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HORWITZ; Horwitz, Tony Confederates In the Attic: Dispatches From The Unfinished Civil War Vintage Departures 1998 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164669. ISBN #067975833X / 9780679758334. (keywords: Biography) (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Hubbell, John T. (edited by) Civil War History a Journal Of The Middle Period: Volume 33 Number 4 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or961246. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Hunter, Alvah F. Year On a Monitor And The Destruction Of Fort Sumter University of South Carolina Press 1989 hardcover. Book has surface tears to inside of front and back boards.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Ex-Library. Some staining to page edges. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or857616. ISBN #0872495310 / 9780872495319. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Hurst, Jack Born To Battle: Grant And Forrest: Shiloh, Vicksburg, And Chattanooga 2012 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1070745. ISBN #0465020186 / 9780465020188. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Hurst, Jack Born To Battle: Grant And Forrest: Shiloh, Vicksburg, And Chattanooga 2012 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1070745. ISBN #0465020186 / 9780465020188. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Born to Battle examines the Civil War s complex and decisive western theater through the exploits of its greatest figures, Ulysses S. Grant and Nathan Bedford Forrest. These two opposing giants squared off in some of the most epic campaigns of the war, starting at Shiloh and continuing through Perryville, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga battles in which the Union would slowly but surely divide the western Confederacy, setting the stage for the final showdowns of the bloody, protracted conflict. Grant is widely regarded as the man most responsible for winning the war for the Union, Forrest as the Confederacy s most fearsome defender in the West. Both men had risen through their respective hierarchies thanks to their cunning and military brilliance, and despite their checkered pasts. Grant and Forrest were both lower -born officers who struggled to overcome particular, dubious reputations Forrest s as a semi-literate rustic and Grant s as a doltish drunkard . In time, however each became renowned for his intelligence, resourcefulness, and grit. Indeed, as Hurst shows, their familiarity with hardship gave both men a back-against-the-wall mindset that would ultimately determine their success both on the battlefield, and off it. Beginning with the Union victory at Tennessee s Fort Donelson in February 1862 when Grant handed the Union the largest force ever captured on American soil, refurbishing his reputation and earning himself the nickname Unconditional Surrender Grant , Hurst follows both men through the campaigns of the next twenty months, showing how this critical period and these two unequaled leaders would change the course of the war. Again and again, Grant s hardscrabble tactics saved Federal forces from the disastrous decisions of his fellow commanders, who seemed unable to think outside of the West Point playbook. Just as often, Forrest s hot temper and wily, frontier know-how would surprise his Federal adversaries and allow him to claim astonishing victories on behalf of the Confederacy. But as Grant pressed south and east over the course of these twenty months, routing Confederate forces at such critical strongholds as Corinth, Vicksburg Gibraltar of the Mississippi , and Chattanooga, the systemic differences between the North and South began to tell. The more inclusive, meritocratic Union allowed Grant to enter into the military s halls of decision, whereas the proudly aristocratic Confederate high command barred Forrest from contributing his input. As Hurst vividly demonstrates, that disparity affected, and possibly dictated, the war s outcome. Thoroughly disgusted with his disdainful superiors and their failure to save his home state of Tennessee from the clutches of the Union, Forrest eventually requested a transfer to a backwater theater of the war. Grant, by contrast, won command of the entire Union army following his troops stunning performance at Chattanooga, and would go on to lead the North to victory over the forces of another exceptional Southern general: Robert E. Lee. An utterly American tale about class, merit, and their role in one of the most formative wars in the nation s history, Born to Battle offers an impassioned account of two visionary Civil War leaders and the clashing cultures they fought in some cases, quite ironically to protect. Hurst shows how Grant and Forrest brought to the battlefield the fabled virtues of the American working-class: hard work, ingenuity, and intense determination. Each man s background contributed to his triumphs on the battlefield, but the open-mindedness of his fellow commanders proved just as important. When the North embraced Grant, it won a stalwart defender. When the South rejected Forrest, by contrast, it sealed its fate.
