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This is volume three of the sixteen volume series about the Army and the Navy in the Civil War

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

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

The whole nation was excited, last spring, at the revelations made before the President and the Cabinet at Washington, by the survivors of General Mitchel's secret Railroad Expedition, sent into the heart of the Confederacy almost a year before. Of the twenty-two daring adventurers who took their lives in their hands and penetrated the enemy's country, eight were executed, and the others, after suffering untold hardships, finally succeeded in ...

Mr. Daniels's 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 e...

The North American Indians by George Catlin. Volume two of two. 392 pages with full color digital reproductions of all the plates. Both Volumes contain 320 color illustrations digitally reproduced from the John Grant 1926 edition. George Catlin was an American painter and writer. In 1823 he gave up his law practice to pursue his self-taught art, painting portraits in Philadelphia, Washington, D. C. and Albany, New York. After meeting a tribal ...

This is Volume 15 of a 16 Volume set originally published in 1885 by Charles Scribners's & Sons. Written by 14 different authors such as Abner Doubleday, John Nicolay and Jacob D. Cox, these volumes present the Army and the Navy in the Civil war. The Army series covers causes and battles from the " Outbreak of Rebellion" to "Chancellorsville and Gettysburg" and on the "Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65. A volume of Statistical Records completes...

The North American Indians by George Catlin. Volume one of two. 392 pages with full color digital reproductions of all the plates. Both Volumes contain 320 color illustrations digitally reproduced from the John Grant 1926 edition. George Catlin was an American painter and writer. In 1823 he gave up his law practice to pursue his self-taught art, painting portraits in Philadelphia, Washington, D. C. and Albany, New York. After meeting a tribal ...

Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: 1804-1806, Part 1 & 2 Volume 7

Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: 1804-1806, Parts 1 & 2 Volume 1This set was first published in 1904 from the manuscripts of the American Philosophical Society together with manuscript material of Lewis and Clark and from other sources including notebooks, letters and maps, and the journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse.Volume 1 Part 1, Journal and Orderly Book of Lewis and Clark, from River Dubois to the Vermillio...

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A century after Lewis and Clark explored the newly purchased lands west of the Mississippi River, Olin D. Wheeler set out on his own epic journey. Using the explorers' original journals as a guide, he followed the old trail and recorded the changes to the land and landscape. Wheeler traveled by train, steamboat and pack train accompanied by a photographer. The Trail of Lewis and Clark is a fascinating look at the still burgeoning west, a centu...

A century after Lewis and Clark explored the newly purchased lands west of the Mississippi River, Olin D. Wheeler set out on his own epic journey. Using the explorers' original journals as a guide, he followed the old trail and recorded the changes to the land and landscape. Wheeler traveled by train, steamboat and pack train accompanied by a photographer. The Trail of Lewis and Clark is a fascinating look at the still burgeoning west, a centu...

This is Volume 12 of a 16 Volume set originally published in 1885 by Charles Scribners's & Sons. Written by 14 different authors such as Abner Doubleday, John Nicolay and Jacob D. Cox, these volumes present the Army and the Navy in the Civil war. The Army series covers causes and battles from the " Outbreak of Rebellion" to "Chancellorsville and Gettysburg" and on the "Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65. A volume of Statistical Records completes...

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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 onlyhis own experiences but those of his brother soldiers as well. Beginning with life as a raw recuit 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.

This 16 Volume set was originally published in 1885 by Charles Scribners's & Sons. Written by 14 different authors such as Abner Doubleday, John Nicolay and Jacob D. Cox, these volumes present the Army and the Navy in the Civil war. The Army series covers causes and battles from the " Outbreak of Rebellion" to "Chancellorsville and Gettysburg" and on the "Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65. A volume of Statistical Records completes the Army set....

Philip Henry Sheridan was known as a ruthless warrior who played a decisive role in the army's long campaign against the native peoples of the Plains, forcing them onto reservations with tactics of total war. In 1869, Sheridan succeeded William T. Sherman as commander of the Division of the Missouri, encompassing the Plains region from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi. With Sherman, he refined his tactics -- massive force directed in sur...

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