Civil War

The Civil War history book series compiles the best civil war history books, illuminating the battles, the politics, and the historical figures of the American Civil War. Read the never-before-told true stories of Confederate South Carolina’s civilians and soldiers. Step into the graveyards of the Andersonville Civil War Prison and Camp Douglas, where thousands of prisoners died. From the famous Battle of Antietam to the Civil War siege of Jackson, Mississippi, these civil war books bring to light one of the darkest periods of American military history. [View all Civil War Series books]
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The Irish at Gettysburg
The Irish at Gettysburg
$24.99
Wade Hampton's Iron Scouts
Wade Hampton's Iron Scouts
$21.99
Favorite Sons of Civil War Kentucky
Favorite Sons of Civil War Kentucky
$21.99
The Capitals of the Confederacy: A History
The Capitals of the Confederacy: A History
$21.99
The Last Days of the Confederacy in Northeast Georgia
The Last Days of the Confederacy in Northeast Georgia
$21.99
The Civil War Missouri Compendium: Almost Unabridged
The Civil War Missouri Compendium: Almost Unabridged
$24.99
Wisconsin and the Civil War
Wisconsin and the Civil War
$24.99
A Refugee at Hanover Tavern: The Civil War Diary of Margaret Wight
A Refugee at Hanover Tavern: The Civil War Diary of Margaret Wight
$24.99
Streight's Foiled Raid on the Western & Atlantic Railroad
Streight's Foiled Raid on the Western & Atlantic Railroad
$21.99
New Bern and the Civil War
New Bern and the Civil War
$24.99
An Antietam Veteran's Montana Journey
An Antietam Veteran's Montana Journey
$23.99
Abolitionism and the Civil War in Southwestern Illinois
Abolitionism and the Civil War in Southwestern Illinois
$21.99
A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia: The Civil War Album of Laura Ratcliffe
A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia: The Civil War Album of Laura Ratcliffe
$24.99
Quaker Officer in the Civil War, A
Quaker Officer in the Civil War, A
$21.99

The Irish at Gettysburg

9781467138529

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At the outbreak of the Civil War, Irish citizens on both sides of the Mason-Dixon answered the call to arms. This was most evident at the Battle of Gettysburg.


Louisiana Irish Rebels charged with the cry "We are the Louisiana Tigers!" Irish soldiers of the Alabama Brigade and the Texas Brigade launched assaults on the line's southern end at Little Round Top. During Pickett's Charge, Gaelic brothers fought each other as determined Irishmen of the Sixty-Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry repelled Irish of the Virginia Brigade in one of the most decisive moments in American history. Author Phillip Thomas Tucker reveals the compelling story.

The Irish at Gettysburg

Wade Hampton's Iron Scouts

9781467139380

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Author D. Michael Thomas presents the previously untold story of the Iron Scouts for the first time.


Serving from late 1862 to the war's end, Wade Hampton's Scouts were a key component of the comprehensive intelligence network designed by Generals Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart and Wade Hampton. The Scouts were stationed behind enemy lines on a permanent basis and provided critical military intelligence to their generals. They became proficient in "unconventional" warfare and emerged unscathed in so many close-combat actions that their foes grudgingly dubbed them Hampton's "Iron Scouts."

Wade Hampton's Iron Scouts

Favorite Sons of Civil War Kentucky

9781625859938

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When the Civil War broke out, thousands of Kentuckians struggled to maintain the state's neutrality in deciding which side to support. Although Kentucky was a slaveholding state, most of the population did not wish to secede from the Union. More than 140,000 Kentucky solders fought on both sides, in the Eastern and Western Theaters. Some of those who emerged from these battlegrounds are among the state's favorite local heroes. Join historian and author Bryan S. Bush as he recounts the journeys of these brave men who fought to build and maintain the legacy of the Bluegrass State.
Favorite Sons of Civil War Kentucky

