American Civil War books

The ostensible goal of the controversial Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond (February 28-March 3, 1864) was to...  Read More >>

This book draws heavily on 20th Century Army doctrine, field training, staff planning, command, and combat experience,...  Read More >>

In the U.S. Civil War, Mary Richards, a free Black woman, risked her life posing as an illiterate slave to spy in...  Read More >>

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Examines the development of nationalism and its frequent manifestation, secession, by comparing the American experience...  Read More >>

Naval history of the very first order offers a riveting account of the last confederate military force to lay down...  Read More >>

The Civil War Memoirs of Captain William J. Seymour is available once more in this updated and completely revised...  Read More >>

Fort Sumter. Charleston. April 1861. The bombardment and surrender of Sumter were only the beginning of the story....  Read More >>

This second installment encompasses a period jammed with tumultuous events for the cavalry on and off the battlefield...  Read More >>

""This is the story of the largest reunion of Union and Confederate veterans ever held: its genesis and planning,...  Read More >>

Few students of the Civil War know that legendary historian Edwin C. Bearss produced a classic study on the little-known...  Read More >>

A fully illustrated narrative of the initial stages of the Atlanta campaign, 1864.  Read More >>

A fully illustrated account of the conclusion of the Atlanta campaign, 1864.  Read More >>

Sins of My Brothers is a harrowing true story of survival. A gritty account of the historic events of April 1865,...  Read More >>

During the American Civil War, the western Trans-Mississippi frontier was host to harsh environmental conditions,...  Read More >>

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Examines slavery and Reconstruction in a region of Texas the author terms the lowcountry - an area encompassing...  Read More >>

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Romanticism is as rife in Civil War history as any other and may produce more than its share of writing that glosses...  Read More >>

A deadly and expensive war within a war was waged behind the lines (and often out of the major headlines) in western...  Read More >>

Fifteen years have passed since the publication of the last biography of Jeb Stuart. Several appeared during the...  Read More >>

Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their enduring...  Read More >>

If you were researching your family's lineage and discovered that your ancestors took part in one of the most famous...  Read More >>