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A nearly forgotten Civil War episode is restored to history in this masterful account. In March 1863, nine hundred black Union soldiers, led by white officers, invaded Florida and seized the town of……続きを見る

Edited from tapes that the Pulitzer prize-winnng historian made before his death, this moving, informative book paints an intimate portrait of war. It's a chronicle of motives and emotions, from lar……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

Winner for Reprint, 2012, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award Antietam is the eagerly awaited second volume of Ezra Carman’s magisterial The Maryland Campaign of September 1862. Many……続きを見る

Fitzhugh Lee (November 19, 1835 April 28, 1905) was a cavalry officer for the Confederacy, the Governor of Virginia, and later a general in the Spanish-American War, fighting for the country that h……続きを見る

This book contains the complete collection of all 82 narratives told to employees of the Work Projects Administration by former slaves living in Missouri at the time of the Great Depression in the U……続きを見る

Prison Life (In the Confederacy) is a short piece describing the trials on one prisoner from the time of his capture in the Wilderness campaign until his parole. 続きを見る

After training for what seemed forever the twelfth Connecticut finally gets a chance to fight in the  Lafourche Interieur of Mississippi.続きを見る

Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler served in two armies, playing a major role in the development of Confederate cavalry in the Civil War's western theater, and, more than thirty years afterwards, commanded tr……続きを見る

*Includes Reconstruction and My Escape from Slavery. With the possible exception of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., no African American has been more instrumental in the fight for minorities civil righ……続きを見る

This pioneering study of the much-mythologized Southern belle offers the first serious look at the lives of white women and their harsh and restricted place in the slave society before the Civil War……続きを見る

TRIUMPH AMIDST BLOODSHED: Civil War Soldiers’ Spiritual Victories gives eye witness accounts about hundreds of Union soldiers during those fateful days. An organization, called the United States Chr……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of the generals and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes a Bibliography on each general for further reading.*Includes discussion of each general's legacy,……続きを見る

Jacob Dolson Cox, (Jr.) (October 27, 1828 August 4, 1900) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and later a Republican politician from Ohio. At the beginning of the Maryland Campai……続きを見る

"This fascinating book will make the Civil War come alive with thoughts and feelings of real people." The Midwest Book Review The Civil WAR You Never Knew… Behind the bloody battles, strategic mar……続きを見る

With the possible exception of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., no African American has been more instrumental in the fight for minorities civil rights in the United States than Frederick Douglass 18181……続きを見る

John Daniel Imboden (February 16, 1823 August 15, 1895) earned renown for leading his Rangers during the Civil War as a Confederate cavalry general and partisan fighter. After the war he returned to……続きを見る

Stonewall Jackson needs no formal introduction, being one of the most famous generals of the Civil War, revered throughout the South for his extremely successful military skill. At the same time, Ja……続きを見る

With the exception of George Washington, perhaps the most famous and celebrated general in American history is Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807 October 12, 1870), despite the fact he led the Confede……続きを見る

Told from the point of view of an ordinary foot soldier, this personal memoir has been hailed as one of the liveliest, wittiest, and most significant commentaries ever written on the Civil War. Amon……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Beauregard and important people, places, and events in his life.*Details Beauregard's commanding roles at Fort Sumter, First Bull Run, Shiloh, Petersburg.*Discusses Beauregard'……続きを見る

John Brown (May 9, 1800 December 2, 1859) holds a unique place in American history, often viewed as a force for good and an evil man at the same time. Brown was a revolutionary abolitionist in the U……続きを見る

In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson deftly narrates the experience of blacks--former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and comm……続きを見る

William Bennett was a chaplain for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. In this expansive narrative, Bennett discusses the Great Christian Revival in the Confederate army, injecting anecdotes ……続きを見る

Following the Civil War, the United States was fully engaged in a bloody conflict with ex-Confederates, conservative Democrats, and members of organized terrorist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, f……続きを見る

Here are the characters and personalities of the three great Union generals, explored with intelligence and wit by one of our most distinguished historians of the Civil War. Mr. Williams is interest……続きを見る

A fresh look at how Northern society mobilized to fight the first great modern war. From Gallman's analysis of continuity and change, it seems clear that the conflict was not the great watershed in ……続きを見る

"The Red Badge of Courage" is not a story of Wan It is War, the real unvarnished thing. I have met every one of the characters on the fire-step of the trenches in France. They are not dead; they are……続きを見る

This bundle book is a compilation of three of KidCaps top selling history books; it is the first in a three-part volume.   The first volume presents the following wars in an easy to unders……続きを見る

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Meade•The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army by George Meade•With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to ……続きを見る