Civil War Period (1850 1877) list 34

Civil War Alabama

by Christopher Lyle McIlwain
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016

Christopher McIlwain’s Civil War Alabama is a landmark book that sheds invigorating new light on the causes, the course, and the outcomes in Alabama of the nation’s greatest drama and trauma. Based on twenty years of exhaustive research that draws on a vast trove of primary sources such as letters,...

Echoes from the Boys of Company 'H'

The Seige of Charleston, the Assault on Fort Wagner,The Virginia Campaigns for Petersburg and Richmond, and Prison Life in Andersonville as Chronicled by Civil War Soldiers from the 100Th New York State Regiment, Company H

by Neal E. Wixson
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009

Echoes from the Boys of Company H focuses on a few Civil War soldiers from Company H, 100th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, who were prolific writers. It is based upon a treasure trove of hundreds of letters, journals, and diaries. These writings provide rare insight into life as a common soldier....

From Civility to Survival: Richmond Ladies During the Civil War

The Ladies Reveal Their Wartime Private Thoughts and Struggles in Compelling Diaries and Emotional Memories.

by Neal E. Wixson
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012

Motivated by their patriotism, the Richmond Ladies were willing to make the necessary sacrifices for the Southern cause. Many sent their husbands and sons to fight for the glory of the South. However, as the war progressed, their sacrifices became harder and harder to bear. They faced shortages of...

Partisan Life with Mosby's Rangers (Abridged, Annotated)

by Major John Scott
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016

John Singleton Mosby's Rangers bedeviled the Union army for four long years. The Rangers were what we would today call guerillas; units that could make fast raids and get away before the enemy could react. This highly-successful unit became legendary during the war and continues to be an object of...

Brass-Pounders: Young Telegraphers Of The Civil War

by Alvin F. Harlow
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015

War in any age has depended on the flow of information to and from the decision makers, information passed from the scouts, spies and horse bound messengers to the generals and statesmen in charge. Speed is always key, and in the day of the Civil War, the fastest transmission was by telegraph. As...

Military reminiscences of Gen. Wm. R. Boggs, C.S.A. [Illustrated Edition]

introduction and notes by William K. Boyd

by General William Robertson Boggs
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013

Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack – 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. General Boggs was a native of Georgia and after much service as an engineer in the pre-war army resigned his command when his home state succeeded...

CIVIL WAR STORIES

by Various
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2014

CIVIL WAR STORIES The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Rebel Spurs A Son of the Gods A Horseman in the Sky The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Lee in Virginia The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign War from the Inside

Thunder from a Clear Sky

Stovepipe Johnson's Confederate Raid on Newburgh, Indiana

by Raymond Mulesky
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2006

This isn't an ordinary Civil War tale. It is the all-true but little-known story of Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson-Kentucky legend, Texas hero, and Confederate cavalry officer-who boldly led the first Confederate raid across the Mason-Dixon Line to capture the thriving river-port community of...

The Civil War and Reconstruction in Indian Territory

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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015

In Indian Territory the Civil War is a story best told through shades of gray rather than black and white or heroes and villains. Since neutrality appeared virtually impossible, the vast majority of territory residents chose a side, doing so for myriad reasons and not necessarily out of affection...

Civil War Ghosts of Atlanta

by Jim Miles
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013

The author of the Civil War Explorer series unearths the ghostly legends and lore that haunt Georgia’s capital city since the War Between the States. The Atlanta metropolis is one of America’s most modern and progressive cities, it’s easy to forget that 150 years ago it was the scene...

Houses of Civil War America

The Homes of Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, and Others Who Shaped the Era

by Hugh Howard
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014

A revealing historical and photographic tour of the homes of influential Civil War figures, including Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, Stonewall Jackson, and others. Timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and a fitting sequel to Houses...

TIME-LIFE The Civil War in 500 Photographs

by TIME-LIFE Books
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015

The name TIME-LIFE has become synonymous with providing readers with a deeper understanding of subjects and world events that matter to us all. TIME-LIFE The Civil War in 500 Photographs is an indispensable guide to a nation-changing era and the military, social, economic, and political forces that...

Simply Murder

The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862

by Chris Mackowski, Kristopher White
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013

They melted like snow on the ground, one officer said—wave after wave of Federal soldiers charging uphill across an open muddy plain. Confederates, fortified behind a stone wall along a sunken road, poured a hail of lead into them as they charged . . . and faltered . . . and died. “I had never...

Civil War Blunders

Amusing Incidents From the War

by Clint Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013

There was little funny about a war in which 620,000 humans died. But it was finding humor amid devastation that kept Civil War soldiers marching toward the enemy. Union or Confederate, those in command proved adept at making mistakes. Many leaders were drunkards, couldn't speak English, didn't know...