Civil War Period (1850 1877) category: 3786 books
Confederates in the Attic
Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
**National Bestseller **
For all who remain intrigued by the legacy of the Civil War -- reenactors, battlefield visitors, Confederate descendants and other Southerners, history fans, students of current racial conflicts, and more -- this ten-state adventure is part travelogue, part social...
The Long Shadow of the Civil War
Southern Dissent and Its Legacies
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
In The Long Shadow of the Civil War, Victoria Bynum relates uncommon narratives about common Southern folks who fought not with the Confederacy, but against it. Focusing on regions in three Southern states--North Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas--Bynum introduces Unionist supporters, guerrilla soldiers,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
This is the third volume of the ground-breaking eyewitness narrative that has been called a "masterpiece."
Spanning the crucial months from January 1863 to March 1864, this third volume of The Library of America’s highly acclaimed four volume series presents an incomparable portrait...
Sons of the White Eagle in the American Civil War
Polish Officers on Both Sides of the War Between the States
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
This book describes nine transplanted Poles who participated in the Civil War. They span three generations and are connected by culture, nationality and adherence to their principles and ideals. The common thread that runs through their lives—the Polish White Eagle—is that they came from a country...
The Rivers Ran Backward
The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Most Americans imagine the Civil War in terms of clear and defined boundaries of freedom and slavery: a straightforward division between the slave states of Kentucky and Missouri and the free states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas. However, residents of these western border states, Abraham...
by Edward Alexander Moore, Civil War Classics
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams. “(I) now present this volume as the only published record of...
by William Tecumseh Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the most important and controversial generals in American history. Just about the only thing everyone would agree on is his effectiveness. While he's lauded as a Union war hero during the Civil War and a forerunner of modern warfare, the South despised him for his...
by William Tecumseh Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2016
William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the most important and controversial generals in American history. Just about the only thing everyone would agree on is his effectiveness. While he's lauded as a Union war hero during the Civil War and a forerunner of modern warfare, the South despised him for his...
by William Tecumseh Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the most important and controversial generals in American history. Just about the only thing everyone would agree on is his effectiveness. While he's lauded as a Union war hero during the Civil War and a forerunner of modern warfare, the South despised him for his...
Civil War, A to Z
The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
With hundreds of entries, as well as photographs, drawings, and a handy time line of events, Civil War, A to Z encompasses everything about this historic conflict . . . from Appomattox to Zouaves.
This encyclopedic illustrated reference features facts both familiar and engagingly new, organized...
Friendly Fire in the Civil War
More Than 100 True Stories of Comrade Killing Comrade
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 1999
More than 100 true stories of comrade killing comrade:
defective ammunition
accidental shootings
blinding smoke
deliberate fire upon comrade
mistaken uniforms
inexperienced troops
unknown passwords
On May 2, 1863, Stonewall Jackson was on the verge of the greatest victory of his career. Shortly...
by Randol B. Fletcher
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Many Oregonians think of the Civil War as a faraway event or something that happens when the Ducks and the Beavers tangle. Few know that the state raised two Union regiments or that more than ten thousand Union and Confederate veterans made their way to Oregon after the war. In fact, the Beaver State...
Civil War Stories
A 150th Anniversary Collection
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
This fascinating compendium examines the legacy of the War Between the States.
At the Washington Post, the Civil War has held an enduring fascination for both readers and writers. Raging from 1861 to 1865, the War Between the States has left a lasting imprint on the United States’s collective...
by Fred Dubose
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War approaches, the fascination with all things Civil War continues ever more strongly. With I Used to Know That: Civil War, snippets of history class will come rushing back as you recall that:
The mere election of Abraham Lincoln pushed seven Southern states...