Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Civil War Curiosities: Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences
$14.99 Add to cartTrue stories of unusual happenings during the civil war.
In 1861, Wilmer McLean, distressed that a cannon ball crashed through his home during the battle of Bull Run, moved to a farm where “the sound
- Author: Garrison, Webb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 25 2000
- ISBN10: 155853315X
- Language: English
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Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln
$39.99 Add to cartWe know Lincoln as the eloquent, compassionate leader of a nation torn by civil war. But he had another, less visible side, equally central to his character and leadership: Lincoln was a master of par
- Author: Pinsker, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0393240789
- Language: English
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Lincoln: The Life and Legacy That Defined a Nation in 100 Objects
$50.00 Read moreA compelling, fresh perspective on the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, as revealed through the unrivaled collection of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
This meticulously resear- Author: Hunt, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0847874494
- Language: English
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Chancellorsville 1863: The Souls of the Brave
$25.00 Add to cartFor 130 years historians and military strategists have been obsessed by the battle of Chancellorsville. It began with an audaciously planned stroke by Union general Joe Hooker as he sent his army acro… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Civil War Library #0000
- Author: Furgurson, Ernest B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 28 1993
- ISBN10: 0679728317
- Language: English
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They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War
$19.99 Add to cartThey Should Have Been Hanged is a collection of essays presenting a stimulating revisionist view of the U.S. Civil War. Gary Brecher aka John Dolan rejects both the Lost Cause myth and insipid mainstr
- Author: Dolan, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 03 2025
- ISBN10: 9798989076000
- Language: English
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The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Oper
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America’s modern s
- Author: O’Donnell, Patrick K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0802165214
- Language: English
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Measuring the Man
$24.00 Add to cart- Author: White, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: August 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1681066076
- Language: English
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Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past
$30.00 Add to cartA bold manifesto arguing that there is a clear precedent for paying reparations to atone for America’s original sin of slavery, offering a compelling legal strategy to achieve this goal–from the accl… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Dorothy A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 0593593618
- Language: English
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The Civil War: A Visual History
$45.00 Read moreThe story of America’s bloodiest conflict is still as meaningful today as it was in 1865.
This comprehensive, visually arresting guide covers the history, causes, and consequences of the Civil War. It- Series: DK Definitive Visual Histories
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 0593963512
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s Road to War: A Day-By-Day Account of the First 60 Days of Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency
$29.95 Add to cartFollow Lincoln’s day-by-day path from peacemaker to war leader as the Union edges toward Civil War. The months after the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, between March 4 and May 3, 1861, mark one of t… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, David Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1493092022
- Language: English
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Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital
$24.00 Add to cartNelson Lankford draws upon Civil War-era diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports to vividly recapture the experiences of the men and women, both black and white, who witnessed the tumultuous … [more below]
- Author: Lankford, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0142003107
- Language: English
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The Memoirs of General William Tecumseh Sherman: The Complete Annotated Edition
$39.95 Add to cartA titan among Civil War military geniuses gives an unvarnished account of his career, presented for the first time in a definitive annotated edition, marking the 150th anniversary of the original publ
- Author: Sherman, William T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1152
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0674988353
- Language: English
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The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
$18.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book Selection
Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Winner of the Lionel Trilling Book Award A New York Times Critics’ Best Book “Ex- Author: Delbanco, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0735224137
- Language: English
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Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America
$49.95 Add to cartThe Civil War produced the largest cavalry force ever raised in American history. In Civil War Cavalry, Earl J. Hess examines that force comprehensively and from new perspectives, challenging standar… [more below]
- Author: Hess, Earl J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0807184446
- Language: English
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Defending Dixie’s Land: What Every American Should Know About The South and The Civil War
$39.95 Add to cartARE YOU INTERESTED IN KNOWING the actual history of your country, or are you content with the propagandized version the winners of wars conjure up to feed school children? When it comes to the story a
- Author: Bishop, Isaac C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: August 15 2025
- ISBN10: 196350643X
- Language: English
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The Road Was Full of Thorns: Running Toward Freedom in the American Civil War
$34.99 Add to cartA radical retelling of the drama of emancipation, from New York Times bestselling author and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
“Zoellner is a beautiful writer, a superb reporter, and a- Author: Zoellner, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893850086
- Language: English
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Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
$27.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – William Tecumseh Sherman was more than just one of our greatest generals. Fierce Patriot is a bold, revisionist portrait of how this iconic and enigmatic figure exerted an outsiz… [more below]
- Author: O’Connell, Robert L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 26 2015
- ISBN10: 0812982126
- Language: English
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Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the Speech That Changed the Nation
$39.00 Add to cartAn epic, revelatory account of the Battle of Gettysburg, where George Meade, Lincoln’s unexpected choice to lead the Union army, defeated Robert E. Lee and changed the course of the Civil War, from th… [more below]
- Author: McGrath, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0593184394
- Language: English
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A Promise Delivered: Ten American Heroes and the Battle to Rename Our Nation’s Military Bases
$29.00 Add to cartThe inspiring story behind the ten Americans newly chosen to represent United States military bases previously named for Confederate soldiers, told by two members of the Naming Commission that selecte
- Author: Seidule, Ty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1250330289
- Language: English
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The Rialto in Richmond Reconstructed: Confederates, Canada and Carpetbaggers
$19.95 Add to cartJoin revisionist author Joseph P. Farrell as he looks at the money war between the Union government and the Confederacy. A rialto is a market or place of exchange, and in The Rialto in Richmond Recons… [more below]
- Author: Farrell, Joseph P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: June 20 2025
- ISBN10: 194880378X
- Language: English