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Husby, Karla Jean; Wittenberg, Eric J. Under Custer's Command: The Civil War Journal Of James Henry Avery 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1059649. ISBN #1574884085 / 9781574884081. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Husby, Karla Jean; Wittenberg, Eric J. Under Custer's Command: The Civil War Journal Of James Henry Avery 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1059649. ISBN #1574884085 / 9781574884081. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Avery fought in the legendary Michigan Cavalry Brigade, commanded by George Armstrong Custer Avery's battles included Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, Haws Shop, Tom's Brook, Cedar Creek, and Trevilian Station George Armstrong Custer's fabled Fifth Regiment fought with great distinction throughout the war and suffered the third highest total of men killed in the entire Union cavalry. A twenty-four-year-old farmer and new father from Hopkins, Michigan, named James Henry Avery was one of Custer's feared "Wolverines." Besides eloquently describing his personal experiences, Sergeant Avery's wartime journals and postwar reminiscences provide uniquely detailed descriptions of Civil War cavalry movements and the only known account that addresses the escape of elements of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry on the first day of the Battle of Trevilian Station.
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Jenkins, Robert D. The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Sortie--20 July 1864 Mercer University Press 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164042. ISBN #0881463965 / 9780881463965. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Jenkins, Sally; Stauffer, John State Of Jones 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113665. ISBN #0385525931 / 9780385525930. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Jenkins, Sally; Stauffer, John State Of Jones 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1113665. ISBN #0385525931 / 9780385525930. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy. The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War the real South. Not the South that has been mythologized in novels and movies, but an authentic, hardscrabble place where poor men were forced to fight a rich man s war for slavery and cotton. In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight s life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South and it shatters the image of the Confederacy as a unified front against the Union. This riveting investigative account takes us inside the battle of Corinth, where thousands lost their lives over less than a quarter mile of land, and to the dreadful siege of Vicksburg, presenting a gritty picture of a war in which generals sacrificed thousands through their arrogance and ignorance. Off the battlefield, the Newton Knight story is rich in drama as well. He was a man with two loves: his wife, who was forced to flee her home simply to survive, and an ex-slave named Rachel, who, in effect, became his second wife. It was Rachel who cared for Knight during the war when he was hunted by the Confederates, and, later, when members of the Knight clan sought revenge for the disgrace he had brought upon the family name. Working hand in hand with John Stauffer, distinguished chair and professor of the History of American Civilization at Harvard University, Sally Jenkins has made the leap from preeminent sportswriter to a historical writer endowed with the accuracy, drive, and passion of Doris Kearns Goodwin. The result is Civil War history at its fin
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Johnson, Michael P. (Editor) Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, And The Civil War: Selected Writings And Speeches Bedford/St. Martin's 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or976501. ISBN #0312208545 / 9780312208547. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Johnson, Michael P. (Editor) Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, And The Civil War: Selected Writings And Speeches Bedford/St. Martin's 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or976501. ISBN #0312208545 / 9780312208547. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Letting Lincoln's eloquent voice speak for itself, editor Michael Johnson has collected more than 180 of the writings and speeches that illuminate Lincoln s life and career, from his youth to his entry into Republican politics and through his presidency. Classics like the Kansas-Nebraska speech, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the Gettysburg Address, along with less familiar writings poignant letters to individual voters, notes to generals on military strategy, and stirring public speeches show the development of Lincoln's thought on free labor, slavery, secession, the Civil War, and emancipation. Johnson provides historical context by weaving an engaging narrative around Lincoln s own words, making this volume the most accessible collection of Lincoln s writings available. Also included are 14 illustrations, relevant Civil War maps, a Lincoln chronology, reading questions, a bibliography, and an index.
