Savas Beatie imprint: 172 books
The First Battle for Petersburg
The Attack and Defense of the Cockade City, June 9, 1864
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2015
The nearly ten-month struggle for Petersburg, Virginia, is well known to students of the Civil War. Surprisingly few readers, however, are aware that Petersburg’s citizens felt war’s hard hand nearly a week before the armies of Grant and Lee arrived on their doorstep in the middle of June 1864....
Calamity in Carolina
The Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, March 1865
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Robert E. Lee gave Joseph E. Johnston an impossible task.
Federal armies under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had rampaged through Georgia on their “March to the Sea” and now were cutting a swath of destruction as they marched north from Savannah through the Carolinas. Locked in a desperate...
A Single Blow
The Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Beginning of the American Revolution April 19, 1775
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
A concise history of the “shot heard round the world”—and the dramatic day that began America’s war for independence. Includes maps and photos.
When shots were fired at Lexington and Concord on a spring day in 1775, few, if any, fully grasped the impact they would ultimately have on...
To Hazard All
A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
“The present seems to be the most propitious time since the commencement of the war for the Confederate Army to enter Maryland,” wrote Robert E. Lee following his army’s stunning success at Second Manassas.
Confederate armies advanced across a thousand mile front in the summer of 1862....
General Grant and the Rewriting of History
How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
“[A] marvelously bold new book . . . Grant was The Man Who Saved the Union. Varney’s invaluable book helps us understand why we remember him that way” (Emerging Civil War).
In 1885, a former president of the United States published one of the most influential books ever written about...
Military Education Benefits for College
A Comprehensive Guide for Military Members, Veterans, and Their Dependents
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Every branch of the American military provides opportunities for educational benefits and ways to attend college at either no cost or at a cost far below published tuition rates. No military member, veteran, or dependent should have to go through school without knowing what their benefits are or how...
by W. Davis Waters, Joseph Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
“Ironclads are said to master the world, but torpedoes master the ironclads.” Gabriel J. Rains was a Confederate Brigadier General who was more than a military officer—he was a scientist. His Civil War appointment gave him an opportunity to develop explosives. He invented three mines: the “subterra...
by David Hirsch, Dan Van Haften
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the logical force of the Declaration facilitated the survival of a nation. The Ultimate Guide to the Declaration of Independence explains the document more thoroughly than any book previously published. With the aid of colorized step-by-step diagrams, the authors deconstruct...
Warriors Seven
Seven American Commanders, Seven Wars, and the Irony of Battle
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2006
Warriors Seven offers a fascinating collection of American commander “profiles” written in a lively and graphic style. The unique aspect of Dr. Sneiderman’s approach is that each essay sketches the ironic twists of fate that befell these men at or near the peak of their careers.
The subjects...
Victory or Death
The Battles of Trenton and Princeton, December 25, 1776 - January 3, 1777
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
December 1776: Just six months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, George Washington and the new American Army sit on the verge of utter destruction by the banks of the Delaware River. The despondent and demoralized group of men had endured repeated defeats and now were on the edge...
Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg
A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
150 years after the event, the grand near-suicidal attack against the Union position on Cemetery Ridge still emotionally resonates with Gettysburg enthusiasts like no other aspect of the battle. On the afternoon of July 3, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered more than 12,000 Southern infantry to...
Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard
Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the “Commanding Ground” Along the Emmitsburg Road
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2019
More books have been written about the battle of Gettysburg than any other engagement of the Civil War. The historiography of the battle’s second day is usually dominated by the Union’s successful defense of Little Round Top, but the day’s most influential action occurred nearly one mile west...
Building the Green Machine
Don Warren and Sixty Years with the World Champion Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Every summer, the spectacle of drum and bugle corps holds hundreds of thousands of fans in thrall. They pack stadiums from Chicago to Los Angeles, New York to Dallas, and Amsterdam to Tokyo to witness the pageantry and cutthroat competition of marching music at its highest level. Building the Green...
The Ultimate ROTC Guidebook
Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Excelling in Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Are you or is someone you know interested in Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps)? People join ROTC for many reasons. Some want a guaranteed job once school is finished. Others need help paying for college, want a challenge, or feel a special calling to be a leader in the most powerful military...