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Annual Report of the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans of Pennsylvania, for the Year 1883.

By: N/A

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Lane S. Hart, State Printer: 1883

Seller ID: 2266875

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Front and rear blanks removed, 'Compliments of Wm. B. Bigelow, House Reps' written in pencil on front endpaper. 1883 Hard Cover. 78 pp. 8vo. An annual report giving information about orphanages in Pennsylvania for children of soldiers who died in the American Civil War. Illustrated with sixteen engravings of orphanages, including the Bridgewater School which is labeled in the illustration index as 'colored'.
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The Civil War Jigsaw Book: Four 96-Piece Jigsaws

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Five Mile Press: 2006

Seller ID: 2296518

ISBN: 1741249945

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Complete. One-inch tear along spine. 2006 Large Hardcover. As well as historic photographs throughout, this book features four 96-piece jigsaw puzzles of paintings dating from this [American Civil War] period.
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The Capture of a Locomotive: A Brilliant Exploit of the War. [The General: Story of Andrews' Raiders, April 12, 1862.]

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Atlanta, The Franklin Printing and Publishing Co. (Geo. W. Harrison, State Printer, Manager.): 1895

Seller ID: 2303842

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Only 4 located in OCLC. Lightly toned. 1895 Stapled Binding. 20, [2] pp. Includes frontispiece of locomotive and illustration of the monument to Andrews' Raiders. Front wrapper reads: The General: Story of Andrews' Raiders, April 12, 1862. Both this and the proper title of this work refer to what is now called the Great Locomotive Chase, or sometimes Andrews' Raid or Mitchel Raid. Union soldiers in northern Georgia, led by civilian scout James Andrews, commandeered a locomotive called The General, brought it north to Chattanooga, and razed as much of the Western & Atlantic Railroad as they cou...
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A Condensed History of the 143d Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, of the Civil War 1861-1865. Together with a Register or Roster of All the Members of the Regiment, and the War Record of Each Member, as Recorded in the Adjutant-General's Office, at Albany, N.Y. [143rd]

By: A Committee of the 143d Regiment Association

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Newburgh Journal Printing House and Book-Bindery: 1909

Seller ID: 2067971

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Binding a bit shaken, ink name, address, & date on front flyleaf (Walter Weddaugh, Loch Sheldrake, Sullivan Co., New York), note about previous owner affixed to front endpaper explains his relation to a Civil War veteran, additional photograph tipped in following dedication page with labels related to same veteran added, tear to one photograph. 1909 Hard Cover. 239 pp. 8vo. Purple blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles. Includes two black & white photographs of groups of soldiers which identify each soldier by name, and several individual photographs of officers.
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The Chickamauga Campaign: December 1862 - November 1863

By: Abbazia, Patrick

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Combined Books: 1988

Seller ID: 2195160

ISBN: 0914373153

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light edge wear. 1988 Soft Cover. A detailed history of one of the turning points of the Civil War.
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Lee at Appomattox and Other Papers

By: Adams, Charles Francis

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, Cambridge: 1902

Seller ID: 2203546

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Corners rubbed with 1/4 inch tear to spine head, hinges just beginning to weaken, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1902 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 387 pp. 8vo. A collection of five historical essays, including: Lee at Appomattox; The Treaty of Washington: Before and After; The British 'Change of Heart'; An Undeveloped Function; A Plea for Military History. Index follows text.
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Great Britain and the American Civil War

By: Adams, Ephraim Douglass

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Russell & Russell: 1958

Seller ID: 2304916

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

1958 one-volume reissue of 1924 two-volume original. No jacket. Wear to cloth along front joint and cloth spine head and spine base, tape ghosting on front paste-down endpaper, ink marginalia and underlining throughout. xi, 307;vii, 340 pp. Two-volumes bound as one. Includes black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: Backgrounds; First Knowledge of Impending Conflict, 1860-61; The Development of a Policy, May, 1861; British Suspicion of Seward; The Declaration of Paris Negotiation; Bull Run, Consul Bunch, Cotton, and Mercier; The Trent; The Blockade; Enter Mr. Lindsay; King Cotton; Russell's Med...
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Doctors in Blue: The Medical History of the Union Army in the Civil War

