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The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, Vol. I: South Mountain

By: Carman, Ezra A.; Clemens, Thomas G.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Savas Beatie: 2010

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2302564

ISBN: 1932714812

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First edition. A fine copy. 2010 Hard Cover. xx, 521 pp. When Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland in early September 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan moved his reorganized and revitalized Army of the Potomac to meet him. The campaign included some of the bloodiest, most dramatic, and influential combat of the entire Civil War. Combined with Southern failures in the Western Theater, the fighting dashed the Confederacy’s best hope for independence, convinced President Abraham Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation, and left America with what is still...
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War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

By: Carroll, Andrew; Brinkley, Douglas

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Scribner: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2187041

ISBN: 0743202945

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition. An exceptional copy. 2001 Hard Cover. 491 pp. In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project with the goal of remembering Americans who have served this nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, more than 50,000 war letters discovered in basements, attics, scrapbooks, and old trunks have poured in from around the country. The best of these letters are assembled in this extraordinary collection, offering unprecedented insight into the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and even the fighting in Somalia and the B...
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The Civil War Soldier: A Photographic Journey

By: Carson, Ray M.; Robertson, James I.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Gramercy: 2007

Seller ID: 2283599

ISBN: 0517228971

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket lightly rubbed. 2007 Large Hardcover. This fascinating exploration of the life of an ordinary Civil War Soldier captures nearly every aspect of daily life on and off the battlefield. Vibrant photographs of Civil War reenactors have been hand-colored with a technique similar to one used in the 1860s to create an authentic feel. The accessible and informative text of each chapter is illuminated by first-person accounts, letters, and diary entries from actual Civil War soldiers.
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The Siege Of Atlanta, 1864

By: Carter III, Samuel

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Bonanza Books: 1973

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2203423

ISBN: 0517233797

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Pages toned,. Jacket edges very lightly rubbed, jacket flaps taped to endpapers. 1973 Hard Cover. xiii, 425 pp. Reviews the military aspects and human drama of the siege that Atlanta endured for six weeks in 1864 and includes excerpts from eyewitness accounts.
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The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln: A Novel

By: Carter, Stephen L.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 2012

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2272871

ISBN: 030727263X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Remainder mark. 2012 Hard Cover. 515 pp. Stephen L. Carter’s thrilling new novel takes as its starting point an alternate history: President Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865. Two years later he is charged with overstepping his constitutional authority, both during and after the Civil War, and faces an impeachment trial... Twenty-one-year-old Abigail Canner is a young black woman with a degree from Oberlin, a letter of employment from the law firm that has undertaken Lincoln’s defense, and the iron-strong conviction, lea...
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The Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army (Volume I)

By: Catton, Bruce

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1962

Seller ID: 2208354

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light stain to top page ridge. Half-inch chip along top edge of jacket rear, one-inch tear along jacket spine-head and top edge of jacket front, one-inch tear along bottom edge of jacket rear, faint creases to jacket. 1962 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 363 pp. Written by America's foremost Civil War historian, this is the story of Lincoln's famous Army of the Potomac during the early years of the Civil War... an account gathered from diaries, letters, and published reports of ordinary foot soldiers, who discovered that their skylarking 'picture book war' was grim an...
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The Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army (Volume I)

By: Catton, Bruce

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1962

Seller ID: 2208353

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Very good. One-inch tear along bottom edge of jacket front, jacket edges lightly rubbed. 1962 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 363 pp. Written by America's foremost Civil War historian, this is the story of Lincoln's famous Army of the Potomac during the early years of the Civil War... an account gathered from diaries, letters, and published reports of ordinary foot soldiers, who discovered that their skylarking 'picture book war' was grim and deadly.
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The Civil War (The American Heritage Library)

By: Catton, Bruce

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1987

Seller ID: 2206455

ISBN: 0828103054

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Light stain to bottom edge of pages, spine creased, text underlined and highlighted throughout, ink name. 1987 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author! 382 pp. This book is a fast-moving, dramatic narrative. Catton, a leading historian of the Civil War, vividly describes the armies involved and battles fought. His account of battles is carefully interwoven with the political activities of the Union and Confederate armies and diplomatic efforts overseas.
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The Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army (Volume I)

By: Catton, Bruce

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1962

Seller ID: 2208352

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Very good. One-inch by one-inch surface tear along jacket spine-base, jacket spine lightly toned. 1962 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 363 pp. Written by America's foremost Civil War historian, this is the story of Lincoln's famous Army of the Potomac during the early years of the Civil War... an account gathered from diaries, letters, and published reports of ordinary foot soldiers, who discovered that their skylarking 'picture book war' was grim and deadly.
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The Army of the Potomac 3-Volume Hardcover Set: Mr. Lincoln's Army; Glory Road; A Stillness at Appomattox

