American Civil War books

This attractively packaged gift book offers a highly illustrated introduction to some of the American Civil War's...  Read More >>

Munford was the senior cavalry colonel in the Lee's ANV. He not a member of the West Point elite and was repeatedly...  Read More >>

A compelling historical fiction novel of female ambition, set in the aftermath of the American Civil War.  Read More >>

Fortress Nashville: Pioneers, Engineers, Mechanics, Contrabands & U.S. Colored Troops tells the story of how the...  Read More >>

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My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative, discussing the transition from bondage to liberty....  Read More >>

After decades of meticulous research, John David Preston has produced a comprehensive list of Union and Confederate...  Read More >>

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Charts a path to understanding how the animal world became deeply involved in the most divisive moment in American...  Read More >>

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Finalist for the 2022 Lincoln Prize An award-winning scholar uncovers the guiding principles of Lincoln’s antislavery...  Read More >>

The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of...  Read More >>

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"Frederick Douglass called the martyred president ""emphatically the black man's president” as well as “the first...  Read More >>

The Missouri/Kansas Border is full of sites where Civil War events occurred. Some of these locations are well-known,...  Read More >>

The first full biography of James Montgomery, who through his actions before and during the Civil War, contributed...  Read More >>

This is whimsical,historical tale describing the origins if football, which led to the first football game between...  Read More >>

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In a little-noted eulogy delivered after Lincoln's assassination, Frederick Douglass called the president emphatically...  Read More >>

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Lincoln on Leadership is the first book to examine Abraham Lincoln's diverse leadership abilities and how they can...  Read More >>

"This book covers the period before, during, and after the Civil War in the Great Kanawha Valley from Gauley Bridge...  Read More >>

Here's a book to cure any ignorance concerning the origin of the St. Louis Veiled Prophet myth because it is based...  Read More >>

What is slavery? Why does it exist? How can it be ended? This books starts with an exploration of slavery in the...  Read More >>