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Taylor, Thomas E. Running The Blockade: A Personal Narrative Of Adventures, Risks, And Escapes During The American Civil War 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040394. ISBN #1557508046 / 9781557508041. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Taylor, Thomas E. Running The Blockade: A Personal Narrative Of Adventures, Risks, And Escapes During The American Civil War 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040394. ISBN #1557508046 / 9781557508041. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Excerpt from Running the Blockade: A Personal Narrative of Adventures, Risks and Escapes During the American Civil War A German admiral has remarked that the most valuable naval history lies in the despatches and logs of naval officers. Our own Navy Record Society by the line it has taken thoroughly endorses this view, and has committed itself to the teaching of naval history from the mouths of the men who made it. Mr. Taylor's work then must not be taken as a mere record of personal adventure, however absorbing it be found from this point of view. As a picture of exciting escapes, of coolness and resource at moments of acute danger, of well-calculated risks, boldly accepted and obstinately carried through, it has few rivals in recent sea-story :but its deeper value does not lie here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Thomas, Emory M. Confederacy As a Revolutionary Experience Prentice Hall 1971 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Faded Spine. Book #or1153923. ISBN #0131673467 / 9780131673465. (keywords: CONFEDERATE STATES AMERICA HISTORY UNITED CIVIL WAR PERIOD 1850 1877) (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Tidwell, William A.; Hall, James O.; Gaddy, David Winfred Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) 1988 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or909141. ISBN #0878053476 / 9780878053476. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Tidwell, William A.; Hall, James O.; Gaddy, David Winfred Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) 1988 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or909141. ISBN #0878053476 / 9780878053476. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Many Confederates believed that Abraham Lincoln himself was the sponsor of the Union army's heavy destruction of the South. With John Wilkes Booth as its agent, the Confederate Secret Service devised a plan of retribution--to seize President Lincoln, hold him hostage, and bring the war-weary North to capitulation. The code word for this stratagem was "Come Retribution." But when Booth was stymied, the Secret Service took another course. They conspired to bomb the White House during a conference of senior Union officials. But this plot also failed. Next, the Confederates devised for Confederate forces to abandon Richmond and Petersburg and to link up with General Joseph E. Johnston in the South before General Grant's forces were prepared to move. This plan was thwarted, however, when Grant took Richmond. By April 9, 1865, Lee was forced to surrender. Yet the willful, ardent Booth, smarting from the South's loss of the war, took decisive action at Ford's Theater during that spring night in 1865. Investigating the assassination from their perspective as career intelligence officers, William A. Tidwell and David Winfred Gaddy, joined by James O. Hall, one of the leading authorities on the assassination, find and follow the clues, interpret the clandestine evidence, and draw well-founded conclusions. They are the first to explore the Confederate Secret Service's link to the death of Lincoln. In Come Retribution , originally published in 1988 and now available again in a paperback edition, they offer startling insights and give a new direction to the well-known and often-told story of Lincoln and Booth. "The facts presented and the inferences drawn are provocative," said Nathan Miller in The Baltimore Sun . "Every account of the Lincoln assassination published in the future will have to take account of the arguments presented in this book."
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Trotter, William R. The Fires of Pride: A Novel of the Civil War Basic Books 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122757. ISBN #0786714484 / 9780786714483. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Trotter, William R. The Fires of Pride: A Novel of the Civil War Basic Books 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122757. ISBN #0786714484 / 9780786714483. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary As William R. Trotter once more takes up the stunning array of characters Union and Confederate, fictional and historical, combatant and civilian that he introduced in the inaugural novel of his epic series, The Sands of Pride, it is now the closing days of July 1863. Robert E. Lee's army has been repulsed at Gettysburg, the tide of history has shifted, and the fortunes of the Rebel side have begun, inexorably, to decline. Featuring the brief but glorious career of the mighty ironclad ram, the CSS Hatteras, which emerges from the hollows and backwaters of North Carolina to challenge the might of the Union navy, The Fires of Pride is a richly textured, sweepingly dramatic epic, a towering work that combines deep scholarship with an intensely human understanding of the men and women of the period.
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Trudeau, Noah Andre Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage Harper 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1160099. ISBN #0060193638 / 9780060193638. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Trudeau, Noah Andre Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage Harper 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1160099. ISBN #0060193638 / 9780060193638. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary America's Civil War raged for more than four years, the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 continue to fascinate, appall, and inspire new generations with their unparalleled saga of sacrifice and courage. No battle was as deadly or dramatic as Gettysburg. More lives were lost there than in any other war fought on American soil. From Chancellorsville, where General Robert E. Lee launched his high-risk campaign into the North, to the Confederates' last daring and ultimately doomed act, forever known as Pickett's Charge, the battle of Gettysburg gave the Union army a victory that turned back the boldest and perhaps greatest chance for a Southern nation. The last three decades have seen scores of remarkable new studies focusing on important elements of this monumental campaign. Now, acclaimed historian Noah Andre Trudeau brings the most up-to-date research available to a brilliant, sweeping, and comprehensive history that sheds new light on virtually every aspect of the battle of Gettysburg. Deftly balancing his own narrative style with revealing firsthand accounts, including excerpts from the diaries and letters of the men on both sides of the battlefield, Trudeau brings this engrossing human tale to life. He recounts the heightening tension of the campaign, the life-or-death decisions made by its commanders, and the struggle endured by thousands of its bravest soldiers. Not forgotten are the stories of the noncombatants, the thousands of civilians whose placid lives were swept into the ferocious cauldron. Scrupulously researched and masterfully written, Gettysburg conveys all the drama and heroism in what is sure to be the defining account for years to come of this pivotal moment in American history.
