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McFeely, William S. Yankee Stepfather: General O.O. Howard And The Freedmen 1984 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091023. ISBN #0393005372 / 9780393005370. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McFeely, William S. Yankee Stepfather: General O.O. Howard And The Freedmen 1984 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091023. ISBN #0393005372 / 9780393005370. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The story of a Civil War promise made to slaves and broken. At the close of the Civil War, Congress established the Freedmen's Bureau formally, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands to deal with the question of the place in society of its new black citizens. General Oliver Otis Howard, known both admiringly and derisively as the "Christian General," was given the responsibility of defining the nation's commitment to four million former slaves. Instructed by Congress to divide lands abandoned to the Union army into forty-acre plots and award them to freedmen, Howard began a program that might have given many families farms of their own. The effort had barely begun when it ran into President Andrew Johnson's policy of returning such lands to former white owners. Soon Howard and his agents were under pressure not to assist the free people, but to coerce them into working for landlords. And yet, however tarnished the record, the Bureau was still recalled by W. E. B. DuBois for its "bright promise." Yankee Stepfather provides a revealing, and troubling, picture of the complex relationship of African Americans to their government at a crucial juncture in American history. In a new foreword to this edition, William S. McFeely places his book, first published in 1968, in its place in the scholarship on race relations of the past quarter-century.
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McPherson James M. Civil War Mariner 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1149556. ISBN #0618001875 / 9780618001873. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Oxford University Press 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164646. ISBN #019516895X / 9780195168952. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Oxford University Press 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164646. ISBN #019516895X / 9780195168952. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Now featuring a new Afterword by the author, this handy paperback edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom is without question the definitive one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. From there it moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering by each side, the politics, and the personalities. Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict. The South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war, slavery, and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.
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McPherson, James M. Crossroads Of Freedom: Antietam 2002 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084712. ISBN #0195135210 / 9780195135213. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McPherson, James M. Crossroads Of Freedom: Antietam 2002 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1084712. ISBN #0195135210 / 9780195135213. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom , America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. As McPherson shows, by September 1862 the survival of the United States was in doubt. The Union had suffered a string of defeats, and Robert E. Lee's army was in Maryland, poised to threaten Washington. The British government was openly talking of recognizing the Confederacy and brokering a peace between North and South. Northern armies and voters were demoralized. And Lincoln had shelved his proposed edict of emancipation months before, waiting for a victory that had not come--that some thought would never come. Both Confederate and Union troops knew the war was at a crossroads, that they were marching toward a decisive battle. It came along the ridges and in the woods and cornfields between Antietam Creek and the Potomac River. Valor, misjudgment, and astonishing coincidence all played a role in the outcome. McPherson vividly describes a day of savage fighting in locales that became forever famous--The Cornfield, the Dunkard Church, the West Woods, and Bloody Lane. Lee's battered army escaped to fight another day, but Antietam was a critical victory for the Union. It restored morale in the North and kept Lincoln's party in control of Congress. It crushed Confederate hopes of British intervention. And it freed Lincoln to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation, which instantly changed the character of the war. McPherson brilliantly weaves these strands of diplomatic, political, and military history into a compact, swift-moving narrative that shows why America's bloodiest day is, indeed, a turning point in our history.
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McPherson, James M. Embattled Rebel : Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief Penguin Books 2014 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1145766. ISBN #1594204977 / 9781594204975. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McPherson, James M. Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction Third Edition McGraw-Hill Humanities Social 2001 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Previous owner name written front inside cover.. Book #or1155347. ISBN #0072317361 / 9780072317367. (keywords: UNITED STATES AMERICAN HISTORY CAUSES) (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McPherson, James M. This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War Oxford University Press 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1157005. ISBN #0195313666 / 9780195313666. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McPherson, James M. Tried By War: Abraham Lincoln As Commander in Chief Penguin Books paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144087. ISBN #0143116142 / 9780143116141. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McPherson, James M. and Patricia R. Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy Oxford University Press, USA 1997 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or823469. ISBN #0195116984 / 9780195116984. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McPherson, James M. and Patricia R. Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy Oxford University Press, USA 1997 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or823469. ISBN #0195116984 / 9780195116984. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis he took his final exam while at sea during the war , he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS Gettysburg . Now, in Lamson of the Gettysburg , we have the war-time letters of this striking naval figure. What's more, these are letters of exceptional quality. James M. McPherson, co-editor of the collection with his wife Patricia and one of America's preeminent Civil War historians, writes that "few sets of letters equal and none surpass those of Lamson for richness of description, scope of coverage, or keenness of perception and analysis." Indeed, the McPhersons term Lamson's correspondence "the best Civil War navy letters we have ever read or expect to read." Throughout the war, Lamson always seemed to be where the action was on the South Atlantic coast, and these letters describe with striking immediacy the part he played in these events. While serving on the USS Wabash , for instance, he directed the big deck guns that did the most damage to enemy forts at Hatteras Inlet and Port Royal, two major naval victories. He was the officer who took command of the CSS Planter in May 1862, when slaves led by Robert Smalls ran her past Confederate fortifications in Charleston harbor and delivered her to the Union fleet. He commanded a gunboat fleet on the Nansemond River that helped stop James Longstreet's advance on Norfolk. In a daring attempt to blow up Fort Fisher, the huge earthwork fortress that guarded the entrance into the Cape Fear river, he towed the USS Louisiana packed with more than two hundred tons of gunpowder directly under the guns of the fort, sneaking into the shallows behind a rebel blockade runner, Lamson describes "a terrific explosion. An immense column of flame rose towards the sky, and four distinct reports like that of sharp heavy thunder were heard and a dense mass of smoke enveloped everything" . And a few weeks later, he led a contingent of seventy men from the Gettysburg as part of the January 15, 1865 assault on the sea-face parapets of Fort Fisher, where he himself was wounded and his close friend, Samuel W. Preston, died. The letters also capture the spirited personality of Lamson himself, resolved to "stand by the Union as long as there is a plank afloat," but also deeply ambivalent about the war. In a moving passage early in the collection, he describes leaving Annapolis for war duty on the USS Constitution Old Ironsides : "We gave three cheers for Capt R., three for the troops, and for old friendship's sake three for those of our number who intending to resign to join the Confederacy were requested not to go on board. Some of my best friends were among them. This will be a sad sad war. It will be more painful to strike than to be struck." The publication of the letters of Roswell Lamson marks a major addition to Civil War literature. Featuring superb introductions to each section as well as informative notes that explain references in the correspondence to people, ships, land and sea battles, or homefront news, Lamson of The Gettysburg now joins the first rank of Civil War sources. One of the few accounts we have from the perspective of a navy officer, it is a book that everyone interested in the Civil War or in American naval history will want to read.
