New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 433 pgs, index, bibliography. A vivid description of the retreat from war-ravaged Richmond to the stillness of Appomattox; the soldiers and civilians who took weary part in the collapse of the dream of the Confederacy..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 201 pgs, b&w historical photos, sources, notes. The famous Civil War battle at sea between the Union ironclad Monitor and the Confederacy's Virginia, the redesigned and rebuilt U.S.S. Merrimack. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Paperback. 10 x 13, 256 pgs, color illustrations throughout. Tells the stories of thirteen of the most important battles, including First Manassas, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. The author not only describes the events and outcomes of those great engagements, but..... More
Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 2003. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 263 pgs, index, sources, b&w historical photos. When Arkansas seceded from the Union in 1861, it was a thriving state. But the Civil War and Reconstruction left it reeling, impoverished, and so deeply divided that it never..... More
London: Pimlico/Random House, 1999. Reprint. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 7, 247 pgs, index, b&w historical illustrations. A stirring account of the famous battle between the Monitor and Merrimac and its consequences both for the Civil War and the future of naval warfare. Makes the technological story of the Monitor's design..... More
Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1995. Hardcover. 10 x 10 1/2, 168 pgs, index, color illustrations throughout. An unforgettable new look at the Civil War from eyewitness accounts by people who were there. Diaries, letters, journals, media reports and more. More
Boonville, MO: MissouriLife, 2007. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 138 pgs, b&w and color photos and illustrations throughout. This book explains the political atmosphere in Missouri prior to the Civil War and the war’s effects on Missourians throughout the first year of the tortuous struggle to determine the state’s allegiance..... More
New York: Penguin Books, 1997. Reprint. Paperback. 4 x 7, 127 pgs. Gripping narrative takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of the pre-Civil War plantations in the South and reveals the daily terrors he suffered as a slave. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. Revised. Paperback. 6 x 9, 293 pgs, index, notes, section of b&w historical photos. Biography of the legendary horticulturist Luther Burbank (1849-1926). Captivating reading for both the garden lover and the botanical specialist. More
Washington DC: National Park Service, 1961. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 60 pgs, b&w historical photos, maps. National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 9. A souvenir and description of what to see and do at Vicksburg. More
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2010. Paperback. 6 x 9, 127 pgs, b&w historical photos, references. On April 19, 1861, the first blood of the Civil War was spilled in the streets of Baltimore. En route to Camden Station, Union forces were confronted by angry Southern sympathizers, and at Pratt..... More
New York: Scholastic Inc., 1993. Second printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 102 pgs. The author creates sixteen characters from all walks of life and traces their thoughts, emotions, and experiences, from their first hopes for a brave, new world through the brutal reality of war. He shows us history as..... More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1982. Second editionA compelling study not only of two remarkable men but also of the nature of leadership and command in wartime. Author regarded Grant as the greatest general of his ag and one of the great strategists of any age. Includes an Index. Paperback..... More
Ft. Worth: Ryan Place Publishers, 1995. First printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 134 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. A few places with yellow highlighting. "It is September 1863. Gen. James Longstreet and his Corps ride the rails westward to join Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee in its efforts..... More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1994. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 151 pgs, index, b&w historical photos and illustrations. A short, authoritative biography which focuses on Lincoln's boyhood and young manhood. More
New York: New American Library, 1961. Fourth printing. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 663 pgs, index. A complete and fully documented history of the Civil War. More
Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1994. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 363 pgs, index, bibliography, notes, maps. In 1861 Earl Van Dorn entered the Confederate Army, heralded as one of its most promising young officers. Few men of his age had more military experience and prestige. A -West Point graduate..... More
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 185 pgs, index, b&w illustrations and historical photos. Well written account of Pelhams' Civil War experiences. More
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1997. Second printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 281 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. Introduces the reader to the military history of the Civil War. It places the 1861-1865 conflict within the broad context of evolving warfare. Emphasizing both technology and its significant impact, the..... More
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2010. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 510 pgs, index, b&w historical photos throughout. The New York Times, established in 1851, was one of the few newspapers with correspondents on the front lines throughout the Civil War. The Complete Civil War collects every article written about..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. First, thus. Paperback. Originally published in1880. 5 x 8, 358 pgs. Hood's recollections show his unwavering loyalty to the Confederate cause and his unshakable admiration for Lee and Davis. More
St. Simon's Island, GA: Mockingbird Books, 1983. Third printing. Paperback. 4 x 7, 239 pgs, bibliography. A moving first-hand account of what life was like in the Confederacy. Told in their own words - by Southern women in their darkest hour. More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1969. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 215 pgs, index, full of color photos, decorated endsheets. Accounts of battles, portraits of personalities and leaders and the agonies that the North and South both endured before the country could once again become the "United" States. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First edition. Paperback. 7 x 9, 317 pgs, index, b&w and color historical photos and maps. This definitive guide to United States Civil War battlefields brings that history to life in words, maps, and pictures. Sixty-five battles and campaigns are described in vivid detail in..... More
Mercer, GA: Mercer University Press, 1981. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 112 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. This book tells of the burning of Darien, Georgia in 1863 by Negro troops acting under orders from white officers and the rebuilding of the town after the Civil War. More