Civil War Books


Storm in the Mountains: Thomas' Confederate Legion of Cherokee Indians and MountaineersStorm in the Mountains: Thomas' Confederate Legion of Cherokee Indians and Mountaineers
Best Price: $18.95
A subject long-ignored by historians, author Vernon H. Crow presents the story of Thomas'...
American Negro Slave RevoltsAmerican Negro Slave Revolts
Best Price: $13.00
The author provides a "narrative of the numerous plots and rebellions that persistently...
John Brown: The Cost of FreedomJohn Brown: The Cost of Freedom
Best Price: $11.00
John Brown - The Cost of Freedom: Selections From His Life & Letters is a biography of...
The Debate On the American Civil War Era (Issues in Historiography)The Debate On the American Civil War Era (Issues in Historiography)
Best Price: $24.04
This study is the first to critically survey the changing and highly controversial historical...
The Outbreak of the Civil War (At Issue in History)The Outbreak of the Civil War (At Issue in History)
Best Price: $19.50
A volume in the Greenhaven At Issue in History series and edited by Jean Alicia Elster, The...


Greensboro's Confederate Soldiers (Images of America: North Carolina)Greensboro's Confederate Soldiers (Images of America: North Carolina)
Best Price: $14.98
In 1860, leading citizens of Greensboro emotionally beseeched all residents to remain citizens...
Remembering Virginia's Confederates (Postcards of America) (Postcards of America (Looseleaf))Remembering Virginia's Confederates (Postcards of America) (Postcards of America (Looseleaf))
Best Price: $4.07
The commonwealth of Virginia holds a prominent and distinguished place in American Civil War...
Tennessee's Confederates (Images of America Series) (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))Tennessee's Confederates (Images of America Series) (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))
Best Price: $14.19
Like other slave-holding border states, Tennessee initially elected not to join the newly formed...
Civil War 2010 Wall CalendarCivil War 2010 Wall Calendar
Best Price: $29.99
Realistic renderings of historic events during the Civil War are presented in moving detail.
Storm in the Mountains: Thomas' Confederate Legion of Cherokee Indians and MountaineersStorm in the Mountains: Thomas' Confederate Legion of Cherokee Indians and Mountaineers
Best Price: $18.95
A subject long-ignored by historians, author Vernon H. Crow presents the story of Thomas'...


American Negro Slave RevoltsAmerican Negro Slave Revolts
Best Price: $13.00
The author provides a "narrative of the numerous plots and rebellions that persistently...
John Brown: The Cost of FreedomJohn Brown: The Cost of Freedom
Best Price: $11.00
John Brown - The Cost of Freedom: Selections From His Life & Letters is a biography of...
The Debate On the American Civil War Era (Issues in Historiography)The Debate On the American Civil War Era (Issues in Historiography)
Best Price: $24.04
This study is the first to critically survey the changing and highly controversial historical...
The Outbreak of the Civil War (At Issue in History)The Outbreak of the Civil War (At Issue in History)
Best Price: $19.50
A volume in the Greenhaven At Issue in History series and edited by Jean Alicia Elster, The...
Greensboro's Confederate Soldiers (Images of America: North Carolina)Greensboro's Confederate Soldiers (Images of America: North Carolina)
Best Price: $14.98
In 1860, leading citizens of Greensboro emotionally beseeched all residents to remain citizens...

Remembering Virginia's Confederates (Postcards of America) (Postcards of America (Looseleaf))Remembering Virginia's Confederates (Postcards of America) (Postcards of America (Looseleaf))
Best Price: $4.07
The commonwealth of Virginia holds a prominent and distinguished place in American Civil War...
Tennessee's Confederates (Images of America Series) (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))Tennessee's Confederates (Images of America Series) (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))
Best Price: $14.19
Like other slave-holding border states, Tennessee initially elected not to join the newly formed...
Civil War 2010 Wall CalendarCivil War 2010 Wall Calendar
Best Price: $29.99
Realistic renderings of historic events during the Civil War are presented in moving detail.
Fighting for Time: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 4 (Images of War - 1861-1865 , Vol 4)Fighting for Time: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 4 (Images of War - 1861-1865 , Vol 4)
Best Price: $24.99
When this volume 4 was published the year was 1983. Three other volumes had been published to...
Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old SouthBlack Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South
Best Price: $11.26
Regardless of its historiographical interpretation, articles and monographs typically study...

