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  • Wilson's Creek

    The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It

    by William Garrett Piston, Richard W. Hatcher III ...
    Series series Civil War America
    In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. In Missouri, it was largely settled at Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861, in a contest that is rightly considered the second major battle of the Civil ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The American Military Tradition

    From Colonial Times to the Present

    by Owen Connelly, Jerome A. Greene, Christopher C. Harmon, Walter L. Hixson, Pierce C. Mullen, David Valaik, H P. Willmott, David R. Woodward, Kevin Gannon, William Garrett Piston ...
    In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on militia and the Minutemen of the American Revolution to the all-volunteer specialized troops of today, these twelve essays analyze ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant

    James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History

    by William Garrett Piston ...
    Series series
    In the South, one can find any number of bronze monuments to the Confederacy featuring heroic images of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J. E. B. Stuart, and many lesser commanders. But while the tarnish on such statues has done nothing to color the reputation of those great leaders, there remains one Confederate commander whose tarnished image has nothing to do with bronze monuments. Nowhere in ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Portraits of Conflict

    A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War

    Edited by William Garrett Piston, Thomas P. Sweeney ...
    Series series Portraits of Conflict
    A deeply divided border state, heir to the “Bleeding Kansas” era, Missouri became the third most fought-over state in the war, following Virginia and Tennessee. Rich in resources and manpower, critical politically to both the Union and the Confederacy, it was the scene of conventional battles, river warfare, and cavalry raids. It saw the first combat by organized units of Native Americans and ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

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  • The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864

    Edited by Gary W. Gallagher ...
    Series series Military Campaigns of the Civil War
    Generally regarded as the most important of the Civil War campaigns conducted in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, that of 1864 lasted more than four months and claimed more than 25,000 casualties. The armies of Philip H. Sheridan and Jubal A. Early contended for immense stakes. Beyond the agricultural bounty and the boost in morale a victory would bring, events in the Valley also would affect ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Gettysburg

    A Testing of Courage

    by Noah Andre Trudeau ...
    This National Bestseller is a "gripping narrative. . . . the best one-volume history of the decisive battle of the Civil War" ( New York Times Book Review ).America's Civil War raged for more than four years, but it is the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 that continues to fascinate, appall, and inspire new generations with its unparalleled saga of sacrifice and ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1812

    The War of 1812

    by Walter R. Borneman ...
    "Without question this is the best popular account of the last war fought between the United States and Great Britain. . . . In a gripping narrative the author not only explains the importance of the War of 1812 but vividly recreates its exciting land and sea battles." —Robert V. Remini, author of The Life of Andrew JacksonAlthough frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • General Lee's Army

    From Victory to Collapse

    by Joseph Glatthaar ...
    "You would be surprised to see what men we have in the ranks," Virginia cavalryman Thomas Rowland informed his mother in May 1861, just after joining the Army of Northern Virginia. His army -- General Robert E. Lee's army -- was a surprise to almost everyone: With daring early victories and an invasion into the North, they nearly managed to convince the North to give up the fight. Even in 1865, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Grant

    by Jean Edward Smith ...
    Ulysses S. Grant was the first four-star general in the history of the United States Army and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. As general in chief, Grant revolutionized modern warfare. Rather than capture enemy territory or march on Southern cities, he concentrated on engaging and defeating the Confederate armies in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Chancellorsville

    by Stephen W. Sears ...
    A new look at the Civil War battle that led to Stonewall Jackson's death: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and "tour de force in military history" ( Library Journal).From the award-winning, national bestselling author of Gettysburg, this is the definitive account of the Chancellorsville campaign, from the moment "Fighting Joe" Hooker took command of the Army of the Potomac to the Union's ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War

    by David Fisher ...
    Series series Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
    From The New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American history.From the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy’s first convention, the Underground Railroad to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg to the assassination of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Grand Design

    Strategy and the U.S. Civil War

    by Donald Stoker ...
    Despite the abundance of books on the Civil War, not one has focused exclusively on what was in fact the determining factor in the outcome of the conflict: differences in Union and Southern strategy. In The Grand Design, Donald Stoker provides for the first time a comprehensive and often surprising account of strategy as it evolved between Fort Sumter and Appomattox. Reminding us that strategy is ... Read more

    $14.29 USD