General Books


Grant's Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox Best Price: $5.94 This is a fascinating look at how intelligence was gathered during the Civil War. I found it a...	Before Jim Crow: The Politics of Race in Postemancipation Virginia (Gender and American Culture) Best Price: $22.95 Dr. Dailey tells us that this book was her doctoral dissertation, before she made changes and...	They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War Best Price: $5.77 This book was a hard read. I just couldn't wait to be done with it. The book would bring up...	America's Civil War: The Operational Battlefield, 1861-1863 Best Price: $21.82 When I bought this book, the sales clerk observed that this looked like a very technical book. ...	Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero Best Price: $1.63 Rhea - his trilogy was excellent but this book is exquisite and is highly recommended.



The Jewish Confederates (NS) Best Price: $23.94 ....that The Confederacy had Jews. Surprise...A true story: in my exam room, there is always a...	The War in American Culture: Society and Consciousness during World War II Best Price: $13.44 This book is a must-read, despite the fact that there are thousands of histories written about...	These Honored Dead: How The Story Of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory Best Price: $1.99 Prospective readers should not approach this book simply as a history of the Battle of...	Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign Best Price: $10.84 The defense of Little Round Top by the 20th Maine Regiment on the far left of the Union lines on...	Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home Best Price: $2.89 In each of the years he served as President of the United States (minus the 11 southern states...



Old Guns and Whispering Ghosts Best Price: $19.00 Nice to see a well written and researched book such as this. There are so many stories of the...	Battle Tactics of the Civil War (Yale Nota Bene) Best Price: $7.99 Paddy Griffith's thesis is that the Civil War was, instead of being the first modern war, was in...	Lincoln Best Price: $18.58 We all know how the story of Lincoln tragically ends. Therefore it is a testament to the...	Dig Here!: Lost Mines & Buried Treasure of the Southwest Best Price: $11.21 This book tells of all of the great stores of buried treause and riches in the southwest. The...	Andrew Johnson: The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869 (The American Presidents) Best Price: $19.77 Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But? just six weeks after becoming Abraham...

The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History Best Price: $10.48 Mr. Cannon has produced an excellent compilation of the flags used by the South during the US...	Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order Best Price: $15.95 "Wars are not all evil; they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is...	A People at War: Civilians and Soldiers in America's Civil War, 1854-1877 Best Price: $16.48 For too many years, authors on the Civil War took "war" too narrowly, focusing almost...	The Secret Eye: The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889 (Gender & American Culture) Best Price: $4.88 I totally diagree w/ the review above because apparently the reader did not understand that this...	The Negro's Civil War: How American Blacks Felt and Acted During the War for the Union Best Price: $8.72 In his introduction to this volume of documentary evidence gleaned from black sources concerning...

Civil War Uniforms Coloring Book (Colouring Books) Best Price: $1.70 "Civil War Uniforms" by Copeland is one of my favorites. The color guidelines and...	The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection Best Price: $21.35 Gienapp's document collection is extremely useful for research and historical argument papers....	The Civil War in Photographs Best Price: $7.60 America's greatest conflict was the first war to be extensively documented in photographs. More...	Pursuit of Liberty, Volume I, The (3rd Edition) (Pursuit of Liberty Vol. 1) Best Price: $83.51 This text takes a unique approach-each chapter is split into two distinct parts. In the first...	Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times Best Price: $19.95 Donald T. Phillips did a terrific job with this book and provided valuable insight into the...

The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Volume II (since 1865) (with Study Card) (7th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series) Best Price: $80.00 This book is very one sided and very liberal. I have no problem with political philosophies...	Voices From The House Divided: The American Civil War As Personal Experience Best Price: $11.79 The editors have boldly attempted to create a picture of America that is more diverse than most...	Death of an Overseer : Reopening a Murder Investigation from the Plantation South Best Price: $6.78 Death of an Overseer starts off a murder mystery and on the way teaches a good bit on historical...	Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War Best Price: $30.38 Hummel is careful, fair, and concise as he lays out the factual threads that comprise the...	Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America Best Price: $5.69 A balanced biography of a complex man, "Patriotic Treason", is both scholarly and...