By: Catton, Bruce

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1962

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 2208578

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Reprint trade editions, not book club versions ($12.50 list price on front jacket flap of each volume). Ink name on front endpaper of each volume, lightly rubbed and toned. 1962 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in three hardcover volumes. 8vo. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4. Catton's famous account of the American Civil War, the last volume of which won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1954.
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Gettysburg: The Final Fury

By: Catton, Bruce

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Doublday & Company, Inc.: 1974

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2267487

ISBN: 0385020600

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes publisher's slipcase. Jacket price clipped, jacket spine and slipcase lightly toned. 1974 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. [vi], 114 pp. Tall 8vo. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, reproductions of historical illustrations, and maps. This classic work by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War, takes an incisive look at the turning point of the war, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863. Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course of events at Gettysburg, cla...
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Mr. Lincoln's Army

By: Catton, Bruce

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Doubleday: 1951

Seller ID: 2283593

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Aquamarine dustjacket features Lincoln and McClellan seated at table. Ex-library, usual marks. 1951 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. The first entry in his Army of the Potomac trilogy tells the story of the formation and early battles of the Union army under the direction of President Lincoln.
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Bruce Catton's America: Selections from His Greatest Works

By: Catton, Bruce; Jensen, Oliver

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Promontory Press: 1987

Seller ID: 2208641

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A very nice copy. Jacket lightly toned, general minor wear to jacket. 1987 Hard Cover. 222 pp. Contains excerpts from the noted historian's most celebrated works, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Stillness at Appomattox, showing his unique perspective and versatility with subjects as diverse as John McGraw and the Civil War.
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The Civil War

By: Catton, Bruce; McPherson, James M.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Mariner Books: 2004

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 2293064

ISBN: 0618001875

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Spine lightly creased. 2004 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 382 pp. Introduced by the critically acclaimed Civil War historian James M. McPherson, The Civil War vividly traces one of the most moving chapters in American history, from the early division between the North and the South to the final surrender of Confederate troops. Catton's account of battles is a must-read for anyone interested in the war that divided America, carefully weaving details about the political activities of the Union and Confederate armies and diplomatic efforts overseas.
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Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah

By: Chaffin, Tom

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Hill and Wang: 2007

Seller ID: 2207234

ISBN: 0809085046

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Pages very faintly toned. 2007 Trade Paperback. x, 432 pp. The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer The Sea King left London on October, 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, as the ship was rechristened and outfitted for war. With new gun ports cut to accommodate additional cannon, the CSS Shenandoah commenced the last, most quixotic sea story of the Civil War, the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy’s third most successful merchant raider. Before its voyage was over, thirty- two Union merchant and whaling sh...
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The Passing of the Armies (The Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

By: Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Barnes & Noble: 2004

Seller ID: 2283586

ISBN: 0760760527

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Faint edge wear. 2004 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a Maine college professor who entered the Union Army in 1862. He fought with the Twentieth Maine at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role at Little Round Top. In the campaigns described here, Chamberlain commanded a brigade in the Fifth Corps in the Army of the Potomac during the final days of the war. His eyewitness account takes us past Lee's surrender to show the begi...
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A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War

By: Chang, Ina

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Scholastic: 1994

Seller ID: 2283561

ISBN: 0590468405

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Faint sticker remnant. 1994 Soft Cover. Information on both the woman abolitionists of the pre-war years and those women who helped with the military effort during the Civil War.
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Military Uniforms & Weaponry: The Poster Book of the Civil War

By: Chappell, Michael

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Military Press: 1987

Seller ID: 2274154

ISBN: 0517644711

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Lightly rubbed. 1987 Large Softcover. Poster-sized illustrations of Civil War generals and battlefields.
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Civil War

By: Chrisp, Peter

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Sandy Creek: 2013

Seller ID: 2170925

ISBN: 1435149440

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

An exceptional copy. Near Fine. 2013 Large Hardcover. The Civil War of 1861-65 was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the United States of America and had a huge effect on the shaping of the nation as one of the world's greatest democracies. From the opening shots fired at Fort Sumter, to the decisive Battle of Gettysburg and the assassination of Lincoln, this book brings the story of the Civil War to life.
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Brother of Mine: Civil War Letters of Thomas & William Christie

By: Christie, Thomas & William; Smith, Hampton (Editor)

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press: 2011

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1874725

ISBN: 0873517814

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First edition (a paperback original). Minimal wear to corners. 2011 Trade Paperback. 330 pp. A collection of letters written by volunteers in the First Minnesota Light Artillery who worked as ‘cannoneers,’ The First Minnesota saw action in major battles at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, and Atlanta.
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JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President