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Mcpherson. M. James Battle Chronicles Of The Civil War; 1863 6 Volumes Grey Castle Press 1989 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or778853. ISBN #1559050276 / 9781559050272. (keywords: History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns) (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McWhiney, Grady; Jamieson, Perry D. Attack And Die: Civil War Military Tactics And The Southern Heritage 1982 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1080766. ISBN #0817300732 / 9780817300739. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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McWhiney, Grady; Jamieson, Perry D. Attack And Die: Civil War Military Tactics And The Southern Heritage 1982 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1080766. ISBN #0817300732 / 9780817300739. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the first twenty-seven months of combat 175,000 Southern soldiers died. This number was more than the entire Confederate military force in the summer of 1861, and it far exceeded the strength of any army that Lee ever commanded. More than 80,000 Southerners fell in just five battles. At Gettysburg three out of every ten Confederates present were hit; one brigade lost 65 percent of its men and 70 percent of its field officers in a single charge. A North Carolina regiment started the action with some 800 men; only 216 survived unhurt. Another unit lost two-thirds of its men as well as its commander in a brief assault. Why did the Confederacy lose so many men? The authors contend that the Confederates bled themselves nearly to death in the first three years of the war by making costly attacks more often than the Federals. Offensive tactics, which had been used successfully by Americans in the Mexican War, were much less effective in the 1860s because an improved weapon the rifle had given increased strength to defenders. This book describes tactical theory in the 1850s and suggests how each related to Civil War tactics. It also considers the development of tactics in all three arms of the service during the Civil War. In examining the Civil War the book separates Southern from Northern tactical practice and discusses Confederate military history in the context of Southern social history. Although the Southerners could have offset their numerical disadvantage by remaining on the defensive and forcing the Federals to attack, they failed to do so. The authors argue that the Southerners consistent favoring of offensive warfare was attributable, in large measure, to their Celtic heritage: they fought with the same courageous dash and reckless abandon that had characterized their Celtic forebears since ancient times. The Southerners of the Civil War generation were prisoners of their social and cultural history: they attacked courageously and were killed on battlefields so totally defended by the Federals that not even a chicken could get through.
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Mendoza, Alexander Confederate Struggle For Command: General James Longstreet And The First Corps in The West 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1052389. ISBN #1603440526 / 9781603440523. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Mendoza, Alexander Confederate Struggle For Command: General James Longstreet And The First Corps in The West 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1052389. ISBN #1603440526 / 9781603440523. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Was Lt. Gen. James Longstreet a lackluster, indecisive leader or a victim of political circumstances? Though traditionally saddled with much of the blame for the Confederate loss at Gettysburg, Longstreet was actually a capable, resourceful, and brave commander, argues historian Alexander Mendoza. Confederate Struggle for Command offers a comprehensive analysis of Longstreet s leadership during his seven-month assignment in the Tennessee theater of operations. Mendoza concludes that the obstacles to effective command faced by Longstreet had at least as much to do with longstanding grievances and politically motivated prejudices as they did with any personal or military shortcomings of Longstreet s. Longstreet s First Corps parted company with Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia in September 1863. Subsequently, the First Corps contributed decisively to the Confederate victory at Chickamauga. But when Longstreet then joined a group of disaffected generals in denouncing Braxton Bragg, the commanding general of the Army of Tennessee, the resulting imbroglio hampered the effectiveness of the entire First Corps. Confederate Struggle for Command adds an important layer of nuanced understanding to the career and legacy of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, and will be an enjoyable and informative source for Civil War buffs, military historians, and interested general readers. 20
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Merrill, James M. The Rebel Shore: The Story of Union Sea Power in the Civil War Little, Brown and Company 1957 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1162486. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Meyer, Howard N. Colonel of the Black Regiment: The Life of Thomas Wentworth Higginson hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107033. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Miers, Earl Schenck The General Who Marched To Hell; William Tecumseh Sherman And His March To Fame And Infamy Alfred A. Knopf 1951 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Yellowing from age. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Slight tears to jacket. Some Chipping. Faded Spine. Book #or855671. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Milhollen, Hirst Dillon; James Ralph Johnson Best Photos of the Civil War hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1020032. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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