By: Adams, George Worthington

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Press of Morningside: 1985

Seller ID: 2208435

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Facsimile with a printed reproduction of the author's signature. Spine lightly toned. 1985 Trade Paperback. xii, 253 pp. The Civil War has been the subject of an extensive literature, yet its medical aspects have not received any adequate historical attention. In part, however, this lack has now been remedied by Doctors in Blue which offers a comprehensive picture of health and medical care in the Union Armies. Mr. Adams, who is professor of history at Colorado College, discusses the medical confusion, administrative and professional, which prevailed at the outbreak of the war, and goes on to ...
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The Confederate Brass-Framed Colt & Whitney

By: Albaugh, William A.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: William A. Albaugh and Edward N. Simmons: 1955

Seller ID: 2271018

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Rebound as a hardcover with original front wrapper bound in. Three Confederate bills mounted on front endpaper and wrapper, small Georgia gun repair shop sticker on front wrapper corner, map of downtown Atlanta mounted on front endpaper, owner bookplate on front endpaper, call numbers on spine but no other library marks. 1955 Hard Cover. [vii], 105 pp. A history of a famous and collectible revolver that was manufactured in Georgia and used by the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Illustrated with photographs of surviving examples, parts, a drawing of a Confederate sword...
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Military Memoirs of a Confederate: A Critical Narrative

By: Alexander, E. P.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: The Archive Society: 1995

Seller ID: 2300254

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

1995 facsimile of 1907 original. A very nice copy. 634 pp. Grey boards with gilt page ridges. Marbled endpapers. “First published in 1907, Military Memoirs of a Confederate is regarded by many historians as one of the most important and dispassionate first-hand general accounts of the American Civil War. Unlike some other Confederate memoirists, General Edward Porter Alexander had no use for bitter “Lost Cause” theories to explain the South’s defeat. Alexander was willing to objectively evaluate and criticize prominent Confederate officers, including Robert E. Lee. The result is a clea...
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The Blue and The Gray

By: Allen, Thomas B.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: National Geographic: 1993

Seller ID: 2179091

ISBN: 0870448765

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Light edge wear to jacket. Very Good. 1993 Large Hardcover. What unifies a diverse nation? What justifies the formation of a new one? What sustains democracy and law in the range of the guns? What peace can follow the loss of 600,000 lives? Six chapters cover the conflict chronologically. Key characters in the saga are examined in biographical sketches throughout the volume, and a picture-and-text portfolio on a major social or technological theme accompanies each chapter.
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The Blue and The Gray

By: Allen, Thomas B.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: National Geographic: 1993

Seller ID: 2182605

ISBN: 0870448765

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Tears to jacket edges. Map of Civil War battlefields laid in. Good. 1993 Large Hardcover. What unifies a diverse nation? What justifies the formation of a new one? What sustains democracy and law in the range of the guns? What peace can follow the loss of 600,000 lives? Six chapters cover the conflict chronologically. Key characters in the saga are examined in biographical sketches throughout the volume, and a picture-and-text portfolio on a major social or technological theme accompanies each chapter.
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Battle-Fields of the South, From Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with Sketches of Confederate Commanders, and Gossip of the Camps (Collector's Library of the Civil War)

By: An English Combatant

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Time Life Books: 1984

Seller ID: 2301060

ISBN: 0809443910

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Ex Libris bookplate and publisher slip laid in. 1984 Full-Leather. xxvii, 517 pp. Blue boards with gilt title on spine and front board. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.
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The Generals: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

By: Anderson, Nancy Scott

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Knopf: 1988

Seller ID: 2283488

ISBN: 0394521064

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Ink inscription. 1988 Hard Cover. Traces the careers of Grant and Lee from West Point and the Mexican War, through the war between the states, to their first face-to-face meeting at Appomattox,
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A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years

