Civil War Period (1850 1877) category: 3786 books
by KidCaps
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
This bundle book is a compilation of three of KidCaps top selling history books; it is the first in a three-part volume.
The first volume presents the following wars in an easy to understand format that kids love:
*The American Revolution
*The Boston Tea Party
*The Civil War
by Michael Kreyling
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
In A Late Encounter with the Civil War, Michael Kreyling confronts the changing nature of our relationship to the anniversary of the war that nearly split the United States. When significant anniversaries arrive in the histories of groups such as families, businesses, or nations, their members set...
by Dave Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Pit your knowledge of the War Between the States against your friends' and family's claims to expertise with A Civil War Round Table Quiz Book. The book features 117 different quizzes, the subjects ranging from the infamous Dred Scott case to the final surrender at Appomattox Court House. Each quiz...
by R. Douglas Hurt
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
This book provides a perspective into the past that few students and historians of the Civil War have considered: agriculture during the Civil War as a key element of power.
• Provides a succinct survey of agriculture in the North and South directly relating to the Civil War that considers...
At Custer's Side
Civil War Writing on James Harvey King
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
During the Civil War, James Harvey Kidd fought along side the General George Armstrong Custer as a member of the 6th Michigan Cavalry, the Wolverines. A student at the University of Michigan at the outbreak of the ear, Kidd enlisted in 1862 and was elected captain, commanding a company of Wolverines....
Extreme Civil War
Guerrilla Warfare, Environment, and Race on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
During the American Civil War the western Trans-Mississippi frontier was host to harsh environmental conditions, irregular warfare, and intense racial tensions that created extraordinarily difficult conditions for both combatants and civilians. Matthew M. Stith's Extreme Civil War focuses on Kansas,...
Engineering Victory
How Technology Won the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Engineering Victory brings a fresh approach to the question of why the North prevailed in the Civil War. Historian Thomas F. Army, Jr., identifies strength in engineering—not superior military strategy or industrial advantage—as the critical determining factor in the war’s outcome.
Army...
A Rebel War Clerk's Diary
At the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2: August 1863-April 1865
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Amidst the vast literature of the Civil War, one of the most significant and enlightening documents remains largely unknown. A day-by-day, uninterrupted, four-year chronicle by a mature, keenly observant clerk in the War Department of the Confederacy, the wartime diary of John Beauchamp Jones was...
Troubled State
Civil War Journals of Franklin Archibald Dick
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
In his private journals, Franklin Archibald Dick, a St. Louis attorney, Union officer, and provost marshal, wrote of his concerns about keeping Missouri pro-Union during the turbulent Civil War years. His firsthand perspective of important historical events includes the early Camp Jackson incident when...
by Salmon P. Chase
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
The vivid, lucid and extremely illuminating diary of Salmon P. Chase remained scattered until 1954 when they were published under the editorship of eminent Civil War historian David H. Donald. Chase served as Secretary of the Treasury in President Lincoln’s cabinet from 1861 to 1864, during the...
by The Prince De Joinville, William Henry Hurlbert
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
William Henry Hurlbert (1827-1895) was an American journalist; born in Charleston, S. C. He returned to S. C. on the death of his father; came under the influence of his half-brother, Stephen who later moved to Illinois and became an ally of Lincoln. Conflicted, he wanted the Union preserved, but...
by Michael Weeks
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
The definitive guidebook for Civil War tourists, from the novice historian to the die-hard buff
For those who can’t resist trying to see it all, this indispensable book contains information on and reviews of almost 450 historical sites across the United States related to the Civil War, including...
The Aftermath of Battle
The Burial of the Civil War Dead
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
The clash of armies in the American Civil War left hundreds of thousands of men dead, wounded, or permanently damaged. Skirmishes and battles could result in casualty numbers as low as one or two and as high as tens of thousands. The carnage of the battlefield left a lasting impression on those who...
The Loyal, True, and Brave
America's Civil War Soldiers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Courage, perseverance, and dedication were hallmarks of the Civil War soldier. These qualities, along with their disarming humanness, have lent an enduring attraction to their story. In The Loyal, True, and Brave: America's Civil War Soldiers, readers will learn how the soldier's story has changed...