Civil War Period 1850 1877 category: 3786 books
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Civil War, 3rd Edition
An In-Depth Look at the Dramatic Course of This Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
A battle - ready guide to the deadliest war in American history.
Completely revised for the Sesquicentennial, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Civil War, Third Edition is a comprehensive overview of America's bloodiest war. From the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to Lee's surrender at...
This Great Struggle
America's Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
Referring to the war that was raging across parts of the American landscape, Abraham Lincoln told Congress in 1862, "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope on earth." Lincoln recognized what was at stake in the American Civil War: not only freedom for 3.5 million slaves...
American Civil War Guerrillas: Changing the Rules of Warfare
Changing the Rules of Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Focusing on a little-known yet critical aspect of the American Civil War, this must-read history illustrates how guerrilla warfare shaped the course of the war and, to a surprisingly large extent, determined its outcome.
• An epilogue that shares the recollections of Civil War guerrillas,...
The Fellers Called Him Bill (Book Iii)
The Final Desperate Fighting and the Aftermath of War
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
The Fellers Called Him Bill is a story of the American Civil War by P.J. Kearns. It is a thoroughly engaging account of the Great Rebellion following one young mans incredible journey through it. The generously illustrated narrative is presented as a three volume set
Book 1 - Secession and...
Gettysburg
Three Days That Saved the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Regarded as the turning point of the American Civil War, Gettysburg commemorates a three-day battle that took place in an unimportant” Pennsylvania town over one hundred and fifty years ago. From the first shots fired at 7:30 a.m. on July 1, 1863 in a field west of Gettysburg, along the Chambersburg...
Gateway to the Confederacy
New Perspectives on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, 1862-1863
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
A collection of ten new essays from some of our finest Civil War historians working today, Gateway to the Confederacy offers a reexamination of the campaigns fought to gain possession of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Each essay addresses how Americans have misconstrued the legacy of these struggles and...
Lincoln’s Darkest Year
The War in 1862
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2008
A portrait of a pivotal chapter in the Civil War, “featuring scheming politicians, bumbling generals, and an increasingly disheartened Northern public” (Brooks Simpson, author of Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822–1865).
In Mr. Lincoln Goes to War, award-winning historian William...
They Have Left Us Here to Die
The Civil War Prison Diary of Sgt. Lyle G. Adair, 111th U.S. Colored Infantry
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
The chronicle of a Union soldier’s seven months in captivity
Besides the risks of death or wounding in combat, the average Civil War soldier faced the constant threat of being captured by the enemy. It is estimated that one out of every seven soldiers was taken captive—more than 194,000...
Secret Lives of the Civil War
What Your Teachers Never Told You about the War Between the States
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Legendary Heroes of U.S. History—As You’ve Never Seen Them Before!
Secret Lives of the Civil War features irreverent and uncensored profiles of men and women from the Union and the Confederacy—complete with hundreds of little-known and downright bizarre facts. You’ll discover that:
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This Mighty Scourge
Perspectives on the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2009
The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom and the New York Times bestsellers Crossroads of Freedom and Tried by War, among many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays,...
With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other
The Problem of Military Thought in the Civil War North
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
When the Civil War began, Northern soldiers and civilians alike sought a framework to help make sense of the chaos that confronted them. Many turned first to the classic European military texts from the Napoleonic era, especially Antoine Henri Jomini's Summary of the Art of War. As Carol Reardon shows,...
by CDR Michelle J. Howard USN
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This study examines Union slave policy in the Civil War. Prior to the initiation of hostilities, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the conflict between the states was over the preservation of the Union, and not over slavery. The administration was concerned that a war policy centered on slavery...
Across the Bloody Chasm
The Culture of Commemoration among Civil War Veterans
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Long after the Civil War ended, one conflict raged on: the battle to define and shape the war's legacy. Across the Bloody Chasm deftly examines Civil War veterans' commemorative efforts and the concomitant -- and sometimes conflicting -- movement for reconciliation.
Though former soldiers from...
The Civil War
Voices of Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves...."-President Abraham Lincoln
The third title in Gordon Leidner's successful series, The Civil War: Quotes, Quips, And Speeches captures the essence of this bloody and inevitable conflict through the insights, inspirations,...