Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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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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Brigades of Antietam: The Union and Confederate Brigades during the 1862 Maryland Campaign: The Union and Confederate Brigades
$34.95 Add to cartThe first in a series of books about the Battle and the Maryland Campaign.
While the 1862 Maryland Campaign has been extensively studied, a comprehensive treatment of the part played by each unit has b
- Author: Gottfried, Bradley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 492
- Publish Date: August 06 2021
- ISBN10: 9798218179335
- 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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Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1963
$25.00 Add to cartA matchless account of the Battle of Gettysburg, drawn from Shelby Foote’s landmark history of the Civil War
Shelby Foote’s monumental three-part chronicle, The Civil War: A Narrative, was hailed by- Series: Modern Library of the World’s Best Books
- Author: Foote, Shelby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 28 1994
- ISBN10: 0679601120
- 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
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With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln
$19.99 Add to cart“The standard one-volume biography of Lincoln.” —Washington Post
“Certainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written.” –David Herbert Donald, New York Times Book Review
The definitive life
- Author: Oates, Stephen B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0060924713
- Language: English
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Day by Day Through the Civil W
$37.00 Add to cartUntil now, a daily account (1,630 days) of Georgia’s social, political, economic, and military events during the Civil War did not exist. During the 160 years since the conflict’s termination, many fi… [more below]
- Author: Shaffer, Michael K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 088146824X
- Language: English
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Iron Maidens and the Devil’s Daughters: US Navy Gunboats versus Confederate Gunners and Cavalry on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, 1861-65
$24.95 Add to cartGunboats versus cavalry? Preposterous Not so fast. This unique form of Civil War combat is covered extensively for the first time in Iron Maidens and the Devil’s Daughters by Mark Zimmerman, author o
- Author: Zimmerman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: September 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0985869259
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad Records: Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
$18.00 Add to cartA riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: these are the true stories of the Underground Railroad.
- Author: Still, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1984855050
- Language: English
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Sophie’s War: The Journal of Anna Sophie Franziska Guenther
$19.95 Add to cartDear Reader, I am afraid for us. So begins Sophie’s journal on Christmas Eve, 1861. And no wonder. She lives in Comfort, Texas, during the Civil War, and her father makes no secret of being a Unionist… [more below]
- Author: Shefelman, Janice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1571688803
- Language: English
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Fortress Nashville: Pioneers, Engineers, Mechanics, Contrabands & U.S. Colored Troops
$29.95 Add to cartFortress Nashville: Pioneers, Engineers, Mechanics, Contrabands & U.S. Colored Troops tells the story of how the heavily fortified logistics and transportation hub became the key to victory in the Wes
- Author: Zimmerman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0578379368
- Language: English
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Sit-Ins, Drive-Ins and Uncle Sam
$20.99 Add to cartREV UP YOUR ENGINE, TURN UP YOUR AM RADIO, AND TAKE A SPIN INTO THE 1960s. CRUISE DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS, PARK ON THE LAST ROW OF DRIVE-IN THEATERS, AND ENJOY POP MUSIC ALONG THE WAY. GRAB A FRONT-ROW S
- Author: Slawter, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: January 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1639881859
- Language: English
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The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863
$99.98 Add to cartIn The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863, noted Civil War scholar Timothy B. Smith offers the first comprehensive account of the siege that … [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0700632255
- Language: English
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The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock
$29.95 Add to cartFirst published in 1974, The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock grew out of a magazine article coauthored by Jan Reid. His first book was a sensation in Texas. It portrayed an Austin-based live music exp… [more below]
- Author: Reid, Jan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0875657761
- Language: English
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The Union Assaults at Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17-22, 1863
$116.65 Add to cartIt was the third week of May 1863, and after seven months and six attempts, Ulysses S. Grant was finally at the doorstep of Vicksburg. What followed was a series of attacks and maneuvers against the l… [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0700629068
- Language: English
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The Battle of Brandy Station: North America’s Largest Cavalry Battle
$33.99 Add to cartJust before dawn on June 9, 1863, Union soldiers materialized from a thick fog near the banks of Virginia’s Rappahannock River to ambush sleeping Confederates. The ensuing struggle, which lasted throu… [more below]
- Author: Wittenberg, Eric J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: March 22 2010
- ISBN10: 1540220605
- Language: English
