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Civil War Album: Complete Photographic History of the Civil War

By: Davis, William C.; Wiley, Bell L.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Tess Press: 2000

Seller ID: 2265243

ISBN: 157912142X

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

2000 Large Hardcover. 931, [1] pp. Contains thousands of photographs, all with captions, as well as essays and other information on the Civil War.
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The Civil War Chronicle

By: Davis, Willliam C.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: ., Legacy: 2004

Seller ID: 2170928

ISBN: 1412700442

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

An exceptional copy. Near Fine. 2004 Large Hardcover. Understanding America s Civil War allows you to grasp why it is the defining event in American history. Even more, it enables you to comprehend the tremendous price paid for the American way of life. Through intriguing essays, first-person accounts, hundreds of photos and illustrations with detailed captions, and more than 800 timeline entries, The Civil War Chronicle draws you into the compelling story of America s Civil War. You will consider America s cast of heroes and villains Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert ...
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History of the Civil War in America (Volume I)

By: De Paris, Comte

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates: 1875

Seller ID: 2260648

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

No jacket, part of spine-head missing, pages lightly toned. 1875 Hard Cover. xvi, 640 pp. Includes fold-out map. CONTENTS: The American Army: The Volunteers of the Eighteenth Century; The Regular Army; The Army of Occupation in Mexico; The Army of Invasion in Mexico; The American Army Among the Indians. Secession: Slavery; The Confederate Volunteers; The Presidential Elections; Fort Sumter; The Federal Volunteers. The First Conflict: Rivers and Railways; Bull Run; Preparations for the Strife; The Materiel of War. The First Autumn: Lexington; Ball's Bluff; Roanoke; Hampton Roads. Notes. Maps.
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American Spies (Real Life Stories)

By: Deming, Richard

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman Publishing Company: 1960

Seller ID: 2279753

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

No jacket, laminate along front hinge starting, from board slightly bowed, pages faintly toned. 1960 Hard Cover. Real life stories of undercover agents in our history. Persons include: Job Kattenanit in the Lancaster raid of King Philip's War; Robert Stobo of the French and Indian War; Charles Morgan of the Revolutionary War; Samuel Brady (The Vengeful Indian Fighter) of the Revolutionary War; Manuel Dominguez; Maria Belle Boyd of the American Civil War; [Sarah] Emma Edmonds of the American Civil War; Andrew Rowan of the Spanish-American War; Frederick Funston; Bill Van der Zeemanshuis.
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Wha Hae Wi' [Pender]... Bled

By: Diket, A.L.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Vantage Press: 1979

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1824611

ISBN: 0533035171

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Corners faintly rubbed. Near Fine. 1979 Hard Cover. [6], 165 pp. A narrative of battles in the Confederate Army taken from the correspondence of General William Dorsey Pender with his wife. He took part in the engagements known as The Seven Days, the Battle of Chancellorsville (after which he earned promotion to the rank of major general at the age of 29). He gives hour by hour accounts of this battle and also Gettysburg.
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Civil War Battles and Leaders

By: DK Publishing

Price: $3.00

Publisher: New York, DK Publishing: 2004

Seller ID: 2283544

ISBN: 078949891X

Binding: Small Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

An exceptional copy. 2004 Small Softcover. In this guide to the events and leading figures of the War Between the States, readers will find a wealth of images, from pictures of artifacts to portraits and battlefield paintings and maps, as well as rich detail about each battle.
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Personal Recollections of President Abraham Lincoln, General Ulysses S. Grant and General William T. Sherman

By: Dodge, Major General Grenville M.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Iowa, Monarch Printing Compnay: 1914

Seller ID: 2304774

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Presentation copy. Wrappers bumped, rear free endpaper missing. 1914 Hard Cover. 237 pp. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge was a Union Army officer during the Civil War and pioneered the field of combat intelligence. After the war, he was instrumental in directing the construction of the Union Pacific portion of the Transcontinental Railroad and in the post-war rebuilding. He personally knew all three of these men: Presidents Lincoln and Grant and his fellow General, William T. Sherman.
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A Printer's Kiss: The Life and Letters of a Civil War Newspaperman (Civil War in the North Series)

By: Donohoe, Patricia A.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: ., Kent State University Press: 2014

