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
Confederate Cabinet Departments and Secretaries Confederate Cabinet Departments and Secretaries Dennis L. Peterson Thousands of books have been written covering every aspect of the Civil War. Yet scant attention has been given to the civilian government of the Confederacy. The most recent book on the subject was … OL17365865W
Jefferson Davis, Confederate president Jefferson Davis, Confederate president Herman Hattaway "He was one of the most embattled heads of state in American history. Charged with building a new nation while waging a war for its very independence, he accepted his responsibilities reluctantly but… OL1852956W
R. E. Lee R. E. Lee Douglas Southall Freeman,Richard Harwell Douglas Freeman's biography, in its 4 volumes and 2421 pages, is not only comprehensive, but remains to this day the best life of Lee ever published, even if sometimes producing the impression the ma… OL1863304W
Surviving the Confederacy Surviving the Confederacy John C. Waugh "War is hell - and not only on the battlefield, as John Waugh demonstrates in this portrait of one of the South's most-well known and admired couples, Roger and Sara Pryor, their friends, and their s… OL2682652W
Belle Boyd in camp and prison Belle Boyd in camp and prison Belle Boyd This book is Bell Boyd's own account of her time as a Confederate Spy and her time in prison. OL2736100W
Jefferson Davis, American Jefferson Davis, American William J. Cooper A portrait of the complex man at the center of the Civil War. OL2966479W
A Confederate girl A Confederate girl Carrie Berry Excerpts from the diary of Carrie Berry, describing her family's life in the Confederate south in 1864. Supplemented by sidebars, activities, and a timeline of the era. OL453617W
Engineer in gray Engineer in gray James H. Tomb "James Hamilton Tomb devoted almost 12 years of his life to wartime naval service. A steam engineer by profession and a torpedo expert by circumstance, Tomb was in the forefront of naval weapons tech… OL5723124W
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
Campbell Brown's Civil War Campbell Brown's Civil War Campbell Brown "The Civil War writings of G. Campbell Brown - cousin, stepson, and staff officer of famed Confederate General Richard S. Ewell - have been long recognized by scholars as a trove of insight into the … OL6211415W