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William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 February 14, 1891) holds a unique position in American history. Synonymous with barbarity in the South, Sherman is lauded as a war hero in the North, and ……続きを見る

In July 1883, just a few days after the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a group of editors at The Century Magazine engaged in a lively argument: Which Civil War battle was the blo……続きを見る

The men had been marching for days, it seemed. It was late June in the year 1863, and they had been fighting for a long time. These Union soldiers were serious men and they recognized how important ……続きを見る

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Vivid and lively letters from a young Confederate in Lee’s Army In the Spring of 1861, a 22-year-old Alabamian did what many of his friends and colleagues were doingーhe joined the Confederate Army ……続きを見る

Excerpt ...Newbern on the Neuse river, Washington on the Tar river, and Plymouth on the Roanoke river, lie in a circle which might be described from a point somewhere in Pamlico Soundーthe former an……続きを見る

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る

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John Esten Cooke (November 3, 1830 September 27, 1886) was an American novelist and poet best remembered today for his writing about the American Civil War, which he partially participated in. In ……続きを見る

This is a brief description of Chattanooga how the Union forces managed to hold out in during the siege of the beleaguered city during the Confederate push on the City. Illustrated.続きを見る

Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation. This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents ……続きを見る

Two views of the burning of Columbia as Shermans Troops defeated the confederate forces in and around Columbia.続きを見る

Both the North and the South viewed the Civil War in Christian terms. Each side believed that its fight was just, that God favored its cause. Rebuilding Zion is the first study to explore simultaneo……続きを見る

*Includes over 25 pictures of Lee and the important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes maps of the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, and Second Manassas. *Includes a ……続きを見る

It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial se……続きを見る

A major new narrative account of the long struggle of Northern activists-both black and white, famous and obscure-to establish African Americans as free citizens, from abolitionism through the Civil……続きを見る

Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, a myth has persisted that the hijackers entered the United States from Canada. This is completely untrue. Nevertheless, there was a time during the U.S. Civil Wa……続きを見る

Horace Greeley (1811-1872) , a native of Amherst, New Hampshire , grew up the son of a poor farmer. His life reads like the quintessential American success story: from his humble beginnings he mov……続きを見る

A German-born Union officer in the American Civil War, Maj. Gen. Peter Osterhaus served from the first clash in the western theater until the final surrender of the war. Osterhaus made a name for hi……続きを見る

On the eve of the American Civil War, Wade Hampton, one of the wealthiest men in the South and indeed the United States, remained loyal to his native South Carolina as it seceded from the Union. Rai……続きを見る

Explains the events that led up to the Battle of Fort Sumter, including the preparations in Charleston Harbor on both sides.Includes accounts of the fighting and reports by Beauregard, Anderson, Dou……続きを見る

One of the most important memoirs of the American Civil War, this is also one of the few to describe what life was really like for the common soldier. The author, a Union veteran of the Army of the……続きを見る

William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 July 26, 1925) was a tour de force in American politics around the end of the 19th century. Bryan had a long, distinguished career in politics as a liberal in……続きを見る

Elizabeth Bacon Custer(April 8, 1842 - April 4, 1933) was the wife of General George Armstrong Custer. After his death, she became an outspoken advocate for her husband's legacy through her popular ……続きを見る

*Includes dozens of pictures of the presidents and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes a Table of ContentsThe 19th century was the pivotal era in American history, determin……続きを見る

Slavery existed long before the United States of America was founded, but so did opposition to slavery. Both flourished after the founding of the country, and the anti-slavery movement was known as ……続きを見る

In 1852, the United States of America was anything but united. The divisive issue of slavery was roiling the nation, which argued ad nauseam about the extension of slavery in new states as the natio……続きを見る

Hero, adulterer, bon vivant, murderer and rogue, Dan Sickles led the kind of existence that was indeed stranger than fiction. Throughout his life he exhibited the kind of exuberant charm and lack of……続きを見る

In Our Land Before We Die, Jeff Guinn traces the little-known history of the runaway slaves who fled to the Florida Everglades to live alongside the Seminole Indians. Deeply rooted in tribal oral hi……続きを見る

George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer. During the Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from command of a brig……続きを見る