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  • Tom Taylor's Civil War

    by Albert Castel ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    Our hurly-burly sagas of war often overlook the deep connections between warriors and the families they left behind. In Tom Taylor’s Civil War, eminent Civil War historian Albert Castel brings that familial connection back into sharp focus, reminding us again that soldiers in the field are much more than mere cogs in the machinery of war.A young Ohio lawyer, Thomas Taylor was a junior officer who ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Bloodiest Rebel

    by Albert Castel ...
    On the flaming Kansas-Missouri border, the name Quantrill struck terror in people's hearts. He was a cruel and ruthless guerrilla who burned, robbed, and killed without mercy, but legend made him a hero. Here, in this short-form book from award-winning historian Albert Castel, is the extraordinary and controversial story of William Clarke Quantrill. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sam Houston's Last Fight

    by Albert Castel ...
    At sixty-six, Sam Houston's bones ached from the wounds of two wars, but as Southern pressure for secession mounted, writes historian Albert Castel in this short-form book, "Old Sam Jacinto" battled to keep his beloved Texas in the Union. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West

    by Albert Castel ...
    Indeed, the story of General Price -- as this account by Albert Castle shows -- is the story, in large part, of the Confederacy's struggle in the West. The author draws a fascinating portrait of Price the man -- vain, courageous, addicted to secrecy -- and produces insightful interpretations and much pertinent information about the Civil War in the West. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Victors in Blue

    How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other, and Won the Civil War

    by Albert Castel, Brooks Simpson ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    Make no mistake, the Confederacy had the will and valor to fight. But the Union had the manpower, the money, the materiel, and, most important, the generals. Although the South had arguably the best commander in the Civil War in Robert E. Lee, the North’s full house beat their one-of-a-kind. Flawed individually, the Union’s top officers nevertheless proved collectively superior across a diverse ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Articles of War

    by Albert S. Castel ...
    Series series Stackpole Classics
    The American Civil War is filled with fascinating characters. This collection of biographical essays on the “winners and losers” of the Civil War covers some of the most intriguing: Ulysses S. Grant, George B. McClellan, Sam Houston, Albert Sidney Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and William Clarke Quantrill, to name just a few.In Articles of War you’ll discover:Some WinnersUlysses S. Grant, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Men of Fire

    Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil War

    by Jack Hurst ...
    Deep in the winter of 1862, on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee, two extraordinary military leaders faced each other in an epic clash that would transform them both and change the course of American history forever. Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant had no significant military successes to his credit. He was barely clinging to his position within the Union Army-he had been officially ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Civil War, A to Z

    The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict

    Edited by Clifford L. Linedecker ...
    With hundreds of entries, as well as photographs, drawings, and a handy time line of events, Civil War, A to Z encompasses everything about this historic conflict . . . from Appomattox to Zouaves.This encyclopedic illustrated reference features facts both familiar and engagingly new, organized in an easy-to-follow alphabetical format. Ranging from the basic to the bizarre, from secession to spies ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Terrible Swift Sword

    by Bruce Catton ...
    Series series Centennial History of the Civil War
    The second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war—an epic struggle for freedom.In Terrible Swift Sword, Bruce Catton tells the story of the Civil War as never before—of two turning points which changed the scope and meaning of the war. First, he describes how the war slowly but steadily ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Civil War 100

    The Stories Behind the Most Influential Battles, People and Events in the War Between the States

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    The Civil War was the defining event in American history.The Civil War 100 uses a truly novel approach to analyze the respective importance of the events, leaders and battles of America's most important war."Across this easily accessible reference, readers meet notonly such icons as Lincoln and Lee, but also chronic fumblerswhose tarnished reputations have most often sunk beneaththe notice of the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Never Call Retreat

    by Bruce Catton ...
    Series series Centennial History of the Civil War
    "A magnificent stylist . . . a first-rate historian. Familiarity with subject matter resulting from many years of study and narrative talents exceeding those of any other Civil War historian enable him to move along swiftly and smoothly and produce a story that is informative, dramatic, and absorbingly interesting." —Dr. Bell I. Wiley, after reading the manuscript of Never Call RetreatThe final ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters (LOA #50)

    by Ulysses S. Grant ...
    Series Book 1 - Library of America Civil War Memoirs Collection
    Twenty years after Appomattox, stricken by cancer and facing financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family’s future. in doing so, the Civil War’s greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. His character, intelligence, sense of purpose, and simple compassion are evident throughout this vivid and deeply moving account, which has been acclaimed ... Read more

    $17.99 USD