General Books


Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (The American Civil War) Best Price: $7.99 Very detailed and complete rendition of the chronology of his personal life as well as his...	This Terrible War: The Civil War and Its Aftermath (2nd Edition) Best Price: $63.92 Please be advised the hardcover edition of this book does not contain the primary source...	Small Arms at Gett Infantry and Cavalry Weapons in America's Greatest Battle Best Price: $18.68 This book is well-written, informative, and a real treasure for those with a serious (i.e., have...	The Civil War for Dummies Best Price: $10.10 Simple and helps the reader understand the order of things that happened in the civil war and...	Civil War Maryland: Stories from the Old Line State Best Price: $12.98 By the time the American Civil War began, the agrarian, slave-owning South and the rapidly...



Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream Best Price: $21.92 When we look at historical figures we often put them on today's pedistal. Lincoln could easily...	The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Civil War, 2nd Edition (The Complete Idiot's Guide) Best Price: $5.75 If you're interested in the Civil War I recommend you read at least two books about it. This...	The Autobiography of General Ulysses S Grant: Memoirs of the Civil War Best Price: $16.19 General Grant's firsthand accounts of the campaigns that won the Civil War. Grant discusses his...	Shook over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War Best Price: $30.47 Written by a lawyer-historian this book is a review of statistics and anecdotes about...	A Shattered Nation: The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868 (Civil War America) Best Price: $12.92 Exploring the creation, maintenance, and transformation of Confederate identity during the...



Cigars, Whiskey and Winning: Leadership Lessons from General Ulysses S. Grant Best Price: $8.99 This book is a quick read. I particularly enjoyed the author's focus on Grant's ability to...	The Baltimore Plot: The First Conspiracy to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln Best Price: $19.77 A True-Crime Thriller About the Original Attempt on President Lincoln's Life In February 1861,...	Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America's Culture of Death Best Price: $13.95 In "Awaiting the Heavenly Country," Mark Schantz leads his reader on a tour of the...	The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 Best Price: $22.88 It is always instructive to go to original sources. These debates set Lincoln solidly on the...	Jesse James: The Best Writings on the Notorious Outlaw and His Gang Best Price: $2.99 An anthology of the most captivating writings about Jesse James, including excerpts from novels,...

Warman's Civil War Weapons Best Price: $4.45 The weapons of the Confederate soldiers and Union Army, a commanding presence 140 years ago, are...	The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism Best Price: $14.57 The author attempts to run the three biographies in parallel but what really happens is that she...	Witness for Freedom: African American Voices on Race, Slavery, and Emancipation Best Price: $12.48 Great selections from black abolitionists!!!	Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War Best Price: $8.49 I saw the picture for the 1997 version (green and black)as I needed it for school, so naturally...	Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography Best Price: $7.00 I have been reading about the Civil War for almost 50 years. Despite what most of the other...

Forged in Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers Best Price: $10.00 This is one of the most important books on the Civil War that needs to be read by every student...	Was Jefferson Davis Right? Best Price: $11.01 History has not been kind to Jefferson Davis. This is especially true now with the current wave...	War under Heaven: Pontiac, the Indian Nations, and the British Empire Best Price: $12.40 The book was well written and I found Dowd's argument convincing. His narration is clear, though...	Ghosts of Gettysburg IV, Vol. 4 Best Price: $2.95 The Ghosts of Gettysburg series is very interesting. Mark Nesbitt is a great author.	Grant Best Price: $14.95 Jean Edward Smith has written an outstanding biography of Ulysses S. Grant, one of the more...

Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign (Civil War America) Best Price: $23.82 By the time of the Overland Campaign, the star of Earl Hess's second volume on Civil War...	Conflict and Compromise: The Political Economy of Slavery, Emancipation and the American Civil War Best Price: $27.45 No series of events had a more dramatic impact on the course of American history than the Civil...	A Diary From Dixie Best Price: $4.75 Mary Chestnut's diary received great exposure as a result of Ken Burns' documentary on PBS. It...	Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America Best Price: $7.95 Every one think that lincoln help end slavery! Yea he did but the only reason why he did it...	Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $5.52 Booker Ts story really inspires. It just shows that with positive thinking and motivation,...

Civil War Goats and Scapegoats Best Price: $8.56 "Civil War Goats and Scapegoats" is a highly readable, even-handed book that does an...	Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America Best Price: $6.66 Epps has written an outstanding work of biographical history centered around the villainy and...	Grant Moves South: 1861 - 1863 Best Price: $11.90 In "Grant Moves South" Bruce Catton picks up the story of Ulysses S. Grant as he...	Don Troiani's American Battles: The Art of the Nation at War, 1754-1865 Best Price: $8.11 What a wonderful book! I can't get over Mr. Troiani's ability to capture the humanity behind the...	Growing Up in the 1850s: The Journal of Agnes Lee Best Price: $6.90 Miss Agnes Lee, as the daughter of the famous general, was in a unique position to record the...

Where Death and Glory Meet: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Best Price: $14.95 Every Civil War buff (and many others, too, thanks to the movie "Glory") knows the...	Pursuit: The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release of Confederate President Jefferson Davis Best Price: $12.48 Another job well done Clint Johnson! As with all of your books you can tell immediately this one...	The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race Best Price: $17.00 This collective biography of abolitionists Frederick Douglass, James McCune Smith, Gerrit Smith,...	Civil War in the Ozarks Best Price: $4.50 Recommend your read this one and recommend you add it to your collection. This work covers...	Stonewall: A Biography of General Thomas J. Jackson Best Price: $10.95 I must admit it was a "good influence" because it was of course heavily sanitized......

Lincoln in American Memory Best Price: $12.49 This fascinating volume considers how Lincoln has been viewed from the time of his death to the...	Grant: A Biography Best Price: $11.91 I am currently reading a biography of every President in order. I must say that none of the...	Did Lincoln Own Slaves?: And Other Frequently Asked Questions About Abraham Lincoln Best Price: $7.99 This work is practically an encyclopedia in scope. Propowicz synthesizes, assesses and...	I Rode With Jeb Stuart: The Life And Campaigns Of Major General J. E. B. Stuart Best Price: $12.56 I feel this is a great book for anyone intrested in learning more about this great person. He...	Extraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days Battles Best Price: $24.80 The 16th Michigan from Dan Butterfield's brigade headed to the breach but was stopped thanks to...

The Horrid Pit: The Battle of the Crater, the Civil War's Cruelest Mission Best Price: $12.97 And, really, it was not that bad of an idea. Problem is, it didn't work, and caused around 5,000...	Religion and the American Civil War Best Price: $36.51 First it is a collection of essays. They are uneven in both quality and in provoking my...	Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy Best Price: $10.29 "Southern Lady, Yankee Spy" is about a female Union spymaster in Richmond, Virginia,...	The Coming of the Civil War (Phoenix Books) Best Price: $22.00 MANY HISTORIANS SEEM TO RELEGATE AVERY CRAVEN TODAY TO A POSITION OF PRESENT IRRELEVANCE. ...	Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War Best Price: $16.95 Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War is a collection of essays pertaining to the crisis in...

The Legacy of Andrew Jackson: Essays on Democracy, Indian Removal and Slavery (Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History) Best Price: $6.00	Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah Best Price: $4.96 This was a well-told, but little-known story about the Confederate raider, the C.S.S. Shenandoah...	After Secession: Jefferson Davis and the Failure of Confederate Nationalism Best Price: $3.49 Paul D. Escott's well researched book refutes its own thesis--that Jefferson Davis was largely...

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