American Civil War books

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The Iron Dice of Battle: Albert Sidney Johnston and the Civil War in the West

The Iron Dice of Battle: Albert Sidney Johnston and...

Author: Timothy B. Smith
ISBN: 9780807180488
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Killed in action at the bloody Battle of Shiloh, Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston stands as the highest-ranking...  Read More >>

Bayou Battles for Vicksburg: The Swamp and River Expeditions, January 1-April 30, 1863

Bayou Battles for Vicksburg: The Swamp and River Expeditions,...

Author: Timothy B. Smith
ISBN: 9780700635665
Format: Hardback
$131.87

In the latest volume in his five-volume history of the Vicksburg Campaign of the US Civil War, Timothy Smith offers...  Read More >>

On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua...

Author: Ronald C. White, Jr.
ISBN: 9780525510086
Format: Hardback
$74.99

"Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister...  Read More >>

The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow, as Revealed by Her Own Letters

The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow, as Revealed...

Author: Myra Helmer Pritchard ,  Jason Emerson
ISBN: 9780809339242
Format: Paperback
$44.00

Written in 1927 but barred from timely publication by the Lincoln family, The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Widow,...  Read More >>

With Hot Lead and Cold Steel: American Civil War Wargaming Rules

With Hot Lead and Cold Steel: American Civil War Wargaming...

Author: Arthur van der Ster ,  Mark Stacey (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781472860002
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A set of wargaming rules for fighting large battles set during the American Civil War.  Read More >>

Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind: James Montgomery and His War on Slavery

Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind: James Montgomery...

Author: Todd Mildfelt ,  David D. Schafer
ISBN: 9780806192901
Format: Hardback
$118.80

A controversial character largely known as a Union colonel who led Black soldiers in the Civil War, James Montgomery...  Read More >>

Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence

Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution...

Author: Stuart W. Sanders
ISBN: 9780813198460
Format: Paperback
$79.20

In deconstructing the event, Sanders details why these prominent Kentuckians found themselves on the dueling ground...  Read More >>

Stay and Fight it out: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield

Stay and Fight it out: The Second Day at Gettysburg,...

Author: Chris Mackowski ,  Kristopher White
ISBN: 9781611213317
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Recounts the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the Gettysburg battle’s...  Read More >>

Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence

Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution...

Author: Stuart W. Sanders
ISBN: 9780813198453
Format: Hardback
$158.40

In deconstructing the event, Sanders details why these prominent Kentuckians found themselves on the dueling ground...  Read More >>

The Presidency and the American State: Leadership and Decision Making in the Adams, Grant, and Taft Administrations

The Presidency and the American State: Leadership and...

Author: Stephen J. Rockwell
ISBN: 9780813950082
Format: Paperback
$91.08

Examining the presidencies of John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Howard Taft, Stephen Rockwell traces...  Read More >>

More Work Than Glory: Buffalo Soldiers in the United States Army, 1865-1916

More Work Than Glory: Buffalo Soldiers in the United...

Author: John P Langellier
ISBN: 9781804513347
Format: Paperback
$75.00

More Work Than Glory: The Buffalo Soldiers in the United States, 1866-1916 combines the best features of prior studies...  Read More >>

Custer, The Civil War Years, Volume 1: Cavalry Commander for the Union, 1857-65

Custer, The Civil War Years, Volume 1: Cavalry Commander...

Author: Frederick Whittaker ,  Whitelaw Reid
ISBN: 9781916535572
Format: Paperback
$46.54

The 'Boy General' for the Union who would charge at everything There can be little doubt that Custer's catastrophic...  Read More >>

The Presidency and the American State: Leadership and Decision Making in the Adams, Grant, and Taft Administrations

The Presidency and the American State: Leadership and...

Author: Stephen J. Rockwell
ISBN: 9780813950075
Format: Hardback
$303.60

Examining the presidencies of John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Howard Taft, Stephen Rockwell traces...  Read More >>

The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War

The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service...

Author: H G Myers ,  Dr Frank P Varney
ISBN: 9798212951999
Format: Audio
$110.85

The story of the true savior of Little Round Top at Gettysburg--a twenty-six-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer, who...  Read More >>

The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War

The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service...

Author: H G Myers ,  Dr Frank P Varney
ISBN: 9798212951982
Format: Audio
$97.65

The story of the true savior of Little Round Top at Gettysburg--a twenty-six-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer, who...  Read More >>

Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America...

Author: Steve Inskeep
ISBN: 9780593297865
Format: Hardback
$72.00

"A compelling and nuanced exploration of Abraham Lincoln's political acumen, illuminating a great politician's strategy...  Read More >>

Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves

Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of...

Author: Brian Matthew Jordan ,  Jonathan W. White
ISBN: 9780820364568
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death...  Read More >>

The Howling Storm: Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War

The Howling Storm: Weather, Climate, and the American...

Author: Kenneth W. Noe ,  T. Michael Parrish
ISBN: 9780807180419
Format: Paperback
$118.80

Traditional histories of the Civil War describe the conflict as a war between North and South. Kenneth Noe suggests...  Read More >>

Decisions of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign: The Sixteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Operation

Decisions of the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign: The...

Author: Robert Tanner
ISBN: 9781621907695
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The Shenandoah Valley Campaign, often referred to as Jackson’s Valley Campaign, saw Gen. Stonewall Jackson lead...  Read More >>

Loyalty on the Line: Civil War Maryland in American Memory

Loyalty on the Line: Civil War Maryland in American...

Author: David K. Graham
ISBN: 9780820364889
Format: Paperback
$92.27

During the American Civil War, Maryland did not join the Confederacy but nonetheless possessed divided loyalties...  Read More >>

From the Wilderness to Appomattox: The Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery in the Civil War

From the Wilderness to Appomattox: The Fifteenth New...

Author: Edward A. Altemos
ISBN: 9781606354643
Format: Paperback
$105.47

An in-depth look at of a vitally important but little-known heavy artillery regiment of the Civil War. Drawing on...  Read More >>

The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union

The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle...

Author: Frank J. Cirillo ,  Richard J. M. Blackett
ISBN: 9780807179154
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Drawing on a cast of famous and obscure figures from Frederick Douglass to Moncure Conway, Frank Cirillo’s The Abolitionist...  Read More >>

The Folly and the Madness: The Civil War Letters of Captain Orlando S. Palmer, Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry

The Folly and the Madness: The Civil War Letters of...

Author: Thomas W. Cutrer
ISBN: 9781621908418
Format: Paperback
$102.96

With a closeness perhaps unique to siblings orphaned young, Orlando and Artimisia ‘Missie’ Palmer exchanged intimate...  Read More >>

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