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Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud Thomas Fox "William McGee, credited with leading a Federal force to victory in a clash just thirty miles from Franklin, Tennessee, was awarded a Medal of Honor, written up as glorious legend, commissioned lieut… OL11874639W
Stealing Secrets Stealing Secrets H. Donald Winkler Winkler’s earlier 2008 book Goats and Scapegoats focused on the mistakes made during the Civil War by those who should have known better—the generals involved at the forefront of the conflict. In Ste… OL15392330W
The silent witness The silent witness Robin Friedman Four-year-old Lula McLean lived on a plantation overlooking Bull Run Creek. There her family grew wheat, corn, and oats. In July 1861, troops fighting in the newly begun Civil War arrived on the McLe… OL15802923W
Colonels in blue Colonels in blue Roger D. Hunt "This valuable volume catalogs the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia. Arranged by state, each section includes a comprehensive list by regiment of eve… OL16652049W
Embattled Rebel Embattled Rebel James M. McPherson From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, this book is a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy. History has not been kind to Jeff… OL17078686W
American Ulysses American Ulysses Ronald C. White In his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the "Trinity of Great American Leaders." But the battlefield commander–turned–commander-in-chief fell… OL17606965W
After Chancellorsville letters from the heart After Chancellorsville letters from the heart Dunn, Walter G. xviii, 259 p. : 23 cm OL1946397W
Last of the blue and gray Last of the blue and gray Richard A. Serrano "In the late 1950s, as America prepared for the Civil War centennial, two very old men lay dying. Albert Woolson, 109 years old, slipped in and out of a coma at a Duluth, Minnesota, hospital, his mem… OL19974413W
Through the heart of Dixie Through the heart of Dixie Anne S. Rubin "Sherman's March, cutting a path through Georgia and the Carolinas, is among the most symbolically potent events of the Civil War. In Through the Heart of Dixie, Anne Sarah Rubin uncovers and unpacks… OL19990841W
Capital dames Capital dames Cokie Roberts Women keep the Union united as men take to the Civil War battlefield. Readers meet the female journalists, nurses, and relief workers who kept the country strong while women embraced their increased … OL19998469W
Rogue Rogue John K. Driscoll "This biography takes a look at the forces that shaped McKinstry into the man he eventually became. The bulk of the work concentrates on his Civil War commission and his duties as an officer of the q… OL2954642W
Tracing your Civil War ancestor Tracing your Civil War ancestor Bertram Hawthorne Groene With this book as a guide and with a minimum of information, anyone should be able to trace the military history of his Civil War ancestor from mustering in to mustering out. Written by an experience… OL3527389W
Reminiscences of the Civil War Reminiscences of the Civil War John Brown Gordon John Gordon (1832-1904) was one of the Confederacy's most capable generals. A native of Georgia, he went on to serve as governor of the state after the war. His memoirs are one of the most famous acc… OL3901872W
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 6 (Battles & Leaders of the Civil War) Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 6 (Battles & Leaders of the Civil War) Peter Cozzens The first four volumes of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, published in the late nineteenth century, became the best-selling and most frequently cited works ever published on the Civil War. Volu… OL441827W
John A. Quitman John A. Quitman Robert E. May The premier secessionist of antebellum Mississippi, John A. Quitman was one of the half-dozen or so most prominent radicals in the entire South. In this full-length biography, Robert E. May takes iss… OL4641005W
Union generals of the Civil War Union generals of the Civil War Carl R. Green Profiles ten Union generals: Ambrose Burnside, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Halleck, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joseph Hooker, George McClellan, George Meade, Philip Sheridan, William T. Sherman, and George … OL47425W
Kill-Cavalry Kill-Cavalry Samuel J. Martin "This is a biography of an antihero," Samuel Martin writes in his prologue. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was one of the most notorious scoundrels in the Union Army. He lied, thieved, and whored his way thr… OL50483W
Women Civil War spies of the Confederacy Women Civil War spies of the Confederacy Larissa Phillips Details the lives of six women who fought to preserve the Confederacy and the Southern way of life by serving as spies during the Civil War. OL5754233W
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
Minister to the Cherokees Minister to the Cherokees James Anderson Slover "In 1857 James Anderson Slover rode into Indian Territory as the first Southern Baptist missionary to the Cherokee Nation. As the Civil War began to divide the Cherokees along with the rest of the na… OL8418518W
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