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    The title says it all.  An irreverent, journalistic survey that may never have been placed on a must read list by history professors or research specialists, but nevertheless……続きを見る

Addressed delivered to the Lexington, KY, chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1909. 続きを見る

"Especially of its springs of action as revealed and deepened by the ordeal of war". According to Wikipedia: "Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the ……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Ephraim Douglass Adams (1865-1930) was an American educator, born in Decorah, Iowa and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1887. He took a post-graduate course also……続きを見る

Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup was transported by ship to New Orleans whe……続きを見る

Here is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton's unsurpassed account of the Civil War, one of the most moving chapters in American history. Introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winner James M. McPherson……続きを見る

A short analysis of the decisions and actions that led to Gen Lee's invasion of Maryland in 1862. The author has published articles in military history journals. This book provides and overview of t……続きを見る

The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins, course and consequences of th……続きを見る

Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup was transported by ship to New Orleans whe……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Onkel Toms Hütte" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Onkel Toms Hütte ist ein 1852 veröffentlichter Roman v……続きを見る

In 1862, in the midst of a bloody civil war, President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary, suffered unspeakable heartache when their young son died. To combat her grief, First Lady Mary Lincoln becam……続きを見る

It's the summer of 1864 and things are not going well for the Confederate States of America. But Major-General Sterling Price, former Governor and Mexican War hero, has a daring plan to invade his h……続きを見る

It’s 1860 in the State of Missouri. When all the votes are counted, three men have been elected that will change the state forever. Claiborne Fox Jackson becomes the state’s Governor. Frank Blair is……続きを見る

It’s the summer of 1861 and the Missouri State Guard has just won a fight with Federal volunteers from Missouri in the Battle of Carthage. Having been driven to the extreme southwestern part of Miss……続きを見る

STONEWALL JACKSON and the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BY Colonel G. F. R. HENDERSON, C.B. introduction by FIELD-MARSHAL THE LATE RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT WOLSELEY Illustrated INTRODUCTION PREFACE VOLUME I. ……続きを見る

Acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander offers a fresh and cogent analysis of Stonewall Jackson’s military genius and reveals how the Civil War might have ended differently if Jackson’s strateg……続きを見る

From respected historian John S. D. Eisenhower comes a surprising portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War general whose path of destruction cut the Confederacy in two, broke the will of ……続きを見る

On March 11, 1854, the people of Wisconsin prevented agents of the federal government from carrying away the fugitive slave, Joshua Glover. Assembling in mass outside the Milwaukee courthouse, they ……続きを見る

William McKnight was a member of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry from September 1862 until his death in June of 1864. During his time of service, McKnight penned dozens of emotion-filled letters,……続きを見る

When George Kimball (1840–1916) joined the Twelfth Massachusetts in 1861, he’d been in the newspaper trade for five years. When he mustered out three years later, having been wounded at Fredericksbu……続きを見る

On the cusp of the American Civil War, a new generation of reformers, including Theodore Parker, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Martin Robison Delany and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, took……続きを見る

Includes Gettysburg Map and Illustrations Pack – 30 additional maps, plans and illustrations "The experience of a little girl, during three days of a hard fought battle, as portrayed in this volume ……続きを見る

Few men can have known General and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant as well as General Adam Badeau. As Grant's military secretary during 1864-1865, he came to know and work closely wi……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 story of Allen Allensworth is one of t……続きを見る

The Civil War, a watershed event in American history, marked a climactic moment in the history of New York’s Jewish community. Jews served and died on the battlefield, attended to wounded soldiers, ……続きを見る

Lewis L. Gould's 2003 history of the Republican Party was a fast-paced account of Republican fortunes. The Republicans won praise for its even-handed, incisive analysis of Republican history, drawin……続きを見る

“A fast-paced, two-fisted action story…. The fiery abolitionist hero, John Fairfield, is a cross between James Bond and John Wayne. Fairfield’s covert ops are inventive, full of clever ruses and sub……続きを見る

"Emancipation at 150: The Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation" is a scholarly anthology on the Emancipation Proclamation with contributions from leading Lincoln historians and government officia……続きを見る

Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have worked for years to compile this remarkable story of one of the war's greatest battles. escribes the series of controversial events that define t……続きを見る

A retelling of the lives of black slaves of the south through the eyes of one born a slave during the pre-civil war years in America. Harriet tells not only her own story, but countless others, and ……続きを見る