The Capitals of the Confederacy: A History

9781626198876

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The Confederate States of America boasted five capital cities in four years. The center of the Confederate government moved from one Southern city to another, including Montgomery, Richmond, Danville, Greensboro and Charlotte. From the heady early days of the new country to the dismal last hours of a transient government, each city played a role in the Confederate story. While some of these sites are commemorated with impressive monuments and museums, others offer scant evidence of their importance in Civil War history. Join award-winning historian Michael C. Hardy as he recounts the harrowing history of the capitals of the Confederacy.
The Capitals of the Confederacy: A History

The Last Days of the Confederacy in Northeast Georgia

9781626193444

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In 1861, northeast Georgians were the driving force into secession and war. In 1865, Confederate president Jefferson Davis, his government collapsing and himself a wanted man, brought the reality of the war to the region's doorstep. Governor Joseph Brown, U.S. senator Robert Toombs and the politically influential Howell Cobb of Athens and his brother Thomas R.R. Cobb all fought passionately for Southern independence. The region epitomized the reasons for which the South waged and supported the war, yet it was spared the destruction seen in other places. Even Sherman's Union army touched only the region's fringes. Author Ray Chandler brings to light the final act of the Confederacy in the Peach State's northeast and the lasting impact it had on Georgians.
The Last Days of the Confederacy in Northeast Georgia

The Civil War Missouri Compendium: Almost Unabridged

9781625858450

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During the Civil War, only Virginia and Tennessee saw more action than Missouri. Ulysses S. Grant first proved his ability there. Sterling Price, a former governor of Missouri, sided with the Confederacy, raised an army and led it in battle all over the state. Notorious guerrilla warriors "Bloody" Bill Anderson and William Quantrill terrorized communities and confounded Union military commanders. Brian Warren and Joseph "Whit" McCoskrie provide a chronological overview of more than three hundred of the documented engagements that took place within Missouri's borders, furnishing photos, maps, biographical sketches and military tactics.
The Civil War Missouri Compendium: Almost Unabridged

Wisconsin and the Civil War

9781467137195

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Wisconsin troops fought and died for the Union on Civil War battlefields across the continent, from Shiloh to Gettysburg. Wisconsin lumberjacks built a dam that saved a stranded Union fleet.


The Second Wisconsin Infantry suffered the highest percentage of battle deaths in the Union army. Back home, in a state largely populated by immigrants and recent transplants, the war effort forced Wisconsin's residents to forge a common identity for the first time. Drawing on unpublished letters and new research, Ron Larson tells Wisconsin's Civil War story, from the famous exploits of the Iron Brigade to the heretofore largely unknown contributions of the Badger State's women, African Americans and Native Americans.

Wisconsin and the Civil War

A Refugee at Hanover Tavern: The Civil War Diary of Margaret Wight

9781626190450

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The Hanover Tavern outside Richmond was a place of refuge during the Civil War. Life at the Tavern was not always safe as residents weathered frequent Union cavalry raids on nearby railroads, bridges and farms. Margaret Copland Brown Wight and some of her family braved the war at the Tavern from 1862 until 1865 in the company of a small community of refugees. She kept a diary to document each hardship and every blessing--a day of rain after weeks of drought, news of her sons fighting in the Confederate armies or word from her daughter caught behind enemy lines. Wight's diary, discovered more than a century after the war, is a vital voice from a time of tumult. Join The Hanover Tavern Foundation as the diary is presented here for the first time.
A Refugee at Hanover Tavern: The Civil War Diary of Margaret Wight

Streight's Foiled Raid on the Western & Atlantic Railroad

9781626198623

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In the spring of 1863, Union colonel Abel D. Streight sought to raid and destroy parts of the vital span of the Western and Atlantic Railroad in north Georgia with his mule-riding infantry brigade. Determined to thwart the potentially deadly attack, Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest fervently pursued Streight's forces. With the help of unlikely ally fifteen-year-old Emma Sansom of Gadson, Alabama, Forrest falsely convinced Streight he was vastly outnumbered, foiled the raid and forced Streight's surrender. Brandon H. Beck details Streight's dubious plan and the exciting story of a running battle between hunter and quarry that colors history from the hills of northeast Mississippi to the heart of Georgia.
Streight's Foiled Raid on the Western & Atlantic Railroad

New Bern and the Civil War

9781625859921

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New Bern was a valuable port city during the Civil War and the Confederates made many attempts to reclaim it.

