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ARTILLERY THROUGH THE AGES:
A Short Illustrated History of Cannon Emphasizing Types Used in America
by Albert Manucy. Illustrated with B&W photos and drawings by the author. Condition: UNREAD 1985 National Park Service soft cover (more of a large pamphlet, really), reprint. Tiny edgewear. Strikes me as the kind of booklet that can be purchsed in the Park Service bookstores at battlefields. Content: Artillery Through the Ages is a short illustrated history of cannon, emphasizing types used in America. Many of the types of cannon described in this booklet may be seen in areas of the National Park System throughout the U.S. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BOOK OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (Brown Paper School, USKids History series)
by Howard Egger-Bovet & Marlene Smith-Baranzini. Wonderful B&W illustrations by D.J. Simison. Condition: NEW 1998 Little, Brown over-size soft cover, stated first edition, but there is a hardcover edition - no idea which came first. Content: An information-packed miscellany of facts, photographs, illustrations, stories, and appealing ideas for activities. Narratives treat a variety of people representative of antebellum, war, and postwar times. In addition to Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln, readers learn about the Southern-born Grimke sisters, leaders in the antislavery movement; and James Thomas, a former slave who became one of the richest African-American men in the country. Discussions of plantation slave life, European immigration, and children who took part in battles are also included. Cooking from period recipes, playing games typical of the era, making a Union Army "dog tent," and deciphering and creating spy codes are among the suggested activities. A play about the Battle of Bull Run is included, with parts for a large cast and instructions for making easy, inexpensive costumes and props. Black-and-white photographs, reproductions, and maps appear throughout. An engaging resource for teaching and learning. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS: Then and Now
by James Campi, Jr. Color photos & maps/B&W photos. Condition: NEW 2002 Thunder Bay Press large hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: As a defining event in the history of the United States, the Civil War has no equal. Civil War Battlefields Then and Now looks at the battlegrounds where it all took place, covering the broad sweep of events from the Southern capture of Fort Sumter to the Battles of Gettysburg and Appomattox. Historical illustrations and archival photographs of these sacred locations are compared with specially commissioned color photographs of the battlefields as they are today, accompanied by descriptive and interesting text and maps. [1 copy available]
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The COURT MARTIAL OF ROBERT E. LEE (A Novel) (Historical Fiction)
by Duglas Savage. Condition: Very good 1995 Warner Books Trade Paperback, first printing. Tiny edgewear top cover and rubbing on the front hinge; pale spine crease. Interior tight & clean. Content: An intriguing blend of fact and fiction, this engrossing novel explores the question: What if the Confederacy called Robert E. Lee to account for his tragic failure at Gettysburg? Using a court-martial trial as the novel's centerpiece, Savage weaves an intimate portrait of Lee as a man free of the myths of history. [1 copy available]
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THE CRATER: Burnside's Assault on The Confederate Trenches, June 30, 1864
by John Cannan. B&W era photos. Condition: NEW 2002 Da Capo Press soft cover, first printing. 2 pages have shelfwear from the book being shoved back into the shelf carelessly. Not bad, but there. Content: Reviewer: "The infamous battle of The Crater, July 30, 1864, was one of the biggest "what ifs" of the Civil War; had the assault succeeded, and a breakthrough to Petersburg effected, the war would likely have ended much sooner than it did. But apathy on the part of Grant and Meade, pettiness and insubordination on the part of Burnside, questionable leadership on the field, and the unforseen obstacle that The Crater itself ended up being, all played a part turning the potention stalemate-ending breakthrough into a humiliating defeat for the Union. The author covers all of these aspects in a lucid manner, making this an excellent book for those who want a concise overview of this significant event in the Seige of Petersburg. The only real fault is that the book was not better proofed; as a result, there are a few awkward sentences and grammatical errors." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE FACES OF IRISH CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
edited by JoAnna M. McDonald. B&W era photos. Condition: UNREAD 1999 Rank & File Publications large soft cover, no edition given. Content: Just what the title says - B&W photo portraits of Irish Immigrants who served in the American Civil War, their units, and the outcome of their service. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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LINCOLN'S SPYMASTER: Thomas Haines Dudley and the Liverpool Network
by David Hepburn Milton. B&W photo section. Condition: NEW 2003 Stackpole Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. DJ has tiny edgewear top edge with tiny impression front cover near hinge. Content: The American Civil War conjures images of bloody battlefields in the eastern United States. Few are aware of the equally important diplomatic and intelligence contest between the North and South in Europe. While the Confederacy eagerly sought the approval of Great Britain as a strategic ally, the Union utilized diplomacy and espionage to avert both the construction of a Confederate navy and the threat of war with England. This volume documents the historically neglected Thomas Haines Dudley and his European network of agents and explores the actions that forced neutrality between England and the Union [1 copy available]
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THE MILITARY HAND-BOOK & SOLDIER'S MANUAL OF INFORMATION INCLUDING THE OFFICIAL ARTICLES OF WAR (1861)
by Louis Le Grand, M.D. Condition: NEW papaerback. Tiny edgewear bottom cover edge. Please see "content." Content: This is an interesting book. Originally published by Beadle & Company (New York) in 1861, I believe this is a facsimilie re-issue, but there is NO information in the book as to a modern publisher or date. If you have information on this book, I'd sure love to hear it. Includes: "The official articles of war; instructions to the volunteer; Army regulations for camp and service; ration and pay lists; general rules and orders on all occasions; hints on food and its preparation; health department; with valuable remedies and instructions, etc.; together with a complete Dictionary of Military Terms." A fascinating book! [1 copy available]
