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The American Civil War (2)
The war in the West 1861–July 1863
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
The American Civil War's vast Western Theater witnessed enormously important military campaigning during the period 1861 - 1863. This book, the third in a four-volume series, examines the geographical, logistical and strategic factors that shaped fighting in this theater, as well as assessing officers...
by William S. Connery
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Join William C. Connery as he recounts the notable events and battles that occurred in Northern Virginia in 1861 after the firing on Fort Sumter. Beginning in May 1861, both the Confederate and Union armies assembled in Northern Virginia as politicians were deciding how and where the Civil War would...
by E.B. Long
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
“In all the vast collection of books on the American Civil War there is no book like this one,” says Bruce Catton. Never before has such a stunning body of facts dealing with the war been gathered together in one place and presented in a coherent, useful, day-by-day narrative. And never before...
They Have Left Us Here to Die
The Civil War Prison Diary of Sgt. Lyle G. Adair, 111th U.S. Colored Infantry
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
The chronicle of a Union soldier’s seven months in captivity
Besides the risks of death or wounding in combat, the average Civil War soldier faced the constant threat of being captured by the enemy. It is estimated that one out of every seven soldiers was taken captive—more than 194,000...
Border Wars
The Civil War in Tennessee and Kentucky
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
North and South fight for control of a vital region
Kentucky and Tennessee share a unique and similar history, having joined the Union as the fifteenth and sixteenth states in 1792 and 1796, respectively. During the antebellum period, Kentuckians and Tennesseans enjoyed a common culture, pursued...
This Mighty Scourge
Perspectives on the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2009
The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom and the New York Times bestsellers Crossroads of Freedom and Tried by War, among many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays,...
Price's Lost Campaign
The 1864 Invasion of Missouri
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In the fall of 1864, during the last brutal months of the Civil War, the Confederates made one final, desperate attempt to rampage through the Shenandoah Valley, Tennessee, and Missouri. Price’s Raid was the common name for the Missouri campaign led by General Sterling Price. Involving...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 1993
After the Civil War, someone asked General Pickett why the Battle of Gettysburg had been lost: Was it Lee's error in taking the offensive, the tardiness of Ewell and Early, or Longstreet's hesitation in attacking? Pickett scratched his head and replied, "I've always thought the Yankees had something...
With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other
The Problem of Military Thought in the Civil War North
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
When the Civil War began, Northern soldiers and civilians alike sought a framework to help make sense of the chaos that confronted them. Many turned first to the classic European military texts from the Napoleonic era, especially Antoine Henri Jomini's Summary of the Art of War. As Carol Reardon shows,...
by CDR Michelle J. Howard USN
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This study examines Union slave policy in the Civil War. Prior to the initiation of hostilities, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the conflict between the states was over the preservation of the Union, and not over slavery. The administration was concerned that a war policy centered on slavery...
Black Soldiers in Blue
African American Troops in the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Inspired and informed by the latest research in African American, military, and social history, the fourteen original essays in this book tell the stories of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union cause.
An introductory essay surveys the history of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT)...
Struggle for a vast future
The American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Tearing apart a nation founded on ideals of liberty and union, the American Civil War saw some of the most bitter and bloody fighting that humankind has ever witnessed. The war changed America forever, shaping its future and determining its place in history. In this book 13 eminent historians discuss...
Across the Bloody Chasm
The Culture of Commemoration among Civil War Veterans
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Long after the Civil War ended, one conflict raged on: the battle to define and shape the war's legacy. Across the Bloody Chasm deftly examines Civil War veterans' commemorative efforts and the concomitant -- and sometimes conflicting -- movement for reconciliation.
Though former soldiers from...
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by Sam R. Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack – 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities.
“A classic account of Civil War combat. This is a justifiably famous account of the Civil War told by an ordinary soldier from within...