General Books


Conflict and Compromise: The Political Economy of Slavery, Emancipation and the American Civil WarConflict and Compromise: The Political Economy of Slavery, Emancipation and the American Civil War
Best Price: $25.00
No series of events had a more dramatic impact on the course of American history than the Civil...
Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the UnionLife of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union
Best Price: $4.99
Like his companion book, Life of Johnny Reb, this book looks at how soldiers were recruited and...
The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham LincolnThe Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln
Best Price: $16.00
Command and Communication Frictions in the Gettysburg CampaignCommand and Communication Frictions in the Gettysburg Campaign
Best Price: $6.26
Living near Gettysburg, the direct descendent of men who fought at Gettysburg, and working as a...
Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War (Companion)Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War (Companion)
Best Price: $2.55
Tearing apart a nation founded on ideals of liberty and union, the American Civil War saw some...


First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Daviss Civil WarFirst Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Daviss Civil War
Best Price: $10.96
Joan Cashin's FIRST LADY OF THE CONFEDERACY is not only an excellent depicticion of the life of...
Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil WarShiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War
Best Price: $8.93
This tedious account of the Verdun of the Civil War is contradicted by first-person accounts of...
The Murder of Abraham Lincoln (Treasury of Victorian Murder (Graphic Novels)) (v. 7)The Murder of Abraham Lincoln (Treasury of Victorian Murder (Graphic Novels)) (v. 7)
Best Price: $5.13
This is the seventh in a very high-quality series that includes Lizzie Borden, Jack the Ripper,...
Grant: A BiographyGrant: A Biography
Best Price: $11.50
I am currently reading a biography of every President in order. I must say that none of the...
IroncladIronclad
Best Price: $3.03
Anyone who knows a little bit about the Civil War knows something about the battle between the...


Bedford Forrest: and His Critter Company (Southern Classics Series)Bedford Forrest: and His Critter Company (Southern Classics Series)
Best Price: $11.49
History can suffer at the hands of its practitioners, but that is certainly not the case here....
The Civil War Bathroom ReaderThe Civil War Bathroom Reader
Best Price: $11.53
Plunge into American history with this collection of trivia, anecdotes, historical insights and...
A Crisis In Confederate Command: Edmund Kirby Smith, Richard Taylor, And The Army Of The Trans-MississippiA Crisis In Confederate Command: Edmund Kirby Smith, Richard Taylor, And The Army Of The Trans-Mississippi
Best Price: $7.99
The book is about the conflict between Kirby Smith, the Commander of the Confederate Trans...
The White Tecumseh: A Biography of General William T. ShermanThe White Tecumseh: A Biography of General William T. Sherman
Best Price: $17.34
I found the book entertaining as well as informative about General Sherman and some of the other...
Coal: A Human HistoryCoal: A Human History
Best Price: $6.75
In agreement with Donald B. Siano's review of 23 Feb 04, I felt that this book was written as a...

War to the Knife: Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861War to the Knife: Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Best Price: $7.25
The book provides a decent background on the strife between Kansas and Missouri. There are...
Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
Best Price: $14.81
I have mixed views on this book and first discuss the good. The information that is provided in...
Giants in Their Tall Black Hats: Essays on the Iron Brigade (Great Lakes Connections: The Civil War)Giants in Their Tall Black Hats: Essays on the Iron Brigade (Great Lakes Connections: The Civil War)
Best Price: $17.50
Originally called 'The Black Hat Brigade' because the soldiers wore the regular army's dress...
Clash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil WarClash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil War
Best Price: $17.80
Clash of Extremes takes on the reigning orthodoxy that the American Civil War was waged over...
Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run (Civil War)Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run (Civil War)
Best Price: $1.80
I read this book because my library didn't have the voices of the civil war book for the 7 days...