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Johnson, Robert Underwood & Clarence Clough Buel (editors) Battles And Leaders Of The Civil War Volume II: The Struggle Intensifies Castle hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1141943. ISBN #0890095701 / 9780890095706. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Johnson, Robert Underwood (Editor) Battles And Leaders Of The Civil War: The Tide Shifts 2010 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1036118. ISBN #0890095736 / 9780890095737. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Johnston, David E Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War Commonwealth Press 1980 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1146135. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Johnston, Joseph E. Narrative Of Military Operations During The Civil War CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2014 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1000928. ISBN #1505383439 / 9781505383430. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Johnston, Joseph E. Narrative Of Military Operations During The Civil War CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2014 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1000928. ISBN #1505383439 / 9781505383430. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The South s ranking of senior generals seeks to tarnish my fair fame as a soldier and a man, earned by more than thirty years of laborious and perilous service. I had but this, the scars of many wounds, all honestly taken in my front and in the front of battle, and my father's Revolutionary sword. It was delivered to me from his venerated hand, without a stain of dishonor. Its blade is still unblemished as when it passed from his hand to mine. I drew it in the war, not for rank or fame, but to defend the sacred soil, the homes and hearths, the women and children; aye, and the men of my mother Virginia, my native South." Joseph E. Johnston to Jefferson Davis, September 1861 During the Civil War, one of the tales that was often told among Confederate soldiers was that Joseph E. Johnston was a crack shot who was a better bird hunter than just about everyone else in the South. However, as the story went, Johnston would never take the shot when asked to, complaining that something was wrong with the situation that prevented him from being able to shoot the bird when it was time. The story is almost certainly apocryphal, but it was aptly used to demonstrate the Confederates frustration with a man who everyone regarded as a capable general. Johnston began the Civil War as one of the South s senior commanders, leading the ironically named Army of the Potomac to victory in the Battle of First Bull Run over Irvin McDowell s Union Army. But Johnston would become known more for losing by not winning. Johnston was never badly beaten in battle, but he had a habit of strategically withdrawing until he had nowhere left to retreat. When Johnston had retreated in the face of McClellan s army before Richmond in 1862, he finally launched a complex attack that not only failed but left him severely wounded, forcing him to turn over command of the Army of Northern Virginia to Robert E. Lee. Johnston and Confederate President Jefferson Davis had a volatile relationship throughout the war, but Johnston was too valuable to leave out of service and at the beginning of 1864 he was given command of the Army of Tennessee. When Johnston gradually retreated in the face of Sherman s massive army which outnumbered his 2-1 before Atlanta in 1864, Davis removed Johnston from command of the Army of Tennessee and gave it to John Bell Hood. Johnston has never received the plaudits of many of the South s other generals; in fact, there are only a couple of monuments commemorating his service in the South. Yet Johnston was a competent general who fought in some of the most important campaigns of the Civil War, and it s often forgotten that it was his surrender to Sherman weeks after Appomattox that truly ended the Civil War. Johnston did so over Davis s command to keep fighting, incurring his wrath once more. Having dealt with each other, Sherman and Johnston became friends after the war, and when the elderly Johnston served as a pallbearer at Sherman s funeral, he contracted an illness that eventually killed him. Given his prominent and controversial role in the Civil War, Johnston naturally took to writing memoirs, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, which gives an extremely detailed account of the war, a defense of his actions, and criticism of Jefferson Davis and John Bell Hood. One of the most interesting parts of Johnston s memoirs come at the end, with his letters, telegrams, and even an anecdote about the origins of the Confederate Battle Flag.
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Jones, Virgil Carrington Gray Ghosts And Rebel Raiders: Volume 1 mass market paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1000637. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Kagan, Neil Great Photographs of the Civil War Oxmoor House 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1156827. ISBN #0848728173 / 9780848728175. (keywords: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR) (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Katcher, Philip American Civil War Artillery 1861 - 1865: Filed & Heavy Artillery Osprey Miliitary 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1153172. ISBN #1841764493 / 9781841764498. (filed under: Civil War ) *
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Katcher, Philip American Civil War Artillery 1861 - 1865: Filed & Heavy Artillery Osprey Miliitary 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1153172. ISBN #1841764493 / 9781841764498. (filed under: Civil War ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY 1861-1865 : FIELD HEAVY ARTILLERY Perhaps the most in uential arm of either army in the prosecution of the American Civil War, the artillery of both sides grew to be highly professional organizations. Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American ordnance placed an emphasis on its 'Heavy Artillery' mounted in coastal defenses, while their 'Field Artillery' units were assigned across the fighting fronts. In battle, the introduction of both the 12-pdr. Napoleon and ri ed cannon provided a range and power previously unknown on American soil. This book details the development and usage of this vital cog in the war-machine of both sides. PHILIP KATCHER lives and works in Pennsylvania, USA, and has written over 20 titles in the Osprey Men-at-Arms series, including the highly successful five-volume set on Armies of the American Civil War. TONY BRYAN is a freelance illustrator of many years experience after initially qualifying in Engineering and working for a number of years in Military Research and Development. Tony has a keen interest in military hardware -- armor, small arms, aircraft and ships -- and has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books, including a number of titles in the Osprey New Vanguard Series.
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Katcher, Philip Lethal Glory: Dramatic Defeats of the Civil War Arms & Armour 1995 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1145762. ISBN #1854092391 / 9781854092397. (keywords: UNITED STATES HISTORY REVOLUTION 1775) (filed under: Civil War ) *
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