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2157299

ISBN: 1606352164

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition. An exceptional copy. Near Fine. 2014 Hard Cover. In language that resonates with power and beauty, this compilation of personal letters written from 1844 to 1864 tells the compelling story of controversial newspaper editor Will Tomlinson, his opinionated wife (Eliza Wylie Tomlinson), and their two children (Byers and Belle) in the treacherous borderlands around that abolitionist hellhole, Ripley, Ohio. The Printer s Kiss includes many of Tomlinson's columns that appeared in the Ripley Bee, the local Ripley newspaper, and excerpts from a short story in the Columbian Magazine. It ...
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Chancellorsville and Gettysburg (Campaigns of the Civil War)

By: Doubleday, Abner

Price: $5.00

Publisher: CT, Longmeadow Press: 1996

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2274355

ISBN: 068121631X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1996 reissue of 1882 original. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. Page ridges very faintly foxed, ink name on front endpaper. 243 pp. General Abner Doubleday (18191893) is best known as the man who invented baseball, but his admirable service on behalf of the Union earned him a reputation as a solid commander and patriot. He saw action at Fort Sumter where he aimed the first gun fired against the rebellion; at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, where he lead the First and later the Third Divisions of the First Corps of the Army of the Potomac; and finally at Gettysburg, where he command...
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Chancellorsville and Gettysburg (Campaigns of the Civil War)

By: Doubleday, Abner; Gallagher, Gary W.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Da Capo Press: 1994

Seller ID: 2207184

ISBN: 0306805499

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A very nice copy. 1994 Trade Paperback. xxv, 243 pp. General Abner Doubleday (18191893) is best known as the man who invented baseball, but his admirable service on behalf of the Union earned him a reputation as a solid commander and patriot. He saw action at Fort Sumter where he aimed the first gun fired against the rebellion; at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, where he lead the First and later the Third Divisions of the First Corps of the Army of the Potomac; and finally at Gettysburg, where he commanded the entire First Corps after the death of General Reynolds early in the ...
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Battles of the Civil War, 1861-1865: From Fort Sumter to Petersburg

By: Dougherty, Kevin J.; Dougherty, Martin J.; Hills, Parker; McNab, Chris; Pavkovic, Michael F.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: ., Barnes & Noble: 2007

Seller ID: 2187399

ISBN: 0760793336

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Light edge wear to jacket. Very Good. 2007 Large Hardcover. 224 pp. Synopsis From 1861 to 1865, the United States was locked in a bitter, bloody war that was different from any that had gone before. Improved artillery and musketry made the battles more lethal, while new technology made transportation and communications important elements of battlefield strategy. The end result was a total war in which the Union and the Confederacy fought for their very survival. Battles of the Civil War introduces 20 key battles from the conflict that shaped modern America. Beginning with the Confederate captu...
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I Rode with Stonewall

By: Douglas, Henry Kyd

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press: 1940

Edition: 3rd Printing

Seller ID: 2286580

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Third printing. No jacket, front hinge starting, ink gift note on front paste-down endpaper. 1940 Hard Cover. 401 pp. Being chiefly the war experiences of the youngest member of Jackson's staff from the John Brown Rid to the hanging of Mrs. Surratt.
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Death of a Nation: The Confederate Army at Gettysburg

By: Dowdey, Clifford

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Barnes & Noble Books: 1998

Seller ID: 2263555

ISBN: 076070810X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Page ridges lightly foxed. 1998 Hard Cover. vii, 383, [ix] pp. ...draws faithfully on established facts and sources long proven reliable. Accompanying the main text are maps of the three-day battle and a full roster of the Army of Northern Virginia.
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Experiment in Rebellion

By: Dowey, Clifford

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday: 1946

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2283491

ISBN: 1125129212

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Lacks jacket. Occasional pencil underlining. 1946 Hard Cover. Chronicle of the behind-the-scenes life of the Confederacy, from its pre-secession days through to post-surrender. It traces the lives of the major players in the rebellion and gives the reader a window through which to see the hardships, fears, and tragedies faced by those who lived during the tenure of this experiment in rebellion.
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Clash of the Cavalry: The Battle of Brady Station, June 9, 1863

By: Downey, Fairfax

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, David McKay Company, Inc.: 1959

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2286581

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Former military library copy - usual marks. No jacket. 1959 Hard Cover. 238 pp. This book strives to describe Brady Station in the detail that must be forgone in a general history and to place it in its perspective. Filled with B&W photographs, drawings, maps, an index, and an impressive bibliography.
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Robert E. Lee: A Play

By: Drinkwater, John

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Boston/New York, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1923

