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  • The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861–1865. Pulitzer Prize for History 1929. Illustrated

    by Fred Shannon ...
    The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861–1865 by Fred A. Shannon is a landmark scholarly work that offers a detailed examination of how the Union Army was formed, managed, and operated during the American Civil War. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1929, this two-volume study goes beyond battlefield strategy to explore the inner workings of one of the largest military ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Farmer's Last Frontier

    Agriculture, 1860-97

    by Fred A. Shannon ...
    Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and expansion of agriculture across the USA during the last half of the 19th century. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Civil War Letters of Sergeant Onley Andrus

    by Onley Andrus ...
    Sergeant Andrus served in Co. D, 95th Illinois Infantry. Here are reprinted 61 letters written home during the war, beginning in September 1862 and continues through the end of the War. The regiment fought in the Vicksburg Campaign, the Red River Campaign, the pursuit of Sterling Price, Nashville, New Orleans, and Mobile. ... Read more

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  • Buddy the Ambulance and Angel Ann

    by Fred Neff ...
    Illustrated by Shannon King ...
    Inspirational story of Buddy the Ambulance and his two EMTs, Sam and Ann, taking a critical call for help that stretches their abilities to save a little boy and his dog from certain peril at the sea shore. Buddy and the team have help when ‘Angel’ Ann uses prayer to overcome adversities. ... Read more

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    by H. W. Brands ...
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  • The Republic for Which It Stands

    The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896

    by Richard White ...
    Series series Oxford History of the United States
    The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multivolume history of the American nation. In the newest volume in the series, The Republic for Which It Stands, acclaimed historian Richard White offers a fresh and integrated interpretation of Reconstruction and the Gilded Age as the seedbed of modern America. At the end of the Civil War the leaders and citizens of the victorious ... Read more

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    The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War

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    "This thoughtful, engaging examination of the Reconstruction Era . . . will be appealing . . . to anyone interested in the roots of present-day American politics" ( Publishers Weekly).The story of Reconstruction is not simply about the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. In many ways, the late nineteenth century defined modern America, as Southerners, Northerners, and Westerners forged a ... Read more

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