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The Spirit Divided: Memoirs Of Civil War Chaplains--The Confederacy (H687/Mrc) (Hardcover): The Spirit Divided: Memoirs Of Civil War Chaplains--The Confederacy (H687/Mrc) (Hardcover)
R979 Discovery Miles 9 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this anthology of Civil War memoirs, we get a clearer impression of some of the chaplains who served during that Great Conflict. Chaplains were among the most omnipresent observers on the battlefield, and some wrote extensively about their experiences. Eighty-seven of the 3,695 chaplains who served in both armies wrote regimental histories or published personal memoirs, not counting a multitude of letters and more than 300 official reports. Yet, there has never been an extensive collection of memoirs from chaplains of both the Confederate and Union armies presented together. In this groundbreaking work, many of the Confederate chaplains write that they opposed secession and submitted to it only when war was inevitable. Moreover, some of the ministers who became chaplains were active in ministry to black slaves. They spoke out against the neglect and abuse of those held in bondage both before and during the war. For example, Reverend John L. Girardeau formed a large mission church for slaves in Charleston, South Carolina, before the war; Reverend Isaac Tichenor criticized the abuses of the slave system before the Alabama Legislature in 1863; and Chaplain Charles Oliver preached to black laborers in the Army of Northern Virginia in 1864 with the thought that more needed to be done for them. While these efforts may appear trivial in the face of the enormity of the entire slave system, they do reflect that a social conscience was not completely lacking among the Southern chaplains. From the battlefield to the pulpit, Confederate chaplains were surprising and complex individuals. For the first time, explore this aspect of the great struggle in each chaplain's own words.

The Forty-Fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry - History of Its Services in the War of the Rebellion and a Personal Record of Its... The Forty-Fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry - History of Its Services in the War of the Rebellion and a Personal Record of Its Members (Hardcover)
John H 1830- Rerick, Hugh B Personal Recollections Reed
R940 Discovery Miles 9 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Teaching Equality - Black Schools in the Age of Jim Crow (Hardcover): Adam Fairclough Teaching Equality - Black Schools in the Age of Jim Crow (Hardcover)
Adam Fairclough
R978 Discovery Miles 9 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In "Teaching Equality," Adam Fairclough provides an overview of the enormous contributions made by African American teachers to the black freedom movement in the United States. Beginning with the close of the Civil War, when "the efforts of the slave regime to prevent black literacy meant that blacks . . . associated education with liberation," Fairclough explores the development of educational ideals in the black community up through the years of the civil rights movement. He traces black educators' connection to the white community and examines the difficult compromises they had to make in order to secure schools and funding. Teachers did not, he argues, sell out the black community but instead instilled hope and commitment to equality in the minds of their pupils. Defining the term teacher broadly to include any person who taught students, whether in a backwoods cabin or the brick halls of a university, Fairclough illustrates the multifaceted responsibilities of individuals who were community leaders and frontline activists as well as conveyors of knowledge. He reveals the complicated lives of these educators who, in the face of a prejudice-based social order and a history of oppression, sustained and inspired the minds and hearts of generations of black Americans.

Boots and Saddles 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Laurence H. Freiheit Boots and Saddles 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Laurence H. Freiheit
R1,251 Discovery Miles 12 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In time for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862), author Laurence H. Freiheit has written the definitive study of cavalry actions, Union and Confederate, before, during, and after the battle. This massive study, the product of years of research and topographical analysis, will surely be the authoritative scholarly resource on this aspect of the Civil War for years to come. Boots and Saddles: Cavalry During the Maryland Campaign of September 1862 is a 594-page, 8 1/2 x 11" hardcover, with over 200 maps, photographs, and illustrations. Included is a driving tour written by Craig Swain, with modern maps and GPS coordinates. The second edition corrects some typographical errors and supplies updates based on new source

