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Adrian, Chris Gob's Grief Broadway Books 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or939829. ISBN #0767902815 / 9780767902816. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Adrian, Chris Gob's Grief Broadway Books 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or939829. ISBN #0767902815 / 9780767902816. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The literary debut of an electrifying talent that gives the historical novel an exhilarating dose of originality, style, and visionary energy. Gob's Grief recounts the lives of Gob and Tomo Woodhull, fictional twin sons of the real Victoria Woodhull, the nineteenth-century proto-feminist. In August of 1863, Tomo, who is eleven years old, runs off to the Civil War and dies in his first battle. Gob grows up in a profound state of grief, and by the time that he's an adult studying to be a doctor in New York City, he has begun to make real a dream to build a machine that might bring Tomo indeed, all the war dead back to life. As Gob's obsessions deepen, we are taken from the battlefields at Chickamauga Creek to the society balls of New York, from innocent childhoods in Homer, Ohio, to the building of the Brooklyn Bridge; and as the machine grows, so does the amazing cast of real and imagined characters: Walt Whitman, ministering lovingly to the Civil War wounded; Mrs. Woodhull and her sister Tennessee, doing business on Wall Street and riding churning tides of scandal; Gob's friend Will Fie, a war veteran who builds a house from glass images of suffering and death; Maci Trufant, Victoria Woodhull's prot g and Gob's great love; and even unnatural Pickie Beecher, a child who seems to float sinisterly between the living and the dead. These disparate lives come together in support of Gob's endeavor, but the abolition of death and the success of his machine may come at a price more hideous and awful than any of them can know. Both convincing in its portrayal of the collective madness America went through after the carnage of the Civil War, and otherworldly in its contemplation of obsessive grief and longing, Gob's Grief is at once an announcement of a major talent, and an extraordinary achievement in literary art.
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Bahr, Howard Black Flower 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133884. ISBN #0805054456 / 9780805054453. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Bahr, Howard Black Flower 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133884. ISBN #0805054456 / 9780805054453. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the tradition of Cold Mountain and The Killer Angels. Published in hardcover by a small press in Baltimore after being dug out of the slush pile by a discerning editor, The Black Flower is one of the most moving Civil War novels since Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels. As John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee literally disappears in a hail of cannon and rifle fire from the Union Army's entrenchments, young rifleman Bushrod Carter vividly imparts the Confederate charge and its deadly consequences. After he is brought to a makeshift hospital, Carter comes under the care of a young southern woman named Anna, who, even in the midst of battle and defeat, manages to find ways to express her love. Written with reverent attention to historical accuracy, The Black Flower is a powerful reminder that the war that divided America will not vanish quietly into the pages of history. Nominated for the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction
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Bahr, Howard The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War Henry Holt & Co (P) 1998 paperback. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some Staining. Book #or851921. ISBN #0805054456 / 9780805054453. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Bahr, Howard The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War Henry Holt & Co (P) 1998 paperback. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some Staining. Book #or851921. ISBN #0805054456 / 9780805054453. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary In the tradition of Cold Mountain and The Killer Angels. Published in hardcover by a small press in Baltimore after being dug out of the slush pile by a discerning editor, The Black Flower is one of the most moving Civil War novels since Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels. As John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee literally disappears in a hail of cannon and rifle fire from the Union Army's entrenchments, young rifleman Bushrod Carter vividly imparts the Confederate charge and its deadly consequences. After he is brought to a makeshift hospital, Carter comes under the care of a young southern woman named Anna, who, even in the midst of battle and defeat, manages to find ways to express her love. Written with reverent attention to historical accuracy, The Black Flower is a powerful reminder that the war that divided America will not vanish quietly into the pages of history. Nominated for the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction
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Bahr, Howard The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War Henry Holt and Co. 2006 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or870865. ISBN #0805067396 / 9780805067392. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Bahr, Howard The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War Henry Holt and Co. 2006 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or870865. ISBN #0805067396 / 9780805067392. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this epic novel of violence and redemption by the author of The Black Flower , a Civil War veteran travels back over old battlefields toward a reckoning with the past It's been twenty years since Cass Wakefield returned from the Civil War to his hometown in Mississippi, but he is still haunted by battlefield memories. Now, one afternoon in 1885, he is presented with a chance to literally retrace his steps from the past and face the truth behind the events that led to the loss of so many friends and comrades. The opportunity arrives in the form of Cass's childhood friend Alison, a dying woman who urges Cass to accompany her on a trip to Franklin, Tennessee, to recover the bodies of her father and brother. As they make their way north over the battlefields, they are joined by two of Cass's former brothers-in-arms, and his memories reemerge with overwhelming vividness. Before long the group has assembled on the haunted ground of Franklin, where past and present--the legacy of the war and the narrow hope of redemption--will draw each of them toward a painful confrontation. Moving between harrowing scenes of battle and the novel's present-day quest, Howard Bahr re-creates this era with devastating authority, proving himself once again to be the preeminent contemporary novelist of the Civil War.
