Civil War Period 1850 1877 category: 3786 books
The Seventh West Virginia Infantry
An Embattled Union Regiment from the Civil War's Most Divided State
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
Though calling itself “The Bloody Seventh” after only a few minor skirmishes, the Seventh West Virginia Infantry earned its nickname many times over during the course of the Civil War. Fighting in more battles and suffering more losses than any other West Virginia regiment, the unit was the most...
The Good Men Who Won the War
Army of the Cumberland Veterans and Emancipation Memory
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
Robert Hunt examines how Union veterans of the Army of the Cumberland employed the extinction of slavery in the trans-Appalachian South in their memory of the Civil War. Hunt argues that rather than ignoring or belittling emancipation, it became central to veterans’ retrospective understanding of...
Civil War Delaware
The First State Divided
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
In the years preceding the Civil War, Delaware was essentially divided--as a slave state, it had many ties to the South, but as the first state to ratify the federal Constitution, it was fiercely loyal to the Union. With the outbreak of war, the First State rallied to Lincoln's call and sent proportionally...
by Brent E. Kinser
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, a central question for British intellectuals was whether or not the American conflict was proof of the viability of democracy as a foundation for modern governance. The lessons of the American Civil War for Britain would remain a focal point in the debate...
Awaiting the Heavenly Country
The Civil War and America's Culture of Death
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"Americans came to fight the Civil War in the midst of a wider cultural world that sent them messages about death that made it easier to kill and to be killed. They understood that death awaited all who were born and prized the ability to face death with a spirit of calm resignation. They believed...
Civil War Congress and the Creation of Modern America
A Revolution on the Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2018
Most literature on the Civil War focuses on soldiers, battles, and politics. But for every soldier in the United States Army, there were nine civilians at home. The war affected those left on the home front in many ways. Westward expansion and land ownership increased. The draft disrupted families...
Themes of the American Civil War
The War Between the States
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Themes of the American Civil War offers a timely and useful guide to this vast topic for a new generation of students. The volume provides a broad-ranging assessment of the causes, complexities, and consequences of America’s most destructive conflict to date. The essays, written by top scholars...
Targeted Tracks
The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2019
The Civil War was the first conflict in which railroads played a major role. Although much has been written about their role in general, little has been written about specific lines. The Cumberland Valley Railroad, for example, played an important strategic role by connecting Hagerstown, Maryland...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this report by the U.S. Army examines the Petersburg and Appomattox campaigns of 1864 and 1865 in the American Civil War.By mid-June 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of all United States armies fighting...
Our Union Soldier’S Four Wars 1840-1863
The Story of Recovering One Family’S Lost Billy Yank
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
What began as an attempt to learn about the service of a family ancestor lost in the Civil War became an exciting journey following him through two decades and a half of some of the most critical years in Americas history. Irish Immigrant Peter Gregory Curry was one of the few soldiers who served...
by Edward Porter Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life. Just 25 years old when the war broke out, Porter Alexander had already served as an engineer and officer in the U.S. Army, but the native Georgian resigned his commission in May 1861 and joined the Confederacy...
by Edward Porter Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life. Just 25 years old when the war broke out, Porter Alexander had already served as an engineer and officer in the U.S. Army, but the native Georgian resigned his commission in May 1861 and joined the Confederacy...
by Edward Porter Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life. Just 25 years old when the war broke out, Porter Alexander had already served as an engineer and officer in the U.S. Army, but the native Georgian resigned his commission in May 1861 and joined the...
by John D. Imboden
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
John Daniel Imboden (February 16, 1823 August 15, 1895) earned renown for leading his Rangers during the Civil War as a Confederate cavalry general and partisan fighter. After the war he returned to practicing law, began writing, and also was active in developing natural resources. Despite having...