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  • Faces of the Confederacy

    An Album of Southern Soldiers and Their Stories

    "Extensive research, fascinating characters . . . The author has done an admirable job of literally placing a face on the ordinary Confederate soldier." — The Journal of Southern History"The history of the Civil War is the stories of its soldiers," writes Ronald S. Coddington in the preface to Faces of the Confederacy. This book tells the stories of seventy-seven Southern soldiers—young farm boys, ... Read more

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  • 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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  • Inside War

    The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War

    During the Civil War, the state of Missouri witnessed the most widespread, prolonged, and destructive guerrilla fighting in American history. With its horrific combination of robbery, arson, torture, murder, and swift and bloody raids on farms and settlements, the conflict approached total war, engulfing the whole populace and challenging any notion of civility. Michael Fellman's Inside War ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Memoirs

    Before his spectacular career as General of the Union forces, William Tecumseh Sherman experienced decades of failure and depression. Drifting between the Old South and new West, Sherman witnessed firsthand many of the critical events of early nineteenth-century America: the Mexican War, the gold rush, the banking panics, and the battles with the Plains Indians. It wasn't until his victory at ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Inside War

    The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War

    During the Civil War, the state of Missouri witnessed the most widespread, prolonged, and destructive guerrilla fighting in American history. With its horrific combination of robbery, arson, torture, murder, and swift and bloody raids on farms and settlements, the conflict approached total war, engulfing the whole populace and challenging any notion of civility. Michael Fellman's Inside War ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Faces of the Confederacy

    An Album of Southern Soldiers and Their Stories

    “The history of the Civil War is the stories of its soldiers,” writes Ronald S. Coddington in the preface to Faces of the Confederacy. This book tells the stories of seventy-seven Southern soldiers—young farm boys, wealthy plantation owners, intellectual elites, uneducated poor—who posed for photographic portraits, cartes de visite, to leave with family, friends, and sweethearts before going off ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Views from the Dark Side of American History

    Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
    Throughout his long and influential career, Michael Fellman has explored the tragic side of American history. Best known for his path-breaking work on the American Civil War and for an interdisciplinary methodology that utilizes social psychology, cultural anthropology, and comparative history, he has delved into issues of domination, exploitation, political violence, racism, terrorism, and the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Citizen Sherman

    A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman

    Bright, compulsively articulate, famous, loved, hated, and deeply troubled, William T. Sherman was perhaps one of the most compelling personalities in American history. This groundbreaking, in-depth portrait of this significant Civil War figure reveals much about Sherman--and about the concept of manliness in his culture.NOTE: This edition does not include photographs. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Story of My Campaign

    The Civil War Memoir of Captain Francis T. Moore, Second Illinois Calvary

    In 1861, Francis Moore appeared to be a perfectly ordinary, twenty-three year old man: a carriage maker in the bustling Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois. And there he might well have lived out his life in unadventurous comfort. But then the Civil War burst out, and Moore, along with most of his friends, like young men North and South, rushed to enlist in the army. His cavalry regiment ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Lincoln's Generals

    Edited by Gabor S. Boritt ...
    From the moment the battle ended, Gettysburg was hailed as one of the greatest triumphs of the Union army. Celebrations erupted across the North as a grateful people cheered the victory. But Gabor Boritt turns our attention away from the rejoicing millions to the dark mood of the White House--where Lincoln cried in frustration as General Meade let the largest Confederate army escape safely into ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Weirding the War

    Stories from the Civil War's Ragged Edges

    Series Book 8 - UnCivil Wars
    “It is well that war is so terrible,” Robert E. Lee reportedly said, “or we would grow too fond of it.” The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war terrible again. Taking a “freakonomics” approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

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  • "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken"

    Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg, July 4–14, 1863

    This award-winning Civil War history examines Robert E. Lee's retreat from Gettysburg and the vital importance of Civil War military intelligence.While countless books have examined the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederate Army's retreat to the Potomac River remains largely untold. This comprehensive study tells the full story, including how Maj. Gen. George G. Meade organized and motivated his ... Read more

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