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Bass, Cynthia Sherman's March 1994 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128512. ISBN #0679430334 / 9780679430339. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Bass, Cynthia Sherman's March 1994 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128512. ISBN #0679430334 / 9780679430339. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Autumn, 1864, and the Civil War has ground to a bloody stalemate. Frustrated by its slow and costly advance, the North looks for a way to cut the South in two and bring the war to an end. Told from the unique perspective of three participants, this novel brilliantly captures the personal tragedy and costly heroism which followed in the wake of General William Tecumseh Sherman's infamous march from Atlanta to the sea. Nicholas J. Whiteman is a Captain in Sherman's army, a history buff caught in the maelstrom of history in the making. He is the conscience of an army that had lost its conscience, pillaging and burning its way across the South, and a witness to the dark heart of war--and humanity--in a moment of searing emotional intensity that will change him forever. Anne Saunders Baker lost her husband at Shiloh and her modest home to the looting of the advancing Yankee army. Now she wanders through the scarred and devastated landscape, a woman alone, hoping to defend all she has left--her life--with a soldier's iron will. And, finally, there is the General himself: harsh, outspoken, uncompromising, who dared to take upon his shoulders the burden of a mission that will both glorify and condemn him to history and leave him one of the most misunderstood figures of the war--a man whose unparalleled brutality had one goal: to save lives. Never before has this fateful crossroads in our history been rendered in such intimate detail and with such exquisite honesty. Sherman's March takes its place among the greatest novels of the Civil War and introduces Cynthia Bass as a powerful new voice in American fiction. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Bencastro, Mario Tree of Life : Stories of Civil War Arte Publico Press 1997 Trade Paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or088698. (category: military) (keywords: War / Civil War / Civil War Fiction) (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Boyd, James Marching On Scribner's 1927 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Wear from use. Cracked Hinge / still useable. Book #or893424. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Brown, Opal Turner Against The Darkness Of The Night: One Woman's Struggle For Survival During The Civil War iUniverse, Inc. 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or880426. ISBN #0595365469 / 9780595365463. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Brown, Opal Turner Against The Darkness Of The Night: One Woman's Struggle For Survival During The Civil War iUniverse, Inc. 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or880426. ISBN #0595365469 / 9780595365463. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary After taking care of the farm animals and milking the cow, Lydia sat on the porch with Will and Lacy long after dark, waiting and listening. William would be back soon in time for supper before bedtime. He had only gone to town. There was no war. Don t try to fool yourself, Lydia, she told herself. Hear the call of the whippoorwills. Hear the rustling of the wind in the trees. Feel the loneliness of the night. All things call to their own kind and are answered, but no one answers the call of your heart. You cry in vain. You are alone with your children alone, alone. William has gone to war. So begins Lydia Walker s struggle to survive and to protect and provide for her children on their Mississippi farm during the difficult days of the Civil War. How she succeeds makes Against The Darkness Of The Night a poignant, heartwarming and suspenseful story of one woman s valiant efforts to keep the home fires burning until her man comes home. Fiction, based on fact, it is a story that all ages can enjoy.
