Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863
$44.99 Add to cartIn The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863, noted Civil War scholar Timothy B. Smith offers the first comprehensive account of the siege that … [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0700632255
- Language: English
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The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock
$29.95 Add to cartFirst published in 1974, The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock grew out of a magazine article coauthored by Jan Reid. His first book was a sensation in Texas. It portrayed an Austin-based live music exp… [more below]
- Author: Reid, Jan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0875657761
- Language: English
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The Union Assaults at Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17-22, 1863
$116.65 Read moreIt was the third week of May 1863, and after seven months and six attempts, Ulysses S. Grant was finally at the doorstep of Vicksburg. What followed was a series of attacks and maneuvers against the l… [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0700629068
- Language: English
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The Battle of Brandy Station: North America’s Largest Cavalry Battle
$33.99 Add to cartJust before dawn on June 9, 1863, Union soldiers materialized from a thick fog near the banks of Virginia’s Rappahannock River to ambush sleeping Confederates. The ensuing struggle, which lasted throu… [more below]
- Author: Wittenberg, Eric J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: March 22 2010
- ISBN10: 1540220605
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to Antietam: Experiencing the Battlefield Through Its History, Places, and People
$25.00 Add to cartThe Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, and still stands as the bloodiest single day in American military history. Additionally, in its aftermath, President Abraham Lincoln issued his… [more below]
- Author: Reardon, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 17 2016
- ISBN10: 1469630206
- Language: English
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The History of Florida
$29.95 Add to cartThis is the heralded “definitive history” of Florida. No other book so fully or accurately captures the highs and lows, the grandeur and the craziness, the horrors and the glories of the past 500 year… [more below]
- Author: Gannon, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 568
- Publish Date: August 21 2018
- ISBN10: 0813064015
- Language: English
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Six Armies in Tennessee: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns
$21.95 Add to cartWhen Vicksburg fell to Union forces under General Grant in July 1863, the balance turned against the Confederacy in the trans-Appalachian theater. The Federal success along the river opened the way fo… [more below]
- Series: Great Campaigns of the Civil War
- Author: Woodworth, Steven E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: August 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0803298137
- Language: English
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Mosby’s Rangers
$23.99 Add to cartA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
- Author: Wert, Jeffry D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 1991
- ISBN10: 0671747452
- Language: English
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Reconstruction: A Concise History
$20.99 Add to cartThe era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the b… [more below]
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0190865695
- Language: English
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
$15.99 Add to cart“This may be the most important story ever written by a slave woman, capturing as it does the gross indignities as well as the subtler social arrangements of the time.”-Kirkus Review
“Of female slave
- Series: Mint Editions (Black Narratives)
- Author: Jacobs, Harriet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1513221140
- Language: English
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
$14.95 Add to cartThis powerful and unflinching memoir by young mother and fugitive slave, Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813 -1897), remains among the few remaining slave narratives written by a woman.
- Author: Jacobs, Harriet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: June 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1722503025
- Language: English
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Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition
$19.95 Read moreKatherine Franke makes a powerful case for reparations for Black Americans by amplifying the stories of formerly enslaved people and calling for repair of the damage caused by the legacy of American s
- Author: Franke, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1642594709
- Language: English
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A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution
$26.95 Add to cart2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
In this timely and provocative book, Damon Root reveals how Frederick Douglass’s fight for an antislavery Constitution helped to shape the course of American hi- Author: Root, Damon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1640122354
- Language: English
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When the Southern Lights Went Dark: The Lighthouse Establishment During the Civil War
$24.95 Add to cartThe Confederacy extinguished the lights in all the lighthouses it controlled long before any shots were fired at Fort Sumter. When the Southern Lights Went Dark: The Lighthouse Establishment During th… [more below]
- Author: Clifford, Mary Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149304706X
- Language: English
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American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
$21.99 Add to cartTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPER
Join Chris Kyle on a fascinating journey to discover “how 10 firearms changed United States history” (New York Times Book Review)
Drawing on h
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Kyle, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 0062242725
- Language: English
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Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
$23.00 Read moreNow an Apple TV+ documentary, Lincoln’s Dilemma.
One of the Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book A Christian Science Monitor and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of- Author: Reynolds, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1088
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0143110764
- Language: English
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1,417 Days in Rebellion: A History of the 19th Georgia Regiment
$16.95 Add to cartThe Civil War is the greatest tragedy ever experienced by our nation. The repercussions of the war are still alive today, almost 160 years after the final shots were fired in April 1865. Many books ha
- Author: Payton, Allan C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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Cartoon History of the United States
$23.99 Add to cartWhat? You don’t know what a Burgess is? — You can’t outline the Monroe Doctrine? — Recall the 14th Amendment? — Explain the difference between a sputnik and a beatnik?
Then you need The Cartoon Hist… [more below]
- Series: Cartoon Guide
- Author: Gonick, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 14 1991
- ISBN10: 0062730983
- Language: English
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The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won
$24.99 Read moreHistory isn’t always written by the winners…
Twenty-first-century controversies over Confederate monuments attest to the enduring significance of our nineteenth-century Civil War. As Lincoln knew, t- Series: Civil War Collection
- Author: Bonekemper, Edward H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 168451360X
- Language: English
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Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life
$36.00 Add to cartBenjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administr… [more below]
- Series: Civil War America
- Author: Leonard, Elizabeth D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1469668041
- Language: English
