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The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood

Hood, Stephen M.
The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood
Scholars hail Confederate General John Bell Hood's personal papers as "the most important discovery in Civil War scholarship in the last half century." This invaluable cache includes documents relating to Hood's U.S. Army service, Civil War career, and postwar life.

CHF 33.90

Germantown

Harris, Michael C
Germantown
On October 4, 1777, the Battle of Germantown represented George Washington's attempt to recapture Philadelphia. Obscured by darkness and a morning fog, Washington launched a surprise attack on the British garrison at Germantown. His attack found initial success and drove the British legions before him. The recapture of the colonial capital seemed within Washington's grasp until poor decisions by the American high command brought about a revers...

CHF 37.90

Calamity at Frederick

Rossino, Alexander B
Calamity at Frederick
The loss of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 is one of the Civil War's enduring mysteries. This meticulous study presents a bold new interpretation of the evidence surrounding the orders' creation, distribution, and loss outside Frederick, Maryland, in September 1862. Rossino provides new information pinpointing where the orders were lost and offers a provocative hypothesis about who may have lost them, and the impact on Confederate oper...

CHF 27.50

Tell Mother Not to Worry

Kirkwood, Ronald D
Tell Mother Not to Worry
The George Spangler farm in Gettysburg is a place of reverence. Nurses held the hands of dying soldiers and prayed and spoke last words with them amid the blood, stench, and agony of two hospitals. Heroic surgeons resolutely worked around the clock to save lives. Author Ronald D. Kirkwood's best-selling "Too Much for Human Endurance" The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg established the military and medical importance...

CHF 46.90

Race to the Potomac

Gottfried, Bradley M / Gottfried, Linda I
Race to the Potomac
Even before the guns fell silent at Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee was preparing for the arduous task of getting his defeated army back safely into Virginia. It was an enormous, complex, and exceedingly dangerous undertaking, told here in exciting fashion"--

CHF 23.90

The Traitor's Homecoming

Reardon, Matthew E
The Traitor's Homecoming
This title utilizes dozens of newly discovered British and American primary sources to weave together a balanced military study of an often forgotten and misunderstood campaign. Indeed, Reardon achieves a major reinterpretation of the battle while dismantling its myths"--

CHF 46.90

The Last Citadel: Petersburg, June 1864 - April 1865

Trudeau, Noah Andre
The Last Citadel: Petersburg, June 1864 - April 1865
The Last Citadel is a ground-breaking full-length treatment of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War--the investment of Petersburg, Virginia.The Petersburg campaign began on June 9, 1864, and ended on April 3, 1865, when Federal troops at last entered the city. It was the longest and most costly siege ever to take place on North American soil, yet it has been overshadowed by other actions that occurred at the same time period,...

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James Longstreet and the American Civil War

Knudsen, Harold M
James Longstreet and the American Civil War
Winner of the 2022 Helen Dortch Longstreet Award and the Mahoning Valley Civil War Round Table 2022 Hugh G. Earnhart Civil War Scholarship AwardThe American Civil War is often called the first "modern war." Sandwiched between the Napoleonic Wars and World War I, it spawned a host of "firsts" and is considered a precursor to the larger and more deadly 20th century wars. Confederate Gen. James Longstreet made overlooked but profound modern contr...

CHF 32.50

Union General Daniel Butterfield

Pula, James S
Union General Daniel Butterfield
Dan Butterfield played a pivotal role during the Civil War. He led troops in the field at the brigade, division, and corps level, wrote the 1862 Army field manual, composed "Taps, " and served as the chief of staff for Joe Hooker in the Army of the Potomac. He introduced a custom that remains in the U.S. Army today: the use of distinctive hat or shoulder patches to denote the unit to which a soldier belongs and was a Medal of Honor winner. But...

CHF 44.90

The Campaign for Atlanta & Sherman's March to the Sea

Savas, Theodore P / Davis, Stephen
The Campaign for Atlanta & Sherman's March to the Sea
By the time Albert Castel's Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 appeared in 1992, Savas Woodbury Publishers had already made important contributions to the campaign scholarship by publishing a collection of original essays by some of the field's most noted authors, including Steven Woodworth, writing about the Confederacy's command options in the Winter of 1863-64. Editors Theodore P. Savas and David A. Woodbury next assembled a...

CHF 32.50

The Atlanta Campaign

Powell, David A
The Atlanta Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign in 1864 was second only to Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign in Virginia for scope and drama. This multi-volume study of the campaign for Atlanta breaks new ground and promises to be this generation's definitive study of one of the most important and fascinating confrontations of the entire Civil War"--

CHF 52.50

The Battle of Dranesville

Quint, Ryan T
The Battle of Dranesville
The fall and early winter of 1861 was a hotbed of activity that culminated in the December combat at Dranesville. A host of characters and commands that would become household names cut their teeth during these months. Though soon eclipsed by larger and bloodier battles, Dranesville remained a defining moment for many of its participants--soldiers and civilians alike--for the rest of their lives"--

CHF 44.90

"The Bullets Flew Like Hail": Cutler's Brigade at Gettysb...

McLean, James L.
"The Bullets Flew Like Hail": Cutler's Brigade at Gettysburg, from McPherson's Ridge to Culp's Hill
An expanded, revised edition of James L. McLean's Cutler's Brigade at Gettysburg. This unit history explores the composition and personalities of the first Union infantry to relieve General Buford's hard-pressed cavalry on the western outskirts of Gettysburg on the first day of the battle. The brigade's stubborn defense, with the arrival of the famous Iron Brigade, stopped the Confederate advance on the town and set the tone for the three-day ...

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All That Can be Expected

Orrison, Robert / Wilcox, Mark
All That Can be Expected
This book describes the events that led to one of the worst American military defeats in United States history. The authors lead you in the footsteps of American and British soldiers throughout the South Carolina backcountry. They interweave a clear historic narrative while guiding the reader to historic locations, creating a precise understanding of the events of August 1780"--

CHF 25.50

The World Will Never See the Like

Hopkins, John L.
The World Will Never See the Like
This is the story of the largest reunion of Union and Confederate veterans ever held: its genesis and planning, the obstacles overcome on the way to making it a reality, its place in the larger narrative of sectional reunion and reconciliation, and the individual stories of the veterans who attended"--

CHF 46.90

A Mismanaged Affair

Vignola, Victor
A Mismanaged Affair
The Battle of Seven Pines/Fair Oaks set up the seismic clash outside Richmond between the armies of George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee in the late spring of 1862. This study provides by far the most detailed treatment to date of the two-day battle, with a focus on leadership and the tactical ebb and flow at the Fair Oaks sector of the field"--

CHF 48.90

J. E. B. Stuart

Longacre, Edward G
J. E. B. Stuart
J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man is the first truly balanced and thoroughly scrutinized life of the Civil War's most famous cavalry commander. It examines in detail both his human and soldierly gifts as well as the professional and personal deficiencies that have escaped the attention of earlier biographers distracted by his flamboyant personality and the hero-worshipping reminiscences of subordinates and staff officers"--

CHF 46.90

We Shall Conquer or Die

Lindow, Derrick
We Shall Conquer or Die
A deadly and expensive war within a war was waged behind the lines (and often out of the major headlines) in western Kentucky. In 1862, the region was infested with guerrilla activity that pitted brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor in a personal war that often recognized few boundaries.

CHF 46.90