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	Civil War Command & Strategy The Process of Victory and Defeat. Archer Jones. Prize-winning historian Archer Jones shows us how the Civil War was actually conducted. He argues that Presidents Lincoln and Davis and most of their senior generals possessed a broad grasp of military strategy and its historical applications, as well as the ability to make significant strategic innovations. It's a fresh analysis that gets to the root of how the Civil War was won and lost. 351 pgs., 40 diagrams, 6"x 9¼", hdbd.		Battle Cry of Freedom The Civil War Era. James M. McPherson. The esteemed, Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Civil War. "It is the best one-volume treatment of its subject I have ever come across....It is comprehensive yet succinct, scholarly without being pedantic, eloquent but unrhetorical. It is compellingly readable. I was swept away, felling as if I had never heard the saga before." - The New York Times Book Review. 923 pgs., 40 B&W photos, 6¼"x 9¼", hdbd.
	Drawn with the Sword James M. McPherson. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning James McPherson comes this series of thoughtful and engaging essays on some of the most enduring questions of the Civil War. Filled with fresh interpretations, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, this book explores such questions as why the North won and why the South lost, whether Southern or Northern aggression began the war, and who really freed the slave, Lincoln or the slaves themselves. 272 pgs., 5¼"x 8", sfbd.		The Civil War Archive The History of the American Civil War in Documents. Commager & Bruun, eds. This is a vast and stirring book of first person accounts and landmark documents by soldiers, generals, politicians, presidents, poets, slaves, wives, mothers and children that brings the war to vivid life through the words of those who were there and combine to depict the War Between the States with a power and immediacy unmatched by conventional historical retellings. 864 pgs., 8½"x 11", hdbd
	The Civil War Red River to Appomattox. Shelby Foote. A unique achievement, recognized as one of the finest histories ever fashioned by an American. Opens with Grant vs. Lee in Virginia and Sherman pressing Johnston in Georgia. Includes Lincoln's second inaugural, Lee at Appomattox, Davis' flight south, Lincoln's death, and the surrender of the last Confederate armies. 1106 pgs., 49 maps, 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", sfbd.		The Legacies Davis & Pohanka & Troiani, eds. In many arenas, the Civil War changed both military and civilian life. The roles in society of women and minorities, advancements in medicine, technology and industry, the reporting of news with the addition of the photograph, the wounds that imposed lasting divisions upon society, and much more are discussed in this book. 515 pgs., illustrated, 7"x 10", hdbd.
	The Encyclopedia of Civil War Usage An Illustrated Compendium of the Everyday Language of Soldiers and Civilians. Webb Garrison. From more than 30 years of research and study in original sources, the author has produced this dictionary of words and phrases (including nicknames and slang) commonly used during the war. In all, you'll find more than 2,500 entries and 250 illustrations explaining the terms, equipment, and organization of the three million soldiers who fought the war. 284 pgs., 7"x 9", sfbd.		The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell Sex in the Civil War. Thomas P. Lowry, M.D. This book reveals the hidden dimension of the lives of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank. Most men left no record of their sexual activities, or if they did, their survivors expunged the record by destroying what the soldiers wrote. Using the few rare original documents that still exist, along with perceptive interpretation of official sources, the author has resurrected the secret life of the common soldier. 223 pgs., 25 B&W photos, 6"x 9", hdbd.
	My Brother's Keeper Union and Confederate Soldiers' Acts of Mercy During the Civil War. Daniel N. Rolph. Countless books on the Civil War recount carnage, vengeance, and heroism in battle. But there was another aspect of the Civil War as well: one in which Yankees and Rebels saved one another, often at risk of their own lives. Using primary source materials such as diaries, letters, military reports, and newspapers, the author opens up a unique and little-know genre of Civil War history. 160 pgs., 6"x 9", hdbd.		Blood Stories of Life and Death from the Civil War. Peter Kadzis, ed. This book presents Civil War writings in a unique collection that lets the most eloquent voices of the War speak for themselves. Along with contributions from Abraham Lincoln, William T. Sherman, George Pickett, George T. Strong, and others who participated, you will also enjoy wonderful contributions from post-war writers such as Stephen Crane and Shelby Foote. 314 pgs., 20 B&W photos, 6"x 9", sfbd.
	American Civil War Zouaves Among the mass of units formed in the early months of the war were several of the colorful Zouave units. Inspired by the French colonial units raised in North Africa with their distinctive uniforms and reputation as hard fighters, units with names as colorful as their uniforms began to appear. This volume details the uniforms and battles of these flamboyant units. 64 pgs., 50 B&W and 35 color illustrations, 7¼"x 9¾", sfbd.		The War in the East 1861-May 1863 Gary W. Gallagher. This volume focuses on events in the Virginia theater during the war's first two years, highlighting Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses, leadership and strategy on each side, and the ways in which events on the battlefield influenced politics, diplomacy, and debates about emancipation. 95 pgs., 45 B&W and 13 color illustrations, 6¾"x 9¾", sfbd.