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Crane, Stephen / Bierce, Ambrose / Beecher Stowe, Harriet Civil War Gallery Books Hard Cover. D.J. has sticker remnants to front cover.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or088717. (category: military) (keywords: War / Civil War / Civil War Fiction) (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Gilliam, Richard; Greenberg, Martin H.; Kramer, Edward E. Confederacy of the Dead Roc Trade 1993 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or996468. ISBN #0451452496 / 9780451452498. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Gilliam, Richard; Greenberg, Martin H.; Kramer, Edward E. Confederacy of the Dead Roc Trade 1993 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or996468. ISBN #0451452496 / 9780451452498. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An all-original anthology of short fiction exploring what may be the most fascinating and certainly bloodiest of all American wars--the Civil War--by the bestselling authors of dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Contributors include Anne McCaffrey, Michael Moorcock, William S. Burroughs, and Kristine Kathryl Rusch. 25 stories.
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. Gettysburg: A Novel Of The Civil War St. Martin's Press 2003 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or892415. ISBN #031230935X / 9780312309350. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. Gettysburg: A Novel Of The Civil War St. Martin's Press 2003 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or892415. ISBN #031230935X / 9780312309350. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Civil War is the American Iliad. Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson, Grant, and Lee still stand as heroic ideals, as stirring to our national memory as were the legendary Achilles and Hector to the world of the ancient Greeks. Within the story of our Iliad one battle stands forth above all others: Gettysburg. Millions visit Gettysburg each year to walk the fields and hills where Joshua Chamberlain made his legendary stand and Pickett went down to a defeat which doomed a nation, but in defeat forever became a symbol of the heroic Lost Cause. As the years passed, and the scars healed, the debate, rather than drifting away has intensified. It is the battle which has become the great "what if," of American history and the center of a dreamscape where Confederate banners finally do crown the heights above the town. The year is 1863, and General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia are poised to attack the North and claim the victory that would end the brutal conflict. But Lee's Gettysburg campaign ended in failure, ultimately deciding the outcome of the war. Launching his men into a vast sweeping operation, of which the town of Gettysburg is but one small part of the plan, General Lee, acting as he did at Chancellorsville, Second Manassas, and Antietam, displays the audacity of old. He knows he has but one more good chance to gain ultimate victory, for after two years of war the relentless power of an industrialized north is wearing the South down. Lee's lieutenants and the men in the ranks, embued with this renewed spirit of the offensive embark on the Gettysburg Campaign that many dream "should have been." The soldiers in the line, Yank and Reb, knew as well that this would be the great challenge, the decisive moment that would decided whether a nation would die, or be created, and both sides were ready, willing to lay down their lives for their Cause. An action-packed and painstakingly researched masterwork by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen, Gettysburg stands as the first book in a series to tell the story of how history could have unfolded, how a victory for Lee would have changed the destiny of the nation forever. In the great tradition of The Killer Angels and Jeff Shaara's bestselling Civil War trilogy, this is a novel of true heroism and glory in America's most trying hour.
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. Grant Comes East St. Martin's Griffin 2005 paperback. Book is signed by Newt Gingrich. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or963926. ISBN #0312309384 / 9780312309381. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. Grant Comes East St. Martin's Griffin 2005 paperback. Book is signed by Newt Gingrich. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or963926. ISBN #0312309384 / 9780312309381. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary THE BATTLE MAY HAVE BEEN WON, BUT THE WAR IS FAR FROM OVER. Grant Comes East continues the story of a Confederate victory, examining the great "what if" of American history: Could Lee have won the Battle of Gettysburg? A Confederate victory, however, would not necessarily mean that the Southern cause has gained its final triumph and a lasting peace. It is from this departure point that the story continues in Grant Comes East , as General Robert E. Lee's marches on Washington, D.C., and launches an assault against one of the largest fortifications in the world. Beyond a military victory in the field, Lee must also overcome the defiant stand of President Abraham Lincoln, who vows that regardless of the defeat at Gettysburg, his solemn pledge to preserve the Union will be honored at all cost. At the same time, Lincoln has appointed General Ulysses S. Grant as commander of all Union forces. Grant, fresh from his triumph at Vicksburg, races east, bringing with him his hardened veterans from Mississippi to confront Lee. What ensues across the next six weeks is a titanic struggle as the surviving Union forces inside the fortifications of Washington fight to hang on, while Grant prepares his counterblow. Spanning the ground from Washington to the banks of the Susquehanna, these factors will come together in a climatic, pivotal struggle.
