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This is not a conventional biography. It is a collection of sketches in which an attempt is made to portray the character of Abraham Lincoln as the highest type of the American from several interest……続きを見る

Scenes and Adventures in the Army: Or, Romance of Military Life was first published in 1857. Cooke, then a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, described his extensive military service on the Americ……続きを見る

Hardtack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings. Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery Battery in the American Civ……続きを見る

Gilbert Moxley Sorrel (February 23, 1838 – August 10, 1901) was a staff officer and Brigadier-General in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. 続きを見る

The task imposed upon the volume resolves itself, at bottom, into just two questions: Why was there a war? Why was the Lincoln Government successful? With these two questions always in mind I have e……続きを見る

A Short History of the Confederate States of America is a memoir written by Jefferson Davis, completed shortly before his death in 1889. Davis wrote most of this book while staying at Beauvoir along……続きを見る

In January 1863 the Union War Department authorized the creation of "a special corps" composed of "persons of African descent"ーthe 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. Robert Go……続きを見る

L’Autore in questo volume ha l’intento di chiarire le ragioni dei Sudisti e le loro vere aspirazioni, per poi comprendere meglio la Confederazione Sudista e fare luce sulle reali cause del conflitto……続きを見る

Edmund Gibson Ross was a politician who represented Kansas after the American Civil War and was later governor of the New Mexico Territory. His vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson of "h……続きを見る

A vibrant portrait the famous Confederate cruiser whose record during the Civil War made her the most successful raider of all time. 続きを見る

“Hidden talent counts for nothing.” - Nero. Strategy Six Pack 12 presents six historical texts spanning two millennia and three continents. Ancient Rome and the Americas get two books each: Mary Pla……続きを見る

Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the Ame……続きを見る

The Texas Brigade, also often referred to as Hood's Brigade as it was commanded by General John Bell Hood, was an infantry brigade in the Confederate States Army that distinguished itself for its fi……続きを見る

Published in 1906, this is the recollections of John Casler while in the service of the Confederacy and being a member of the Stonewall Brigade during the Civil War. 続きを見る

A Life of General Robert E. Lee is a fascinating character study of Lee written by a Civil War veteran who regularly observed the Confederate General in thought and action on the battlefield. John E……続きを見る

Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877), called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered as a self-educated, bruta……続きを見る

Abraham Lincoln (Hodgenville, 12 febbraio 1809 – Washington, 15 aprile 1865) è stato un politico e avvocato statunitense. È stato il 16º Presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America e il primo ad apparten……続きを見る

Before the start of the Spanish-American War, newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst sent star reporter Richard Harding Davis and acclaimed illustrator Frederic Remington to Cuba to cover the simme……続きを見る

Civil War Four Pack presents four key primary texts for Civil War buffs and historians: Andersonville - A Story of Rebel Military Prisons - Fifteen months a guest of the so-called Southern Confedera……続きを見る

"I do not hesitate to publish my account of battles lost and won, trusting that there are many still left who will read with some interest the simple narrative of a soldier who is proud to have shar……続きを見る

Co-authors Diane Abbott and Kristoffer Gair present the fresh and daring journey of Sarah "Emma" Edmonds, the first woman in American history to receive a Civil War pension. Biographical in nature a……続きを見る

Chios Classics brings literature’s greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. Reconstruction is an essay by Douglass on the South's Reconstruc……続きを見る

Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. Three Years with Quantrill chronicles the experiences of a soldi……続きを見る

Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. Quantrill and the Border Wars is a history of the famous Confede……続きを見る

John Singleton Mosby served as commander of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers. His memoirs describe his experiences and recollections of Robert E. Lee and JEB Stuart, among others. ……続きを見る

John James Geer, a Union soldier captured at the Battle of Shiloh, recounts his experiences as a prisoner in the Confederacy in Beyond the Lines: A Yankee Prisoner Loose in Dixie. This book includes……続きを見る

Frank Alexander Montgomery was a native Mississippian, and served as Lt. Colonel in the 1st Mississippi Cavalry during the Civil War. Reminiscences of a Mississippian in Peace and War offers a fasci……続きを見る

A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama during the War, by Parthenia Antoinette Hague, is a fascinating contemporary account of life in the deep South during the Civil War. A table of contents ……続きを見る

John Bell Hood (1831 1879) , a native of Kentucky, fought for the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies ……続きを見る

Although John Esten Cooke fought during for the Confederacy during the Civil War, he is best known for his writing. Wearing of the Gray is Cooke's most celebrated work, in which he discusses many sc……続きを見る