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  • US ARMY'S FIRST, LAST, AND ONLY ALL-BLACK RANGERS
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    US ARMY'S FIRST, LAST, AND ONLY ALL-BLACK RANGERS
    EDWARD L. POSEY
    Finalist, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award: An account of this elite unit serving in the last days of a segregated military: “Riveting.” —The Journal of African American History The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the first and only all-black Ranger unit in the history of the United States Army. The company’s life span covered ten months, from sele...

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  • TOO USEFUL TO SACRIFICE
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    TOO USEFUL TO SACRIFICE
    STEVEN R. STOTELMYER
    The importance of Robert E. Lee’s first movement north of the Potomac River in September 1862 is difficult to overstate. After his string of successes in Virginia, a decisive Confederate victory in Maryland or Pennsylvania may well have spun the war in an entirely different direction. Why he and his Virginia army did not find success across the Potomac was due in large measure ...

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  • UNION SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
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    UNION SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
    LANCE J. HERDEGEN
    Some Confederates called him a “Bluebelly,” “Mudsill,” and even a “Lincolnite” (for President Abraham Lincoln), but the name that has carried down through the decades is simply “Billy Yank.” Author Lance Herdegen tells his fascinating multi-faceted story in Union Soldiers in the American Civil War. Union Soldiers offers a complete guide for Civil War enthusiasts of all ages. He...

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  • TO HAZARD ALL
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    TO HAZARD ALL
    ROBERT ORRISON / KEVIN PAWLAK
    Experience the history of the Maryland Campaign with this Civil War chronicle and guide featuring battlefield information and day-trip itineraries. In the summer of 1862, the world watched anxiously as Confederate armies advanced across a thousand-mile front. Reacting to the Army of Northern Virginia’s trek across the Potomac River, George B. McClellan gathered the broken and s...

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  • HOLDING THE LINE ON THE RIVER OF DEATH
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    HOLDING THE LINE ON THE RIVER OF DEATH
    ERIC J. WITTENBERG
    The award-winning Civil War historian examines the actions of Union Cavalry on the first day of the Battle of Chickamauga in this history and tour guide. This volume provides an in-depth study of the two important delaying actions conducted by mounted Union soldiers at Reed’s and Alexander’s bridges on the first day of Chickamauga. Much like Eric J, Wittenberg’s “The Devil’s to...

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  • BENEDICT ARNOLD IN THE COMPANY OF HEROES
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    BENEDICT ARNOLD IN THE COMPANY OF HEROES
    ARTHUR S. LEFKOWITZ
    This “gripping” history recounts the lives of American patriots who were a part of Arnold’s failed Canadian invasion during the Revolutionary War (Thomas Fleming, author of Liberty! The American Revolution).   Hundreds of men followed Col. Benedict Arnold in an expedition to capture Quebec in 1775. After Arnold was wounded, his troops found themselves outnumbered and trapped in...

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  • VICTORY OR DEATH
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    VICTORY OR DEATH
    MARK MALOY
    An overview of the military actions and battlefields of three consecutive engagements during the “ten crucial days” of the American Revolution. December 1776: Just six months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, George Washington and the new American Army sit on the verge of utter destruction by the banks of the Delaware River. The despondent and demoralized gr...

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  • THE WAR OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
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    THE WAR OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
    JANET CROON
    A remarkable account of the collapse of the Old South and the final years of a young boy’s privileged but afflicted life. LeRoy Wiley Gresham was born in 1847 to an affluent slave-holding family in Macon, Georgia. After a horrific leg injury left him an invalid, the educated, inquisitive, perceptive, and exceptionally witty twelve-year-old began keeping a diary in 1860—just as ...

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  • THAT FIELD OF BLOOD
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    THAT FIELD OF BLOOD
    DANIEL VERMILYA
    Explore the sites of the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam and its history with this extensive guide. September 17, 1862—one of the most consequential days in the history of the United States—was a moment in time when the future of the country could have veered in two starkly different directions. Confederates under General Robert E. Lee had embarked upon an invasion of M...

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  • THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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    THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
    DAVID HIRSCH / DAN VAN HAFTEN
    Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the logical force of the Declaration facilitated the survival of a nation. The Ultimate Guide to the Declaration of Independence explains the document more thoroughly than any book previously published. With the aid of colorized step-by-step diagrams, the authors deconstruct Jefferson’s masterpiece into the six elements of a proposition to demonstra...