By: Angle, Paul M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1980

Seller ID: 2208432

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Pages very faintly toned. 1980 Soft Cover. 242 pp. With an Introduction by William C. Davis. More than 350 illustrations plus a concise text survey the years 1860 to 1865, from the secession of South Carolina to Lincoln's assassination.
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A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years

By: Angle, Paul M.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1980

Seller ID: 2283533

ISBN: 0385185510

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Spine creased, faint sticker remnant. 1980 Soft Cover. 242 pp. With an Introduction by William C. Davis. More than 350 illustrations plus a concise text survey the years 1860 to 1865, from the secession of South Carolina to Lincoln's assassination.
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Selections from the Letters and Diaries of Brevet-Brigadier General Willoughby Babcock of the Seventy-Fifth New York Volunteers: A Study of Camp Life in the Union Armies during the Civil War (War of the Rebellion Series, Bulletin 2)

By: Babcock, Willoughby M.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The University of the State of New York: 1922

Seller ID: 2304082

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Front corner creased, ink gift note on front flyleaf. 1922 Trade Paperback. 110 pp. A history of the NY 75th during the American Civil War, written by a brevet-brigadier. Photographic frontispiece of the author and several noncommissioned officers, black-and-white plates.
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Faith in God and Generals: An Anthology of Faith, Hope, and Love in the American Civil War

By: Baehr, Ted; Wales, Susan

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers: 2003

Seller ID: 2172707

ISBN: 0805427287

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition. Light edge wear to jacket. Very Good. 2003 Hard Cover. Ron Maxwell, producer of the acclaimed movie Gettysburg and director of Gods & Generals, has encouraged the creation of this anthology that captures and explores one of the major themes of Gods & Generals—devout, godly men and women on both sides of the Civil War fervently believed that their cause was not only just but that they enjoyed God's favor.
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The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War

By: Bahr, Howard

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Picador: 1997

Seller ID: 2206464

ISBN: 0312265077

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Light sticker adhesive to rear wrapper. 1997 Trade Paperback. 266 pp. The Black Flower is the gripping Story of a young Confederate rifleman named Bushrod Carter. When Bushrod is wounded, he is taken to a makeshift hospital where he comes under the care of Anna, who has already lost two potential romances to battle. Bushrod and Anna's attempt to forge a bond n the midst of pathos and horror is a powerful reminder that the war that divided America will not vanish quietly into pages of history.
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The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War

By: Bahr, Howard

Price: $5.00

Publisher: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America: 2012

Seller ID: 2206465

ISBN: 1877853747

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Sticker to rear wrapper. 2012 Trade Paperback. 266 pp. This powerful story of a young rifleman's agony during the Battle of Franklin in 1864 ranks with the foremost novels of the Civil War. It has already won praise for it's originality and power in the New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Southern Living and many other journals. The black flower symbolizes the rifleman's sense of doom in the midst of Union cannons firing upon John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee. That army literally disappears in a hail of rifle and cannon fire from the Union entrenchments. Bushr...
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The Sweet Hell Inside: A Family History

By: Ball, Edward

Price: $8.00

Publisher: William Morrow: 2001

Seller ID: 2194689

ISBN: 068816840X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Spine cocked, ink name and date on front endpaper, remainder mark. Very Good. 2001 Hard Cover. xv, 384 pp. 'The Sweet Hell Inside' recounts the lives of the Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave who cast off their blemished roots and achieved affluence in part through a surprisingly successful funeral parlor business. Their wealth afforded the Harlestons the comfort of chauffeurs, tailored clothes, and servants whose skin was darker than theirs. It also launched the family into a generation of glory as painters, performers, and pho...
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History of the Rhode Island Combat Units in the Civil War (1861-1865)

By: Barker, Harold R.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Self-Published: 1964

Seller ID: 2185079

ISBN: 0917012445

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket rubbed. Very Good. 1964 Hard Cover. A history of all active units based out of Rhode Island during the Civil War.
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The Divided Union: The Story of the Great American War 1861-65

By: Batty, Peter

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Salem House: 1987

Seller ID: 2283560

ISBN: 0881622346

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket lightly rubbed. 1987 Hard Cover. Offers a fresh look at the Civil War, discusses the social, economic, and political aspects of the war, and assesses its influences in modern America.
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The Life of George Dashiell Bayard, Late Captain, U.S.A., and Brigadier-General of Volunteers, Killed in the Battle of Independence, Dec. 1862.

