Civil War Period 1850 1877 category: 3786 books
Astride Two Worlds
Technology and the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
By the middle of the nineteenth century, industrialization and military-technological innovation were beginning to alter drastically the character and conditions of warfare as it had been conducted for centuries. Occurring in the midst of these far-reaching changes, the American Civil War can justly...
Warriors Seven
Seven American Commanders, Seven Wars, and the Irony of Battle
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2006
Warriors Seven offers a fascinating collection of American commander “profiles” written in a lively and graphic style. The unique aspect of Dr. Sneiderman’s approach is that each essay sketches the ironic twists of fate that befell these men at or near the peak of their careers.
The subjects...
by Don Troiani, Earl J. Coates
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
America’s most respected historical artist
In the world of historical painting, Don Troiani stands alone, universally acclaimed for the accuracy, drama, and sensitivity of his depictions of America’s past. His images, both stirring and informative, define the view Americans have of the...
Conspicuous Gallantry
The Civil War and Reconstruction Letters of James W. King, 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
A unique and fascinating collection of letters from a soldier, planter, and journalist
The Union states of what is now the Midwest have received far less attention from historians than those of the East, and much of Michigan’s Civil War story remains untold. The eloquent letters of James...
by Robert MacBride
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Civil War expert Robert MacBride charts the history of the ironclads of the Civil War, heavily illustrated with plans and diagrams.
The battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (nee Merrimack), at Hampton Roads was neither the beginning nor the end of the story of the ironclad warships...
by George Meade
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
When people think of Appomattox Court House, they think of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Few remember that the commander of the Army of the Potomac at the end of the Civil War was not Grant but George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 November 6, 1872), a career United States Army officer and...
by Peter O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
In American Sectionalism in the British Mind, 1832–1863, Peter O’Connor uses an innovative interdisciplinary approach to provide a corrective to simplified interpretations of British attitudes towards the United States during the antebellum and early Civil War periods. Exploring the many complexities...
Civil War Sites, 2nd
The Official Guide to the Civil War Discovery Trail
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
This easy-to-use guide, completely revised and updated in clear, concise prose, features more than hundreds of sites in 31 states--solemn battlefields, gracious mansions, state parks, cemeteries, memorials, museums, and more. Specific directions, hours, and contact information help to plan the trip;...
Rally 'Round the Flag
Chicago and the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006
In this landmark narrative history of Chicago during the Civil War, Theodore J. Karamanski examines the people and events that formed this critical period in the city's history. Using diaries, letters, and newspapers that survived the Great Fire of 1871, he shows how Chicagoans' opinions evolved from...
I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island
Life in a Civil War Prison
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2012
Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was not the largest Civil War prison in the North, but it was the only one to house Confederate officers almost exclusively. As a result, a distinctive prison culture developed, in part because of the educational background and access to money enjoyed by these...
Deserter Country
Civil War Opposition in the Pennsylvania Appalachians
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
A “balanced, compelling” study of one rural region in the North where war resistance flourished (Civil War Times).
During the Civil War, there were explosions of resistance to the war throughout the Union—from the deadly draft riots in New York City to other, less well-known outbreaks....
by Francis A. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer. During the Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from command of a brigade to command of the Army of the Potomac just days before the Battle of Gettysburg. Naturally, he is best...
by Stephen Crane
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
In his brief but productive lifetime, Stephen Crane (1871–1900) wrote vividly and sensitively about a variety of subjects. In his work he displayed a rare ability to combine astute characterization, colorful settings, and an ironic tone in memorable tales offering perceptive explorations of human...
by Abner Doubleday, Civil War Classics
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
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. Most know Abner Doubleday as the man who “invented” baseball....