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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...
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 William L. Richter
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the history of the United States cannot be overstated. Many historians regard the Civil War as the defining event in American history. At stake was not only freedom for 3.5 million slaves but also survival of the relatively new American experiment...
by Admiral David Dixon Porter
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
The stern look on the cover of this book should not fool you. David Dixon Porter was one of the wittiest, most erudite men to have served in the American Civil War and once you've read his memoirs, you won't miss the twinkle in those eyes. What most Americans know about the Civil War centers around...
The National Tribune Civil War Index
A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans’ newspaper of the post-Civil War era. Launched in 1877 by a New York veteran to help his comrades and sway Congress to pass better pension laws, a short time later the National Tribune began publishing firsthand accounts penned by the veterans...
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...
by Joseph J. Millard
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
TRUE STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR collects true tales of the Civil War, meticulously researched by Civil War authority Joseph J. Millard. These classic works, all originally published in TRUE Magazine, are great reading for any Civil War buff! "The Spy Who Saved the Union" -- The tale of the amateur spy...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study examines the logistical system that supported the Federal Army of the Southwest in the American Civil War during the Pea Ridge Campaign of January-March, 1862, under the command...
Civil Resistance
Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
In the past quarter century the world has witnessed dramatic social and political transformations, due in part to an upsurge in civil resistance. There have been significant uprisings around the globe, including the toppling of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the Color Revolutions, the Arab Spring,...
Memoirs of Service Afloat During the Civil War (Illustrated Edition)
Civil War Memories Series
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known...
by Luca Stefano Cristini
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 23, 2015
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861-2011 150 YEARS and 150 PHOTOS, is a terrific collection of finest re-coloured and restored shots of the men and soldiers of the Great American War. The American Civil War that start the April 12, 1861, it was, with the Crimean Conflict (1854), the first war to be photographed...
by Indranil Goswami
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
This highly effective study guide offers 100% coverage of every subject on the FE Civil exam
This self-study resource contains all of the information you need to prepare for and pass the challenging FE Civil exam on the first try. The book features clear explanations of every topic on the exam...
Mechanics and Architectural Design
Proceedings of 2016 International Conference
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
The 2016 International Conference on Mechanics and Architectural Design (MAD2016) were held in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, 14 – 15 May 2016. The main objective of this conference is to provide a platform for researchers, academics and industrial professionals to present their research findings in the...