Topical/Civil War
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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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Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
$18.99 Add to cartBeyond the River brings to brilliant life the dramatic story of the forgotten heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad.
From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you ca- Author: Hagedorn, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 06 2004
- ISBN10: 0684870665
- Language: English
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Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBeneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamen… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 05 2009
- ISBN10: 0195367804
- Language: English
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Upton and the Army
$24.95 Add to cartEmory Upton (1839-1881) was “the epitome of a professional soldier,” according to Stephen E. Ambrose. Indeed, his entire adult life was devoted to the single-minded pursuit of a military career. Upton
- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: August 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0807118508
- Language: English
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Brigades of Antietam: The Union and Confederate Brigades during the 1862 Maryland Campaign: The Union and Confederate Brigades
$44.95 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 492
- Publish Date: August 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0578964287
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to Gettysburg, Second Edition: Experiencing the Battlefield Through Its History, Places, and People
$27.00 Add to cartThis second, updated edition of the acclaimed A Field Guide to Gettysburg will lead visitors to every important site across the battlefield and also give them ways to envision the action and empathize… [more below]
- Author: Reardon, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: May 08 2017
- ISBN10: 1469633361
- 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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Union General: Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West
$34.95 Add to cart2023 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War History
Union General is the first biography of Samuel Ryan Curtis, the most important and most successful general on either side in the Civil War west of the M- Author: Shea, William L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1640125183
- 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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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant: Volume Two
$38.95 Add to cartThis digital reproduction of the C.L. Webster Shoulder Board Set, Volume 2 of 2. Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point reluctantly and graduated in the middle of his
- Author: Grant, Ulysses S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 654
- Publish Date: December 19 1998
- ISBN10: 158218190X
- 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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My Bondage and My Freedom
$11.95 Add to cart‘It was said to me, “Better have a little of the plantation manner of speech than not; ’tis not best that you seem too learned.”‘
Appearing in 1855, My Bondage and My Freedom is the second autobiograp- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198820712
- 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
$39.95 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 Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
$25.99 Add to cartAbsorbing . . . Riveting . . . A legal thriller.–Kevin Boyle, The New York Times Book Review
Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town like many where African Americans and whites mingle- Author: Lane, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0805089225
- Language: English
