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    The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War, 1861–1865

    "Anyone who is interested in Civil War logistics, wartime railroads, and the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania needs to read this study." —Eric J. Wittenberg, award-winning historian and authorThe Civil War was the first conflict in which railroads played a major role. Although much has been written about their role in general, little has been written about specific lines. The Cumberland Valley ... Read more

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  • The Confederate Approach on Harrisburg

    The Gettysburg Campaign's Northernmost Reaches

    Series series Sesquicentennial Series
    The little-known story of how Southern forces came close to invading the capital of Pennsylvania—includes photos.In June 1863, Harrisburg braced for an invasion. The Confederate troops of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell steadily moved toward the Pennsylvania capital. Capturing Carlisle en route, Ewell sent forth a brigade of cavalry under Brigadier Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins. After occupying ... Read more

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  • Slavery & the Underground Railroad in South Central Pennsylvania

    This in-depth history examines how a stronghold of slavery in Pennsylvania became a central hub for the abolitionist cause.Much like the rest of the nation, South Central Pennsylvania has a fraught history of struggle over slavery. The institution lingered locally for more than fifty years, even as it went virtually extinct everywhere else within Pennsylvania. Gradually, abolitionist views ... Read more

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  • Harrisburg and the Civil War

    Defending the Keystone of the Union

    This Civil War history examines the vital role played by the Pennsylvania capital and the many ways the conflict left its mark on the city and its people.Answering President Lincoln's call for volunteers, men from across Pennsylvania swarmed Harrisburg to fight for the Union. The cityscape was transformed as soldiers camped on the lawn of the capitol, schools and churches were turned into ... Read more

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  • Vicksburg

    Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

    **Winner of the Civil War Round Table of New York’s Fletcher Pratt Literary Award, the Austin Civil War Round Table’s Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Book Prize, and the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award“A superb account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the longest and most decisive Civil War campaign—the Siege of Vicksburg in Vicksburg, Mississippi—which opened the Mississippi ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Curiosities of the Civil War

    Strange Stories, Infamous Characters & Bizarre Events

    by Webb Garrison ...
    Civil War buffs, be warned: Webb Garrison's Curiosities of the Civil War may catch you off guard.Packed with obscurities and bizarre anecdotes, it spills over with specifics you've likely never heard. Debated, reenacted, and analyzed, the Civil War has been the subject of countless books, films, and scholarly research—many of them quite repetitious. This nuanced perspective on the war provides a ... Read more

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  • A Buff Looks at the American Civil War

    A Look at the United States’ Greatest Conflict from the Point of View of a Civil War Buff

    by Shon Powers ...
    There have been thousands of books put out about the Civil War, but none by a Civil War Buff, so I wrote one. This book was a produce of five years' work and puts the war in a way that casual fans of the war will be surprised at what took place. This book is in three parts: Civil War Timeline: the events, battles, politics, and personal observations of those who were a part of the war. Things that ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Faces of the Civil War

    An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories

    Archival images and biographical sketches of Union soldiers tell the stories of their lives during and after the Civil War.Before leaving to fight in the Civil War, many Union and Confederate soldiers posed for a carte de visite, or visiting card, to give to their families, friends, or sweethearts. Invented in 1854 by a French photographer, the carte de visite was a small photographic print ... Read more

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  • The Amazing Civil War

    by Webb Garrison ...
    An illustrated compendium of obscure facts and little-known wonders from the Civil War Era, a perfect gift for history buffs and Civil war enthusiasts.With three million soldiers scattered along a 10,000-mile front and more than 1,000 engagements, the Civil War was one in which fascinating anecdotes, colorful stories, humorous tales, and unusual coincidences were frequent. Historian Webb Garrison ... Read more

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  • African American Faces of the Civil War

    An Album

    Discover the men of color who fought for their freedom during the Civil War through profiles illustrated with original wartime photographs.A renowned collector of Civil War photographs and a prodigious researcher, Ronald S. Coddington combines compelling archival images with biographical stories that reveal the human side of the war. This third volume in his series on Civil War soldiers contains ... Read more

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  • Tarnished Victory

    Finishing Lincoln's War

    A "full and insightful" account of the Civil War's final year from the award-winning author of Lee's Last Retreat ( Publishers Weekly).Beginning with the Virginia and Atlanta campaigns of May 1864 and closing with the final surrender of Confederate forces in June 1865, Tarnished Victory follows the course of the Civil War's final year. As the death toll rises with each bloody battle, the home ... Read more

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  • Triumph & Defeat

    The Vicksburg Campaign

    The study of the Civil War in the Western Theater is more popular now than ever before, and the center of that interest is the months-long Vicksburg Campaign, which is the subject of National Park Historian Terrence J. Winschel's new book Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign, Vol 2. Following up on the popular success of his earlier book of the same name, Winschel offers ten new chapters of ... Read more

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