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. Never Call Retreat: Lee And Grant: The Final Victory 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089398. ISBN #0312342985 / 9780312342982. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. Never Call Retreat: Lee And Grant: The Final Victory 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089398. ISBN #0312342985 / 9780312342982. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen conclude their inventive trilogy with this remarkable answer to the great what if of the American Civil War: Could the South have indeed won? After his great victories at Gettysburg and Union Mills, General Robert E. Lee s attempt to bring the war to a final conclusion by attacking Washington, D.C., fails. However, in securing Washington, the remnants of the valiant Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of the impetuous General Dan Sickles, is trapped and destroyed. For Lincoln there is only one hope left: that General Ulysses S. Grant can save the Union cause. It is now August 22, 1863. Lincoln and Grant are facing a collapse of political will to continue the fight to preserve the Union. Lee, desperately short of manpower, must conserve his remaining strength while maneuvering for the killing blow that will take Grant s army out of the fight and, at last, bring a final and complete victory for the South. Pursuing the remnants of the defeated Army of the Potomac up to the banks of the Susquehanna, Lee is caught off balance when news arrives that General Ulysses S. Grant, in command of more than seventy thousand men, has crossed that same river, a hundred miles to the northwest at Harrisburg. As General Grant brings his Army of the Susquehanna into Maryland, Robert E. Lee s Army of Northern Virginia maneuvers for position. Grant first sends General George Armstrong Custer on a mad dash to block Lee s path toward Frederick and with it control of the crucial B O railroad, which moves troops and supplies. The two armies finally collide in Central Maryland, and a bloody week-long battle ensues along the banks of Monocacy Creek. This must be the final battle for both sides. In Never Call Retreat, Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen bring all of their critically acclaimed talents to bear in what is destined to become an immediate cl
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory St. Martin's Griffin 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or896421. ISBN #0312342993 / 9780312342999. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory St. Martin's Griffin 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or896421. ISBN #0312342993 / 9780312342999. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen conclude their inventive trilogy with this remarkable answer to the great "what-if" of the American Civil War: Could the South have won? After his great victories at Gettysburg and Union Mills, General Robert E. Lee's attempt to bring the war to a final conclusion by attacking Washington, D.C., fails. However, in securing Washington, the remnants of the valiant Union Army of the Potomac are trapped and destroyed. For Lincoln, there is only one hope left, that General Ulysses S. Grant can save the Union cause. It is now August 22, 1863. Pursuing the Union troops up to the banks of the Susquehanna, Lee is caught off balance when news arrives that Grant, in command of over seventy thousand men, has crossed that same river. As General Grant brings his Army of the Susquehanna into Maryland, Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia maneuvers for position. The two armies finally collide in Central Maryland and a bloody weeklong battle ensues along the banks of Monocacy Creek. This must be "the final" battle for both sides. In Never Call Retreat, Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen bring all of their now critically acclaimed talents to bear in what is destined to become an immediate classic. With each book in their ongoing alternate history cycle, Gingrich and Forstchen have gone from strength to strength as storytellers.... It has passages of genuine depth and poetry which elevate it above many other specimens of its peculiar subgenre." ---William Trotter, The Charlotte Observer
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. The Battle of the Crater Thomas Dunne Books 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1005420. ISBN #0312607105 / 9780312607104. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Gingrich, Newt; Forstchen, William R. The Battle of the Crater Thomas Dunne Books 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1005420. ISBN #0312607105 / 9780312607104. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary With The Battle of the Crater , New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen take readers to the center of a nearly forgotten Civil War confrontation, a battle that was filled with controversy and misinterpretation even before the attack began. Drawing on years of research, the authors weave a complex narrative interweaving the high aspirations of African American troops eager to prove themselves in battle and the anxiety of a President who knows the nation cannot bear another major defeat. June 1864: the Civil War is now into its fourth year of bloody conflict with no end in sight. The armies of the North are stalled in fetid trenches outside of Richmond and Atlanta, and the reelection of Abraham Lincoln to a second term seems doomed to defeat a defeat that will set off the call for an end to the conflict, dismembering the Union and continuing slavery. Only one group of volunteers for the Union cause is still eager for battle. Nearly two hundred thousand men of color have swarmed the recruiting stations and are being mobilized into regiments known as the USCTs, the United States Colored Troops. General Ambrose Burnside, a hard luck commander out of favor with his superiors, is one of the few generals eager to bring a division of these new troops into his ranks. He has an ingenious plan to break Fort Pegram, the closest point on the Confederate line, defending Petersburg the last defense of Richmond by tunneling forward from the Union position beneath the fort to explode its defenses. Burnside needs the USCTs for one desperate rush that just might bring victory. The risks are high. Will Burnside be allowed to proceed or will interference from on high doom his plan to failure? The battleground drama unfolds through the eyes of James Reilly famed artist, correspondent, and friend of Lincoln, who has been employed by the president to be his eyes and ears amongst the men, sending back an honest account of the front. In so doing, he befriends Sergeant Major Garland White of the 28th USCT regiment, an escaped slave and minister preparing his comrades for a frontal assault that will either win the war, or result in their annihilation. The Battle of the Crater is Gingrich and Forstchen s most compelling fact-based work yet, presenting little known truths, long forgotten in the files of correspondence, and the actual court of inquiry held after the attack. The novel draws a new and controversial conclusion while providing a sharp, rousing and harshly realistic view of politics and combat during the darkest year of the Civil War. This must-read work rewrites our understanding of one of the great battles of the war, and the all but forgotten role played by one of the largest formations of African American troops in our nation s history.
