This is the first full-length biography of the Civil War general who saved the Union army from catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga, and went on to play major roles in the Chattanooga and Mobile campaigns. Immediately after the war, as c…
Where to find every monument and tablet on the Gettysburg Battlefield--over 800 in all--organized by state, military unit, person, or armyPhotos and descriptions of each monument, with information on who is being honored and what they did during the…
"Clear out the Shenandoah Valley "clean and clear," Union General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant ordered, in the late summer of 1864.His man for the job: Major General"Little Phil" Sheridan, the bandy-legged Irishman who'd proven himself just the kind of…
"West Virginia was the child of the storm," concluded early Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran, Maj. Theodore F. Lang. The northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's 35th state. In Sece…
This is volume thirteen of the sixteen-volume series about the Army and the Navy in the Civil War.
The only Confederate ship to circumnavigate the globe. The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah was the last of a group of commerce raiders deployed to prey on Union merchant ships. Ordered to the Pacific Ocean to ""greatly damage and disperse"" the Yanke…
Previous works on Confederate brigadier general Harry T. Hays's First Louisiana Brigade -- better known as the ""Louisiana Tigers"" -- have tended to focus on just one day of the Tigers' service -- their role in attacking East Cemetery Hill at Getty…
Groce offers a gracefully written, impressively researched narrative account of the experience of East Tennessee Confederates during the Civil War era. His analysis raises provocative questions about the socioeconomic foundations of Civil War sympat…
Of the more than seventy sites associated with the Civil War era that the National Park Service manages, none hold more national appeal and recognition than Gettysburg National Military Park. Welcoming more than one million visitors annually from ac…
One of the Confederacy's most loyal adherents and articulate advocates was Lieutenant Grant James Longstreet's aide-de-camp, Thomas Jewett Goree. Present at Longstreet's headquarters and party to the counsels of Robert E. Lee and his lieutenants, Go…
Radical Reform describes a remarkable chapter in the American pro-democracy movement. It portrays the largely unknown leaders of the interracial Republican Party who struggled for political, civil, and labor rights in North Carolina after the Civil…
Visions of Glory brings together twenty-two images and twenty-two brisk essays, each essay connecting an image to the events that unfolded during a particular year of the Civil War. The book focuses on a diverse set of images that include a depictio…
No one questions the horrific impact of the Civil War on America, but few realize its effect on American Indians. Residents of Indian Territory found the war especially devastating. Their homeland was beset not only by regular army operations but al…
In the spring of 1862, George McClellan and his massive army were slowly making their way up the Virginia Peninsula. Their goal: capture the Confederate capital and end the rebellion. "To Hell or Richmond" one Federal artillery unit vowed, sewing th…
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, this fascinating collection presents letters by Union and Confederate sympathizers and soldiers of all ranks. Authentic period photos accompany insightful missives by Lincoln, several gener…
Title: Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America. By B. J. Lossing. Illustrated by many hundred engravings on wood, by Lossing and Barritt, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the…
Benjamin Grierson's Union cavalry thrust through Mississippi is one of the most well-known operations of the Civil War. The last serious study was published more than six decades ago. Since then other accounts have appeared, but none are deeply rese…
The wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting that began in early June 1864 when advance elements from the Union Army of the Pot…
""Joshua Chamberlain was much more than a war hero, and Pullen's thoughtful book fills out the picture of his remarkable life. An entertaining and inspiring story."" --Senator George J. Mitchell""Pullen's book is a worthy tribute to Chamberlain's la…
In Bleeding Borders, Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel offers a fresh, multifaceted interpretation of the quintessential sectional conflict in pre-Civil War Kansas. Instead of focusing on the white, male politicians and settlers who vied for control of the K…
This compilation of the correspondence of General Pender with his wife is comprised of wartime letters that are of great interest and relevance. His commentaries on military activity, coupled with his husbandly advice and affection, reveal the human…