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2204034

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. No jacket, ink name and date to front endpaper. 1923 Hard Cover. 128 pp. A play based on the life and events surrounding Robert E. Lee.
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The Diplomacy of the Confederate Cabinet of Richmond and Its Agents Abroad: Being Memorandum Notes Taken in Paris During the Rebellion of the Southern States from 1861 to 1865 (Confederate Centennial Studies, Number 23)

By: du Bellet, Paul Pecquet; Hoole, Wm. Stanley

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Alabama, Confederate Publishing Company: 1963

Edition: Limited Edition

Seller ID: 2305743

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Limited edition (one of 450 copies). Minor ink marginalia. 1963 Soft Cover. 130 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword--Wm. Stanely Hoole; Letter of Tansmittal--T. Turner; Preface--Paul Pecquet du Bellet; Introduction--Paul Pecquet de Bellet; The Diplomacy of the Confederate Cabinet of Richmond and Its Agent Abroad; Appendix; Selected Bibliography. Pierre-Paul Pecquet du Bellet (or du Bellay) (April 6, 1816 January 21, 1884) was an American attorney, author, and unofficial diplomatic agent of the Confederate States of America in France.--Wikipedia
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Lee's Endangered Left: The Civil War in Western Virginia, Spring of 1864

By: Duncan, Richard R.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Baton Rouge, Louisiana University Press: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2267740

ISBN: 0807122912

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A very nice copy. 1998 Hard Cover. xvi, 346 pp. In the spring of 1864, Ulysses S. Grant devised a plan of action to bring down the Confederacy. He aimed to destroy General Lee's source of supplies in western Virginia and to use military activity there as an extended turning movement to threaten Lee from the west. This study offers an overview of military operations in western Virginia during the period and their impact on the civilian population, shedding light on an overlooked chapter of the Civil War.
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History of the War of the Union, Civil, Military & Naval, in Three Volumes

By: Duyckinck, E.A. [Evert Augustus]

Price: $225.00

Publisher: New York, Johnson, Fry & Company: 1862

Seller ID: 2294653

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

Some binding repair, boards and edges rubbed with some drying of leather, ink name and address on front flyleaf. 1862 Full-Leather. Complete in three volumes, published individually from 1862-1865. ii, 620; 660; 642 pp. 4to. Original dark brown leather, black stamped decorations, gilt titles, all edges gilt Engraved plates from photographs and paintings by Alonzo Chappel throughout. A contemporary account of the American Civil War.
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Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri (Missouri Heritage Readers Series)

By: Dyer, Robert L.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Columbia, University of Missouri Press: 1994

Seller ID: 2305538

ISBN: 0826209599

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

A fine copy. 1994 Trade Paperback. xi, 86 pp. The Civil War in Missouri was a time of great confusion, violence, and destruction. Although several major battles were fought in the state between Confederate and Union forces, much of the fighting in Missouri was an ugly form of terrorism carried out by loose bands of Missouri guerrillas, by Kansas Jayhawkers, or by marauding patrols of Union soldiers. This irregular warfare provided a training ground for people like Jesse and Frank James who, after the war, used their newly learned skills to form an outlaw band that ultimately became known all o...
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Robert E. Lee

By: Earle, Peter

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Saturday Review Press: 1973

Seller ID: 2208642

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Former library copy--usual marks; front endpaper missing, pages lightly toned. Former library copy--usual marks; jacket lightly toned. 1973 Hard Cover. 224 pp. A narrative of Robert E. Lee and his time in the Civil War.16 Colored plates; 100 black and white illustrations.
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A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence, in the Confederate States of America, Containing an Account of the Operations of His Commands in the Years 1864 and 1865

By: Early, Jubal A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Harrisburg, PA, The Archive Society: 1996

Seller ID: 2300248

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

1996 facsimile of 1867 original. A nice copy. 135 pp. Grey boards with gilt page ridges. Marbled endpapers. Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 March 2, 1894) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who became a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Trained at the United States Military Academy, Early resigned his U.S. Army commission after the Second Seminole War and his Virginia military commission after the MexicanAmerican War, in both cases to practice law and participate in politics. Accepting a Virginia and later Confederate military commission as the American Civil War beg...
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War Memoirs: Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War Between the States (Civil War Centennial Series)

By: Early, Jubal Anderson; Vandiver, Frank E.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana University Press: 1960

