American Civil War books

A comprehensive history of the Fort McAllister’s construction and its use during the Civil War, as well as its post-war...  Read More >>

Describes partisan activities leading to hostilities in the US Civil War, promotes awareness about the history of...  Read More >>

In this work, entries cover each film and television portrayal of Abraham Lincoln, providing essential cast, production...  Read More >>

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Powell and Wittenberg mined hundreds of archival and firsthand accounts to craft a splendid study of this overlooked...  Read More >>

The first scholarly biography of Francis Lewis Cardozo, one of the most talented and influential African Americans...  Read More >>

An authoritative and superbly illustrated exploration of the events of July 3, 1863, incorporating new interpretations...  Read More >>

In the 1990s, editors Savas and Woodbury put together two volumes of wide-ranging and especially thoughtful essays...  Read More >>

By the time Albert Castel's Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 appeared in 1992, Savas Woodbury...  Read More >>

""Fort Sumter's Flame: How Secession and Lincoln's Election Lit the Civil War"" delves deep into the turbulent months...  Read More >>

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""The Broken Path: Native Tribes and the Tragedy of the Trail of Tears"" delves into one of the darkest chapters...  Read More >>

Utilizing detailed visual analysis and extensive historical research, Art during Wartime reframes our narrative...  Read More >>

The most overlooked phase of the Union campaign to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the time period from May...  Read More >>

Recounts the rise and fall of a nineteenth-century Tennessee town, a community that was not a typical antebellum...  Read More >>

The complete history of the cavalry of the Army of the Ohio, which fought in some of the most important military...  Read More >>

The Civil War on Film informs high-school and college readers interested in Civil War film history on issues that...  Read More >>

A propulsive account of our history's most surprising, most consequential political club: the Wide Awake anti-slavery...  Read More >>

Now in paperback, this book aptly demonstrates that there is indeed still much to learn about the war’s largest...  Read More >>

A beautifully narrated and rich saga of one family's journey from slavery to freedom--and from the South to the...  Read More >>

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The fighting on the first day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, was heavy, confusing, and decisive. Much of it consisted...  Read More >>

Most histories of wounded Civil War veterans construe them as feminized men whose manhood has suffered due to their...  Read More >>

A Pulitzer Prize winner's masterful history of the American Civil War and its reverberations across the continent...  Read More >>