United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864
$49.95 Add to cartWith his third book, To the North Anna River, Gordon Rhea resumes his spectacular narrative of the initial campaign between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in the spring of 1864. May 13 to 25, a p
- Series: Jules and Frances Landry Award
- Author: Rhea, Gordon C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0807125350
- Language: English
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On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864
$34.95 Add to cartWith On to Petersburg, Gordon C. Rhea completes his much-lauded history of the Overland Campaign, a series of Civil War battles fought between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in southeaste
- Author: Rhea, Gordon C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 468
- Publish Date: February 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0807177288
- Language: English
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Visual Antietam Vol. 1: Ezra Carman’s Antietam Through Maps and Pictures: Dawn to Dunker Church
$19.95 Add to cartModern students of the Battle of Antietam owe a large debt to Ezra A. Carman. Colonel of the 13th New Jersey Infantry and then brigade commander, he devoted much of his later life to preserving the hi
- Author: Carman, Ezra a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: December 01 2018
- ISBN10: 173259760X
- Language: English
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Discovering the Civil War in Florida: A Reader and Guide, Second Edition
$30.00 Add to cartA chronicle of Civil War activity in Florida, both land and sea maneuvers. For each engagement the author includes excerpts from official government reports by officers on both sides of the battle lin
- Author: Taylor, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 156164529X
- Language: English
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Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
$32.00 Read moreFrom the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes “a masterwork of history” (Lawrence Wright, author of God Save Texas), the spellbinding, … [more below]
- Author: Gwynne, S. C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1501116223
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
$26.00 Add to cartFamilies trapped in poverty and systemic injustices. Children denied civil rights because of race. A nation with immense potential for freedom spiraling into prejudice, violence, and hate.
The countr- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1637631707
- Language: English
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Commanding Lincoln’s Navy: Union Naval Leadership During the Civil War
$24.95 Add to cartThe Union Navy played a vital role in winning the Civil War by blockading Confederate ports, cooperating with the Union Army in amphibious assaults, and operating on the Mississippi River and its trib
- Author: Taaffe, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: October 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1682479277
- Language: English
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Rebel Gold: One Man’s Quest to Crack the Code Behind the Secret Treasure of the Confederacy
$19.99 Add to cartWhat if a secret society, founded during the Civil War, accumulated a fortune in gold coins in the hopes of someday funding a second war between the states? What if they buried their treasure in a vas… [more below]
- Author: Brewer, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 14 2010
- ISBN10: 0743219694
- Language: English
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Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation
$27.99 Add to cartFletcher Pratt Award
McLemore Prize In the spring of 1862, there was no more important place in the western Confederacy–perhaps in all the South–than the tiny town of Corinth, Mississippi. Major Gen- Series: Modern War Studies (Paperback)
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0700623450
- Language: English
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Robert E. Lee on Leadership: Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision
$19.99 Read more“A masterpiece–the best work of its kind I have ever read. Crocker’s Lee is a Lee for all leaders to study; and to work, quite deliberately, to emulate.” — Major General Josiah Bunting III, superint… [more below]
- Author: Crocker, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1684514916
- Language: English
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An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1
$17.98 Add to cart“I don’t know how long before i shall have to go into the field of battle. For my part i don’t care. I don’t feel afraid to go. I don’t believe there are any Rebel’s bullet made for me yet.”–Pvt. Lyo… [more below]
- Author: Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 29 1996
- ISBN10: 0195102436
- Language: English
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April 1865: The Month That Saved America
$19.99 Add to cartOne month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee’s harrowing retreat, and then, Appomattox. It saw Lincoln’s assassination just f
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Winik, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 15 2006
- ISBN10: 0060899689
- Language: English
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My Dearest Julia: The Wartime Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Wife
$19.95 Read moreThe Civil War’s greatest general as you’ve never seen him before: A revealing collection of letters written by Ulysses S. Grant to his wife, Julia, perfect for American history buffs.
Grant’s intima… [more below]- Author: Grant, Ulysses S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 183
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1598535897
- Language: English
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My Dear Amie: Letters Home from Capt. Samuel Camp Kelly
$24.95 Add to cartI would like to take a few minutes to introduce myself and how I acquired these letters. My name is Steve Lawler and I am an avid history buff, antique picker and have been researching Civil War for 3
- Author: Lawler, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: December 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1665307609
- Language: English
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Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Slavery
$21.95 Add to cartIn an Afterword added in 1989, the authors assess their findings in the light of recent scholarship and debate.
- Author: Fogel, Robert William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 27 2012
- ISBN10: 0393312186
- Language: English
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The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis
$29.95 Add to cartIn the seventy-three succinct essays gathered in The Enduring Civil War, celebrated historian Gary W. Gallagher highlights the complexity and richness of the war, from its origins to its memory, as t
- Author: Gallagher, Gary W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: February 02, 2022
- ISBN10: 080717727X
- Language: English
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The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers’ Struggle for Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle
$40.95 Add to cartThe struggle over the fortified Confederate position known as Spotsylvania’s Mule Shoe was without parallel during the Civil War. A Union assault that began at 4:30 A.M. on May 12, 1864, sparked bruta… [more below]
- Series: Civil War America
- Author: Wert, Jeffry D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1469668424
- Language: English
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Lincoln and the Power of the Press
$42.99 Add to cart“Lincoln believed that ‘with public sentiment nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.’ Harold Holzer makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Lincoln’s leadership by showing
- Author: Holzer, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: September 29, 2015
- ISBN10: 1439192723
- Language: English
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The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command
$35.00 Add to cartThe Battle of Gettysburg remains one of the most controversial military actions in America’s history, and one of the most studied.Professor Coddington’s is an analysis not only of the battle proper, b… [more below]
- Author: Coddington, Edwin B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: March 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0684845695
- Language: English
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To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign
$29.99 Add to cartTo the Gates of Richmond charts the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, General George McClellan’s grand scheme to march up the Virginia Peninsula and take the Confederate capital. For three months McClellan
- Author: Sears, Stephen W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 21 2011
- ISBN10: 0618127135
- Language: English