Seller ID: 2262476

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Former school library copy--usual markings. No jacket. 1960 Hard Cover. xlviii, 496 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 March 2, 1894) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who became a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Trained at the United States Military Academy, Early resigned his U.S. Army commission after the Second Seminole War and his Virginia military commission after the Mexican-American War, in both cases to practice law and participate in politics. Accepting a Virginia and later Confederate military commission as the American Civil War bega...
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No Drums: A Historical Novel

By: Eastman, E.R.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ithaca, New York, American Agriculturist, Inc.: 1951

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2279896

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. 1951 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 280 pp. No Drums takes readers into the homes and hearts of the individuals, families, and communities on the home front of the Civil War in Tioga County, New York. First published in 1951, this novel is both a dramatic story of war and a moving tale about living in its shadow. Through a vividly drawn cast of characters centered around George and Nancy Wilson and their family and friends, E. R. Eastman re-creates the daily life of rural America in the mid-nineteenth centuryhow crops...
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Ulysses S. Grant (American Crisis Biographies)

By: Edmonds, Franklin Spencer

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs & Company: 1915

Seller ID: 2276839

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

No jacket, hinges previously mended, front hinge starting again, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, ink name and pencil note on front endpapers, pencil marks on rear endpaper. 1915 Hard Cover. 376 pp. A biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant;[a] April 27, 1822 July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States, Commanding General of the Army, soldier, international statesman, and author. During the American Civil War Grant led the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy with the supervision of President Abraham Lincoln. During the Reconstruct...
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Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields.

By: Edmonds, S. Emma E.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Hartford, W.S. Williams & Co.: 1866

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2292783

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition (Sabin 21869). Spine faded, boards a bit soiled with some loss of gilt (more from spine), corners rubbed, moderately foxed throughout, gift note on front endpaper. 1866 Hard Cover. 384 pp. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt titles & decorations. Includes more illustrations than listed in contents, with several of author disguised as a contraband (i.e., emancipated slave). From Publisher's Notice: No apology is necessary for adding one more to the numerous War Books which already fill a large space in American Literature; for, to the general reader, nothing connected with the Rebellion can...
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Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields.

By: Edmonds, S. Emma E.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hartford, W.S. Williams & Co.: 1865

Seller ID: 2302641

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Spine toned, boards rubbed with corners exposed, front matter lightly stained, a few pages soiled, rear endpaper absent and rear hinge weakening. 1865 Hard Cover. 384 pp. 8vo. Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Includes frontispiece and 12 engraved plates, with several of author disguised as a contraband (i.e., emancipated slave). From Publisher's Notice: No apology is necessary for adding one more to the numerous War Books which already fill a large space in American Literature; for, to the general reader, nothing connected with the Rebellion can be more interesting th...
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A Rebel's Recollections

By: Eggleston, George Cary

Price: $5.00

Publisher: ., Louisiana State University Press: 1996

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 2191539

ISBN: 0807121258

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

First printing. Ripple to laminate on fore-edge. 1996 Trade Paperback. 187 pp. Originally published in 1875, George Cary Eggleston's memoir, which proved immensely popular among readers throughout the country, is a nostalgic, often amusing collection of essays based on the author's Civil War experiences. Eggleston describes life in Virginia before the war, offers glowing assessments of the men who made up the Confederate army and the women who stood behind them, satirizes the Confederacy's finances and its army's red tape, and recollects the war's end. He provides compelling portraits of his h...
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A Sailor's Log: Recollections of Forty Years of Naval Life

By: Evans, Robley D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Company: 1901

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2306960

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A very nice copy. 1901 Hard Cover. ix, 467 pp. Robley Dunglison Evans (18 August 1846 3 January 1912), born in Floyd County, Virginia, was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, who served from the American Civil War to the SpanishAmerican War. In 19071908, he commanded the Great White Fleet on its worldwide cruise from the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Magellan to the Pacific Ocean.--Wikipedia
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The American: A Middle Western Legend

By: Fast, Howard

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce: 1946

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2303139

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with a few minor chips. 1946 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 337 pp. Though Abraham Lincoln is often considered the United States most legendary politician, he wasnt the only country lawyer out of Illinois to change the face of the nation. John Peter Altgeld fought for Lincoln as a foot soldier in the Union Army, then followed in his footsteps from law to politics, eventually becoming governor of Illinois in 1896. Howard Fasts dazzling fictional account of Altgelds life offers an inspirational example of a man who made great sacrific...
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Keyword:CIVIL WAR MILITARY

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