The Autobiography Of Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover): Abraham Lincoln The Autobiography Of Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover)
Abraham Lincoln
R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lincoln's War - The Real Cause, the Real Winner, the Real Loser (Hardcover): Lochlainn Seabrook Lincoln's War - The Real Cause, the Real Winner, the Real Loser (Hardcover)
Lochlainn Seabrook
R1,070 Discovery Miles 10 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Military History of Wayne County, N.Y. - Military Register. Wayne County in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (Hardcover): L.H. Clark Military History of Wayne County, N.Y. - Military Register. Wayne County in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (Hardcover)
L.H. Clark
R1,394 Discovery Miles 13 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Kentucky 3rd Battalion Mounted Rifles (Hardcover): John C. Rigdon Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Kentucky 3rd Battalion Mounted Rifles (Hardcover)
John C. Rigdon
R1,141 Discovery Miles 11 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Confederate Emancipation - Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War (Hardcover): bruce levine Confederate Emancipation - Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War (Hardcover)
bruce levine
R1,421 R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Save R683 (48%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In early 1864, as the Confederate Army of Tennessee licked its wounds after being routed at the Battle of Chattanooga, Major-General Patrick Cleburne (the "Stonewall of the West") proposed that "the most courageous of our slaves" be trained as soldiers and that "every slave in the South who shall remain true to the Confederacy in this war" be freed. In Confederate Emancipation, Bruce Levine looks closely at such Confederate plans to arm and free slaves. He shows that within a year of Cleburne's proposal, which was initially rejected out of hand, Jefferson Davis, Judah P. Benjamin, and Robert E. Lee had all reached the same conclusions. At that point, the idea was debated widely in newspapers and drawing rooms across the South, as more and more slaves fled to Union lines and fought in the ranks of the Union army. Eventually, the soldiers of Lee's army voted on the proposal, and the Confederate government actually enacted a version of it in March. The Army issued the necessary orders just two weeks before Appomattox, too late to affect the course of the war. Throughout the book, Levine captures the voices of blacks and whites, wealthy planters and poor farmers, soldiers and officers, and newspaper editors and politicians from all across the South. In the process, he sheds light on such hot-button topics as what the Confederacy was fighting for, whether black southerners were willing to fight in large numbers in defense of the South, and what this episode foretold about life and politics in the post-war South. Confederate Emancipation offers an engaging and illuminating account of a fascinating and politically charged idea, setting it firmly and vividly in the context of the Civil War and the part played in it by the issue of slavery and the actions of the slaves themselves.

The Lightwood Chronicles (Hardcover): Stephen Whigham The Lightwood Chronicles (Hardcover)
Stephen Whigham; Contributions by Brainard Cheney, Caroline Gordon
R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Yates Phalanx - the History of the Thirty-Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Veteran Infantry in the War of the Rebellion,... Yates Phalanx - the History of the Thirty-Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Veteran Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 (Hardcover)
Charles M 1834- Clark; Frederick Charles Decker
R1,074 Discovery Miles 10 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Life in the Army of Northern Virginia - The Observations of a Confederate Artilleryman of Cutshaw S Battalion During the... Life in the Army of Northern Virginia - The Observations of a Confederate Artilleryman of Cutshaw S Battalion During the American Civil War 1861-1865 (Hardcover)
Carlton McCarthy
R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An artillery man's experience of the war between the states
Carlton McCarthy, the author of this book, was a serving soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the great American Civil War. As a humble private soldier of the second company of the Richmond Howitzers, Cutshaw's Battalion of Artillery, he had an intimate experience of life on campaign and upon the battlefield from within the Second Corps of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. McCarthy has painted a fascinating portrait of his experience of war and army life taking the reader to the very heart of the everyday business of soldiering for the Southern states. Much detail will be found in these pages concerning the minutiae of camp and campaign in all its aspects. McCarthy gives a vivid account of the closing stages of the war, the collapse of the Confederacy and his return homeward immediately after the surrender and the difficulties of subsisting in its aftermath.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Assassination - S. Mudd (Hardcover): Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Assassination - S. Mudd (Hardcover)
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
R899 Discovery Miles 8 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Passionate Sage - The Character and Legacy of John Adams (Hardcover, New): Joseph J Ellis Passionate Sage - The Character and Legacy of John Adams (Hardcover, New)
Joseph J Ellis
R1,182 R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Save R138 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

John Adams, one of the Founding Fathers of our nation and its second president, spent nearly the last third of his life in retirement grappling with contradictory views of his place in history and fearing his reputation would not fare well in the generations after his death. In an incomplete autobiography, and in numerous publications and voluminous correspondence with Thomas Jefferson and many others, he argued and railed against those who disagreed with him or made little of his contribution to our country's political foundations. And indeed, future generations did slight him, elevating Jefferson and Madison to lofty heights with Washington while Adams remained way back in the second tier. Now, in a witty, clear, and thoughtful narrative of Adams's later life at his home in Quincy, Joseph Ellis explores the mind and personality of the man as well as the earlier events that shaped his thinking. Readers will discover Adams to be both contentious and lovable, generous and petty, and the most intellectually profound of the revolutionary generation, a man who may have contributed to the earlier underestimates of his role in history, and whose perspective on America's prospects has relevance for us today.

