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  • FRED GRANT AT VICKSBURG
    ALBERT A. NOFI
    On March 29, 1863, 12-year-old Frederick Grant, the eldest son of Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, arrived at his father’s headquarters at Young’s Point, Louisiana. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee was preparing to move against Vicksburg, Mississippi, and young Fred had no intention of missing out on the adventure. His incredible journey would consume more than three months and w...

    $139.99

  • FROM CAMP DOUGLAS TO VICKSBURG
    RACHAEL E. MELLEN AND DAVID A. POWELL
    Wars change the course of history and touch in intensely personal ways the lives of everyone involved. Thankfully, surviving firsthand accounts offer modern readers a deeply personal window into earlier times. From Camp Douglas to Vicksburg: The Civil War Letters of William J. Kennedy, 55th Illinois Infantry, 1861-1863, edited and annotated by Rachael E. Mellen and David A. Pow...

    $254.99

  • THE FINAL BIVOUAC
    CHRIS CALKINS
    Explores the immediate aftermath of Lee’s surrender, detailing the Confederate disbandment, Union occupation, and reactions to Lincoln’s assassination. What actually happened during the first six weeks of new-found peace once General Lee surrendered the remnants of the Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant? What were the initial reactions of the soldiers and Virginia citiz...

    $177.99

  • THE JOHNSON-GILMOR CAVALRY RAID AROUND BALTIMORE
    ERIC J. WITTENBERG
    The Johnson-Gilmor Raid, a gripping tale of desperation and high stakes during the American Civil War, unveils the doomed attempt to free Confederate prisoners of war, shedding light on the intricacies of wartime strategies and the relentless pursuit of liberty. The Johnson-Gilmor Raid represents one of three major attempts to free prisoners of war during the American Civil War...

    $190.99

  • A GRAND OPENING SQUANDERED
    SEAN MICHAEL CHICK
    The Battle of Petersburg’s intense four-day clash marked a missed Union opportunity, prolonging the Civil War with dramatic consequences. May and June 1864 in Virginia witnessed some of the most brutal and bloody fighting of the Civil War. Combined losses for the two armies after the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, and Cold Harbor exceeded 80,000 killed, wound...

    $127.99

  • THE MAPS OF SECOND BULL RUN
    BRADLEY M. GOTTFRIED
    A map-based analysis of the Second Bull Run Campaign, detailing troop movements, battles, and strategies with full-color cartography and insightful commentary. The Maps of Second Bull Run: An Atlas of the Second Bull Run (Manassas) Campaign from the Formation of the Army of Virginia Through Chantilly, June 26–September 1, 1862 continues Bradley M. Gottfried’s efforts to study a...

    $305.99

  • HELL BY THE ACRE
    DANIEL A. MASTERS
    Explores the pivotal Stones River Campaign of 1862-1863, detailing the intense battles and firsthand accounts that turned the tide for the Union Army. The waning days of 1862 marked a nadir in the fortunes of the Union. After major defeats at Fredericksburg in Virginia and Chickasaw Bayou in Mississippi, it fell to Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans and his Army of the Cumberland t...

    $305.99

  • GETTYSBURG
    GREGORY CHRISTIANSON
    This is a book like no other. It is a family-friendly story of the Battle of Gettysburg for everyone, no matter their age. Powerful modern images enhance an easy-to-read narrative. Fascinating sidebars create an engaging volume that is informative and entertaining but also sympathetic and reverent. Our familiar guides, Liam and Jaden, now joined by their teen brother Jesse, lea...

    $152.99

  • "DIGGING ALL NIGHT AND FIGHTING ALL DAY"
    PAUL BRUESKE
    The bloody two-week siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama (March 26–April 8, 1865) was one of the final battles of the Civil War. Despite its importance and fascinating history, surprisingly little has been written about it. Many considered the fort as the key to holding the important seaport of Mobile, which surrendered to Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby on April 12, 1865. Paul Brueske’...

    $254.99

  • CALAMITY AT FREDERICK
    ALEXANDER B. ROSSINO
    The loss of Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders No. 191 is one of the Civil War’s enduring mysteries. In this meticulous study, Alexander Rossino presents a bold new interpretation of the evidence surrounding the orders’ creation, distribution, and loss outside Frederick, Maryland, in September 1862. Rossino makes extensive use of primary sources to explore these subjects and other ...

