Ｙ．Ａ - Civil War Period (1850-1877) 1

Born near Guntersville, Alabama, Catherine (Cassie) Fennell was nineteen when the Civil War began. Starting with her time at a female academy in Washington, DC, the diaries continue through the war’……続きを見る

Understand the daily choices, fears, and experiences of freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad. Delving into the lives and stories of everyday men and women either escaping slavery or helpin……続きを見る

Author Jonathan Noyalas's study offers not only a history of an overlooked engagement in the oft-contested Shenandoah Valley, butーas Pulitzer Prize finalist Brian Matthew Jordan notes in the book's……続きを見る

Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, held a nation together during a brutal Civil War and changed the course of history by ending slavery. He has more books written about him than any o……続きを見る

This biography explores General Philip H. Sheridan’s impact on the United States during and after the tumultuous Civil War era, offering a new insight into Sheridan’s changing perspectives on leader……続きを見る

Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters ……続きを見る

Here for the first time, shared through the eyes of those who lived it, is the story of Dranesville and the early war in Northern Virginia. After the guns of Manassas fell silent, the opposing armie……続きを見る

In the years leading up to the U.S. Civil War, former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass maintained that enslaved Black Americans were already American citizens. Through a systematic analysis……続きを見る

The African American experience in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction This book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia’s Shen……続きを見る

Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters ……続きを見る

A bold manifesto arguing that there is a clear precedent for paying reparations to atone for America’s original sin of slavery, offering a compelling legal strategy to achieve this goalーfrom the ac……続きを見る

First published in 1885 and long out of print, Where Men Only Dare to Go by Royall W. Figg remains a classic memoir of Confederate service. This updated edition, with a new foreword by historian Rob……続きを見る

Embroiled in the Civil War, northerners wrote and spoke with frequency about the subject of loyalty. The word was common in newspaper articles, political pamphlets, and speeches, appeared on flags, ……続きを見る

Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generationーand how t……続きを見る

In recent years, Civil War veterans have emerged from historical obscurity. Inspired by recent interest in memory studies and energized by the ongoing neorevisionist turn, a vibrant new literature h……続きを見る

In the Civil War era, Americans nearly unanimously accepted that humans battled in a cosmic contest between good and evil and that God was directing history toward its end. The concept of God's Prov……続きを見る

Albert Taylor Bledsoe (1809--1877), a principal architect of the South's "Lost Cause" mythology, remains one of the Civil War generation's most controversial intellectuals. In Albert Taylor Bledsoe:……続きを見る

In The Battlefield and Beyond leading Civil War historians explore a tragic part of our nation's history though the lenses of race, gender, leadership, politics, and memory. The essays in this stron……続きを見る

This book tells the stories of freeborn northern African Americans in Philadelphia struggling to maintain families while fighting against racial discrimination. Taking a long view, from 1850 to the ……続きを見る

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an A……続きを見る

**A FORGOTTEN EPISODE FROM THE ERA OF RECONSTRUCTION: An extraordinary American hero travels to the nation's capital to tell an unforgettable story of violence, resistance, and social action in the ……続きを見る

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, hailed in The Washington Post as "a work of enormous imagination and enterprise" and in The New York Times as "an important, original b……続きを見る

American against American - 20 Gripping Civil War Memoirs & Diaries represents a monumental collection focusing on the personal reflections and gripping narratives from one of America's most tumultu……続きを見る

The Unarmed Witness: 30 Accounts of Civil War Behind the Lines offers a profound exploration into the unseen and unarmed lives during one of America's most tumultuous periods. This collection captur……続きを見る

Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people……続きを見る

In "By-Ways of War," James Jeffrey Roche presents a compelling exploration of the multifaceted nature of warfare, both on and off the battlefield. The literary style is characterized by its rich, de……続きを見る

Confederate brigadier general John Adams refused to leave his men despite his own critical injuries and died at the Battle of Franklin. Until recently, his service was rarely acknowledged. During hi……続きを見る

Conquest. War. Famine. Death. During the Civil War, all Four Horsemen circled the flock of William Henry Elder, the third bishop of Natchez. Elder was a hopeful unionist turned secessionist whose di……続きを見る

'Never Forgotten, Never Could Be' is a profound anthology that captures the essences of struggles, resilience, and emancipation through the voices of eminent historical figures and activists. Rangin……続きを見る

In "Reminiscences of Confederate Service, 1861-1865," Francis Warrington Dawson offers an intimate and poignant account of his experiences during the American Civil War. Through a blend of personal ……続きを見る