American Slavery, American FreedomAmerican Slavery, American Freedom
Best Price: $8.00
Edmund Morgan departs from his usual topic of colonial New England for this painstaking, yet...
The Political Crisis of the 1850sThe Political Crisis of the 1850s
Best Price: $15.93
Part of the author's title is indisputable: the Northern-Southern divide over slavery and...
Abraham Lincoln: A BiographyAbraham Lincoln: A Biography
Best Price: $45.06
Front flap notes: "This book, a publishing event of the first magnitude, will become the...
The Blue and the Gray: Volume 2: From the Battle of Gettysburg to Appomattox, Revised and Abridged (The Classic History of the Civil War , Vol 2)The Blue and the Gray: Volume 2: From the Battle of Gettysburg to Appomattox, Revised and Abridged (The Classic History of the Civil War , Vol 2)
Best Price: $4.50
There are over 400 articles and over two-dozen illustrations reproduced in this notable...
Dark Union: The Secret Web of  Profiteers, Politicians, and Booth Conspirators That Led to Lincoln's DeathDark Union: The Secret Web of Profiteers, Politicians, and Booth Conspirators That Led to Lincoln's Death
Best Price: $20.00
I came across "Dark Union" the other evening in a late-night visit to a bookstore and...

Abraham Lincoln: Great Speeches (Dover Thrift Editions)Abraham Lincoln: Great Speeches (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.01
Besides being almost universally considered the greatest American president among many other...
Spies of the Confederacy (Civil War)Spies of the Confederacy (Civil War)
Best Price: $10.95
An intriguing and well-documented account of Confederate espionage activities during the Civil...
The Battle of Gettysburg: A Soldier's First-Hand Account (Civil War)The Battle of Gettysburg: A Soldier's First-Hand Account (Civil War)
Best Price: $3.79
In what may be the longest, and most poignant, letter to a relative from a soldier in the Civil...
Annales I-VI, XI-XVI (Oxford Classical Texts) (Latin Edition)Annales I-VI, XI-XVI (Oxford Classical Texts) (Latin Edition)
Best Price: $28.29
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Oxford World's Classics)Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $5.21
"I was born in Tuckahoe. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any...

Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the PresidentDear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President
Best Price: $5.00
I found "Dear Mr. Lincoln" to be facinating because it contains correspondence...
Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence (Volume 2)Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence (Volume 2)
Best Price: $19.77
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can...
Lincoln's Rail-Splitter: GOVERNOR RICHARD J. OGLESBYLincoln's Rail-Splitter: GOVERNOR RICHARD J. OGLESBY
Best Price: $26.99
Richard James Oglesby is best known for introducing the rail-splitter image into Abraham...
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: VOLUME 6Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: VOLUME 6
Best Price: $338.22
Modelled on the famous four-volume 1888 compilation edited by Robert Underwood Johnson and...
The Inner World of Abraham LincolnThe Inner World of Abraham Lincoln
Best Price: $15.87
Historians have a tendency to evaluate the leading figures of history according to what they did...

Lincoln before Washington: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ILLINOIS YEARSLincoln before Washington: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ILLINOIS YEARS
Best Price: $19.95
I'll admit, I'm a little biased toward the work of Douglas Wilson. I think he's done...
Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three RepublicsAlbert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics
Best Price: $65.92
" With a new foreword by Gary W. Gallagher Selected as one of the best one hundred books...
Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)
In an 1882 speech, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis made an exuberant claim:...
The Last Battle of the Civil War: Palmetto Ranch (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series, No. 4)The Last Battle of the Civil War: Palmetto Ranch (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series, No. 4)
Best Price: $22.68
The Journal of South Texas, published by the South Texas Historical Association published a...
The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Cuban Woman and Confederate Soldier (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Cuban Woman and Confederate Soldier (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
Best Price: $19.99
This book is TOTALLY AWESOME! It shows us just how brave Velazques was when fighting in the...

The Military Operations of General Beauregard: Including a Brief Personal Sketch and a Narrative of His Services in the War With Mexico, 1846-8The Military Operations of General Beauregard: Including a Brief Personal Sketch and a Narrative of His Services in the War With Mexico, 1846-8
If you have any interest in General Beauregard, the campaigns he was instrumental in, or what it...
A Brave Black RegimentA Brave Black Regiment
Best Price: $12.99
If you are a fan of history, and the civil war, you will love this book. It is the story of the...
These Honored Dead: How The Story Of Gettysburg Shaped American MemoryThese Honored Dead: How The Story Of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory
Best Price: $6.00
Having a great-great grandfather who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg, I have more than a...
Rebel Reefers: The Organization And Midshipmen Of The Confederate States Naval AcademyRebel Reefers: The Organization And Midshipmen Of The Confederate States Naval Academy
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The Confederacy's only national naval academy was anchored in Virginia's James River...
One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment/Movie Tie in to the Movie "Glory"One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment/Movie Tie in to the Movie "Glory"
Best Price: $25.00
This book was at least partially the basis for the movie Glory, which starred Morgan Freeman,...