    $147.13

  • OUTWITTING FORREST
    EDWIN C. BEARSS
    Few students of the Civil War know that legendary historian Edwin C. Bearss produced a classic study on the little-known but significant Tupelo Campaign. The fighting in Mississippi was overshadowed by Nathan Bedford Forrest’s more spectacular victory at Brice’s Crossroads a month earlier. Bearss performed the research and writing for the Department of the Interior in 1969, and...

    $229.65

  • GETTYSBURG IN COLOR
    PATRICK BRENNAN / DYLAN BRENNAN
    Artificial Intelligence meets Gettysburg. And it is a marvelous pairing. Patrick Brennan, a long-time student of the Civil War, published author, and an editorial advisor for The Civil War Monitor magazine, has teamed up with his technology-astute daughter Dylan Brennan to bring the largest Civil War battle to life in the remarkable 2-volume study: Gettysburg in Color. Volume 1...

    $268.99

  • “IF WE ARE STRIKING FOR PENNSYLVANIA”
    SCOTT L. MINGUS / ERIC J. WITTENBERG
    Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg, the authors of more than forty Civil War books, have once again teamed up to present a history of the opening moves of the Gettysburg Campaign in the two-volume study “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania”: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. This compelling study is one of the first to integr...

    $267.99

  • WHEN HELL CAME TO SHARPSBURG
    STEVEN COWIE
    Discover a forgotten chapter of American history with Steven Cowie's riveting account of the Battle of Antietam. The Battle of Antietam, fought in and around Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest day in American history. Despite the large number of books and articles on the subject, the battle’s horrendous toll on area civilians is rarely discussed. Whe...

    $267.99

  • “THE BULLETS FLEW LIKE HAIL”
    JAMES L. MCLEAN
    On July 1, 1863, Brigadier General Lysander Cutler commanded the first Union infantry to relieve Brigadier General John Buford’s hard-pressed cavalry on the western outskirts of Gettysburg. The brigade’s stubborn defense along McPherson’s Ridge and the arrival of the famous Iron Brigade stopped the Confederate advance on the town and set the tone for the three-day battle. All o...

    $255.24

  • GENERAL GRANT AND THE VERDICT OF HISTORY
    FRANK P VARNEY
    General Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered today as a war-winning general, and he certainly deserves credit for his efforts on behalf of the Union. But has he received too much credit at the expense of other men? Have others who fought the war with him suffered unfairly at his hands? General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War explores these iss...

    $252.93

  • THE CIVIL WARS OF GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON
    RICHARD M. MCMURRY
    Joseph Eggleston Johnston was one of the original five full Confederate generals. He graduated West Point in the same 1829 class as Robert E. Lee and served in the War with Mexico, the Seminole Wars in Florida, and in Texas and Kansas. By 1860 Johnston was widely looked upon as one of America’s finest military officers. During the Civil War he commanded armies in Virginia, Geor...

    $268.03

  • THE TALE UNTWISTED
    GENE M. THORP / ALEXANDER B. ROSSINO
    The discovery of Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on September 13, 1862, is one of the most important and hotly disputed events of the American Civil War. For more than 150 years, historians have debated if George McClellan, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, dawdled after receiving a copy of the orders before warily advancing to c...

    $147.13

  • BATTLE DIGEST: FREDERICKSBURG
    CHRISTOPHER J. PETTY
    The Battle Digest summary includes all the key aspects of the campaign and battle, including maps, images, and lessons learned. In the autumn of 1862, Lincoln’s new commander, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, promised swift action by moving south against Fredericksburg to open a route to the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. With Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army divide...

    $51.05

  • BATTLE DIGEST: CANNAE
    CHRISTOPHER J. PETTY
    The Battle Digest summary includes all the key aspects of the campaign and battle, including maps, images, and lessons learned. During the Second Punic War (218 – 201 B.C.), after Hannibal had been handing Rome defeats and losses for nearly two years, the Roman Senate had finally had enough. After raising the largest army they had ever fielded, they sent it against Hannibal, wh...

