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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd at Fort Jefferson

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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was one of the eight persons convicted of conspiracy in the 1865 Lincoln assassination trial. The four who had participated in the actual assassination were executed by hanging. Dr. Mudd and the other three were found guilty of otherwise conspiring with the assassin John Wilkes Booth, and sent to the Fort Jefferson military prison, located on a remote island in the Gulf of ... Read more

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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was one of the eight persons convicted of conspiracy in the 1865 Lincoln assassination trial. The four who had participated in the actual assassination were executed by hanging. Dr. Mudd and the other three were found guilty of otherwise conspiring with the assassin John Wilkes Booth, and sent to the Fort Jefferson military prison, located on a remote island in the Gulf of
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The Assassin's Doctor

by Robert K. Summers ...

At 4 a.m. on April 15, 1865, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd opened the door of his Southern Maryland farmhouse to find John Wilkes Booth outside with a broken leg. He knew Booth, having met him a couple of times before, including once when Booth had stayed overnight at the Mudd farm.Only hours earlier, Booth had shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. Mudd treated Booth's injury, fashioned a splint ... Read more

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At 4 a.m. on April 15, 1865, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd opened the door of his Southern Maryland farmhouse to find John Wilkes Booth outside with a broken leg. He knew Booth, having met him a couple of times before, including once when Booth had stayed overnight at the Mudd farm.Only hours earlier, Booth had shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. Mudd treated Booth's injury, fashioned a splint
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Maryland's Black Civil War Soldiers: 19th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops

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Maryland's Black Civil War Soldiers tells the story of the men who served in Maryland's 19th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, through their military and pension records preserved at the U.S. National Archives.Most of the regiment's enlisted men had been enslaved. They came primarily from Southern Maryland and Maryland's Eastern Shore, where Army recruiting parties traveled through the countryside ... Read more

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Maryland's Black Civil War Soldiers tells the story of the men who served in Maryland's 19th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, through their military and pension records preserved at the U.S. National Archives.Most of the regiment's enlisted men had been enslaved. They came primarily from Southern Maryland and Maryland's Eastern Shore, where Army recruiting parties traveled through the countryside
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Gettysburg

The Last Invasion

by Allen C. Guelzo ...

Series series Vintage Civil War Library
**Winner of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military HistoryAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year**The Battle of Gettysburg has been written about at length and thoroughly dissected in terms of strategic importance, but never before has a book taken readers so close to the experience of the individual soldier.Two-time Lincoln Prize winner Allen C. ... Read more

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**Winner of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military HistoryAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year**The Battle of Gettysburg has been written about at length and thoroughly dissected in terms of strategic importance, but never before has a book taken readers so close to the experience of the individual soldier.Two-time Lincoln Prize winner Allen C.
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Landscape Turned Red

The Battle of Antietam

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"The best account of the Battle of Antietam" from t he award-winning, national bestselling author of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville ( The New York Times Book Review ).The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: in this single day, the war claimed nearly 23,000 casualties. In Landscape Turned Red,... ... Read more

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"The best account of the Battle of Antietam" from t he award-winning, national bestselling author of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville ( The New York Times Book Review ).The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: in this single day, the war claimed nearly 23,000 casualties. In Landscape Turned Red,...
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Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862

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"May well be the best, most perceptive and authoritative account of the Battle of Shiloh." — The Weekly StandardThe bloody and decisive two-day battle of Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862 changed the entire course of the American Civil War. The stunning Northern victory thrust Union commander Ulysses S. Grant into the national spotlight, claimed the life of Confederate commander Albert S. Johnston, and ... Read more

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"May well be the best, most perceptive and authoritative account of the Battle of Shiloh." — The Weekly StandardThe bloody and decisive two-day battle of Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862 changed the entire course of the American Civil War. The stunning Northern victory thrust Union commander Ulysses S. Grant into the national spotlight, claimed the life of Confederate commander Albert S. Johnston, and
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The A to Z of World War II

The War Against Japan

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Series series The A to Z Guide Series
World War II dominates world history today as it dominated world attention over 60 years ago. In spite of the alliances that bound many of the same participants, the war was essentially two separate but simultaneous conflicts: one involved Japan as the major antagonist and took place mostly in Asia and Pacific; and the other, initiated by Germany and Italy, was contested mainly in Europe, North ... Read more

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World War II dominates world history today as it dominated world attention over 60 years ago. In spite of the alliances that bound many of the same participants, the war was essentially two separate but simultaneous conflicts: one involved Japan as the major antagonist and took place mostly in Asia and Pacific; and the other, initiated by Germany and Italy, was contested mainly in Europe, North
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Brandywine

A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777

by Michael C. Harris ...