By: Clarke, Thurston

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Penguin: 2013

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2302106

ISBN: 159420425X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket edges lightly bumped. Remainder mark. 2013 Hard Cover. xiii, 432 pp. Fifty years after his death, President John F. Kennedy’s legend endures. Noted author and historian Thurston Clarke argues that the heart of that legend is what might have been. As we approach the anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination, JFK’s Last Hundred Days reexamines the last months of the president’s life to show a man in the midst of great change, finally on the cusp of making good on his extraordinary promise. Kennedy’s last hundred days began just after the death of two-day-old Patrick ...
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Building the Nation: Events in the History of the United States from the Revolution to the Beginning of the War between the States (Illustrated)

By: Coffin, Charles Carleton

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1883

Seller ID: 2261602

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, spine and boards lightly toned, pages faintly toned. 1883 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 485, [4] pp. A history for young readers about the white settlement of American through the Civil War.
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The Boys of '61; or, Four Years of Fighting. Personal Observation with the Army and Navy, from the First Battle of Bull Run to the Fall of Richmond.

By: Coffin, Charles Carleton

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Estes and Lauriat: 1881

Seller ID: 2279552

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Spine rubbed, hinges repaired, ink gift note on front flyleaf. 1881 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xviii, [4], 558, [2] pp. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations, pictorial endpapers, woodcut illustrations and maps throughout text. A contemporary history of the American Civil War based on firsthand accounts.
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Vortex (Sten No. 7)

By: Cole, Allan; Bunch, Chris

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Del Rey: 1992

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 2260490

ISBN: 0345371518

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Pages faintly toned. 1992 Mass Market Paperback. The Eternal Emperor had returned at last from the dead, to pick up the pieces of his crumbling Empire. But even that great leader could not halt the Empire's decline alone. And so Sten, master spy, military strategist, and assassin, found himself appointed Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Altaic Cluster, where a brewing civil war threatened the stability of the Empire itself.
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Ghosts and Haunts of the Civil War: Authentic Accounts of the Strange and Unexplained

By: Coleman, Christopher K.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson: 1999

Seller ID: 2208375

ISBN: 1558537856

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Tiny smudge to front endpaper. 1999 Trade Paperback. Explore the strange and shadowy side of the civil war . . . A fascinating collection of ghostly sightings, auspicious visions, audible manifestations, and uncanny premonitions.
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The Blue and the Gray

By: Commager, Henry Steele

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Fairfax Press: 1988

Seller ID: 2206595

ISBN: 0517383799

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Faint edge wear. 1988 Hard Cover. Reproduces over 150 narratives that combine to present a history of the Civil War in the words of first-hand participants and observers, covering events from the nomination of Abraham Lincoln to the eve of Gettysburg.
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The Blue and the Gray

By: Commager, Henry Steele

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Fairfax Press: 1982

Seller ID: 2185081

ISBN: 0517383799

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

An exceptional copy. Near Fine. 1982 Hard Cover. One of the most unique and comprehensive sourcebooks on the Civil War. Moving accounts cover every campaign and battle on land and sea and tell a sequential story, of the war Includes letters, journals, diaries, memoirs, official records, state papers, and more.
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The Civil War Archive: The History of the Civil War in Documents

By: Commager, Henry Steele; Bruun, Erik

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers: 2000

Edition: Revised Edition

Seller ID: 2271962

ISBN: 1579121101

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Revised and expanded edition. Jacket spine base lightly bruised, light crease on rear jacket flap corner. 2000 Large Hardcover. 854, [10] pp. In the same successful format as Our Nation's Archive, The Civil War Archive presents the full story of the war between the states in documents direct from the minds, pens and hearts of the men and women who experienced it. Hundreds of papers, letters, memoirs -- culled from family records, private correspondences, public archives and a variety of other sources -- trace the war from the nomination of Abraham Lincoln, through violent battles at Bull Run, ...
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God and General Longstreet: The Lost Cause and the Southern Mind

By: Connelly, Thomas L.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press: 1982

Edition: 2nd Printing

Seller ID: 2161940

ISBN: 0807110205

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Jacket price clipped. Very Good. 1982 Hard Cover. More than a century after Appomattox, the Civil War and the idea of the Lost Cause remain at the center of the southern mind. God and General Longstreet traces the persistence and the transformation of the Lost Cause from the first generation of former Confederates to more recent times, when the Lost Cause has continued to endure in the commitment of southerners to their regional culture.
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Life of Gen. R. E. Lee [General Robert Edward Lee]

By: Cooke, J.E.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: The Archive Society: 1995

Edition: Facsimile

Seller ID: 2300249

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Modern facsimile of 1871 original. Still encased in shrink wrap. 1995 Hard Cover. Grey boards with gilt page ridges. Marbled endpapers. John Esten Cooke’s A Life of General Robert E. Lee is a biography of the venerable commander of the army of the Confederate States of America. Offered a commission in the Union army by President Lincoln in 1861, the distinguished career officer and combat engineer opted instead to follow his home state of Virginia out of the Union. Lee quickly developed a reputation as a gifted battlefield tactician, defeating larger Northern forces again and again, although...
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