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Here are three tragedies from early Kentucky history: the defeat of a small army of Kentuckians by Indians at Blue Licks in 1782, the murder of a slave by two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews in wester……続きを見る

The battle of the Crater is known as one of the Civil War's bloodiest strugglesーa Union loss with combined casualties of 5,000, many of whom were members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) ……続きを見る

A well-educated, outspoken member of a politically prominent family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Josie Underwood (1840–1923) left behind one of the few intimate accounts of the Civil War written by a……続きを見る

Though Abraham Lincoln has been the subject of numerous biographies, his personality remains an enigma. During his lifetime, Lincoln prepared two sketches of his life for the 1860 presidential race.……続きを見る

In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "have no lawful right" to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet less than two years later, he issued a pr……続きを見る

Following Zebulon Pike’s expeditions in the early nineteenth century, U.S. expansionists focused their gaze on the Southwest. Explorers, traders, settlers, boundary adjudicators, railway surveyors, ……続きを見る

**One of Janet Maslin’s Favorite Books of 2018, The New York Times One of John Warner’s Favorite Books of 2018, Chicago Tribune Named one of the “Best Civil War Books of 2018” by the Civil War Monit……続きを見る

Many books discuss in great detail what happened during Civil War battles. This is one of the few that investigate what happened to the remains of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Where Valor ……続きを見る

James Longstreet stood with Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the great triumvirate of the Army of Northern Virginia. He fought from First Manassas through Appomattox and served as Lee’s senior……続きを見る

Part cookbook, part culinary history, part family history, this book is an engaging and enlightening glimpse into the household of a well-to-do, mid-nineteenth-century Virginia family. Seeking to le……続きを見る

The purpose of this study was to discover what was typical in the history and character of the state during the period of the Civil War and the readjustment that followed. The author explains the ea……続きを見る

The soldiers of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry fought in the Overland campaign under Grant and in the Shenandoah valley under Sheridan, notably at the Battle of Monocacy. But as Dennis Brandt reveal……続きを見る

Fueled by a flourishing capitalist economy, undergirded by advancements in architectural design and urban infrastructure, and patronized by growing bourgeois and elite classes, New York’s built envi……続きを見る

Originally published by UNC Press in 1952, The Railroads of the Confederacy tells the story of the first use of railroads on a major scale in a major war. Robert Black presents a complex and fascina……続きを見る

Eleanor Agnes Lee, Robert E. Lee’s fifth child, began her journal in December 1852 at the early age of twelve. An articulate young woman, her stated ambitions were modest: “The everyday life of a li……続きを見る

Ida Wells-Barnett was an early 20th century writer who documented some of the effects of Jim Crow in the South at a time when segregation was the norm there. 続きを見る

Ida Wells-Barnett was an early 20th century writer who documented some of the effects of Jim Crow in the South at a time when segregation was the norm there. 続きを見る

This is a memoir of the Civil War written by a Confederate cavalryman who rode with the notorious Nathan Bedford Forrest in the Western theater. From the beginning: IN yielding to the request which ……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. Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States during ……続きを見る

What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July, is one of Frederick Douglass' classics. 続きを見る

The Chancellorsville Campaign is an amazing primary source account by Darius Couch. 続きを見る

Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise is a classic speech by Abraham Lincoln. 続きを見る

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation. Escape from the Confederacy is the story of a Union soldier escaping during the Civil War. 続きを見る

The Confederate Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign is an amazing primary source account by Mosby. 続きを見る

For the first time in Penguin Classics, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's bestselling Civil War classic Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's 1868 Reconstruction-era novel The Gates Ajar, in its portrait of inconsolabl……続きを見る

During the Chickamauga Campaign, General Stanley's two Union cavalry divisions battled Forrest's and Wheeler's cavalry corps in some of the most difficult terrain for mounted operations. The Federal……続きを見る

During the Civil War, each side accused the other of mistreating prisoners of war. Today, most historians believe that there was systemic and deliberate abuse of POWs by both sides yet many base the……続きを見る

Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman’s glorious poetry collection, first published in 1855, which he revised and expanded throughout his lifetime. It was ground-breaking in its subject matter and in its ……続きを見る

On the flaming Kansas-Missouri border, the name Quantrill struck terror in people's hearts. He was a cruel and ruthless guerrilla who burned, robbed, and killed without mercy, but legend made him a ……続きを見る

Isaac Johnson was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in 1844. His father, Richard Yeager, was a white farmer and his mother, Jane Johnson, was an enslaved African from Madagascar. His parents lived to……続きを見る