American Civil War books

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September Blood: The Battle of Carnifex Ferry

September Blood: The Battle of Carnifex Ferry

Author: Terry Lowry
ISBN: 9781891852787
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This is the definitive work on a battle where both sides claimed victory, but in reality neither side won. It is...  Read More >>

Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell: The Battle of Seccessionville, June 16, 1862

Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell: The...

Author: James A Morgan
ISBN: 9781611216011
Format: Paperback
$37.99

Historian Jim Morgan examines the lead up to the James Island campaign as well as the skirmish itself on June 16,...  Read More >>

Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings (LOA #358)

Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings (LOA #358)

Author: Frederick Douglass ,  David W. Blight
ISBN: 9781598537222
Format: Hardback
$79.99

Library of America presents the biggest, most comprehensive trade edition of Frederick Douglass's writings ever...  Read More >>

The Last Fire-Eater: Roger A. Pryor and the Search for a Southern Identity

The Last Fire-Eater: Roger A. Pryor and the Search for...

Author: William Link
ISBN: 9780807178218
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Renowned historian of the American South William A. Link examines the life of Roger A. Pryor, a Virginia secessionist,...  Read More >>

The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America

The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding...

Author: Noah Feldman
ISBN: 9781250858788
Format: Paperback
$52.80

"""An innovative account of Abraham Lincoln, constitutional thinker and doer""--"  Read More >>

A Boy's Experience In The Civil War, 1860-1865

A Boy's Experience In The Civil War, 1860-1865

Author: Thomas Hughes
ISBN: 9789356144927
Format: Paperback
$15.53

NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS A Boy's Experience In The Civil...  Read More >>

I Knowed not i'sa free: African American live slave recordings before emancipation through death.

I Knowed not i'sa free: African American live slave...

Author: Gregory G Newson
ISBN: 9798218027896
Format: Hardback
$90.56

I knowed not I'sa free Subtitle African-American Slave Recordings Before Emancipation Through Death from narratives...  Read More >>

When Emancipation Came: The End of Enslavement on a Southern Plantation and a Russian Estate

When Emancipation Came: The End of Enslavement on a...

Author: Sally Stocksdale
ISBN: 9781476681986
Format: Paperback
$89.10

Linked by declarations of emancipation within the same five-year period, two countries shared human rights issues...  Read More >>

Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad

Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the...

Author: Andrew K. Diemer
ISBN: 9780593534380
Format: Hardback
$79.20

"""The ... story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section...  Read More >>

Alemeth: The Real People and Events: Including the Civil War Letters of John Alemeth Byers

Alemeth: The Real People and Events: Including the Civil...

Author: Joseph W Carvin
ISBN: 9798986186801
Format: Hardback
$77.50

The 2017 historical novel Alemeth won critical praise for its lifelike rendering of the American South in the Civil...  Read More >>

At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War

At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity...

Author: Megan L. Bever
ISBN: 9781469669533
Format: Hardback
$159.50

Using an array of sources - temperance periodicals, soldiers’ accounts, legislative proceedings, and military records...  Read More >>

African Americans and the Mississippi River: Race, History, and the Environment

African Americans and the Mississippi River: Race, History,...

Author: Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted (Eastern Washington University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138671324
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book follows the historical trajectory of African Americans and their relationship with the Mississippi River...  Read More >>

Kentucky and the Secession Crisis: A Documentary History

Kentucky and the Secession Crisis: A Documentary History...

Author: Dwight Pitcaithley
ISBN: 9781621907237
Format: Hardback
$126.72

As the election of 1860 loomed, the United States suffered tumultuous division over the political fate of slavery...  Read More >>

Confederate Outlaw: Champ Ferguson and the Civil War in Appalachia

Confederate Outlaw: Champ Ferguson and the Civil War...

Author: Brian D. McKnight
ISBN: 9780807178201
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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Confederate Exceptionalism: Civil War Myth and Memory in the Twenty-First Century

Confederate Exceptionalism: Civil War Myth and Memory...

Author: Nicole Maurantonio
ISBN: 9780700634224
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Linking the different modes of commemoration, this work bridges the distance that believers in Confederate exceptionalism...  Read More >>

Thunder in the Harbor: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the American Civil War

Thunder in the Harbor: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and...

Author: Chris Mackowski ,  Richard Hatcher
ISBN: 9781611211856
Format: Paperback
$32.99

At 4:30 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries opened fire. Thirty-four hours later, with their supplies...  Read More >>

Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America

Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America...

Author: William C Davis ,  Michael Beck
ISBN: 9798200949908
Format: Audio
$176.75

William C. Davis, one of America's best Civil War historians, here offers a definitive portrait of the Confederacy...  Read More >>

Soldiers from Experience: The Forging of Sherman's Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862–1863

Soldiers from Experience: The Forging of Sherman's Fifteenth...

Author: Eric Michael Burke
ISBN: 9780807178096
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Examines the tactical behaviour and operational performance of Sherman’s Fifteenth US Army Corps during its first...  Read More >>

The Confederacy’s Most Modern General: James Longstreet and the American Civil War

The Confederacy’s Most Modern General: James Longstreet...

Author: Harold M Knudsen
ISBN: 9781611214758
Format: Hardback
$86.99

This books draws heavily on 20th Century Army doctrine, field training, staff planning, command, and combat experience,...  Read More >>

Unceasing Fury: Texans at the Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863

Unceasing Fury: Texans at the Battle of Chickamauga,...

Author: Scott L Mingus ,  Joseph L Owen
ISBN: 9781611215557
Format: Hardback
$85.00

The authors’ meticulous work provides the first full exploration of the critical role Texas enlisted men and officers...  Read More >>

We Are Striking for Pennsylvania: The Army of Northern Virginia’s and Army of the Potomac’s March to Gettysburg Volume 1: June 3-22, 1863

We Are Striking for Pennsylvania: The Army of Northern...

Author: Eric J Wittenberg ,  Scott L Mingus
ISBN: 9781611215847
Format: Hardback
$90.00

This compelling study is one of the first to integrate the military, media, political, social, economic, and civilian...  Read More >>

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