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  • Sam Houston's Last Fight

    by Albert Castel ...
    At sixty-six, Sam Houston's bones ached from the wounds of two wars, but as Southern pressure for secession mounted, writes historian Albert Castel in this short-form book, "Old Sam Jacinto" battled to keep his beloved Texas in the Union. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bloodiest Rebel

    by Albert Castel ...
    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 hero. Here, in this short-form book from award-winning historian Albert Castel, is the extraordinary and controversial story of William Clarke Quantrill. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tom Taylor's Civil War

    by Albert Castel ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    Our hurly-burly sagas of war often overlook the deep connections between warriors and the families they left behind. In Tom Taylor’s Civil War, eminent Civil War historian Albert Castel brings that familial connection back into sharp focus, reminding us again that soldiers in the field are much more than mere cogs in the machinery of war.A young Ohio lawyer, Thomas Taylor was a junior officer who ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Victors in Blue

    How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other, and Won the Civil War

    by Albert Castel, Brooks Simpson ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    Make no mistake, the Confederacy had the will and valor to fight. But the Union had the manpower, the money, the materiel, and, most important, the generals. Although the South had arguably the best commander in the Civil War in Robert E. Lee, the North’s full house beat their one-of-a-kind. Flawed individually, the Union’s top officers nevertheless proved collectively superior across a diverse ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West

    by Albert Castel ...
    Indeed, the story of General Price -- as this account by Albert Castle shows -- is the story, in large part, of the Confederacy's struggle in the West. The author draws a fascinating portrait of Price the man -- vain, courageous, addicted to secrecy -- and produces insightful interpretations and much pertinent information about the Civil War in the West. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Men of Fire

    Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil War

    by Jack Hurst ...
    Deep in the winter of 1862, on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee, two extraordinary military leaders faced each other in an epic clash that would transform them both and change the course of American history forever. Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant had no significant military successes to his credit. He was barely clinging to his position within the Union Army-he had been officially ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Civil War, A to Z

    The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict

    Edited by Clifford L. Linedecker ...
    With hundreds of entries, as well as photographs, drawings, and a handy time line of events, Civil War, A to Z encompasses everything about this historic conflict . . . from Appomattox to Zouaves.This encyclopedic illustrated reference features facts both familiar and engagingly new, organized in an easy-to-follow alphabetical format. Ranging from the basic to the bizarre, from secession to spies ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • U. S. Grant: The Civil War Years

    Grant Moves South and Grant Takes Command

    by Bruce Catton ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Bruce Catton's acclaimed two-book biography of complex and controversial Union commander Ulysses S. Grant.New York Times BestsellersIn these two comprehensive and engaging volumes, preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton follows the wartime movements of Ulysses S. Grant, detailing the Union commander's bold tactics and his relentless dedication to achieving ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How the South Could Have Won the Civil War

    The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat

    by Bevin Alexander ...
    Could the South have won the Civil War?To many, the very question seems absurd. After all, the Confederacy had only a third of the population and one-eleventh of the industry of the North. Wasn’t the South’s defeat inevitable?Not at all, as acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander reveals in this provocative and counterintuitive new look at the Civil War. In fact, the South most definitely ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Rebels at the Gate

    Lee and McClellan on the Front Line of a Nation Divided

    by W Hunter Lesser ...
    Rebels at the Gate is the dramatic story of the first Union victories of the Civil War and the events that caused Virginians to divide their state. In a defiant act to sustain President Lincoln's war effort, Virginia Unionists created their own state government in 1861—destined to become the new state of West Virginia. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Crossroads of Freedom : Antietam

    Antietam

    by James M. McPherson ...
    Series series Pivotal Moments in American History
    The Battle of Antietam fought on September 17 1862 was the bloodiest single day in American history with more than 6000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom America's most eminent Civil War historian James M. McPherson paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle the events that led ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Gettysburg

    Two Eyewitness Accounts

    by Frank Haskell, William C. Oates ...
    Series series Eyewitness to the Civil War
    In this unique series the Civil War comes vividly to life. Here an eyewitness accounts--many available for the first time in decades--by generals, journalist, and ordinary foot soldiers, both blue and gray, who relive the conflict in all its terrible glory. Each volume brings you a human perspective on the war--its most decisive battles, its most remarkable personalities. Gettysburg: Two ... Read more

    $4.99 USD