Civil War Schemes and PlotsCivil War Schemes and Plots
Best Price: $2.95
I have always been a fan of Webb Garrison's masterful Civil War treasuries. His...
Civil War Battlefields and Landmarks: A Photographic TourCivil War Battlefields and Landmarks: A Photographic Tour
Best Price: $11.99
With over 100 full color photographs and 11 black and white historical images, Civil War...
They Called Him StonewallThey Called Him Stonewall
Best Price: $13.00
If one is to be introduced to T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson, this is the book to...
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Best Price: $17.04
This is a classic autobiography of an actual infantry soldier, his experiences and sage...
Men of Color, To Arms!: Vermont African-Americans in the Civil WarMen of Color, To Arms!: Vermont African-Americans in the Civil War
Best Price: $29.68
The Green Mountain State sent slightly more than 10 percent of its population to fight in the...

Whither thou GoestWhither thou Goest
Best Price: $28.48
Whither Thou Goest is the first nonfiction book to focus on this little-known period in American...
James Williams: An American Patriot in the Carolina BackcountryJames Williams: An American Patriot in the Carolina Backcountry
Best Price: $13.95
Because I grew up a few miles from the James Williams plantation, I have known about the Laurens...
Commander of All Lincoln's Armies : A Life of General Henry W. HalleckCommander of All Lincoln's Armies : A Life of General Henry W. Halleck
Best Price: $17.50
Very well documented, supersedes Ambrose. Although his treatment of the battles in KY, TN, and...
Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil WarJustice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War
Best Price: $44.77
I was surprised that no one else had made a comment before to this work and somehow worried I...
Lees Lieutenants (3 Volumes In One Abridged) : A Study in CommandLees Lieutenants (3 Volumes In One Abridged) : A Study in Command
Best Price: $13.50
Douglas Freeman leaves no doubt that his heart lies with the doomed Southern cause. Yet he does...

The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil WarThe Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
Best Price: $19.98
It can clearly be said that Michael Holt's book "The Rise and Fall of the American...
The Road to Disunion: Volume I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854The Road to Disunion: Volume I: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854
Best Price: $15.00
The folks here are 100% right about the author's writing style. At times one is forced to...
Strange Power of Speech: Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Literary PossessionStrange Power of Speech: Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Literary Possession
Best Price: $118.00
Eilenberg's book opens the complex and fascinating topic of intellectual property, in...
America in 1857: A Nation on the BrinkAmerica in 1857: A Nation on the Brink
Best Price: $8.39
Kenneth Stampp, one of the country's most distinguished historians, focuses on the pivotal...
The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil LibertiesThe Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
Best Price: $13.93
I gobbled up this book, but then, it falls right into my current research topic. Others who...

"Far, Far From Home": The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers"Far, Far From Home": The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers
Best Price: $22.00
I must admit to being slightly prejudiced about this book. I stumbled on it during an ancestor...
Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics of the 1850sNativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics of the 1850s
Best Price: $31.27
A new American political party, the Know Nothing party, appeared during the 1850s. Tyler...
Ken Burn's Civil War: Historians RespondKen Burn's Civil War: Historians Respond
This book is composed of historians' critiques on the PBS series, "The Civil...
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War With a New Introductory EssayFree Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War With a New Introductory Essay
Best Price: $12.88
The Civil War era is surely one of the most complex, controversial, and tumultuous periods in...
Slavery and the Numbers Game: A Critique of Time on the CrossSlavery and the Numbers Game: A Critique of Time on the Cross
Best Price: $4.34
Gutman's analysis of T/C is marked by the same measure of excellence as T/C itself;...

Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War (New Black Studies Series)Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War (New Black Studies Series)
Best Price: $13.02
Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War is an extraordinary...
Sojourner Truth's AmericaSojourner Truth's America
Best Price: $18.25
This fascinating biography tells the story of nineteenth-century America through the life of one...
Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865: A Riveting Account of a Bloody Chapter in Civil War HistoryBlack Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865: A Riveting Account of a Bloody Chapter in Civil War History
Best Price: $12.98
Goodrich exposes a violent period on the Kansas-Missouri border during the War For Southern...
A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865
Best Price: $11.97
After reading A GREAT CIVIL WAR I honestly wondered why Russell Weigley had written it. This is...
Extraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days BattlesExtraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days Battles
Best Price: $14.89
The first campaign in the Civil War in which Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia,...