On March 14, 1862, Federal forces under the command of General Ambrose Burnside overwhelmed Confederate forces in the Battle of New Bern, capturing the town and its important seaport. From that time on, Confederates planned to retake the city. D.H. Hill and James J. Pettigrew made the first attempt but failed miserably. General George Pickett tried in February 1864. He nearly succeeded but called the attack off on the edge of victory. The Confederates made another charge in May led by General Robert Hoke. They had the city surrounded with superior forces when Lee called Hoke back to Richmond and ended the expedition. Author Jim White details the chaotic history of New Bern in the Civil War.

New Bern and the Civil War

An Antietam Veteran's Montana Journey

9781467139670

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In this recently unearthed memoir, Civil War veteran James Howard Lowell offers a firsthand account of his brutal journey west on a wagon train attacked by Indian Dog Soldiers. The Boston Yank staggers snow blind through a Laramie Plains blizzard to reach Salt Lake City, where he meets Brigham Young. In Montana, he joins an old forty-niner to work a mining claim, practices "tomahawk jurisprudence" in Fort Benton and builds a mackinaw to head downriver through Deadman Rapids to trade with the Crow and Gros Ventre tribes. Lowell's great-great-granddaughter edits this tale populated with colorful characters, narrow escapes and important historical events, such as the Baker Massacre. It features Lowell's letters to his sweetheart and Civil War correspondence.

An Antietam Veteran's Montana Journey

Abolitionism and the Civil War in Southwestern Illinois

9781609493288

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Southwestern Illinois played a fierce and pivotal role in the national drama of a house divided against itself. St. Clair County sheltered Brooklyn, founded by freed and fugitive slaves and a vital link on the Underground Railroad. Alton was the home of Elijah Lovejoy, gunned down defending his press from an anti-abolitionist mob, as well as Lyman Trumbull, who wrote the Thirteenth Amendment. After the outbreak of war, Alton's prison was packed with thousands of Confederate captives, a smallpox epidemic and the cross-dressing double agent Mary Anne Pitman. John J. Dunphy continues the story of the Civil War and abolitionism beyond the Emancipation Proclamation and Appomattox, seeking out the enduring legacy those struggles left in his corner of Illinois.
Abolitionism and the Civil War in Southwestern Illinois

A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia: The Civil War Album of Laura Ratcliffe

9781596297432

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As the Civil War raged, Confederate brigadier general J.E.B. Stuart entrusted a secret album to Laura Ratcliffe, a young girl in Fairfax County, "as a token of his high appreciation of her patriotism, admiration of her virtues, and pledge of his lasting esteem." A devoted Southerner, Laura provided a safe haven for Rebel forces, along with intelligence gathered from passing Union soldiers. Ratcliffe's book contains four poems and forty undated signatures: twenty-six of Confederate officers and soldiers and fourteen of loyal Confederate civilians. In A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia, Charles V. Mauro uncovers the mystery behind this album, identifying who the soldiers were and when they could have signed its pages. The result is a fascinating look at the covert lives and relationships of civilians and soldiers during the war, kept hidden until now.
A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia: The Civil War Album of Laura Ratcliffe

Quaker Officer in the Civil War, A

9781609497514

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When the call went out in 1862 for volunteers for Delaware's 4th Infantry Regiment, a number of men from prominent Quaker families came forward to fight for the Union. Deeply patriotic and strongly opposed to slavery, they served with distinction in some of the later campaigns of the Civil War, from Cold Harbor through Appomattox. Among them was Henry Gawthrop. Commissioned a first lieutenant in Company F, he saw action during the Siege of Petersburg and at the Battle of Five Forks. Fifty years after the war, he drew on his diary and letters from the war years to create a unique memoir that is among the most comprehensive and detailed of any Delaware Civil War veteran. This is his story.
Quaker Officer in the Civil War, A