The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 (Military Campaigns of the Civil War) Best Price: $29.59 This is an interesting collection of essays on the Shenandoah Campaign of 1864. Gary Gallagher...	Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg Best Price: $13.75 The reviews tell the story. This is a great book. Champion Hill isn't one of my areas of...	The Public Art of Civil War Commemoration: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) Best Price: $10.00 In his intriguing examination of Civil War remembrance as a public art, Thomas Brown uses civic...	Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866-1891 Best Price: $20.88 If you are not a Robert Utley fan you soon will be. This second in a two volume series, Utley...	Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War Best Price: $23.19 Few have tackled the problem of atrocities on both sides of the Missouri-Kansas border disputes...

The Iron Brigade: A Military History (Great Lakes Connections: The Civil War) Best Price: $8.19 Nolan's book about the Iron Brigade is a fantastic account of the brigade's history, covering...	Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln Best Price: $37.44 With Herndon's Informants Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis have made a tremendous...	The Appomattox Campaign: March 29-april 9, 1865 (Great Campaigns Series) Best Price: $153.92 Greg Eanes, author of "Black Day of the Army, April 6, 1865: The Battles of Sailor's...	The Murder of Abraham Lincoln (Treasury of Victorian Murder (Graphic Novels)) Best Price: $5.56 This is the seventh in a very high-quality series that includes Lizzie Borden, Jack the Ripper,...	Uniforms of the Civil War Best Price: $15.00 I won't disagree with the previous three reviewers except to note that this makes a poor...

Crossroads of the Conflict: Defining Hours for the Blue and Gray: A Guide to the Monuments of Gettysburg Best Price: $31.45 Don McLaughlin's years spent as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg from 1983 to 1997...	The Gettysburg Address Best Price: $8.23 Originally published by Random House in a black-and-white edition in 1994, Sam Fink is returning...	Chancellorsville 1863: The Souls of the Brave Best Price: $3.30 Furgurson's account of Chancellorsville is one of the best Civil War books I have read recently....	Battle: The Nature and Consequences of Civil War Combat Best Price: $19.95	Virginia's Private War: Feeding Bod and Soul in the Confederacy, 1861-1865 Best Price: $23.96 This book tells the story of how Confederate civilians in the Old Dominion struggled to feed not...

A Short History of the Civil War: Ordeal by Fire Best Price: $8.20 Where I thought the book was really outstanding was in the occasional observations about the big...	Ghosts and Haunts of the Civil War: Authentic Accounts of the Strange and Unexplained Best Price: $4.98 You don't have to be schizotypal to enjoy this book. It's divided up into a series of stories...	America's Civil War (American History Series) Best Price: $14.00 JUST WHAT I NEED TO PASS THIS COURSE. FINALLY, I FOUND A BOOK ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR THAT EXPLAINS...	The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Book Best Price: $10.11 I learned more about the personalities in the Washington and Lee families and the history of...	The Road to Disunion: Volume II: Secess Triumphant, 1854-1861 Best Price: $16.47 Here is history in the grand manner, a powerful narrative peopled with dozens of memorable...

Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff Best Price: $8.50 I'll not repeat the comments made by the other reviewers since I agree with their sentiments....	Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns: Connected Lives and Legends Best Price: $21.24 Today the images of Robert Burns and Abraham Lincoln are recognized worldwide, yet few are aware...	The Lost Colony of the Confederacy (Texas a & M University Military History Series) Best Price: $10.82 This is not something I learned about in school. The most remarkable thing about this book is...	The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock Best Price: $18.21 One of the finest researched and written campaign studies to come out in many years. I have read...	The American Civil War: A Hands-on History Best Price: $12.00 Succinct, with a brace of original documents following each chapter, Christopher J. Olsen's The...

Lines of Contention: Political Cartoons of the Civil War Best Price: $2.30 A fascinating look at the era from just prior to the Civil War to just after the death of Abe...

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