PHD - Civil War Period (1850-1877) 1

In 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant appointed one of his regimental chaplains, John Eaton of Ohio, as general superintendent of contrabands for the Department of the Tennessee. As the American Civil W……続きを見る

In Complexities of Bondage: Black Slave Owners and the Struggle Over Emancipation During the American Civil War, historian Michael Dozier, PhD, unveils a profound paradox at the heart of America's m……続きを見る

This is a true story about perseverance. The first book in this epic series, Sherrod Bryant leaves his unique, racially integrated 1800s village to become an indentured servant. He endures indenture……続きを見る

Although many associate Franklin D. Roosevelt with the inauguration of the robust, dominant American presidency, the roots of his executive leadership style go much deeper. Examining the presidencie……続きを見る

No period of United States history is more important and still less understood than Reconstruction. Now, at the sesquicentennial of the Reconstruction era, Vernon Burton and Brent Morris bring toget……続きを見る

The Granite State has a remarkable record of service during the Civil War. It supplied a total of 10,657 recruits for the infantry, cavalry and field artillery divisions in 1861, with the majority o……続きを見る

On July 11, 1864, some residents cheered and others watched in horror as Confederate troops spread across the fields and orchards of Silver Spring, Maryland. Many fled to the capital while General J……続きを見る

A gripping chronicle of the relentless fight for Black educational freedomーand the bold strategies to protect, nourish, and empower Black minds. The Battle for the Black Mind is an explosive histor……続きを見る

A battle - ready guide to the deadliest war in American history. Completely revised for the Sesquicentennial, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Civil War, Third Edition is a comprehensive overview ……続きを見る

It was 1862, the second year of the Civil War, though Kansans and Missourians had been fighting over slavery for almost a decade. For the 250 Union soldiers facing down rebel irregulars on Enoch Too……続きを見る

Vividly written and well researched by a noted historian of the period, this succinct history credits the Union Navy as an essential element in the northern victory. Neither ponderous nor hagiograph……続きを見る

Book I is a narrative study of Abraham Lincoln's intellectual, emotional and character growth from childhood to adulthood. This book examines Abraham's fourteen-year frontier life in Pigeon Creek, I……続きを見る

Students, history and Civil War buffs can have answers lickety split at their fingertips. This timeline in 6 laminated pages includes the critical people and events that played a part in this heroic……続きを見る

In the course of history, few human events have had so compelling an effect and left such a deep mark on the nation's soul as has the Civil War. New Hampshire in the Civil War presents a unique and ……続きを見る

No other event in American history has so indelibly shaped the country than the American Civil War. Virginia provided the setting for countless bloody clashes and decisive battles. Average Americans……続きを見る

Tempest Over Texas: The Fall and Winter Campaigns, 1863–1864 is the fourth installment in Dr. Donald S. Frazier’s award-winning Louisiana Quadrille series. Picking up the story of the Civil War in L……続きを見る

The ostensible goal of the controversial Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond (February 28–March 3, 1864) was to free some 13,000 Union prisoners of war held in the Confederate capital. But orders f……続きを見る

In 2001, while vacationing on Panama’s Pacific coast, maritime archaeologist James P. Delgado came upon the hulk of a mysterious iron vessel, revealed by the ebbing tides in a small cove at Isla San……続きを見る

Abraham Lincoln's presidency was bookended by a pair of dramatic railroad trips through the state of New York. His first term began with a pre-inaugural railway tour--his second ended with a funeral……続きを見る

Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack – 224 battle plans, campaign maps, and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. The American Civil War had been raging si……続きを見る

"Combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages....Biography at its best."ーMarcus Cunliffe, The New York Times Book Review; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The seminal biography of one of Ameri……続きを見る

Published to mark the Civil War sesquicentennial, The Yellowhammer War collects new essays on Alabama’s role in, and experience of, the bloody national conflict and its aftermath. During the first w……続きを見る

The battlefield reputation of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, long recognized as a formidable warrior, has been shaped by one infamous wartime incident. At Fort Pillow in 1864, the attac……続きを見る

Examines how Union veterans of the Army of the Cumberland employed the extinction of slavery in the trans-Appalachian South in their memory of the Civil War Robert Hunt examines how Union veterans o……続きを見る

In an age of disposability it is remarkable that the letters in this volume have been saved and handed down through four generations of Nan’s and Mack’s descendants. They provide a vivid, personal l……続きを見る

Chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron as an important Federal contingent in Florida 続きを見る

In The Unwritten War, Daniel Aaron examines the literary output of American writersーmajor and minorーwho treated the Civil War in their works. He seeks to understand why this devastating and defini……続きを見る