A look at the clothing and styles on both sides of the Civil War.
No event has transformed the United States more fundamentally - or been studied more exhaustively - than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourteen distinguished historians present a...
The second problem was if Porter failed, or if a large number of his ships were damaged or destroyed, the campaign was effectively ended (and with it, Grant's career). As the calls for Grant's dismissal rose with each passing day of no ...
Why Men Fought in the Civil War James M. McPherson. 2. Bell Irvin Wiley, The Life of Billy Yank (Indianapolis, 1952), 40; Chauncey Cooke to Doe Cooke, Jan. 6, 1863, in "A Badger Boy in Blue: The Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke,” WMH 4 ...
Sanders, Charles W. While in the Hands of the Enemy: Military Prisons of the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005. Savage, Kirk. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in NineteenthCentury ...
Campaignes of the Civil War - inclusive.
In this elegant book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer explores the manifold ways in which the Civil War changed the United States forever.
Examines the popular songs of the Civil War and those who composed and played them, includes biographies of musicians of the era and a dictionary of Civil War music.
Chronicles the two battles of Independence Day, 1863 that ended in Union victory and marked the demise of the Confederacy, including information about the terrain, tactics, and the colorful personalities of America's soldiers.
Confederate Reckoning is the startling story of this epic political battle in which women and slaves helped to decide the fate of the Confederacy and the outcome of the Civil War.
Campbell ran against Trousdale for a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives . Although Trousdale had the endorsement and support of former president Andrew Jackson , Campbell defeated him . One presumed reason for Campbell's ...