Walt Whitman's Civil War (A Da Capo Paperback)Walt Whitman's Civil War (A Da Capo Paperback)
Best Price: $12.18
Whitman's book brings together his work from his journals and letters he wrote through out the...
Men of Granite: New Hampshire's Soldiers in the Civil WarMen of Granite: New Hampshire's Soldiers in the Civil War
Best Price: $23.97
During the Civil War, some thirty-five thousand New Hampshire soldiers--representing...
History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American PastHistory Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past
Best Price: $31.18
First of all, this book isn't really about the Enola Gay, or honestly about any of the events...
The Civil War in the Western Territories: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and UtahThe Civil War in the Western Territories: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah
Best Price: $10.83
This book was a very interesting one. I liked the fact that Colton covered several different...
Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military HistoryTwo Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History
Best Price: $12.85
To be concise--this is one of the best books on the Civil War. It is accurate, informative and...

Unlikely Warriors: General Benjamin H. Grierson and His FamilyUnlikely Warriors: General Benjamin H. Grierson and His Family
Best Price: $18.40
This is the story of Union General Benjamin Grierson's military life. If the author had stuck to...
Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War, by a Lady of VirginiaDiary of a Southern Refugee during the War, by a Lady of Virginia
Best Price: $15.00
This is the sort of book that reminds you why the Confederacy lost. Women were more interested...
Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for VicksburgChampion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg
Best Price: $14.87
The reviews tell the story. This is a great book. Champion Hill isn't one of my areas of...
American Civil War Fortifications (1): Coastal brick and stone forts (Fortress)American Civil War Fortifications (1): Coastal brick and stone forts (Fortress)
Best Price: $51.17
This book is a good overview of U.S. Coastal forts. Good for the general interest or the...
American Civil War Fortifications (1): Coastal brick and stone forts (Fortress)American Civil War Fortifications (1): Coastal brick and stone forts (Fortress)
Best Price: $51.17
This book is a good overview of U.S. Coastal forts. Good for the general interest or the...

The March to the Sea and Beyond: Sherman's Troops in the Savannah and Carolinas CampaignsThe March to the Sea and Beyond: Sherman's Troops in the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns
Best Price: $10.00
I thought this a good book for anyone reading about or studying Major-General William Tecumseh...
At the Right Hand of Longstreet: Recollections of a Confederate Staff OfficerAt the Right Hand of Longstreet: Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer
Best Price: $15.86
Moxley Sorrel was one of the best staff officers in the Confederate army. He served as one of...
The Gettysburg Nobody Knows (Gettysburg Lectures)The Gettysburg Nobody Knows (Gettysburg Lectures)
Best Price: $8.50
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from July 1-13, 1863 and ended the Confederacy's second...
Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War (Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies)Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War (Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies)
Best Price: $23.70
During the American Civil War, the Mennonites and Amish faced moral dilemmas that tested the...
Lincoln's America: 1809-1865Lincoln's America: 1809-1865
Best Price: $19.95
To fully understand and appreciate Abraham Lincoln's legacy, it is important to examine the...

Daughters of the Union: Northern Women Fight the Civil WarDaughters of the Union: Northern Women Fight the Civil War
Best Price: $26.44
Daughters of the Union casts a spotlight on some of the most overlooked and least understood...
The Civil War State By StateThe Civil War State By State
Best Price: $12.78
Ordered this book for a gift. It is just what I wanted. Nice large, easy to read. Beautiful...
101 Things You Didn't Know About The Civil War: Places, Battles, Generals--Essential Facts About the War That Divided America101 Things You Didn't Know About The Civil War: Places, Battles, Generals--Essential Facts About the War That Divided America
Best Price: $3.48
This is one of the best written little books on the civil war, great facts on about every thing...
The Gleam Of Bayonets: The Battle Of Antietam And Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, September, 1862The Gleam Of Bayonets: The Battle Of Antietam And Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, September, 1862
Best Price: $12.50
One of the bloodiest days in American military history, the Battle of Antietam turned the tide...
Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical BiographyLincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography
Best Price: $17.95
Excellent conversational fun-to-read style, yet very serious study. Lincoln as a moral man is...