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  • DEFENDING THE ARTERIES OF REBELLION
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    DEFENDING THE ARTERIES OF REBELLION
    NEIL P. CHATELAIN
    This thorough account of the South’s efforts to hold the Mississippi River is “fast-paced, easy to read, and well supported by archival research”(The Civil War Monitor). Most studies of the Mississippi River focus on Union campaigns to open and control it, while overlooking Southern attempts to stop them. This book tells the other side of the story—the first modern full-length ...

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    "NO SUCH ARMY SINCE THE DAYS OF JULIUS CAESAR"
    MARK A. SMITH / WADE SOKOLOSKY
    “Smith and Sokolsky have firmly established themselves within the highest echelon of 1865 Carolinas Campaign historians.” —Civil War Books and Authors   Gen. William T. Sherman’s 1865 Carolinas Campaign receives scant attention from most Civil War historians. Career military officers Mark A. Smith and Wade Sokolosky rectify this oversight with “No Such Army Since the Days of Ju...

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  • CONFEDERATE WATERLOO
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    CONFEDERATE WATERLOO
    MICHAEL J. MCCARTHY
    “Engrossing . . . A lengthy review of the events of the final days of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and the road to Appomattox” (Mark Silo, author of The 115th New York in the Civil War).   The Battle of Five Forks broke the long siege of Petersburg, Virginia, triggered the evacuation of Richmond, precipitated the Appomattox Campaign, and destroyed the careers and r...

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  • ALL THE FIGHTING THEY WANT
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    ALL THE FIGHTING THEY WANT
    STEPHEN DAVIS
    The Civil War’s Atlanta campaign rages on following A Long and Bloody Task: “More than informative . . . challenges simplistic caricatures of Hood and Sherman” (The Civil War Monitor).   John Bell Hood brought a hang-dog look and a hard-fighting spirit to the Army of Tennessee. Once one of the ablest division commanders in the Army of Northern Virginia, he found himself, by the...

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    "THE BLOODY FIFTH" VOL. 2
    JOHN F. SCHMUTZ
    Second in the sweeping history of the Fifth Texas Infantry that fought with Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War.   In the first volume, Secession to the Suffolk Campaign, John F. Schmutz followed the regiment from its inception through the successful foraging campaign in southeastern Virginia in April 1863. Gettysburg to Appomattox continues the regiment’...

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  • MEADE AND LEE AFTER GETTYSBURG
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    MEADE AND LEE AFTER GETTYSBURG
    JEFFREY WM HUNT
    This “very satisfying blow-by-blow account of the final stages of the Gettysburg Campaign” fills an important gap in Civil War history (Civil War Books and Authors).   Winner of the Gettysburg Civil War Round Table Book Award   This fascinating book exposes what has been hiding in plain sight for 150 years: The Gettysburg Campaign did not end at the banks of the Potomac on July...

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  • DISCOVERING GETTYSBURG
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    DISCOVERING GETTYSBURG
    W. STEPHEN COLEMAN
    A “witty, entertaining, educational” blend of travel memoir and Civil War history (Scott L. Mingus, Sr, award-winning author of Flames beyond Gettysburg).   Gettysburg is a small, charming city nestled in south central Pennsylvania—but its very name evokes passion and angst, enthusiasm and sadness. For about half the year its streets are mainly empty, its businesses quiet, the ...

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  • FOXTROT IN KANDAHAR
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    FOXTROT IN KANDAHAR
    DUANE EVANS
    A thrilling true story of courage and duty after 9/11—“an extraordinary read from cover to cover . . . Gritty, frustrating, brutal, exhilarating” (Midwest Book Review).   Within hours after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, ex-Green Beret Duane Evans began a personal quest to become part of the US response against al-Qa’ida. His determination led him to join one of the CI...

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  • THE GENERALS OF SHILOH
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    THE GENERALS OF SHILOH
    LARRY TAGG
    The author of The Generals of Gettysburg examines the characters and actions of the military leadership at this Tennessee Civil War battle.   “Character is destiny,” wrote the Greek philosopher Heraclitus more than twenty-five centuries ago. Most writers of military history stress strategy and tactics at the expense of the character of their subjects. Larry Tagg remedies that o...

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  • GENERAL LEE'S IMMORTALS
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    GENERAL LEE'S IMMORTALS
    MICHAEL C. HARDY
    “An absolute gem of a history” for the Confederacy’s Branch-Lane North Carolina Brigade: “His clear and engaging narrative keeps the reader entranced” (Thomas G. Clemens, editor of The Maryland Campaign of 1862).   This storied brigade was first led by Lawrence Branch, and then by James Henry Lane, and served with Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia for its entire existence. These ...