By: Bayard, Samuel J.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1874

Seller ID: 2260977

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape, minor loss from spine head, boards rubbed, single page in appendix loosening. 1874 Hard Cover. ix, 337 pp. 8vo. A biography of a West Point graduate and career soldier who served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War. Bayard died from an injury sustained from Confederate artillery shrapnel during the Battle of Fredericksburg. This account of his early life, education, and military career was written by his father, who survived him.
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The Citizen-Soldier; or, Memoirs of a Volunteer (Collector's Library of the Civil War)

By: Beatty, John

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Time Life Books: 1983

Seller ID: 2301050

ISBN: 0809442582

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Ex Libris bookplate laid in. 1983 Full-Leather. vii, 401 pp. Blue boards with gilt title on spine and front board. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. John Beatty (December 16, 1828 – December 4, 1914) was an American banker and statesman from Sandusky, Ohio. He served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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John Brown's Body

By: Benet, Stephen Vincent

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Elephant Paperbacks: 1990

Seller ID: 2296439

ISBN: 092958726X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

General wear to wrappers, page ridges lightly toned. 1990 Trade Paperback. xv, 336 pp. One of the most widely read poems of our time, John Brown's Body is Stephen Vincent Benét's masterful retelling of the Civil War. A book of great energy and sweep, it swings into view the entire course of that terrible and decisive war, lighting up the lives of soldiers, leaders, and civilians, North and South, amidst the conflict. Generations of readers have found the book a compelling and moving experience.
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Squall Across the Atlantic: American Civil War Prize Cases and Diplomacy

By: Bernath, Stuart L.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California, University of California Press: 1970

Seller ID: 2306449

ISBN: 0520015622

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Quarter inch tear along jacket spine head, jacket clipped. Ink name on front free endpaper. 1970 Hard Cover. x, 229 pp. In this first comprehensive study of the Civil War prize cases, the author traces the events and their far-reaching implications on both sides of the Atlantic. He explains how the court cases offered a crucial test of the Lincoln administration's power to wage war and how the decisions affected presidential emergency powers. He points out significant disagreements within the administration and shows the complex relationship between national self-interest and in...
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France and the Confederate Navy, 1862-1868: An International Episode

By: Bigelow, John

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1888

Seller ID: 2305601

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, ink bookseller stamp on front endpaper. 1888 Hard Cover. x, 247, 4 pp. 8vo. An account of the plot to construct several vessels for the Confederate Navy in French dockyards, for which the Confederacy made promises more generous than it could deliver.
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Ulysses S. Grant (Great American Generals)

By: Boothe, F. Norton

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Longmeadow Press: 1992

Seller ID: 2206766

ISBN: 0681415967

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket lightly rubbed. 1992 Large Hardcover. A comprehensive biography of the American General with numerous photographs and illustrations.
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Why the Confederacy Lost (Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books)

By: Boritt, Gabor S.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Oxford: 1992

Seller ID: 2275206

ISBN: 019507405X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. An exceptional copy. 1992 Hard Cover. After the Civil War, someone asked General Pickett why the Battle of Gettysburg had been lost: Was it Lee's error in taking the offensive, the tardiness of Ewell and Early, or Longstreet's hesitation in attacking? Pickett scratched his head and replied, I've always thought the Yankees had something to do with it. This simple fact, writes James McPherson, has escaped a generation of historians who have looked to faulty morale, population, economics, and dissent as the causes of Confederate failure. These were all factors, he writes, but the C...
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