MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA; William T. Sherman's Personal Narrative of His March Through Georgia
New York: Arno, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. 9 x 9, 196 pgs, b&w photos. Originally published as "War Is Hell!" by Beehive Press in Savannah, Georgia. More
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THE WEB OF DAYS; A Romantic Novel
New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1947. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 276 pgs. Hester came to Seven Chimneys to begin a new life. But she felt the chill of evil. Then she learned of the mysterious deaths that plagued the family, of the madness that fell upon LeGrand women, and the..... More
SHERMAN; Fighting Prophet
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 690 pgs, b&w photos, engravings, maps. A nice biography of William Tecumseh Sherman. More
A SOLDIER TO THE LAST; Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in Blue and Gray
Washington DC: Potomac Books, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 287 pgs, index, notes, bibliography, b&w historical photos, maps. A good biography of Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler who served in two armies, playing a major role in the development of Confederate cavalry in the Civil War's western theater, and..... More
MATHEW BRADY'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.
New York: Portland House/Random House. Second printing. Paperback. Originally published by The War Memorial Association, NY, in 1912. 8 1/2 x 11, 512 pgs, b&w Brady historical photos and color illustrations. This work is a chronological summary and record of every engagement between union and confederate troops. More
TRIED BY WAR; Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.
New York: Penguin Books, 2008. Fifth printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 329 pgs, index, decorated endsheets, section of historical b&w photos. "From our generation's finest Civil War historian comes yet another masterpiece--a beautifully written and stunningly original account of how Lincoln's unparalleled array of leadership skills, strategic insights, and..... More
BEST PHOTOS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
New York: Arco, 1961. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 144 pgs, lots of b&w photos. Includes Union & Confederate soldiers & weapons, the Peninsula campaign, Vicksburg & Gettysburg, Chickamauga & Chattanooga, naval warfare, the siege of Petersburg, Sherman's marches, etc. More
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS; Their Expectations and Their Experiences
New York: Viking Press, 1998. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 274 pgs, index, sources, notes. Union and Confederate men went to war, as Americans, convinced they fought an enemy that was un-American, somehow foreign -- a savage enemy. More
GHOSTS OF GETTYSBURG V; Spirits, Apparitions and Haunted Places of the Battlefield
Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2000. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 79 pgs, b&w photos. The fifth installment in former National Park Ranger Mark Nesbitt's series of collected ghost stories from the Gettsyburg battlefield and village - an area considered by many afficionados to be the most haunted in America..... More
SECRET LIVES OF THE CIVIL WAR; What your teachers never told you about the War Between the States.
Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2007. Paperback. 5 x 8, 320 pgs, red and blue illustrations. Features irreverent and uncensored profiles of men and women from the Union and the Confederacy--complete with hundreds of little-known and downright bizarre facts, for instance, Mary Todd Lincoln claimed to receive valuable military strategies from ghosts..... More
SHERIDAN.; The Inevitable.
New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1993. Hardcover. Originally published in 1953. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 400 pgs, maps by Wilson R. Springer. The classic biogrpahy of General Phillip Sheridan and the bloody conflict in which he rose to prominence. More
FRANK BLAIR; Lincoln's Conservative
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 318 pgs, index, bibliography. Known for his fearlessness in both the political arena and the battlefield, Frank Blair is a Missouri legend. As a member of one of the most prominent and powerful political families in..... More
MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER; Men and Days of Gettysburg
New York: Collier, 1988. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 271 pgs, bibliography, b&w historical photos. The Battle of Gettysburg drawn from the memoirs, letters and diaries of people who were there. More
GRANT THE SOLDIER.
Philadelphia: Eastern Parks and Monuments Association, 1965. First edition. Paperback. 7 x 8 1/2, 88 pgs, b&w historical photos. Biography of Ohio born defender of the Union and a leader of the war that kept it together. More
NEW MEXICO AND THE CIVIL WAR.
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 126 pgs, b&w historical photos, maps. A concise history of New Mexico during the Civil War years from the Confederate invasion of 1861 to the Battles of Valverde and Glorieta to the end of the war. More
COMBINED OPERATINS IN THE CIVIL WAR.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 468 pgs, index, notes, bibliography, b&w maps, historical photos and illustrations. The first full account of Federal combined operations during the Civil War. The early combined operations were improvised and tentative; but by the end of the war, amphibious warfare..... More
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.; The Prairie Years and the War Years.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1966. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 761 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. A One Volume Edition. A nice edition of this classic Sandburg work on Lincoln. More
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.; The War Years. - Four Volumes
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, over 2500 pages total, index, many b&w photos, cartoons, letters and document reproductions. A classic biography of Lincoln during his years in Washington and his dealings with the Civil War. More
WHEN GENERAL GRANT EXPELLED THE JEWS.
New York: Schocken Books, 2012. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 204 pgs, index, b&w historical photos. The account of a lamentablwe act by the North's greatest general, a dishonorable act committed by an honorable man. This fair and balanced treatment of the event places the commander and the Jews..... More
THE RED RIVER CAMPAIGN; Union and Confederate Leadership and the War in Louisiana.
Shreveport, LA: Parabellum Press, 2003. First, thus. Paperback. 6 x 9, 136 pgs, index, b&w historical photos, maps. A nice collection of essays which unravels the complexities of the Red River Campaign, this highly controversial, politically motivated and always fascinating operation. More
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN.; The Young Napoleon.
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 482 pgs, section of b&w historical photos, index. Drawn entirely on primary sources, a full picture of the contradictory McClellan. More
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN.; The Young Napoleon.
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 482 pgs, index, section of b&w historical photos. Drawn entirely on primary sources, a full picture of the contradictory McClellan. More
STARVING THE SOUTH; How The North Won The Civil War.
New York: St Martin's Press, 2011. Book Club. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 295 pgs, index, notes, bibliography. Civil War history written from a culinary and gastronomical perspective, depicting the North's more effective food-production industry. More
THEY MET AT GETTYSBURG.
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1986. Third edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 9, 342 pgs, index, b&w historical photos and maps. Excellent account of the Battle of Gettysburg and events leading up to the battle. More