	The War in the East 1863-1865 Robert K. Krick. This book continues the story of the war in the East (see also item #C011131) with revealing details of the clash at Gettysburg, and puts forward the theory that it was not a great turning point in the war. Coverage then continues right through the events that led to Robert E. Lee accepting terms of surrender from Ulysses S. Grant, bringing the war in Virginia to a close. 95 pgs., 40 B&W and 23 color illustrations, 6¾"x 9¾", sfbd.		The War in the West 1861- July 1863 Stephen D. Engle. This book examines the geographical, logistical and strategic factors that shaped fighting in the Western theater, and assesses officers who played key roles. It covers Ulysses S. Grant's important capture of rebel positions before marching south to win the battle of Shiloh, as well as the story of Albert S. Johnston, the pride of the Confederacy. Finally, it details the dramatic events of the siege of Vicksburg, the Confederates' final fortress. 95 pgs., 40 B&W and 14 color illustrations, 6¾"x 9¾", sfbd.
	The War in the West 1863-1865 Joseph T. Glatthaar. This book continues the story (see also item #C011133) , covering the second half of the war. You'll read of Grant's striking victory at Chattanooga, the events that surrounded the capture of Atlanta, and Sherman's famous campaign of destruction through the southern interior. 95 pgs., 45 B&W illustrations, 10 color maps, 6¾"x 9¾", sfbd.		The American Civil War The Soldier's Story. Hans Halberstadt. What was it really like to be a soldier in the American Civil War? Using archival and reenactment photographs and contemporary accounts in official documents, letters, diaries, and reportage, this book describes in words and pictures the way that the ordinary soldier lived, fought, and died in different battles and conflicts. 128 pgs., 100 color and 50 B&W photos, 8½"x 12", hdbd.
	A Great Civil War A Military and Political History, 1861-1865. Russell F. Weigley. This is a substantial new interpretation of the events that continue to dominate the American imagination and identity nearly 150 years after the war's end. "The defining innovation in this study is the way in which it integrates analyses of slavery, war, and the politics of the South and the North. . . . [Weigley] opens a new window to the relationship during the Civil War between politics and the battlefield." - Civil War Book Review. 632 pgs., 6½"x 9¼", hdbd.		Men of Color William A. Gladstone. An extended examination of the role of African-Americans in the Civil War. Based on the author's personal collection of material, it is an in-depth review of photographs that illustrate their participation. These men were literally fighting for freedom and acceptance in their country, and the participation of nearly 178,000 African-American soldiers in the war was vital to victory. 227 pgs., 185 B&W photos and illustrations, 8½"x 11", sfbd.
	Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War - Volume One Origins of Rebellion to the Battle of Bull's Run. Benson J. Lossing. Published shortly after the war's end by one of the mid-19th century's leading popular historians, this first-volume chronicle of the Civil War battles, political events, and personalities offers details and interpretations that will surprise the most knowledgeable Civil War buff. "The Shelby Foote of the 19th century, Lossing presents an abundantly illustrated text that makes for interesting reading." - North & South. 622 pgs., 410 illustrations, 6 1/2" x 9 3/4", sfbd. 1) Volume Two - Reorganizing the Army of the Potomac to the Capture of Vicksburg. 2) Volume Three - Chancellorsville to the Surrender of Appomattox		American Civil War Almanac Philip Katcher. Covering Reasons for the War, Chronology, The Leading Participants, The Combatant Forces, Weapons and Equipment, and Aids to Further Study, this title includes basic data on the leading characters, weaponry and prominent events of the Civil War, along with reference to Web sites, films and videos for fingertip access to information. 240 pgs., 30 illustrations, hdbd.
	Faith in the Fight Civil War Chaplains. Brinsfield, Davis, Maryniak & Robertson, Jr. Guarding and guiding the spiritual well being of Civil War soldiers, the army chaplain was a voice of hope and reason in a chaotic military existence. This book identifies for the first time the almost 4,000 ministers who were commissioned as chaplains in the Union and Confederate armies, encompassing the depth and breadth of their dedication and sacrifice in this fascinating and uplifting story. 268 pgs., 6"x 9", hdbd		Shelby Foote A Writer's Life. C. Stuart Chapman. Foote is best known for his dazzling and definitive The Civil War: A Narrative. Written from 1954 to 1974, the three-volume opus was published during years when the South exploded with racial and political tensions and was forever changed. This biography plumbs the ambiguous life of the gentlemanly novelist and historian, showing Foote pining for aristocratic, antebellum culture while rejecting the practices that made possible the injustices of that era. 339 pgs., 13 B&W photos, 6"x 9", hdbd.