The Union Army, 1861--1865, Volume 2: Organization and Operations, The Western Theater (Union Army, 1861-1865 Vol. II)The Union Army, 1861--1865, Volume 2: Organization and Operations, The Western Theater (Union Army, 1861-1865 Vol. II)
Best Price: $253.86
"The breadth and meticulous rendering of this volume's contents, heretofore available...
David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the WorldDavid Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
David Walker's Appeal: To the Coloured Citizens of the World David Walker is truly a hero....
American Civil War (Praeger Illustrated Military History)American Civil War (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Best Price: $350.00
Praeger is pleased to announce a partnership with Osprey Publishing to make these unique books...
Second Manassas 1862: Robert E. Lee's Greatest Victory (Praeger Illustrated Military History)Second Manassas 1862: Robert E. Lee's Greatest Victory (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Best Price: $29.95
There never was such a campaign, not even by Napoleon.' So wrote William Dorsey Pender, a...
Iron Brigade General: John Gibbon, A Rebel in Blue (Contributions in Military Studies)Iron Brigade General: John Gibbon, A Rebel in Blue (Contributions in Military Studies)
Best Price: $91.95
This long overdue, full-length biography of John Gibbon tells about one of the the Civil...

Abraham Lincoln: Sources and Style of Leadership (Contributions in American History)Abraham Lincoln: Sources and Style of Leadership (Contributions in American History)
Best Price: $11.88
Written by both historians and political scientists, this new essay collection explores the...
African American Slave Narratives: An Anthology, Volume IAfrican American Slave Narratives: An Anthology, Volume I
Best Price: $131.95
African American slave narratives of the 19th century recorded the atrocities of the antebellum...
African American Slave Narratives: An Anthology, Volume IIIAfrican American Slave Narratives: An Anthology, Volume III
Best Price: $94.50
African American slave narratives of the 19th century recorded the atrocities of the antebellum...
Clad in Iron: The American Civil War and the Challenge of British Naval PowerClad in Iron: The American Civil War and the Challenge of British Naval Power
Best Price: $22.39
This work addresses many persistent misconceptions of what the monitors were for, and why they...
Voices of Civil War America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life (Voices of an Era)Voices of Civil War America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life (Voices of an Era)
Best Price: $79.00
Focusing on routines as basic as going to school and cooking and cleaning, Voices of Civil War...

Grant Takes CommandGrant Takes Command
Best Price: $6.52
BRUCE CATTON - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE GRANT TAKES COMMAND - 1863-65 In the summer of...
The Killer Angels (Random House Large Print)The Killer Angels (Random House Large Print)
Best Price: $105.00
The Shaaras have compiled more history into one volume than seems possible. And it has been...
Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American MedicineBleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American Medicine
Best Price: $89.93
This book delivers a well written account of the politics and practices that led to...
Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and ReconstructionForever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction
Best Price: $6.00
Author Eric Foner's Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction focuses on...
Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad CompanyAmbrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company
Best Price: $21.84
Ambrose Bierce never had trouble giving vent to what was on his mind. More than any other...

Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg CampaignStand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign
Best Price: $7.93
The defense of Little Round Top by the 20th Maine Regiment on the far left of the Union lines on...
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the ConfederacySouthern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy
Best Price: $16.95
. I am the great-great grandson of Elizabeth's brother, discussed extensively in the book....
The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to SlaveryThe Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery
Best Price: $11.95
This is the last work of the late Don Fehrenbacher, the author of the Dred Scott Decision and...
The Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil WarThe Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil War
Best Price: $6.00
This book chronicles the life of Walt Whitman during and after the Civil War. It quotes...
Gettysburg Requiem: The Life and Lost Causes of Confederate Colonel William C. OatesGettysburg Requiem: The Life and Lost Causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates
Best Price: $7.99
I didn't expect much out of this when I first picked it up. How much can you write about a...

D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All TimeD.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time
Best Price: $14.16
If you are interested in the The Birth of a Nation, how it came to be made, its place in movie...
From Battlefields Rising: How The Civil War Transformed American LiteratureFrom Battlefields Rising: How The Civil War Transformed American Literature
Best Price: $14.50
American literature before the Civil War was just starting to come into its own. It was growing...
Slavery, Resistance, Freedom (Ettysburg Civil War Institute Books)Slavery, Resistance, Freedom (Ettysburg Civil War Institute Books)
Best Price: $3.92
Americans have always defined themselves in terms of their freedoms--of speech, of religion, of...
  
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