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A valuable companion to anyone researching the people or the history of the American Civil War.

Here is the first study of the Battle of Second Manassas to show the importance of the landscape through which the opposing generals maneuvered.

Betsy, a high-school history student, learns a personally important story of the hardships and hopes of a World War II POW when her grandfather is encouraged to tell his ordeal as a German POW. His training as a bombardier, his duties as an officer, and the anticipation of married life precede his harrowing story of being shot down in his B-24 over enemy territory on September 10, 1944. His POW experiences of deprivation, loneliness, and disco...

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Eighteen-year-old Sumner A. Cunningham joined his local home guard near Shelbyville, Tennessee, in late October 1861, and immediately was assimilated into a new Confederate regiment, the 41st Tennessee Infantry. Rising to senior noncommissioned-officer rank, his experiences were those of the Army of Tennessee through the next three years. He received limited military training, was captured at Fort Donelson, and spent time as a prisoner of war ...

Robert Catlett Cave promised his dying father that he would serve Virginia as long as he might need his services.He joined the Montpelier Guard, which participated in more than seventy engagements during its career.

Includes a brief analysis of the performance of the artillery for each side in the major battles in the East during the Civil War.

Luca, 12 years old and new in Civil War Petersburg, wants to fit in. No one, except Jim, the class brain, is friendly. Luca and Jim team up to investigate the mysteries surrounding the doll with no face, the Voodoo pouch, and the Trapezium House. They decide to share their suspicions with Luca's grandfather on the day the Union army advances on Petersburg. Luca, his grandfather, and Jim, join the old men and young boys defending the city. Luca...

The Vermonters' Andersonville experience is studied to understand the cause of the lethal statistics. The story of the suffering endured by the four hundred Vermonters captured at the Weldon Railroad is a tale of remarkable courage and devotion to country.

After surviving the Peninsular Campaign, this regiment participated in all the Army of the Potomac's major battles, and held off Old Jubal Early and his rebel army in a string of victories from Fort Stevens outside of Washington through Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley.

The psywarriors were engaged in a war of words against some of the world's oldest militant propaganda experts.

This informative Civil War collector's guide will give you an idea of where to look, how much to pay, and how to keep mistakes to a minimum when collecting Civil War memorabilia. The author educates the reader on recognizing the value of items, emphasizes primary sources, and advises on collecting period representations. Additionally, strong focus is on the less obvious collectible with emphasis on detail and usage. Tales of the hunt are also ...

By March 1865, nearly four years of our Civil War had exhausted both Northern and Southern armies, but the defenders of besieged Petersburg knew that only a break through the lines would free them to fight another day. When John B. Gordon's assault at Fort Stedman failed and Philip Sheridan swept Lee's right flank away at Five Forks, the only option left was a fighting retreat to join Joseph E. Johnston's army in North Carolina.Petersburg trac...

Send ?Em South is an adventure story that brings the two conflicting worlds of North and South together. In the years just prior to the Civil War, David Adams grows up in the middle of two worlds. His father is an Irish immigrant who is ridiculed and ignored by the people of Boston. His mother is an abolitionist who has dedicated her life to ending slavery. David, as the son of these two, finds himself an outcast amongst his friends and even h...

This is the exciting story of the events and operations of the USS Steele, DE-8, in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre of War from July 1943 to September 1945.In 1943, as one of the first two Destroyer Escorts in the Southwest Pacific, this ship escorted convoys through submarine-infested waters in the area of the Solomon and Marshall Islands and was one of the first ships into Majuro, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok.In 1944 the USS Steele, DE-8, escorted co...

In the second year of the Civil War, Tad Lynch becomes trapped below deck on a Confederate warship and is pressed into service during a two day battle between the Merrimack and three Union ships.

Potter, who served as the assistant surgeon of the 49th New York, and as the surgeon of the 57th New York, left behind an account of the war from a doctor's perspective.

An adventure that exposes the extremes of the abolitionist movement.

Stories that reveal "Old Abe's" sense of humor.

Of Men and Muskets gives insight to the personalities of many of the most prominent Civil War leaders through the use of anecdotes and stories which show what made them laugh and what touched their hearts. It is important to show the human side of these great leaders in order that we may examine their characters.After reading only a few of the stories contained in this book, the reader will find that there was a touching simplicity in the humo...