	The Civil War Chronicle J. Matthew Gallman, ed. Hundreds of primary sources have been assembled here to examine the Civil War chronologically, creating not only a one-of-a-kind military and political history but also a collection of rare testimony from both home fronts. With more than 500 original documents and over 300 photos, it's a book that creates for you an immediate and unfiltered sense of the war, unrivaled by other reference books. 544 pgs., 7"x 9", hardcover.		The Civil War Bruce Catton. This book is a fast-moving, dramatic narrative with vivid descriptions of the armies involved and battles fought carefully interwoven with the political activities of the Union and Confederate armies and diplomatic efforts overseas. "The text itself is everything we have come to expect - nay, take for granted - from the practiced hand of Bruce Catton: scholarly, judicious, clear and unfailingly interesting." - The New York Times. 382 pgs., 100 B&W photos and illustrations, 5½"x 8¼", sfbd.
	For Cause & Comrades Why Men Fought in the Civil War. James M. McPherson. Why did the soldiers of the Civil War - Confederate and Union - risk their lives, through countless bloody battles and four long, awful years? Drawing on more than 25,000 uncensored letters and nearly 250 private diaries, James McPherson's masterful prose and the soldiers' own words describe their devotion to duty and honor and their firm belief in the cause for which they went to war: the principles of liberty, freedom, justice, and patriotism. 255 pgs., 5¼"x 8", sfbd.		The Civil War Fort Sumter to Perryville. Shelby Foote. A unique achievement, recognized as one of the finest histories ever fashioned by an American. Opens with Jefferson Davis' resignation and Abraham Lincoln's departure from Springfield. Includes all the great battles through the fall of 1862. 840 pgs., 40 maps, 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", sfbd
	The Civil War Fredericksburg to Meridian. Shelby Foote. A unique achievement, recognized as one of the finest histories ever fashioned by an American. The great armies confront each other almost continually, including such bloody battles as Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Gettysburg and Chickamauga. Also covers the life of the times: the elections of 1863, the Conscription riots and more. 988 pgs., 48 maps, 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", sfbd
	The Civil War A Narrative. Shelby Foote. A unique achievement, recognized as one of the finest histories ever fashioned by an American, this narrative of over a million and a half words recreates on a vast and brilliant canvas the events and personalities of an American epic: The Civil War. Fort Sumter to Perryville. Opens with Jefferson Davis' resignation and Abraham Lincoln's departure from Springfield. Includes all the great battles through the fall of 1862. 840 pgs., 40 maps. Fredericksburg to Meridian. The great armies confront each other almost continually, including such bloody battles as Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Gettysburg and Chickamauga. Also covers the life of the times: the elections of 1863, the Conscription riots and more. 988 pgs., 48 maps. Red River to Appomattox. Opens with Grant vs. Lee in Virginia and Sherman pressing Johnston in Georgia. Includes Lincoln's second inaugural, Lee at Appomattox, Davis' flight south, Lincoln's death, and the surrender of the last Confederate armies. 1106 pgs., 49 maps. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", sfbd.
	Civil War A to Z The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict. Clifford L. Linedecker, ed. This encyclopedic, illustrated reference of the war between the states features facts both familiar and engagingly new. With hundreds of entries organized in an easy-to-follow alphabetical format, as well as photographs, drawings, and a handy timeline of events, this book encompasses everything about the Civil War… from Appomattox to Zouaves. 284 pgs., 50 B&W illustrations, 7¼"x 9", sfbd.		Gods and Generals Jeff Shaara. The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara's classic Civil War novel about the men who led the fight at the Battle of Gettysburg, was a major literary event. In this volume, Jeff Shaara carries forward his father's vision in an epic story that traces the lives, passions, and careers of these great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. "Brilliant does not even begin to describe the Shaara gift. Thank Gods and Generals that it was passed from father to son." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 512 pgs., 5 ½"x 8¼", sfbd.
	The Killer Angels Jeff Shaara. After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print, this Pulitzer Prize-winning re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was originally published. Unique, sweeping, unforgettable, it is "The best and most realistic historical novel about war I have ever read." - General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. 400 pgs., 5 ½"x 8¼", sfbd.		The Last Full Measure Jeff Shaara. First came the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, and then it was the bestselling Gods and Generals. Now, Jeff Shaara brings this legendary father-son trilogy to its stunning conclusion in this novel that brings to life the final two years of the Civil War. 576 pgs., 5 ½"x 8¼", sfbd.
	The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War The Soldiers, Generals, Weapons, and Battles. William C. Davis. This encyclopedia of the Civil War is divided into six main categories - soldiers, uniforms, leaders, generals, battles, and weapons - making it an simple reference source for everything from Grant and Lee to Gettysburg and Antietam. More than 440 color and B&W photos and illustrations, including rare images specially commissioned by the author, complete the collection. 300 pgs., 10¾"x 10½", hdbd.

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