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This is volume six of the sixteen-volume series aabout the Army and the Navy in the Civil War.

J.P. Dunn wrote Massacres of the Mountains in an attempt to separate historical fact from sensational fiction and to verify the problems that plagued the Indian tribes in this country of years. He doesn't assign blame, but lets it fall where it belongs by meticulous research and the accurate, unbiased depiction of the true causes and subsequent results of some of the most famous Indian conflicts.

This is volume ten of the sixteen-volume series about the Army and the Navy in the Civil War.

This is volume nine of the sixteen-volume series about the Army and the Navy in the Civil War.

Recollections of a Private is an engrossing look at the life of the private soldier in the Army of the Potomac. Warren Lee Goss chronicles not only his own experiences but those of his brother soldiers as well. Beginning with life as a raw recruit and continuing through the major battles of the Civil War, Goss gives us a behind-the-scenes look at a soldier's life before, during and after battle.

A tragic story is easily told. Battle pictures are not hard to paint with words or brush. It is more difficult to trace with accuracy the beginning of revolutionary movements, for these are from their very nature hidden from the common view, often more carefully concealed in proportion to their importance.In these pages, Crawford unfolds the story of those events that led to the national struggle between the North and the South in the war for ...

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The battle of Gettysburg was undoubtedly one of the greatest conflicts of modern times, not only from the number of combatants engaged and the desperate nature of the struggle, but because on the now classic heights of Cemetery Ridge, Culp's Hill, and the Round Tops the future of the American Republic, for weal or for woe, was fought and won on those memorable July days. As decisive in its character and far-reaching results as the battle of Wa...

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This is a reprint of the National Park Service Handbook Series No. 12. This Guide covers the history of Fort Sumter before, during and after the Civil War. A must read if you need a brief background on this historic site. If you are planning on visiting the fort this guide will provide you with a background of the events that took place at the start of the Civil War.

This is volume four of the sixteen-volume series on the Army and the Navy in the Civil War

During the Civil War, James Madison Page was a prisoner in different places in the South. Seven months of that time was spent at Andersonville. While there he became well acquainted with Major Wirz, or Captain Wirz, as he then ranked.Page takes the stand that Captain Wirz was unjustly held responsible for the hardship and mortality of Andersonville. It was his belief that the Federal authorities must share the blame for these things with the C...

Crossroads on the Charles. A History of Watertown Massachusetts. Published for the Watertown Free Public Library. Reprinted by Digital Scanning.

The Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Handbook of American Indians. Reprint of 1912 edition. Volume 3 N-S. Included are illustrations, manners, customs, places and aboriginal words. In 4 Volumes.

Born in Philadelphia on December 3, 1826, George B. McClellan graduated from West Point in 1846 before serving in the Mexican War. At the start of the Civil War, McClellan was put in a position of leadership and after a successful campaign in Virginia he was given command of the Army of Potomac, one of the Union's strongest armies. He led the Peninsular campaign with almost 100, 000 troops under his command. marching toward Richmond.Although M...

This is volume thirteen of the sixteen-volume series about the Army and the Navy in the Civil War.

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Mr. Daniels Stories are invariably beautifully written fictional glimpses into the humorous, and sometimes sad, realities of the way people think and behave. Many of his stories are simply hilarious anecdotes addressing the problems that goofy people, nice people, and even nasty people, sometimes bring upon themselves, and the amusing results that may ensue when they try to extricate themselves from their difficulties. Most have a surprise end...