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Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
Stephen W. Sears
History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War; Warfare & defence
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Lincoln's Lieutenants. The High Command of the Army of the Potomac. From the best-selling author of Gettysburg, a multilayered... [more]
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The Free State of Jones: A True Story of Defiance During the American Civil...
Victoria E. Bynum
Fiction & Literature; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War; Battles & campaigns
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A remarkable true story of defiance during the American Civil War-now the focus of a major motion picture starring Matthew... [more]
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The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation...
Brenda Wineapple
Biography: historical, political & military; History; History of the Americas; American Civil War; Constitution: government & the state; Political leaders & leadership
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This absorbing and important book recounts the titanic struggle over the implications of the Civil War amid the impeachment... [more]
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Freedom's Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who...
Charles Lane
Biography: historical, political & military; History; History of the Americas; American Civil War; Politics & government; Civil rights & citizenship
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Chronicles the story of the Reconstruction-era Secret Service and its battle against the KKK's effort to suppress the emancipated... [more]
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Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War
Elizabeth R. Varon (Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History and Associate Director, John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History, University of Virginia)
History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War
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In Armies of Deliverance, Elizabeth Varon offers both a sweeping narrative of the Civil War and a bold new interpretation... [more]
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The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of...
Edward L. Ayers
History; History of the Americas; Military history; American Civil War; Black & Asian studies
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Winner of the Lincoln Prize A landmark Civil War history told from a fresh, deeply researched ground-level perspective.... [more]
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Leaves of Grass: Selected Poems
Walt Whitman
Poetry; Poetry by individual poets; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); American Civil War
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A selection of Walt Whitman's groundbreaking poetry edited and introduced by Professor Bridget Bennett. [more]
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The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Biography: historical, political & military; History; American Civil War; Political leaders & leadership; Warfare & defence
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With kaleidoscopic insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs yet.... [more]
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Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary
Walter Stahr
Biography: historical, political & military; History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War; Politics & government
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New York Times bestselling author Walter Stahr tells the story of Edwin Stanton, who served as Secretary of War in Abraham... [more]
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A Fierce Glory: Antietam - The Desperate Battle That Saved Lincoln and Doomed...
Justin Martin
History; History of the Americas; American Civil War; Civil rights & citizenship; Battles & campaigns
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From an acclaimed author and historian, the dramatic, character-rich story of Antietam--the high-stakes battle Lincoln needed... [more]
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The American Military: A Concise History
Joseph T. Glatthaar
History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Military history; American Civil War; Military history: post WW2 conflicts
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The American Military: A Concise History narrates the American military experience. It focuses on four recurring themes- citizen... [more]
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Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism: Lincoln, Douglas, and Moral Conflict
John Burt
History; History of the Americas; Slavery & abolition of slavery; American Civil War; Political leaders & leadership; Political structures: democracy
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In their famous debates, Lincoln and Douglas struggled with how to behave when an ethical conflict like slavery strained democracy's... [more]
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Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez...
Daniel J. Sharfstein
History; History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Military history; American Civil War; Indigenous peoples
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Beautifully wrought and impossible to put down, Daniel Sharfstein's Thunder in the Mountains chronicles with compassion and... [more]
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A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War
Williamson Murray, Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh
History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War
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A military history of breathtaking sweep and scope, A Savage War reveals how the Civil War ushered in the age of modern warfare.... [more]
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Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
Stephen W. Sears
Biography: historical, political & military; History; History of the Americas; Military history; American Civil War
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From the best-selling author of Gettysburg, a multilayered group biography of the commanders who led the Army of the Potomac... [more]
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The U.S. Constitution and Secession: A Documentary Anthology of Slavery...
Dwight T. Pitcaithley
History; History of the Americas; Slavery & abolition of slavery; American Civil War; Political science & theory
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Five months after the election of Abraham Lincoln, which had revealed the fracturing state of the nation, Confederates fired... [more]
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The Decision Was Always My Own: Ulysses S. Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign...
Timothy B. Smith
History; Regional & national history; History of the Americas; Military history; American Civil War
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The Vicksburg Campaign, argues Timothy B. Smith, is the showcase of Ulysses S. Grant's military genius. Showing how and why... [more]
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Uncivil Warriors: The Lawyers' Civil War
Peter Hoffer (Professor of History, University of Georgia)
History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War; Legal history
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Through a series of engaging portraits of the actors involved, Uncivil Warriors shows show that a central contributing factor... [more]
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The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee: The Forgotten Case against an American...
John Reeves
History; History of the Americas; Military history; American Civil War
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Defeated on the battlefield, Robert E. Lee soon faced the wrath of vengeful northerners, including indictment for treason... [more]
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A Campaign of Giants-The Battle for Petersburg: Volume 1: From the Crossing...
A. Wilson Greene
History; History of the Americas; Military history; American Civil War
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Grinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg Campaign was the Civil War's longest and among its most complex.... [more]
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Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency...
Dan Abrams, David Fisher
Biography: historical, political & military; True crime; History; History of the Americas; American Civil War; Political leaders & leadership
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Instant New York Times bestseller!<br /><br />A Washington Independent Review... [more]
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Rising in Flames: Sherman's March and the Fight for a New Nation
J. D. Dickey
History; History of the Americas; Military history; American Civil War
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A New York Times bestselling historian sheds new light on Sherman's epic March to the Sea, especially the soldiers, doctors,... [more]
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Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of Confederacy...
Ethan J Kytle, Blain Roberts
History; History of the Americas; American Civil War; Social discrimination; Ethnic studies; Black & Asian studies
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Denmark Vesey's Garden joins the small bookshelf of major, paradigm-shifting new interpretations of slavery's enduring legacy... [more]
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The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters
James M. McPherson (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University)
History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War
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James McPherson evokes the meaning and significance of the Civil War [more]
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The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery
Noel Rae
History; History of the Americas; American Civil War; Black & Asian studies
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Comprising personal accounts from an intensely consequential chapter in our country's history, The Great Stain tells the story... [more]
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