Union Infantryman 1861-65 (Warrior)Union Infantryman 1861-65 (Warrior)
Best Price: $1.77
For serious scholars this book is a bit light weight. By the way, the Iron Brigade got their...
Lincoln and His World: The Early Years, Birth to Illinois Legislature (v. 1)Lincoln and His World: The Early Years, Birth to Illinois Legislature (v. 1)
Best Price: $15.56
This book is absolutely captivating. It is one of the best biographies I have ever read--one...
Masters of the Shoals: Tales of the Cape Fear Pilots Who Ran the Union BlockadeMasters of the Shoals: Tales of the Cape Fear Pilots Who Ran the Union Blockade
Best Price: $3.93
Enjoyed the detailed consideration to the pilots & their way of life. I was able to put...
EXAMNotes for U.S. History 1841 - 1877 (EXAMNotes)EXAMNotes for U.S. History 1841 - 1877 (EXAMNotes)
Best Price: $2.95
EXAMNotes are double-sided, laminated cards that contain all the information students need on a...
Glory Enough for All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian StationGlory Enough for All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station
Best Price: $15.74
After the disastrous battle at Cold Harbor, Grant realized the area around Richmond left little...

Military Memoirs Of A ConfederateMilitary Memoirs Of A Confederate
Best Price: $17.33
The most fascinating book I've read so far on the Civil War, with so much detail that I believe...
The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Ezra A. Carman's Definitive Study of the Union and Confederate Armies at AntietamThe Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Ezra A. Carman's Definitive Study of the Union and Confederate Armies at Antietam
Best Price: $75.39
The book is a wonderful read and very informative and everything the reviewers said it would be.
Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River (Great Campaigns of the Civil War)Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River (Great Campaigns of the Civil War)
Best Price: $10.32
Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River, written by William Shea and...
Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville (Civil War)Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville (Civil War)
Best Price: $11.95
Meade's Army: The Private Notebooks of Lt. Col. Theodore Lyman (Civil War in the North)Meade's Army: The Private Notebooks of Lt. Col. Theodore Lyman (Civil War in the North)
Best Price: $28.99
"Meade's Headquarters, 1863-1865", a collection of letters written during the Civil...

100 Essential Lincoln Books100 Essential Lincoln Books
Best Price: $11.25
I HAVE READ THIS BOOK AND I OWN ALL OF THE BOOKS THAT ARE MENTIONED ON THE LIST OF 100.I HIGHLY...
Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union CommandersGenerals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders
Best Price: $16.72
Its a good bok to look what a general and a brigadier officers life and military duty.So I...
In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat (Civil War America)In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat (Civil War America)
Best Price: $29.70
The Petersburg campaign began June 15, 1864, with Union attempts to break an improvised line of...
Images from the StormImages from the Storm
Best Price: $7.75
Images From The Storm will appeal to two audiences: those who appreciate treatises on early...
Port of Los Angeles: An Illustrated History from 1850 to 1945Port of Los Angeles: An Illustrated History from 1850 to 1945
Best Price: $27.72
The time period covered by this book (1850 - 1945) covers some of the most challenging and...

The Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest (Modern War Studies)The Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest (Modern War Studies)
Best Price: $12.48
This is the definative biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Although it is clear that the author...
Illustrated Catalog of Civil War Military Goods: Union Weapons, Insignia, Uniform Accessories and Other EquipmentIllustrated Catalog of Civil War Military Goods: Union Weapons, Insignia, Uniform Accessories and Other Equipment
Best Price: $7.96
I am a collector of Civil War relics and this book is a must have.
Patriot Fires: Forging a New American Nationalism in the Civil War North (American Political Thought)Patriot Fires: Forging a New American Nationalism in the Civil War North (American Political Thought)
Best Price: $19.95
The Civil War is often credited with giving birth to the modern American state. The demands of...
  
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