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  • A SINGLE BLOW
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    A SINGLE BLOW
    PHILLIP S. GREENWALT / ROBERT ORRISON
    A concise history of the “shot heard round the world”—and the dramatic day that began America’s war for independence. Includes maps and photos.   When shots were fired at Lexington and Concord on a spring day in 1775, few, if any, fully grasped the impact they would ultimately have on the world.   This concise book offers not only a guide to the historical sites involved but a ...

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  • TARGETED TRACKS
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    TARGETED TRACKS
    SCOTT L. MINGUS / COOPER H. WINGERT
    “Anyone who is interested in Civil War logistics, wartime railroads, and the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania needs to read this study.” —Eric J. Wittenberg, award-winning historian and author    The Civil War was the first conflict in which railroads played a major role. Although much has been written about their role in general, little has been written about specific lines. ...

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    "TOO MUCH FOR HUMAN ENDURANCE"
    RONALD D. KIRKWOOD
    The stories of the doctors, nurses and patients at the Union Army’s hospital in Gettysburg come to life in this unique Civil War history.   Those who toiled and suffered at the Army of the Potomac’s XI Corps hospital at the George Spangler Farm in Gettysburg have long since departed. But Ronald D. Kirkwood, a journalist and George Spangler Farm expert, shares their stories—many...

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  • GETTYSBURG'S PEACH ORCHARD
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    GETTYSBURG'S PEACH ORCHARD
    JAMES A. HESSLER / BRITT C. ISENBERG
    A “fascinating illumination of little-known accounts and personalities” by two experts on the Battle of Gettysburg (Civil War News).   The historiography of Gettysburg’s second day is usually dominated by the Union’s successful defense of Little Round Top—but the day’s most influential action occurred nearly one mile west along the Emmitsburg Road, in farmer Joseph Sherfy’s pea...

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  • CALL OUT THE CADETS
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    CALL OUT THE CADETS
    SARAH KAY BIERLE / KEITH E. GIBSON
    The Civil War historian recounts a significant yet smaller battle in the Shenandoah Valley—showing how it changed the war and the lives of those present.   The battle of New Market came at a crucial moment in the Union’s offensive movements. It would also be the last major Confederate victory in the Shenandoah Valley. The outcome altered campaign plans across the North and Sout...

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    "LEE IS TRAPPED, AND MUST BE TAKEN"
    THOMAS J. RYAN / RICHARD R. SCHAUS
    This award-winning Civil War history examines Robert E. Lee’s retreat from Gettysburg and the vital importance of Civil War military intelligence.   While countless books have examined the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederate Army’s retreat to the Potomac River remains largely untold. This comprehensive study tells the full story, including how Maj. Gen. George G. Meade organi...

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  • GERMAN GROUND FORCES OF WORLD WAR II
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    GERMAN GROUND FORCES OF WORLD WAR II
    WILLIAM T. MCCRODEN / THOMAS E. NUTTER
    A groundbreaking and comprehensive order of battle for German ground troops in WWII, from the invasion of Poland to the final defeat in Berlin. An indispensable reference work for Second World War scholars and enthusiasts, German Ground Forces of World War II captures the continuously changing character of Nazi ground forces throughout the conflict. For the first time, readers ...

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  • AMERICA'S BURIED HISTORY
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    AMERICA'S BURIED HISTORY
    KENNETH R. RUTHERFORD
    “Masterfully researched . . . destined to become a classic study of one of the most horrific weapons ever utilized during the Civil War—landmines.” —Jonathan A. Noyalas, director, Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute Despite all that has been published on the American Civil War, one aspect that has never received the in-depth attention it deserves is the widesp...

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  • HELLMIRA
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    HELLMIRA
    DEREK MAXFIELD
    An in-depth history of the inhumane Union Civil War prison camp that became known as “the Andersonville of the North.” Long called by some the “Andersonville of the North,” the prisoner of war camp in Elmira, New York, is remembered as the most notorious of all Union-run POW camps. It existed only from the summer of 1864 to July 1865, but in that time, and for long after, it be...

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  • SECEDING FROM SECESSION
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    SECEDING FROM SECESSION
    ERIC J. WITTENBERG / EDMUND A. SARGUS / PENNY L. BARRICK
    A “thoroughly researched [and] historically enlightening” account of how the Commonwealth of Virginia split in two in the midst of war (Civil War News). “West Virginia was the child of the storm.” —Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran Maj. Theodore F. Lang As the Civil War raged, the northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form th...

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