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Mississippi 29th Infantry Regiment (Hardcover): John C. Rigdon Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Mississippi 29th Infantry Regiment (Hardcover)
John C. Rigdon
R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The 29th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in April, 1862 with men from Grenada, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha, Washington, and De Soto counties. The unit served in Mississippi, then moved to Kentucky where it saw action in Munfordville. Later it joined the Army of Tennessee and was placed in General Walthall's and Brantly's Brigade where it participated in many battles from Murfreesboro to Bentonville. The 29th lost 5 killed and 36 wounded at Munfordville, had 34 killed and 202 wounded at Murfreesboro, and suffered fifty-three percent disabled of the 364 engaged at Chickamauga. It reported 191 casualties at Chattanooga and in December, 1863 was consolidated with the 30th and 34th Regiment and totalled 554 men and 339 arms. This unit reported 5 killed and 22 wounded at Resaca, and in the fight at Ezra Church the 29th/30th lost 8 killed and 20 wounded. Very few surrendered in North Carolina in April, 1865.

A Buff Looks at the American Civil War - A Look at the United States' Greatest Conflict from the Point of View of a Civil... A Buff Looks at the American Civil War - A Look at the United States' Greatest Conflict from the Point of View of a Civil War Buff (Hardcover)
Shon Powers
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

There have been thousands of books put out about the Civil War, but none by a Civil War Buff, so I wrote one. This book was a produce of five years' work and puts the war in a way that casual fans of the war will be surprised at what took place.This book is in three parts: Civil War Timeline: the events, battles, politics, and personal observations of those who were a part of the war.Things that any good soldier of the Civil War should know: the weapons, uniforms, food, duties, marching, fighting, medical advice, and slang (with a little tribute to the Navy and Marines).Amazing Facts: starting with the issues, this part displays many facts that usually do not make it into the history books.

The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, 1864-65 (Hardcover): Charles R Bowery The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, 1864-65 (Hardcover)
Charles R Bowery
R1,963 Discovery Miles 19 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A compelling narrative of one of the Civil War's most pivotal campaigns in which Federal armies drove Robert E. Lee's army to the brink of defeat in April 1865. The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign lasted for ten months, the longest in any theater of the war, and dwarfed all of the war's other campaigns for length of sustained combat, distances covered by the opposing forces, number of troops deployed, and number of battles and engagements. Yet this military operation has traditionally received little attention from scholars, considering its importance in bringing the war to an end. This concise reference analyzes the grueling 1864-65 campaign, particularly its strategic, operational, and tactical decisions, which shaped the course and outcome of the war. The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign affected every segment of American society, bringing the impact of the war home to soldiers and civilians alike. General Ulysses S. Grant's armies employed more African Americans than in any other Civil War campaign, and their contributions were critical to Union victory. In an indication of the decisive importance of the campaign, the Confederacy took the unimaginable step of attempting to arm slaves for military service. A historian and lifelong resident of Virginia, Charles R. Bowery Jr. combines a vivid narrative, in-depth character study, and technical aspects of warfare to describe the human drama of one of the Civil War's most complex, decisive, and fascinating conflicts. This riveting account reveals how, in spite of the exceptional commands of leaders Grant and Lee, both sides suffered from personal rivalries, questions of honor, ineffective organization, and poor communication. The book concludes with an assessment of the mixed performances of both armies, the factors that influenced the outcome, and the campaign's role in ending the Civil War. Addresses the concerns of the New Military History, including the impact of the battles on common soldiers, civilians of all races, and the environment Provides driving directions to various campaign sites, along with suggested itineraries to encourage historical tourism Includes maps of the various engagements to encourage further research into significant events

Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook. - Easter, 1916. Complete and Connected Narrative of the Rising, With Detailed Accounts ..... Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook. - Easter, 1916. Complete and Connected Narrative of the Rising, With Detailed Accounts .. (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R938 Discovery Miles 9 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Concise History of the Camp and Field Life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers. Compiled From Notes, Sketches, Facts... Concise History of the Camp and Field Life of the 122d Regiment, Penn'a Volunteers. Compiled From Notes, Sketches, Facts and Incidents (Hardcover)
George F. Sprenger
R1,310 Discovery Miles 13 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865 (Hardcover): Mark W. Geiger Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865 (Hardcover)
Mark W. Geiger
R2,327 Discovery Miles 23 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This highly original work explores a previously unknown financial conspiracy at the start of the American Civil War. The book explains the reasons for the puzzling intensity of Missouri's guerrilla conflict, and for the state's anomalous experience in Reconstruction. In the broader history of the war, the book reveals for the first time the nature of military mobilization in the antebellum United States.

