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  • A History of Ironclads

    The Power of Iron Over Wood

    by John V. Quarstein ...
    Series series Civil War Series
    One of history's greatest naval engagements, the Battle of Hampton Roads, occurred on March 8 and 9, 1862. On the first morning, the Confederate ironclad the CSS Virginia, formerly known as the Merrimack, sank two Union wooden warships, proving the power of the armored vessels over the traditional sailing ships. The next morning, the Virginia engaged the Union ironclad USS Monitor to a draw in a ... Read more

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  • The CSS Virginia

    Sink Before Surrender

    by John V Quarstein ...
    This history of the Confederate Navy's ironclad warship " will likely be the definitive single title on the CSS Virginia" ( Civil War News).When the CSS Virginia—formerly the USS Merrimack—slowly steamed down the Elizabeth River toward Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862, the tide of naval warfare turned from wooden sailing ships to armored, steam-powered vessels. Little did the ironclad's crew realize ... Read more

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  • Big Bethel

    The First Battle

    by John V. Quarstein ...
    Series series Civil War Series
    The battle at Virginia's Big Bethel Church, known as the Civil War's first land battle, was a baptism of fire for a nation newly torn apart by civil war. Northern and Southern soldiers alike could not imagine how fiery passions and technological advances would collide into America's bloodiest war, all beginning that hot, cloudless day at Bethel, as the shells burst among the smartly clad Zouaves. ... Read more

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  • The Monitor Boys

    The Crew of the Union's First Ironclad

    by John V Quarstein ...
    The stories of the officers and crew who served aboard the ironclad warship up until that fateful stormy New Year's Eve in 1862.The United States Navy's first ironclad warship rose to glory during the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, but there's much more to know about the USS Monitor. Historian John Quarstein has painstakingly compiled bits of historical data gathered through years of ... Read more

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  • Yorktown's Civil War Siege

    Drums Along the Warwick

    by John V. Quarstein, J. Michael Moore ...
    Series series Civil War Series
    On 4 April 1862, Major General George McClellan marched his 121,500-strong Army of the Potomac from Fort Monroe toward Richmond. Blocking his path were Major General John B. Magruder's Warwick-Yorktown Line fortifications and the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia. Despite outnumbering Magruder almost four to one, McClellan was tricked by Magruder's bluff of strength and halted his advance. ... Read more

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  • From Ironclads to Admiral

    John Lorimer Worden and Naval Leadership

    by John V. Quarstein, Robert L Worden ...
    Throughout his 52-year career, Rear Adm. John Lorimer Worden was always the right officer for the job. The epitome of an innovative commander who helped move the U.S. Navy out of the age of sail and into the era of ironclad technology, Worden’s contributions extended beyond the Battle of Hampton Roads and shaped the future of the Navy. He demonstrated exceptional leadership in both combat and ... Read more

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  • Vicksburg

    Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

    by Donald L. Miller ...
    **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

    Also available as: Audiobook

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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

  • Strangling the Confederacy

    Coastal Operations in the American Civil War

    by Kevin Dougherty ...
    A historian and Citadel tactical officer examines the Civil War's naval conflicts to shed new light on the Union's vital yet overlooked Anaconda campaign.A selection of the Military Book Club.While the Civil War is mainly remembered for epic land battles, the Union waged an equally important campaign at sea—dubbed "Anaconda"—to gradually deprive the South of industry, commerce, and resources. The ... Read more

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  • To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth

    The Epic Hunt for the South's Most Feared Ship—and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War

    by Phil Keith, Tom Clavin ...
    The enthralling story of the greatest Civil War battle at sea by the award-winning and bestselling historians Phil Keith and Tom Clavin.On June 19, 1864, just off the coast of France, one of the most dramatic naval battles in history took place. On a clear day with windswept skies, the dreaded Confederate raider Alabama faced the Union warship Kearsarge in an all-or-nothing fight to the finish, ... Read more

    Was $16.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • War on the Waters

    The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865

    by James M. McPherson ...
    Series series Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
    Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war’s naval campaigns and their military leaders.McPherson ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

    The Complete Annotated Edition

    by Ulysses S. Grant, Frank J. Williams ...
    “Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War.”—Ron Chernow, author of Grant“Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained nowhere else… Ulysses Grant in his Memoirs gives us a unique glimpse of someone who found that the habit of reflection could serve as a force multiplier for leadership.”—Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign ... Read more

    $16.59 USD