Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Moss Bluff rebel Moss Bluff rebel Philip Robert Caudill Reveals a detailed portrait of a fascinating Texan, William Duncan-- businessman, county sheriff, cattleman, and Confederate officer-- capturing his wartime emotions and his postwar struggles to rein… OL12036962W
God rest ye merry, soldiers God rest ye merry, soldiers James McIvor Documents an inspiring event just after Christmas in 1862 when closely camped Union and Confederate armies, having endeavored to out-sing one another with contrasting patriotic songs, joined together… OL15800778W
Flames Beyond Gettysburg Flames Beyond Gettysburg Scott L. Mingus The book follows John Gordon’s command of Major General Jubal Early’s Rebel division as it enters Pennsylvania, seizes Gettysburg a week before the main battle, attacks the Hanover Junction train dep… OL17565384W
Braxton Bragg Braxton Bragg Earl J. Hess "As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles. This public image established him no… OL20045457W
The pride of the Confederate artillery The pride of the Confederate artillery Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes While the wartime experiences of the other four companies of the Washington Artillery -- those that served in the Army of Northern Virginia -- have been thoroughly documented, the exploits of the Fif… OL2664959W
How the South could have won the Civil War How the South could have won the Civil War 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… OL2734828W
Lafayette of the South Lafayette of the South Jeff Kinard "The Confederate career of Prince Camille de Polignac - French aristocrat, professional military man, and soldier of fortune - has gone largely unnoticed because most of his service occurred in the r… OL2949714W
The Civil War reminiscences of Major Silas T. Grisamore, C.S.A The Civil War reminiscences of Major Silas T. Grisamore, C.S.A Silas Uncle Silas T. Grisamore was born in Indiana in 1825 and moved to Louisiana in 1846, settling first in Napoleonville and then in Thibodaux. He engaged in a variety of occupations but found most success as … OL4308839W
Behind the blue and gray Behind the blue and gray Delia Ray Traces, in this second of a three part series, the events of the Civil War from the first battle to the surrender with emphasis on the experiences of the individual soldier. OL4443839W
The Confederate Cherokees The Confederate Cherokees W. Craig Gaines Although many Indian nations fought in the Civil War, historians have given little attention to the role Native Americans played in the conflict. Indian nations did, in fact, suffer a higher percenta… OL4642664W
Reading the man Reading the man Elizabeth Brown Pryor For the 200th anniversary of Robert E. Lee's birth, a new portrait drawing on previously unpublished correspondenceRobert E. Lee's war correspondence is well known, and here and there personal letter… OL4968023W
The Dahlgren Affair The Dahlgren Affair Duane P. Schultz March 5, 1864 was the day the Civil War changed to become what the Richmond Examiner called "a war of extermination, of indiscriminate slaughter and plunder." It changed because of a few sheets of pa… OL513156W
Damage Them All You Can Damage Them All You Can George Walsh,Walsh, George ""Damage them all you can!" the patrician Lee exhorts, and his Southern army, ragtag in uniform and elite in spirit, responds ferociously in one battle after another against their Northern enemies - … OL5728563W
A Confederate chronicle A Confederate chronicle Pamela Chase Hain "Focuses on the struggles of Civil War veteran Thomas L. Wragg, Confederate officer, prisoner of war, and successful doctor. Documents General Joseph E. Johnston's army at Harpers Ferry and the Battl… OL5824985W
Southern service on land & sea Southern service on land & sea Watson, Robert "Many men distinguished themselves on either land or sea during the Civil War. Robert Watson's service to the Confederacy included stints in both the army and navy, and his story brings a vital new v… OL5953329W
Gray cavalier Gray cavalier Mary Daughtry "William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, called "Rooney" by his family, was the second son of General Robert E. Lee. After attending Harvard, Rooney took up farming on his family's plantation. When the Civil War… OL5954813W
The Soldier's Pen The Soldier's Pen Robert E. Bonner They are all infantrymen; none are commissioned officers. One is a German-speaking artist whose sole record is 19 stunning watercolors that cover a year's enlistment. Another is a free black from Syr… OL5955719W
A Prussian observes the American Civil War A Prussian observes the American Civil War J. Scheibert "Prussia, like much of nineteenth-century Germany, was governed by the belief that knowledge, and thus understanding, was best derived from direct observation and communicated through documentation. … OL6210998W