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Trudeau, Noah Andre Southern Storm: Sherman's March To The Sea 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1083375. ISBN #0060598670 / 9780060598679. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Trudeau, Noah Andre Southern Storm: Sherman's March To The Sea 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1083375. ISBN #0060598670 / 9780060598679. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Award-winning Civil War historian Noah Andre Trudeau has written a gripping, definitive new account that will stand as the last word on General William Tecumseh Sherman's epic march a targeted strategy aimed to break not only the Confederate army but an entire society as well. With Lincoln's hard-fought reelection victory in hand, Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union forces, allowed Sherman to lead the largest and riskiest operation of the war. In rich detail, Trudeau explains why General Sherman's name is still anathema below the Mason-Dixon Line, especially in Georgia, where he is remembered as "the one who marched to the sea with death and devastation in his wake." Sherman's swath of destruction spanned more than sixty miles in width and virtually cut the South in two, badly disabling the flow of supplies to the Confederate army. He led more than 60,000 Union troops to blaze a path from Atlanta to Savannah, ordering his men to burn crops, kill livestock, and decimate everything that fed the Rebel war machine. Grant and Sherman's gamble worked, and the march managed to crush a critical part of the Confederacy and increase the pressure on General Lee, who was already under siege in Virginia. Told through the intimate and engrossing diaries and letters of Sherman's soldiers and the civilians who suffered in their path, Southern Storm paints a vivid picture of an event that would forever change the course of America.
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Tucker, Philip Thomas Barksdale's Charge: The True High Tide of the Confederacy at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 Casemate 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164719. ISBN #1612001793 / 9781612001791. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Varney, Frank P. General Grant And The Rewriting Of History: How The Destruction Of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding Of The Civil War Savas Beatie 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1153153. ISBN #1611211182 / 9781611211184. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Venner, William Thomas Swamp Hogs: The Civil War journal of Johnny Brendel Larrea Books 1995 hardcover. Inscribed by Author. Insribed by the author: "George, you have honored me greatly by purchasing the first copy of Swamp Hogs. I have enjoyed serving in the 2nd VT with you, Thomas Vernon." The dustjacket has chipping and closed tears.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or818776. ISBN #1887499008 / 9781887499002. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Venner, William Thomas Swamp Hogs: The Civil War journal of Johnny Brendel Larrea Books 1995 hardcover. Inscribed by Author. Insribed by the author: "George, you have honored me greatly by purchasing the first copy of Swamp Hogs. I have enjoyed serving in the 2nd VT with you, Thomas Vernon." The dustjacket has chipping and closed tears.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or818776. ISBN #1887499008 / 9781887499002. (filed under: Civil War ) *
An entertaining Civil War study.
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Ward, Geoffrey C.; Burns, Ric; Burns, Ken Civil War: An Illustrated History 1992 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113463. ISBN #0679742778 / 9780679742777. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Ward, Geoffrey C.; Burns, Ric; Burns, Ken Civil War: An Illustrated History 1992 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113463. ISBN #0679742778 / 9780679742777. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This magnificent pictorial history portrays the Civil War as never before, from the events leading to the firing of the first shot at Fort Sumter, through the battles at Shiloh and Gettysburg, the siege of Vicksburg, Sherman's march to the sea, and Lee's surrender at Appomattox. 500 photos.
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Ward, Geoffrey C.; Burns, Ric; Burns, Ken The Civil War: An Illustrated History Knopf 1990 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1119335. ISBN #0394562852 / 9780394562858. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Ward, Geoffrey C.; Burns, Ric; Burns, Ken The Civil War: An Illustrated History Knopf 1990 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1119335. ISBN #0394562852 / 9780394562858. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things.... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads: the suffering, the enormous tragedy of the whole thing."- Shelby Foote, from The Civil War When the illustrated edition of The Civil War was first published, The New York Time hailed it as "a treasure for the eye and mind." Now Geoffrey Ward's magisterial work of history is available in a text-only edition that interweaves the author's narrative with the voices of the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood: not just Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Robert E. Lee, but genteel Southern ladies and escaped slaves, cavalry officers and common foot soldiers who fought in Yankee blue and Rebel gray. The Civil War also includes essays by our most distinguished historians of the era: Don E. Fehrenbacher, on the war's origins; Barbara J. Fields, on the freeing of the slaves; Shelby Foote, on the war's soldiers and commanders; James M. McPherson, on the political dimensions of the struggle; and C. Vann Woodward, assessing the America that emerged from the war's ashes. From the Trade Paperback ed
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Wash. W.A. Camp, Field And Prison Life paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076842. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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