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Through research with new sources and technology, the McMurrys seek out the origins and the historical development of the longest running presidential scandal in American history.

Swallowed Up in Victory is a narrative of the last year of the American Civil War. It follows the action surrounding the first attacks on Petersburg through the surrender at Appomattox. Swallowed Up in Victory traces the history of the siege through letters and journal entries of a group of fictitious participants. Their accounts highlight both the despair and triumph that the struggle over Petersburg provided in abundance, as well as the self...

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Grants attacks at Cold Harbor, Combat between Grant and Lee in the late spring 1864.

Experiences of soldiers and the German assault in the northern shoulder of the Battle of the Buldge.

The daily routines of camp life are meticulously recounted in between vivid descriptions of actions and skirmishes, which offers a detailed firsthand look into the career of an average Federal regiment.

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The year is 1862, and war fever grips western Michigan. Former clerks and farmboys clamor to volunteer, certain that their weight will put an end to the Southern uprising. The yoke of responsibility made young James Lockett wise beyond his years, but his desire to follow his friends is too much for his cautious nature. James soon learns that there are three types of volunteers: adventurers, crusaders, and villains. Chasing bushwhackers in Miss...

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The full story of the First clash in the series that comprised Stonewall Jackson's legendary Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

Does God exist? If so, what kind of God? And what about humankind? Questions like these drove Jerry Richard Boone to investigate spiritual matters for himself. He read, thought, and took notes. Gradually, the notes became chapters in this book about God. The author employs a straightforward readable style in setting forth his discoveries just as he experienced them. Reason, logic, and evidence, laced with a touch of humor and drama, present th...

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Ghosts of Vicksburg centers on two young people during this Civil War campaign.

After the worst three-day battle in American history at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac marched from the fields of Pennsylvania to the Potomac River. Historians have recorded this movement from the perspective of the generals and their tactics. In Roads from Gettysburg, author John W. Schildt lets the soldiers and civilians tell the story in a much more poignant manner. The wealth of firsth...

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Robert J. Trout has edited a recently discovered account of Jeb Stuart's activities during the last year of his life. As Trout describes this history, "The time covered by the memoir extends from October 1863 to June 1864, a period which includes the winter encampment at Orange Courthouse (very little has been written of this time of Stuart's career), the opening of Grant's offensive in May 1864, Stuart's death at Yellow Tavern and Garnett's s...