University Press of Mississippi, March 1989. Trade Paperback. Shelby Foote once said that he did not know of anything he had learned about the writing of novels that couldn't also be applied to the writing of history. In his development, the merging of these special talents has made Foote almost..... More
Southern Illinois University Press, October 2007. Hardcover. Well Satisfied with My Position offers a first-person account of army life during the Civil War's Peninsula Campaign and Battle of Fredericksburg. Spencer Bonsall, who joined the 81st Pennsylvania Infantry as a hospital steward, kept a journal from March 1862 until March 1863..... More
Harper Perennial, September 2015. Trade Paperback. "Not for nothing has Abbott been called a 'pioneer of sizzle history.' Here she creates a gripping page-turner that moves at a breathtaking clip through the dramatic events of the Civil War." -- Los Angeles Times Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author..... More
Ashantilly Press, January 1962. Limited. Hardcover. Jacket has seperated at the front edge of the spine, it bears tears at the front cover, the lettering on its spine has faded to near-invisibility, and is quite brittle; however, nearly all the portions of the jacket are still present. The book's condition..... More
Edmonston Pub, January 2003. Hardcover. More
Knopf : distributed by Random House, January 1980. Hardcover. Shelf wear to jacket. Small tear at bottom corner of jacket. More
Private Printing/ J.P. Burch, January 1923. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. Burgundy covered cloth with gold lettering and illustration. Lettering on front board is starting to fade (to black). Spine is worn smooth to the point it is discern if there was once lettering. Moderate wear to board edges. Heavy wear..... More
Yale University Press, September 1981. First Edition. Cloth. An authorized account of the Civil War, drawn from the diaries of a Southern aristocrat, records the disintegration and final destruction of the Confederacy. First/first. {9 & 1/2' x 6 & 1/2'} In tattered, torn and darkened at spine and margins. Tanned..... More
Exposition Press / University Book, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in mildly foxed/darkened dustjacket. Front flap is not clilpped. Ochre cloth covered boards with gold lettering. Darkening at margins and board edges. Heavy tanning to end pages front and back. Small (one-half inch) split in hinge of front end pages..... More
National Park Service, January 1961. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo. Clean with tanning. Previous owner's name inked verso front cover, else without interior markings. 46 pages. More
Louisiana State University Press, March 1983. Trade Paperback. In this book, William C. Davis narrates one of the most memorable and crucial of the engagements fought for control of the strategically vital Shenandoah Valley -- a battle that centered on the farming community of New Market. There, Confederate forces under..... More
Houghton Mifflin, August 1996. Hardcover. Many histories of the American Civil War explain victory or defeat in terms of the skill of commanders, the fighting qualities of the troops, and resources in men and material. Intelligence has often been ignored, because at the end of the war most of the..... More
Time-life Books, January 1999. Oversized Clothbound. Moderate shelf wear on the jacket. More
Alfred A. Knopf, October 1992. Book Club. Hardcover. It was a landmark engagement in the history of warfare. It served as the single greatest display of Robert E. Lee's tactical genius and Stonewall Jackson's troop leadership. But while it was the high point of Civil War battlefield success for the..... More
Butternut & Blue, January 1995. Hardcover. Still in shrinkwrap. More
Thomas Dunne Books, June 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. "New York Times" bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen conclude their inventive trilogy with this remarkable answer to the great "what if" of the American Civil War: Could the South have indeed won? After his great victories at Gettysburg and..... More
Penguin USA, September 1990. Hardcover. Twenty years after Appomattox, stricken by cancer and facing financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family's future. in doing so, the Civil War's greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. His character, intelligence, sense of purpose..... More
Louisiana State Univ Pr, September 1996. Trade Paperback. In this account, Chester G. Hearn tells the story of the confederate cruisers - eight ships built mostly in Great Britain - whose mission was to devastate Union commerce and draw off the blockading Yankee squadron strangling the South's economy. Hearn enriches..... More
John F Blair Pub, October 1989. Oversized Hardcover. Recounts battles between Union and Confederate ships, and looks at the technological developments that influenced the course of the war. More
Bonanza / Crown / A.S. Barnes & Noble Co., December 1988. Cloth. Shelfwear, bookplate page toning; jacket torn. More
Yoseloff, January 1970. Hardcover. More
Lyons Press, April 2019. Cloth. The most compelling and exciting tales of lost and buried treasures associated with the Civil War have been collected, extensively researched and investigated, and are included in this entertaining book from one of America's foremost treasure hunters. They represent fortunes that have been lost for..... More
Free Press, March 1992. Hardcover. In this "nuts and bolts" comparative history of Union and Confederate command and strategy, the eminent prize-winning historian Archer Jones shows us how the Civil War was actually conducted. Looking at decision-making at the highest levels, from mobilization and organization to planning and operation, Jones..... More
Taylor Publishing, September 2001. Hardcover. For all the heroism and military prowess shown on the battlefields of the Civil War, many of its key operations took place far from the front. Behind Enemy Lines exposes the hidden, often unknown initiatives of the War Between the States and brings their architects..... More
Da Capo Press, August 1996. Trade Paperback. In June 1861, practically unschooled, without military training or experience, Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private. Yet by the Civil War's end he was a lieutenant general whose dazzling exploits and bloody victories caused him to be..... More
