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Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Carl Sandburg This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers “a Lincoln whom no other man . . . could have given us” (New York Herald Tribune Book Review). Celebrated fo… OL1164736W
Sherman's forgotten general Sherman's forgotten general Brian C. Melton "Biography of Union major general Henry W. Slocum. Author explores Slocum's attitudes and tactics while serving under various Civil War generals such as George McClellan, Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker… OL12220468W
Gett ysburg Gett ysburg Earle Rice Explains the events leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg, the defining battle of the Civil War, and describes the battle and its aftermath. OL15080527W
Tinclads in the Civil War Tinclads in the Civil War Myron J. Smith "Once the Union Army gained control of the upper rivers of the Mississippi Valley during the first half of 1862, slow and heavy ironclads proved ineffective in patrolling the waters. Hastily outfitte… OL15119788W
The deserter The deserter Peter Burchard A youth volunteers for spy activity in the Civil War and is instructed to get information about Island Number Ten, a Confederate strongpoint in the Mississippi. OL15854165W
Tennessee in the Civil War Tennessee in the Civil War James B. Jones "This collection of primary documents offers rare glimpses of the Civil War as it unfolded in the Volunteer State. Arranged by month from April 1861 to April 1865, the pieces chronicle the smaller sk… OL16190544W
The Tenth Minnesota Volunteers, 1862-1865 The Tenth Minnesota Volunteers, 1862-1865 Michael A. Eggleston "This chronicle merges the individual experiences of Union soldiers, Native Americans, and Confederates to offer a compelling, panoramic portrait of the 10th Minnesota during the Sioux Uprising and t… OL16654703W
The collapse of the Confederacy The collapse of the Confederacy Mark Grimsley,Brooks D. Simpson "The final months of the Confederacy offer fascinating opportunities - as a case study in war termination, as a period that shaped the initial circumstances of Reconstruction, and as a lens through w… OL16939740W
Greyhound Commander Greyhound Commander John G. Walker While a political refugee in London, former Confederate general John G. Walker wrote a history of the Civil War west of the Mississippi River. Walker's account, composed shortly after the war and unp… OL17051796W
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
General George H. Thomas General George H. Thomas Robert P. Broadwater "Though successful and heralded by historians, Thomas never achieved the fame of Grant, Lee, Jackson or Sherman. His Southern birth, fellows' ambition, and less-publicized battles kept him from recog… OL1824959W
On campaign with the Army of the Potomac On campaign with the Army of the Potomac Theodore Ayrault Dodge "Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842-1909) was one of the nineteenth century's great military historians and author of biographies of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, and Nap… OL1827994W
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
Gettysburg Gettysburg Hughes, Christopher Focuses on the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and its importance in the context of the entire conflict, and examines related sites that can be visited today. OL1855856W
The Military Memoirs of General John Pope The Military Memoirs of General John Pope Pope, John An important lost look at the Civil War by one of the most complex commanders of the Union army. General John Pope wrote the dispatches that make up this volume 21 years after the close of hostilitie… OL1856835W
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
Civil War commanders Civil War commanders T. J. Stiles xxii, 327 p. : 24 cm OL18840663W
The Civil War letters of General Robert McAllister The Civil War letters of General Robert McAllister Robert McAllister This books contains 600 + letters written by one of New Jerseys forgotten soldiers, and family man. Written by the General himself it details his experiences with raising, recruiting and training two… OL1905146W
Landscape Turned Red Landscape Turned Red Stephen W. Sears Of all the days on all the fields where American soldiers have fought, the most terrible was September 17, 1862. The Civil War battle waged on that date at Antietam Creek, Maryland, took a human toll… OL1935636W
Guts & glory Guts & glory Ben Thompson An educational collection of amazing-but-true facts about the Civil War shares accounts of such events as female spies fighting for the Rebel cause, cavalry rides in enemy territory, and the reelecti… OL19989246W
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