American Civil War books

Weaving together biography and political history, Michael Woods restores Jefferson Davis and Stephen Douglas’s fatefully...  Read More >>

Dive into the defining moments of American history with 'Battles of the Civil War: A Captivating Guide.'  Read More >>

This is the second of two books dealing with the circumstances that arose leading the native americans on a collision...  Read More >>

Investigates how depictions of women in Hollywood films helped forge the myth of Lincoln. Exploring female characters’...  Read More >>

Explore the epic Civil War battles of 1862!  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 >>

A history of the United States’ greatest archival project and how it has shaped what we know about the Civil War...  Read More >>

Military uniforms, badges, flags, and other material objects have been used to represent the identity of Americans...  Read More >>

This fully illustrated study investigates the uniforms and equipment of the US regular troops and volunteers from...  Read More >>

Explores the financial and political background as well as the military elements of the Civil War.  Read More >>

From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington’s Spies, the thrilling story of the Confederate spy who came...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking study focusing on the political debates over the size and use of military forces in the United...  Read More >>

Lincoln and the Tools of War, first published in 1956, is the masterful account by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian...  Read More >>

Volume 6 of The Antietam Journal includes articles on Robert E. Lee's health, Ezra Carman and the Antietam Battlefield...  Read More >>

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Historians Robert Orrison and Dan Welch follow Lee and Pope as they converge on ground once-bloodied just thirteen...  Read More >>

Consistent Democracy offers an intellectual history of democracy and the so-called woman question from the 1830s...  Read More >>

Provides a significant contribution to the scholarship of both the Civil War and the city of Pittsburgh, adding...  Read More >>

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"For the first time in a deluxe collector's boxed set, the definitive edition of the writings of the great African...  Read More >>

In 1861, brothers Daniel and Pressley Boyd left their farm in Abbeville County, South Carolina to join the Confederate...  Read More >>

In deconstructing the event, Sanders details why these prominent Kentuckians found themselves on the dueling ground...  Read More >>

Lieutenant General James Longstreet's deployment to East Tennessee promised a chance to shine. Reassigned to the...  Read More >>

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