Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
$23.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Bestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring
A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011
A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011- Author: Horwitz, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0312429266
- Language: English
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A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded
$16.95 Read more“I highly recommend reading this supplement in conjunction with Ms. Stowe’s novel to gain a better understanding of the history of our nation.” — The Literary South
In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe publi- Author: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 16 2015
- ISBN10: 0486794822
- Language: English
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The Cassville Affairs: Johnston, Hood, and the Failed Confederate Strategy in the Atlanta Campaign, 19 May 1864
$39.00 Add to cartCivil War historians have remained baffled over the Cassville controversies for the past 150 plus years. There are two versions of events: Confederate commanding General Joseph E. Johnston’s story, an… [more below]
- Author: Jenkins Sr. Robert D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: February 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0881469319
- Language: English
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
$15.00 Add to cartThe unflinching nineteenth-century autobiography that broke the silence on the psychosexual exploitation of Black women–with an introduction by Tiya Miles, author of All That She Carried and National… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Torchbearers
- Author: Jacobs, Harriet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0593230361
- Language: English
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Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War & Reconstruction
$23.99 Add to cartThe Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destr… [more below]
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: May 18 2012
- ISBN10: 0199843287
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
$9.99 Read moreBorn on a Maryland plantation, Frederick Douglass–born Frederick Bailey–doesn’t know the year of his birth. Separated from his mother in infancy, he sees her only a few times, always at night, befo
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1435171934
- Language: English
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A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek
$24.00 Add to cartIn the early morning of November 29, 1864, with the fate of the Union still uncertain, part of the First Colorado and nearly all of the Third Colorado volunteer regiments, commanded by Colonel John Ch
- Author: Kelman, Ari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0674503783
- Language: English
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Five Tragic Hours: The Battle of Franklin
$24.95 Add to cartOn a November afternoon in 1864, the weary Gen. John Bell Hood surveyed the army waiting to attack the Federals at Franklin, Tennessee. He gave the signal almost at dusk, and the Confederates rushed f… [more below]
- Author: McDonough, James Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 30 1984
- ISBN10: 0870493973
- Language: English
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Lincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us about Our Greatest President
$18.00 Read more“An intimate character portrait and fascinating inquiry into the basis of Lincoln’s energetic, curious mind.”–The Wall Street Journal
WINNER OF THE BARONDESS/LINCOLN AWARD – From the New York Times b- Author: White, Ronald C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1984855115
- Language: English
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Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant
$32.95 Read moreProceeds from this volume will go to support the Ulysses S. Grant Association and the Grant Monument Association.
Ulysses S. Grant stood at the center of the American Civil War maelstrom. The Ohio nati… [more below]
- Author: Mackowski, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216141
- Language: English
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The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac: Volume 2 – From the Gettysburg Retreat Through the Shenan
$34.95 Read more“Al Ovies combines an impressive array of source material and intricate analysis to craft a historical gem. This is a must-read for anyone interested in Civil War cavalry and later war actions in the … [more below]
- Author: Ovies, Adolfo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216176
- Language: English
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Camp William Penn: 1863-1865: 1863-1865
$29.99 Read moreLocated in Chelten Hills just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camp William Penn was the largest and first Civil War facility to exclusively train Northern-based federal black soldiers during th… [more below]
- Author: Scott, Donald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0764342533
- Language: English
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The US Marine Corps 1775-1859: Continental and United States Marines
$21.00 Read moreFeaturing specially commissioned artwork and archive illustrations, this engrossing study describes the US Marine Corps’ early operations and illustrates its evolving uniforms and personal equipment.
- Series: Elite #251
- Author: Field, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1472851544
- Language: English
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The Suppressed History of American Banking: How Big Banks Fought Jackson, Killed Lincoln, and Caused the Civil War
$16.00 Add to cartReveals how the Rothschild Banking Dynasty fomented war and assassination attempts on 4 presidents in order to create the Federal Reserve Bank
– Explains how the Rothschild family began the War of 181- Author: Haze, Xaviant
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 17 2016
- ISBN10: 1591432332
- Language: English
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Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood
$19.00 Read moreA Christian Science Monitor best book of 2020
“Relentlessly accessible. . . . This is that rare history that tells what influential thinkers failed to think, what famous writers left unwritten.”
–Jill- Author: Woodard, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 0525560173
- Language: English
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Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park Idea
$28.00 Read moreHow the work and writings of Frederick Law Olmsted, the founder of American landscape architecture, inspired the creation of parks to benefit the public. During the turbulent decade the United States … [more below]
- Author: Diamant, Rolf
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1952620341
- Language: English
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Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign
$32.95 Read moreCavalry operations during the Gettysburg campaign have been well covered, but never like this. Most cavalry treatments of the campaign and battle have focused on strategy, operations, and tactics and
- Author: Murphy, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0811772713
- Language: English
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Atlas of the Civil War: A Complete Guide to the Tactics and Terrain of Battle
$49.99 Read moreIn this one-of-a-kind atlas, scores of archival maps and dozens of newly created maps trace the battles, political turmoil, and great themes of America’s most violent and pivotal clash of arms. From t… [more below]
- Author: Hyslop, Stephen G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 20 2009
- ISBN10: 1426203470
- Language: English
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Cape Cod and the Civil War: The Raised Right Arm
$21.99 Read moreFar from the glistening waters and gray-shingled villages of Cape Cod were the bloody front lines of the American Civil War. During this era, Cape Cod recruiting officers often urged soldiers to “rais… [more below]
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Miller, Stauffer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 26 2010
- ISBN10: 1596299843
- Language: English
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Decisions at Shiloh: The Twenty-Two Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle
$24.95 Add to cartThe Battle of Shiloh took place April 6-7, 1862, between the Union Army of the Tennessee under General Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate Army of Mississippi under General Albert Sidney Johnston. Jo
- Series: Command Decisions in America’s Civil War
- Author: Powell, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: March 10 2023
- ISBN10: 162190752X
- Language: English