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PETERSBURG (Sieges That Changed the World series)
by Bruce L. Brager. Sepia era photographs with B&W maps. Condition: NEW 2003 Chelsea House Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: Reviewer: "The siege of Petersburg was the final battle of the American Civil War and nearly everyone who took part in it knew that to be the case. As Brager points out several times, even the foot soldiers understood that if the Union forces were to prevail and take control of Petersburg, the Confederacy would be no more. Sherman had taken Atlanta and had reached the Atlantic and was slowly turning his mighty army northward. Fortunately for the Union side, they had finally settled on a General that knew how to fight and win the war. Ulysses S. Grant was not as imaginative as his counterpart Robert E. Lee, but he understood that he had resources and staying power that Lee lacked. Therefore, he kept the pressure on, wearing down the armies of Lee until there was nothing left. Unfortunately for the Union side, Grant took control of the Army of the Potomac much too late to execute a quick end to the war. This story opens as the Union siege of Petersburg, Virginia begins in June, 1864 and moves through until the Lee surrender in April, 1865. The lengthy battle was not a siege in the traditional sense, the battle line extended over thirty miles and there was some significant movement of forces. As many historians have pointed out, it was a harbinger of the stationary carnage of the western front in the First World War. If the battle had taken place earlier, before the Confederacy was worn down, it would have been an accurate prelude. Even then, it took nearly a year for the more powerful Union forces to win the battle. This is a book of historical relevance, because it not only describes the battle in detail but from it you can see what was to come. There were opportunities for a quick victory and an end to the war, unfortunately there was no commander on the Union side with the daring to take advantage of it. Those opportunities are explained, along with the specifics as to why they were missed and the reasons why the victory took so long to achieve." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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RAIDERS AND BLOCKADERS: The American Civil War Afloat
by William N. Stil, Jr.; John M. Taylor; and Norman C. Delaney. B&W era photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Brassey's Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: Ironclads, sailing ships, and valor on the High Seas. These 19 vignettes by three distinguished naval historians offer fascinating descriptions of the Union and Confederate navies. Alternating chapters on commanders, ships in action, naval technology, commerce raiders, the blockade, and the Jack Tars of North and South provide multiple perspectives on the Civil War afloat. Naval actions played an important but neglected part in the Civil War, this stimulating book remedies part of that neglect. - James McPherson. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SHERMAN'S MARCH: An Eyewitness History of the Cruel Campaign That Helped End a Crueler War
by Richard Wheeler. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1991 HarperPerennial Trade Paperback, first printing. Shelfwear diagonal crease top front cover corner. Light tanning to page edges. Content: Using eyewitness accounts of Sherman's March through Georgia (or Sherman's March to the Sea), Wheeler weaves a "new" history of the military campaign that helped end the Civil War. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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TESTAMENT: A Soldier's Story of the Civil War
by Benson Bobrick. B&W map & photo of Baker. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, Simon & Schuster hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Problem: Gift inscription on loose end page. Content: The soldier of this valuable book is Bobrick's great-grandfather, Benjamin ("Webb") Baker, of the 25th Illinois. Growing up in rural Charleston, Illinois, Webb enlisted in 1861 and served a full three years. He saw a great deal of action in the western theater, including Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone's River, Chickamauga, and the Atlanta campaign, as well as a lot of hard marching, short rations, bureaucracy, delayed pay, and officers and comrades who were as menacing as the rebels. He also lost some use of his left arm to wounds, and a brother and a stepbrother to death, but somehow managed not to lose weight, even on army rations. Bobrick weaves excerpts from Baker's expressive letters, most of them addressed to his mother, into his own excellent narrative continuum that conveys Baker's milieu and the progress of the war so clearly that even readers new to the subjects should be engrossed. Complete texts of the letters constitute part two of this worthy, betimes heart-rending addition to the Civil War literature. [1 copy available]
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ULYSSES: A NOVEL (Biographical Novel) (SIGNED COPY)
by Robert Skinin. Condition: Gently pre-read 1994 St. Martin's Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON loose end page. DJ shows small edgewear bottom spine. Content: Historical novelist Skimin (whose Chikara won the Ohiana Book Award in 1984) divides this uneven but generally successful life of Ulysses S. Grant into three parts: Grant's West Point beginnings and early forays in the Mexican War, which established him as a soldier to be reckoned with; his illustrious career as a Union general; his political career, including two terms as president. While the dialogue and characterizations of Grant's colleagues, wife and family are sometimes pedestrian, Skimin keeps events moving briskly and sketches background details of the developing strains in Grant's personality. Though he adds little to existing accounts of the Civil War years, his depiction is absorbing, and the Mexican material is valuable because of its relative obscurity. The narrative really comes alive in considering Grant's later decades, however; the tales of his difficulties during Reconstruction are replete with compelling historical detail, and the final chapters, dealing with the cancer-riddled Grant's attempts to finish his biography under the tutelage of Samuel Clemens, are heart-wrenching. [1 copy available]
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