The sesquicentennial of the Civil War and Reconstruction invites reflection on the broad meaning of American democracy, including the ideals of freedom, equality, racial justice, and self-determination. In We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice, John David Smith brings together a wealth of primary texts - editorials, letters, newspaper articles, and personal testimonies - to illuminate the experience of emancipation for the millions of African Americans enmeshed in the transition from chattel slave...
In the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, Stephen Z. Starr covers in three volumes the dramatic story of the Union cavalry. In this first volume he presents briefly the story of the United States cavalry prior to the Civil War, describing how the Union cavalry was raised, organized, equipped, and trained, and offering detailed descriptions of the campaigns and battles in which the cavalry engaged -- the Peninsula, Shenandoah Valley/Second Bull Run, Lee's invasion of Maryland, Kelly's...
The Lincoln Children. Robert Todd Lincoln; Lincoln Children - Robert Todd Lincoln - Hildene
Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade
by Lot Dudley Young
Who were the men whose job it was to move the soldiers, munitions, and supplies where they needed to go, and how did they do it? Now for the first time in the popular literature of the Civil War comes a book that specifically probes the surprisingly fascinating subject of how logistics won the war. In Sinews of War: How Technology, Industry, and Transportation Won the Civil War, Benjamin W. Bacon unravels the story of how massive infantry regiments and artillery were transported hundreds of mile...
Col. R.G. Ingersoll's Lectures
by Robert Green 1833-1899 Ingersoll
Abraham Lincoln's Political Career Through 1860; Political Career through 1860 - Patriotism
This book is the fifth volume in a series documenting the colonels of the Civil War Union army who did not advance beyond that rank. Presented in this volume are the colonels who commanded regiments from Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. A brief biographical sketch of each is included, providing a synopsis of each one's Civil War service followed by pertinent details of their life history. Accompanying the biographical sketches are photographs of most of the colonels. Preceding the biographical...
Historical Sketch and Roster of the Virginia 34th Cavalry Battalion (Virginia Regimental History, #33)
by John C Rigdon
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
by William T Sherman
General Maxey, dignified, articulate, and confident, arrives in Indian Territory in 1863 to assume command of a diverse and motley army of Indians. The troops are in disarray; they are suspicious of tribal alliances, weakened from malnutrition, their crops have been pillaged, and they are discouraged by a series of battlefield setbacks at the hands of the Union Army invading from Kansas. Maxey calls upon all of his leadership and administrative skills and his insight into Indian culture to win t...