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Greenberg, Martin H.; Pronzini, Bill (Editors)Faulkner, William; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Wolfe, Thomas; Henry, O.; Benet, Stephen Vincent; Crane, Stephen; Foote, Shelby A Treasury of Civil War Stories (R) Gramercy 1991 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Previous owners name inking. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or846873. ISBN #0517060132 / 9780517060131. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Greenberg, Martin H.; Pronzini, Bill (Editors)Faulkner, William; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Wolfe, Thomas; Henry, O.; Benet, Stephen Vincent; Crane, Stephen; Foote, Shelby A Treasury of Civil War Stories (R) Gramercy 1991 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Previous owners name inking. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or846873. ISBN #0517060132 / 9780517060131. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Hackman, Gene; Lenihan, Daniel Escape from Andersonville: A Novel of the Civil War St. Martin's Press 2008 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or922037. ISBN #0312363737 / 9780312363734. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Hackman, Gene; Lenihan, Daniel Escape from Andersonville: A Novel of the Civil War St. Martin's Press 2008 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or922037. ISBN #0312363737 / 9780312363734. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An explosive novel of the Civil War about one man s escape from a notorious Confederate prison camp---and his dramatic return to save his men. July 1864. Union officer Nathan Parker has been imprisoned at nightmarish Andersonville prison camp in Georgia along with his soldiers. As others die around them, Nathan and his men hatch a daring plan to allow him to escape through a tunnel and make his way to Vicksburg, where he intends to alert his superiors to the imprisonment and push for military action. His efforts are blocked by higher-ups in the military, so Parker takes matters into his own hands. Together with a shady, dangerous ex-soldier and smuggler named Marcel Lafarge and a fascinating collection of cutthroats, soldiers, and castoffs, a desperate Parker organizes a private rescue mission to free his men before it s too late. Exciting, thoroughly researched, and dramatic, Escape from Andersonville is a Civil War novel filled with action, memorable characters, and vividly realized descriptions of the war s final year.
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Hicks, Robert The Widow of the South Grand Central Publishing 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or905844. ISBN #0446697435 / 9780446697439. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
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Hicks, Robert The Widow of the South Grand Central Publishing 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or905844. ISBN #0446697435 / 9780446697439. (filed under: Civil War Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Carnton Plantation, 1894: Carrie McGavock is an old woman who tends the graves of the almost 1,500 soldiers buried there. As she walks among the dead, an elderly man appears--the same soldier she met that fateful day long ago. Today, he asks if the cemetery has room for one more. Based on an extraordinary true story, this brilliant, meticulously researched novel flashes back to 1864 and the afternoon of the Civil War. While the fierce fighting rages on Carrie's land, her plantation turns into a Confederate army hospital; four generals lie dead on her back porch; the pile of amputated limbs rises as tall as the smoke house. But when a wounded soldier named Zachariah Cashwell arrives at her house, he awakens feelings she had thought long dead--and inspires a passion as powerful and unforgettable as the war that consumes a nation.
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