Civil War Period (1850 1877) category: 3786 books
A Want of Vigilance
The Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9–19, 1863
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Part of the Emerging Civil War Series, this history covers a crucial clash between the Blue and the Gray that impacted future Union tactics and victories.
The months after the Battle of Gettysburg were anything but quiet—filled with skirmishes and cavalry clashes. Nonetheless, Union commander...
Brink of Destruction
A Quotable History of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
Brink of Destruction"": A Quotable History of the Civil War, edited by Randall Bedwell, is a no-holds-barred look at the American Civil War through 450 quotations by the people who fought in it. Period photographs aid in conveying the character of the war to present-day readers and capturing the moods and emotions of the times.
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A Punishment on the Nation
An Iowa Soldier Endures the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
The preoccupations and sentiments of a common soldier caught in the most traumatic conflict in American history
Private Silas W. Haven, a native New Englander transplanted to Iowa, enlisted in 1862 to fight in a war that he believed was God’s punishment for the sin of slavery. Only through...
by Spencer C. Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
While fighting on land continues to hold center stage, recently much more attention has been focused on the Civil War at sea. And for good reason. Naval operations decided the outcome of the war as the North exploited its significant naval and maritime advantage to turn the war on land in its favor....
Captives in Blue
The Civil War Prisons of the Confederacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Captives in Blue, a study of Union prisoners in Confederate prisons, is a companion to Roger Pickenpaugh’s earlier groundbreaking book Captives in Gray: The Civil War Prisons of the Union, rounding out his examination of Civil War prisoner of war facilities.
In June of 1861, only...
The Yellowhammer War
The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Published to mark the Civil War sesquicentennial, The Yellowhammer War collects new essays on Alabama’s role in, and experience of, the bloody national conflict and its aftermath.
During the first winter of the war, Confederate soldiers derided the men of an Alabama Confederate unit for their...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique book reproduces a number of important government reports and studies dealing with the incredible life of Harriet Tubman, whose life was dedicated to fighting for liberty. She will be honored as the portrait...
Gettysburg Religion
Refinement, Diversity, and Race in the Antebellum and Civil War Border North
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
In the borderland between freedom and slavery, Gettysburg remains among the most legendary Civil War landmarks. A century and a half after the great battle, Cemetery Hill, the Seminary and its ridge, and the Peach Orchard remain powerful memories for their embodiment of the small-town North and their...
The 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War
A History and Roster
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
The hard-fighting 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry was recruited from sparsely settled southwest Michigan shortly after the Civil War broke out. Mainly composed of young farmers and tradesmen, the regiment rapidly evolved into one of the Army of the Cumberland's elite combat units, tenaciously fighting...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
This unique historical compilation provides comprehensive information on the role of naval power in the American Civil War, including a full list of Confederate ships afloat, biographies of important figures, and stories about famous battles such as the Battle for Hampton Roads.
Contents: Chapter...
by Research Fellow - Emeritus John Hill
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
The American Civil War was a turning point in the history of warfare, as Napoleonic tactics met deadly new technology. Cannons and rifles had become more accurate at longer ranges, rapid-fire pistols gave cavalry a new weapon, and the telegraph and railroad completely altered both strategic and tactical...
Looming Civil War
How Nineteenth-Century Americans Imagined the Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
How did Americans imagine the Civil War before it happened? The most anticipated event of the nineteenth century appeared in novels, prophecies, dreams, diaries, speeches, and newspapers decades before the first shots at Fort Sumter. People forecasted a frontier filibuster, an economic clash between...
Bluecoats and Tar Heels
Soldiers and Civilians in Reconstruction North Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Though the Civil War ended in April 1865, the conflict between Unionists and Confederates continued. The bitterness and rancor resulting from the collapse of the Confederacy spurred an ongoing cycle of hostility and bloodshed that made the Reconstruction period a violent era of transition. The violence...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2019
Long known as a place of cross-border intrigue, the Rio Grande’s unique role in the history of the American Civil War has been largely forgotten or overlooked. Few know of the dramatic events that took place here or the complex history of ethnic tensions and international intrigue and the clash...