The Pioneer Boy, and How He Became President - the Story of the Life of Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover): William Makepeace... The Pioneer Boy, and How He Became President - the Story of the Life of Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover)
William Makepeace 1820-1898 Thayer
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The War within the Union High Command - Politics and Generalship during the Civil War (Hardcover, New): Thomas Joseph Goss The War within the Union High Command - Politics and Generalship during the Civil War (Hardcover, New)
Thomas Joseph Goss
R1,671 Discovery Miles 16 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With Union armies poised to launch the final campaigns against the Confederacy in 1864, three of its five commanders were "political generals"--appointed officers with little or no military training. Army chief of staff Henry Halleck thought such generals jeopardized the lives of men under their command and he and his peers held them in utter contempt. Historians have largely followed suit. Thomas Goss, however, offers a new and more positive assessment of the leadership qualities of these Northern commanders. In the process, he cuts through the stereotypes of political generals as superfluous and largely inept tacticians, ambitious schemers, and military failures. Goss examines the reasons why the selection process yielded so many generals who lacked military backgrounds an explores the tense and often bitter relationships among political and professional officers to illuminate the dynamics of Union generalship during the war. As this book reveals, professional generals viewed the war as a military problem requiring battle-field solutions, while appointees (and President Lincoln) focused more emphatically on the broader political contours of the struggle. The resulting friction often eroded Northern morale and damaged the North's war effort. Goss challenges the traditional idea that success was measured only on the battle-field by demonstrating significant links between military success and the achievement of the Union's political objectives. Examining commanders like Benjamin Butler, Nathaniel Banks, John McClernand, John Fremont, and Franz Sigel, Goss shows how many filled vital functions by raising troops, boosting homefront morale, securing national support for the war--andsometimes even achieving significant success on the battlefield. Comparing these generals with their professional counterparts reveals that all had vital roles to play in helping Lincoln prosecute the war and that West Pointers, despite their military training, were not necessarily better prepared for waging war. Whether professional or appointed, Goss reminds us, all generals could be considered political inasmuch as war is a continuation of politics by other means. He shows us that far more was asked of Union commanders than to simply win battles and in so doing urges a new appreciation of those appointed leaders who were thrust into the maelstrom of the Civil War.

Women in Gray - A Tribute to the Ladies Who Supported the Southern Confederacy (Hardcover): Lochlainn Seabrook Women in Gray - A Tribute to the Ladies Who Supported the Southern Confederacy (Hardcover)
Lochlainn Seabrook
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Underground Railroad - A Reference Guide (Hardcover): Kerry Walters The Underground Railroad - A Reference Guide (Hardcover)
Kerry Walters
R2,146 Discovery Miles 21 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons-white and black, men and women, from all walks of life-to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War. The Underground Railroad provides the richest portrayal yet of the first large scale act of interracial collaboration in the United States, mapping out the complex network of routes and safe stations that made escape from slavery in the American South possible. Kerry Walters' stirring account ranges from the earliest acts of slave resistance and the rise of the Abolitionist movement, to the establishment of clandestine "liberty lines" through the eastern and then-western regions of the Union and ultimately to Canada. Separating fact from legend, Walters draws extensively on first-person accounts of those who made the Railroad work, those who tried to stop it, and those who made the treacherous journey to freedom-including Eliza Harris and Josiah Henson, the real-life "Eliza" and "Uncle Tom" from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. Original documents, from key legislation like The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 to first-person narratives of escaping slaves Biographical sketches of key figures involved in the Underground Railroad, including Levi Coffin, William Lloyd Garrison, Robert Purvis, and Mary Ann Shadd

Political Pioneer of the Press - Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Her Transnational Crusade for Social Justice (Hardcover): Lori Amber... Political Pioneer of the Press - Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Her Transnational Crusade for Social Justice (Hardcover)
Lori Amber Roessner, Jodi L. Rightler-Mcdaniels; Foreword by Chandra D. Snell Clark; Contributions by Jodi L. Rightler-Mcdaniels, Lori Amber Roessner, …
R3,788 R2,667 Discovery Miles 26 670 Save R1,121 (30%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Known most prominently as a daring anti-lynching crusader, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) worked tirelessly throughout her life as a political advocate for the rights of women, minorities, and members of the working class. Despite her significance, until the 1970s Wells-Barnett's life, career, and legacy were relegated to the footnotes of history. Beginning with the posthumously published autobiography edited and released by her daughter Alfreda in 1970, a handful of biographers and historians-most notably, Patricia Schechter, Paula Giddings, Mia Bay, Gail Bederman, and Jinx Broussard-have begun to place the life of Wells-Barnett within the context of the social, cultural, and political milieu of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This edited volume seeks to extend the discussions that they have cultivated over the last five decades and to provide insight into the communication strategies that the political advocate turned to throughout the course of her life as a social justice crusader. In particular, scholars such as Schechter, Broussard, and many more will weigh in on the full range of communication techniques-from lecture circuits and public relations campaigns to investigative and advocacy journalism-that Wells-Barnett employed to combat racism and sexism and to promote social equity; her dual career as a journalist and political agitator; her advocacy efforts on an international, national, and local level; her own failed political ambitions; her role as a bridge and interloper in key social movements of the nineteenth and twentieth century; her legacy in American culture; and her potential to serve as a prism through which to educate others on how to address lingering forms of oppression in the twenty-first century.

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