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  • A Dear-Bought Victory

    The Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston, 1775–1776

    Series series Emerging Revolutionary War Series
    “I wish we could sell them another hill at the same price we did Bunker Hill,” Nathanael Greene wrote to the governor of Rhode Island after the battle of June 17, 1775.Fought on Breed’s Hill outside Boston, Massachusetts, the Battle of Bunker Hill proved a pyrrhic victory for British forces. Confident in their ability to overwhelm the New England militia that opposed them, long lines of neatly ... Read more

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  • Fight Like the Devil

    The First Day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863

    Series series Emerging Civil War Series
    "Gives the reader an excellent readable narrative of the first day of battle . . . [and] an incredible driving tour which closes each chapter." —Matthew Bartlett, Gettysburg ChronicleDo not bring on a general engagement, Confederate General Robert E. Lee warned his commanders. The Army of Northern Virginia, slicing its way through south-central Pennsylvania, was too spread out, too vulnerable, for ... Read more

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  • Don't Give an Inch

    The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863—From Little Round Top to Cemetery Ridge

    Series series Emerging Civil War Series
    This vividly detailed Civil War history reveals many of the incredible true stories behind the legendary sites of the Gettysburg battlefield.Having unexpectedly been thrust into command of the Army of the Potomac only three days earlier, General George Gordon Meade was caught by a much harsher surprise when the Confederate Army of North Virginia launched a bold invasion northward. Outside the ... Read more

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  • Bloody Autumn

    The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864

    Series series Emerging Civil War Series
    An "essential addition to serious students' libraries" detailing the historic military offensive that helped sway the outcome of the American Civil War ( Civil War News).In the late summer of 1864, Union General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant set one absolutely unconditional goal: to sweep Virginia's Shenandoah Valley "clean and clear." His man for the job: Maj. Gen. "Little Phil" Sheridan—a ... Read more

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  • The Most Desperate Acts of Gallantry

    George A. Custer in the Civil War

    Series series Emerging Civil War Series
    "Presents Custer's Civil War accomplishments in clear and engaging prose, while its ample images and battle maps place unfamiliar readers in the action." — The Civil War MonitorThrough the passage of time, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's last fight, the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, has come to overshadow the rest of his military career, which had its brilliant beginning in the American ... Read more

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  • Out Flew the Sabres

    The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863

    Series series Emerging Civil War Series
    One day. Fourteen hours. Twelve thousand Union cavalrymen against 9,000 of their Confederate counterparts—with three thousand Union infantry thrown in for good measure. Amidst the thunder of hooves and the clashing of sabers, they slugged it out across the hills and dales of Culpepper County, Virginia.And it escalated into the largest cavalry battle ever fought on the North American continent ... Read more

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  • Turning Points of the American Civil War

    Series series Engaging the Civil War
    Contributors to this collection, public historians with experience at Civil War battle sites, examine key shifts in the Civil War and the context surrounding them to show that many chains of events caused the course of the war to change: the Federal defeats at First Bull Run and Ball’s Bluff, the wounding of Joseph Johnston at Seven Pines and the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, the ... Read more

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    A Walk at Gettysburg

    Series series Crown Journeys
    James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks us through the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans: the Battle of Gettysburg.The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective memory, as they served to change the course of the Civil War ... Read more

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  • Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields

    Discovering America's Hallowed Ground

    by Jeff Shaara ...
    TRAVEL THROUGH A PIVOTAL TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORYJeff Shaara, America’s premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of the ten Civil War battlefields every American should visit: Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg/Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, New Market, Chickamauga, the Wilderness/Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg/Appomattox. Shaara explores the history, the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Gettysburg: The Final Fury

    by Bruce Catton ...
    Series series Vintage Civil War Library
    An incisive look at the turning point of the Civil War, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863—from Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War.Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course of events at Gettysburg, clarifying its causes and bringing to life the most famous battle ever fought on American soil. ... Read more

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  • What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?

    Illustrated by John Mantha ...
    Series series What Was?
    "Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With black-and-illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning point in history is brought vividly to life. ... Read more

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  • A Season of Slaughter

    The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 8–21, 1864

    Series series Emerging Civil War Series
    A gripping narrative of one of the Civil War's most consequential engagements.In the spring of 1864, the newly installed Union commander Ulysses S. Grant did something none of his predecessors had done before: He threw his army against the wily, audacious Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia over and over again.At Spotsylvania Court House, the two armies shifted from stalemate in the ... Read more

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