (1821-1897) served under and alongside such famous officers as Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, James Longstreet, and John B. Hood. He played a significant role in some of the most crucial battles of the Civil War, including...
Yours in Filial Regard
The Civil War Letters of a Texas Family
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
In March of 1861 Texas seceded from the Union, and the Love brothers of Limestone County—Cyrus, Samuel, James, and John—enlisted to fight for the Confederate cause. For the next four years, the brothers travelled the war-torn South as cavalry in Terry's Texas Rangers, seeing action in some of the...
The Badax Tigers
From Shiloh to the Surrender with the 18th Wisconsin Volunteers
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2007
When the Badax County Tigers left the small town of Viroqua, Wisconsin, in the autumn of 1861, they had little notion of what military service would demand of them.
The Badax Tigers were as common a company in as common a regiment as may be found in the annals of the Civil War. They marched,...
by Terry Tuley
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The period from 1861–1865 proved to be one of the greatest periods of trial and suffering in our nation's history. A significant lapse of time had passed since America had engaged in the horrors of war. After the war of 1812, little memory remained of the fact that war could be “hell.” A veteran...
Apocalypse and the Millennium in the American Civil War Era
Radical Movements in the Southwest, 1895--1943
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
In the Civil War era, Americans nearly unanimously accepted that humans battled in a cosmic contest between good and evil and that God was directing history toward its end. The concept of God's Providence and of millennialism -- Christian anticipations of the end of the world -- dominated religious...
The Struggle for Black Freedom in Miami
Civil Rights and America's Tourist Paradise, 1896-1968
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Offering new insights into Florida's position within the cultural legacy of the South, The Struggle for Black Freedom in Miami explores the long fight for civil rights in one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. Chanelle N. Rose examines how the sustained tourism and rapid demographic...
Reconstructing Appalachia
The Civil War's Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and...
by John Acton
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The Civil War in America is a brief but classic overview of the civil war's place in history.
by Peterson's
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Master the Civil Service Exams offers complete test preparation for the written exam so you can pursue a government job. Math, verbal and clerical exercises, plus four full-length practice tests, build skills and confidence, while experts in the field provide an inside scoop on how to become a first-rate...
Confederate Cities
The Urban South during the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
When we talk about the Civil War, we often describe it in terms of battles that took place in small towns or in the countryside: Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, and, most tellingly, the Battle of the Wilderness. One reason this picture has persisted is that few urban historians have studied the war,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
At the close of the Civil War, it was clear that the military conflict that began in South Carolina and was fought largely east of the Mississippi River had changed the politics, policy, and daily life of the entire nation. In an expansive reimagining of post–Civil War America, the essays in this...
by Peter A. Claisse
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Civil Engineering Materials explains why construction materials behave the way they do. It covers the construction materials content for undergraduate courses in civil engineering and related subjects and serves as a valuable reference for professionals working in the construction industry. The book...
by David Johnston, Martin Pritchard, Christopher Gorse
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
This A to Z is the most up-to-date dictionary of building, surveying, and civil engineering terms and definitions available. Written by an experienced team of experts in the respective fields, it covers in over 7,500 entries the key areas of construction technology and practice, civil and construction...