Winner of the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond Book Award—"An impressive interpretation of the battle" (Arthur S. Lefkowitz, author of Benedict Arnold's Army).Long overshadowed by the stunning American victory at Saratoga, the complex British campaign that defeated George Washington's colonial army and led to the capture of the capital city of Philadelphia was one of the most important ... Read more

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Winner of the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond Book Award—"An impressive interpretation of the battle" (Arthur S. Lefkowitz, author of Benedict Arnold's Army).Long overshadowed by the stunning American victory at Saratoga, the complex British campaign that defeated George Washington's colonial army and led to the capture of the capital city of Philadelphia was one of the most important
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To the Gates of Richmond

The Peninsula Campaign

by Stephen W. Sears ...

This account of McClellan's 1862 campaign is "a wonderful book" (Ken Burns) and "military history at its best" ( The New York Times Book Review).From "the finest and most provocative Civil War historian writing today," To the Gates of Richmond is the story of the one of the conflict's bloodiest campaigns ( Chicago Tribune). Of the 250,000 men who fought in it, only a fraction had ever been in ... Read more

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This account of McClellan's 1862 campaign is "a wonderful book" (Ken Burns) and "military history at its best" ( The New York Times Book Review).From "the finest and most provocative Civil War historian writing today," To the Gates of Richmond is the story of the one of the conflict's bloodiest campaigns ( Chicago Tribune). Of the 250,000 men who fought in it, only a fraction had ever been in
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Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine

The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign

by Thomas A. Desjardin ...

Fought amid rocks and trees, in thick blinding smoke, and under exceedingly stressful conditions, the battle for the southern slope of Little Round Top on July 2, 1863 stands among the most famous and crucial military actions in American history, one of the key engagements that led to the North's victory at Gettysburg. In this powerfully narrated history, Maine historian Tom Desjardin tells the ... Read more

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Fought amid rocks and trees, in thick blinding smoke, and under exceedingly stressful conditions, the battle for the southern slope of Little Round Top on July 2, 1863 stands among the most famous and crucial military actions in American history, one of the key engagements that led to the North's victory at Gettysburg. In this powerfully narrated history, Maine historian Tom Desjardin tells the
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Rashness of That Hour

Politics, Gettysburg, and the Downfall of Confederate Brigadier General Alfred Iverson

by Robert Wynstra ...

Winner, 2010, Dr. James I. Robertson Literary Prize for Confederate History AwardWinner, 2011, The Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award, Given by the Robert E. Lee Civil War Round Table of Central New JerseyWinner, 2011, Gettysburg Civil War Round Table Book AwardNo commander in the Army of Northern Virginia suffered more damage to his reputation at Gettysburg than did Brig. Gen. Alfred Holt ... Read more

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Winner, 2010, Dr. James I. Robertson Literary Prize for Confederate History AwardWinner, 2011, The Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award, Given by the Robert E. Lee Civil War Round Table of Central New JerseyWinner, 2011, Gettysburg Civil War Round Table Book AwardNo commander in the Army of Northern Virginia suffered more damage to his reputation at Gettysburg than did Brig. Gen. Alfred Holt
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Germantown

A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777

by Michael C. Harris ...

The award–winning author of Brandywine examines a pivotal but overlooked battle of the American Revolution's Philadelphia Campaign.Today, Germantown is a busy Philadelphia neighborhood. On October 4, 1777, it was a small village on the outskirts of the colonial capital—and the site of one of the American Revolution's largest battles. Now Michael C. Harris sheds new light on this important action ... Read more

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The award–winning author of Brandywine examines a pivotal but overlooked battle of the American Revolution's Philadelphia Campaign.Today, Germantown is a busy Philadelphia neighborhood. On October 4, 1777, it was a small village on the outskirts of the colonial capital—and the site of one of the American Revolution's largest battles. Now Michael C. Harris sheds new light on this important action
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