    $51.05

  • BATTLE DIGEST: OKINAWA
    CHRISTOPHER J. PETTY
    The Battle Digest summary includes all the key aspects of the campaign and battle, including maps, images, and lessons learned. By early 1945, American forces had been fighting their way across the Pacific for over two and a half years. General Douglas MacArthur’s drive in the Southwest Pacific had reached the Philippines, while Admiral Chester Nimitz’s drive across the Central...

    $51.05

  • BATTLE DIGEST: MIDWAY
    CHRISTOPHER J. PETTY
    The Battle Digest summary includes all the key aspects of the campaign and battle, including maps, images, and lessons learned. After the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, it seemed nothing could stop Japanese offensive momentum in the Pacific. A string of victories and territorial conquests fueled optimism and confidence throughout Japan. But the U.S. Pacifi...

    $51.05

  • GEORGE WASHINGTON’S NEMESIS
    CHRISTIAN MCBURNEY
    Revolutionary War historians and biographers of Charles Lee have treated him as either an inveterate enemy of George Washington or a great defender of American liberty. Neither approach is accurate argues author Christian McBurney, who stresses that in order to fully understand the war’s most complicated general, objectivity is required. His new book, George Washington’s Nemesi...

    $252.93

  • LINCOLN TAKES COMMAND
    STEVE NORDER
    On a rainy evening during the Civil War’s second May, President Abraham Lincoln and two of his cabinet secretaries boarded a treasury department ship to sail to Union-held Fort Monroe in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The trip resulted in the first and only time in the country’s history that a sitting president took direct control of military forces, both army and navy, to wage a cam...

    $252.93

  • GETTYSBURG
    GREGORY CHRISTIANSON
    Gettysburg: Kids Who Did the Impossible! is a creative, visually-captivating experience for children, young historians, and Civil War enthusiasts alike. Gettysburg was one of the most important battles of the entire Civil War, and author Gregory Christianson brings it to life through breathtaking photographs, extraordinary watercolors, and exciting true-to-life stories. This is...

    $153.14

  • UNION COMMAND FAILURE IN THE SHENANDOAH
    DAVID POWELL
    The Battle of New Market in the Shenandoah Valley suffers from no lack of drama, interest, or importance. The ramifications of the May 1864 engagement, which involved only 10,000 troops, were substantial. Previous studies, however, focused on the Confederate side of the story. David Powell’s, Union Command Failure in the Shenandoah: Major General Franz Sigel and the War in the ...

    $229.65

  • MEADE AND LEE AT BRISTOE STATION
    JEFFREY WM HUNT
    The Civil War in the Eastern Theater during the late summer and fall of 1863 was anything but inconsequential. Generals Meade and Lee continued where they had left off, executing daring marches while boldly maneuvering the chess pieces of war in an effort to gain decisive strategic and tactical advantage. Cavalry actions crisscrossed the rolling landscape; bloody battle reveale...

    $252.93

  • SEPTEMBER MOURN
    ALANN SCHMIDT / TERRY BARKLEY
    The Dunker Church is one of the most iconic structures of the American Civil War. Surprisingly, few people know much if anything about its fascinating story or the role it played within the community of Sharpsburg and its importance during and after the Battle of Antietam. September Mourn: The Dunker Church of Antietam by Alann D. Schmidt and Terry W. Barkley rectifies this ove...

    $153.14

  • UNDER THE CRESCENT MOON WITH THE XI CORPS IN THE CIVIL WAR
    JAMES PULA
    Winner, 2018, Unit History, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award With the publication of Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War: Volume. 2: From Gettysburg to Victory, 1863-1865, James S. Pula completes his magisterial work on this important Union command. The XI Corps served in the Army of the Potomac for just twelve months (September 1862-Au...

    $268.29

  • THE GREAT BATTLE NEVER FOUGHT
    CHRIS MACKOWSKI
    The stakes for George Gordon Meade could not have been higher. After his stunning victory at Gettysburg in July of 1863, the Union commander spent the following months trying to bring the Army of Northern Virginia to battle once more and finish the job. The Confederate army, robbed of much of its offensive strength, nevertheless parried Meade’s moves time after time. Although t...

    $114.76


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