LIFE MAGAZINE ARTICLE.; August 20, 1958.
1958. Paperback. Article removed from the magazine. "The Death of the Last Union Soldier and of an Era - Muffled Roll for Grand Army". Several pages torn near bottom. More
Civil War History
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. 11 x 9, 320 pgs, index and color photos throughout. The Civil War, the greatest single event in our country's history, is well covered in this volume which covers the conflict chronologically and gives biographical sketches of selected participants. More
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR YEARS.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 242 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations, endsheets decorated with maps. The story, mostly in pictures, from 1861 to 1865. More
THE GREAT HEART OF THE REPUBLIC; St. Louis and the Cultural Civil War
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 340 pgs, notes, index, b&w illustrations. The Civil War revealed what united as well as what divided Americans in the nineteenth century-not only in its deadly military conflict, but also in the broader battle of ideas, dueling moral systems, and..... More
THE BLOODIEST DAY; The Battle of Antietam
Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1984. Hardcover. 9 x 11, 176 pgs, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations. More
LAST FLAG DOWN; The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship
New York: Crown, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 354 pgs, index, notes, glossary. Wondrously evocative and filled with drama and poignancy, Baldwin and Powers tell a riveting story of courage, nobility, and rare comradeship in this true account of a Confederate warship's against-all-odds bid to save the South..... More
GETTYSBURG.
London: Cassell & Co, 2001. Paperback. 7 1/2 x 9, 233 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos, color maps. A compelling and original account of the bloodiest battle ever fought on North American soil. More
CIVIL WAR STORIES.
New York: Dover Publications, 1994. Reprint. Paperback. 5 x 8, 124 pgs. Civil War stories by newspaperman, short-story writer, poet and satirist, Bierce (1842-1917?); one of the most striking annd unusual literary figures America has produced. More
TESTAMENT; A Soldier's Story of the Civil War.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. Reprint. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 277 pgs. The Civil War as seen from the letters of the author's great-grandfather, a Union soldier. More
MEMOIRS OF A NOBODY; The Missouri Years of an Austrian Radical, 1849-1866.
St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 412 pgs, index. Radical editor, Republican Party operative, freethinking colleague of Karl Marx - Austrian Henry Boerstein was hardly a nobody, but his is one of the 19th century's great unknown lives. This is a collection..... More
STONEWALL JACKSON; Portrait of a Soldier
New York: Avon, 1990. Paperback. 5 x 8, 367 pgs, index, section of b&w historical photos. A fully rounded portrait of the military genius studied by both Rommel and Patton in WWII, a general who, in the beginning was spat at and cursed by his men and who ended as..... More
BATTLES AND LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
New York: Fairfax Press, 1979. Hardcover. 7 x 9, 626pgs, b&w illustrations and maps, index. Selections from the original four volume set published in 1887-88. Being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers. More
MERITS & MISTAKES: GENERAL, YOU HAVE MADE THE MISTAKE OF YOUR LIFE.; General Thomas H. Ewing
Independence, MO: Two Trails Publishing, 2004. First printing. Paperback. 6 x 9, 237 pgs, b&w historical photos. Detailed biography of General Thomas Ewing- his early years, his family, his military career and his actions during the war. And along the way, his merits and the mistakes are noted and explained..... More
THE SIEGE OF ATLANTA, 1864.
New York: St Martin's Press, 1973. First printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 9 1/2, 425 pgs, index, bibliography, section of b&w photos. Reviews the military aspects and human drama of the siege that Atlanta endured for six weeks in 1864 and includes excerpts from eyewitness accounts. Ex-library with the usual..... More
THE CIVIL WAR; American Tragedy.
New York: Franklin Watts, 1992. Paperback. 7 x 9 1/2, 64 pgs, color illustrations and maps. Includes details of key battles, military strategy and equipment and comprehensive historical background. More
AMERICA GOES TO WAR.
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1958. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 126 pgs, b&w illustrations. An introduction to the Civil War and its meaning to Americans today. More
THE CIVIL WAR.
New York: American Heritage Press, 1977. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 341 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Excellent brief history of America's Civil War, 1861-1865. Front cover curled. More
THE CIVIL WAR.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 382 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Excellent brief history of America's Civil War, 1861-1865. More
THE COMING FURY.; Volume One
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967. Reprint. Paperback. 4 x 7, 605 pgs, mass-market paperback. Volume One of the Centennial History of the Civil War series, the build up to the Civil War and early skirmishes. Front cover creased from top to bottom. More
GETTYSBURG:; The Final Fury
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. 7 x 10 1/2, 114 pgs, index, maps, b&w illustrations. In this account of this epic Civil War battle, the author examines the causes of the conflict and the course of events, paying full heed to the human tragedies brought..... More
GETTYSBURG; The Final Story
New York: Berkley Books, 1982. Reprint. Paperback. 7 x 10 1/2, 114 pgs, index, b&w historical photos, drawings, maps. In a detailed and richly personal account, Catton presents a total view of the decisive battle of the Civil War. More
GLORY ROAD.
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1952. Reprint. Paperback. 4 x 7, 440 pgs, index, bibliography, notes, maps. Part of "The Army of the Potomac" series, an interpretive history of the critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer the following year when the Army finally turned the fortunes of..... More
GLORY ROAD.
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 388 pgs, index, notes, maps. Part of "The Army of the Potomac" series, an interpretive history of the critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer the following year when the Army finally turned the..... More
GRANT TAKES COMMAND.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1969. Book Club. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 556 pgs, biblio, index, b&w illustrations and maps. In the period of occupation following the capture of Vicksburg, a history which recognizes that the most successful soldier is the one authorities know least about. More
TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. 4 x 7, 558 pgs, index, bibliography, section of maps. This is volume two of "The Centennial History of the Civil War" More