Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Small But Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville
$36.95 Add to cartNamed a Top Ten Book of 2023 by Civil War Books and Authors
June 1863. The American Civil War was two years old, and the U.S. Army in Virginia was in chaos. Reeling after the recent defeat at Chancel- Author: O’Neill, Robert F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1640125477
- Language: English
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Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies
$29.99 Read moreThe companion volume to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening in September 2021
With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Eric
- Author: Conwill, Kinshasha Holman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0063160641
- Language: English
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America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States
$36.40 Add to cart“The best one-volume history of the United States ever written” (Joseph J. Ellis), now updated to cover the Obama and Trump presidencies
In America, Empire of Liberty, prizewinning historian David Reyn… [more below]- Author: Reynolds, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 154167569X
- Language: English
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War as I Knew It
$19.99 Add to cartA classic of American military history first published in 1947, War as I Knew It is the captivating memoir of George S. Patton, Jr., the legendary general, incendiary warrior, and unparalled tactician
- Author: Patton, George S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 08 1995
- ISBN10: 0395735297
- Language: English
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Delivered Under Fire: Absalom Markland and Freedom’s Mail
$36.95 Add to cartDuring the Civil War his movements from battlefield to battlefield were followed in the North and in the South nearly as closely as those of generals, though he was not in the military. After the war,… [more below]
- Author: Hooper, Candice Shy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1640124489
- Language: English
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First to Fall: Elijah Lovejoy and the Fight for a Free Press in the Age of Slavery
$19.95 Read moreA vividly told tale of a forgotten American hero–an impassioned newsman who fought for the right to speak out against slavery.
The history of the fight for free press has never been more vital in ou- Author: Ellingwood, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364617
- Language: English
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Pale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at Gettysburg
$18.95 Add to cartThis stirring narrative reconstructs in amazing detail the story of a remarkable band of soldiers at this seminal Civil War battle.
- Author: Leehan, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 243
- Publish Date: July 19 2004
- ISBN10: 0873515110
- Language: English
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Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War
$40.99 Add to cartLoyal Americans marched off to war in 1861 not to conquer the South but to liberate it. So argues Elizabeth R. Varon in Armies of Deliverance, a sweeping narrative of the Civil War and a bold new inte… [more below]
- Author: Varon, Elizabeth R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 13 2019
- ISBN10: 019086060X
- Language: English
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The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters
$16.98 Add to cartMore than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had “uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the country, a
- Author: McPherson, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01, 2017
- ISBN10: 0190658533
- Language: English
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Juneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebration
$29.95 Add to cartJuneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery. Observances from coast to coast have turned this event into part of the national conversation about race, slavery, and how
- Author: Cotham, Edward, Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: June 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1649670079
- Language: English
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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
$4.99 Add to cartWhat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) is a speech by Frederick Douglass. Having escaped from slavery in the South at a young age, Frederick Douglass became a prominent orator and autobiograp
- Series: Mint Editions–Black Narratives
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 30
- Publish Date: April 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1513290975
- Language: English
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A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coast Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867
$64.95 Add to cartA Legacy in Brick and Stone by John Weaver II
The definitive history of the American Third System of Fortifications that defended our coastline for more than half of century, these architectural wonder
- Author: Weaver, John R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: July 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1732391610
- Language: English
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Shiloh: Conquer or Perish
$32.99 Add to cartRichard B. Harwell Award
Tennessee History Book Award Doughlas Southall Freeman Award A critical moment in the Civil War, the Battle of Shiloh has been the subject of many books. However, none has tol- Series: Modern War Studies (Paperback)
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 606
- Publish Date: October 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0700623477
- Language: English
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Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign
$20.99 Add to cartFought 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… [more below]
- Author: Desjardin, Thomas A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 29 2009
- ISBN10: 0195382315
- Language: English
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Rebel Richmond: Life and Death in the Confederate Capital
$37.50 Add to cartIn the spring of 1861, Richmond, Virginia, suddenly became the capital city, military headquarters, and industrial engine of a new nation fighting for its existence. A remarkable drama unfolded in the… [more below]
- Series: Civil War America
- Author: Ash, Stephen V.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1469650983
- Language: English
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General Stand Watie’s Confederate Indians
$21.95 Add to cartThis is the story of Stand Watie, the only Indian to attain the rank of general in the Confederate Army. An aristocratic, prosperous slaveholding planter and leader of the Cherokee mixed bloods, Watie… [more below]
- Author: Cunningham, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 29 2010
- ISBN10: 0806130350
- Language: English
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The Legacy of the Civil War
$14.95 Add to cartIn this elegant book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer explores the manifold ways in which the Civil War changed the United States forever. He confronts its costs, not only human (six hundred thousan… [more below]
- Author: Warren, Robert Penn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 109
- Publish Date: March 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0803298013
- Language: English
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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
$19.99 Add to cartIn a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest speech in the nation’s history.
The power of words has rarely been given a more- Series: Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library
- Author: Wills, Garry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0743299639
- Language: English
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Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862
$22.95 Add to cartThis collection of thirty-six narratives presents the Dakota Indians’ experiences during a conflict previously known chiefly from the viewpoints of non-Indians.
- Author: Anderson, Gary Clayton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 15 1988
- ISBN10: 0873512162
- Language: English
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The Battle of Franklin: When the Devil Had Full Possession of the Earth
$31.99 Add to cartIn late November 1864, the last Southern army east of the Mississippi that was still free to maneuver started out from northern Alabama on the Confederacy’s last offensive. John Bell Hood and his Army… [more below]
- Author: Knight, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: October 21 2009
- ISBN10: 1540220362
- Language: English
