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General Beckwith - His Life and Labours Among the Waldenses of Piedmont (Hardcover): J P (Jean Pierre) Meille General Beckwith - His Life and Labours Among the Waldenses of Piedmont (Hardcover)
J P (Jean Pierre) Meille
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Connell Guide To The American Civil War (Paperback): Adam Smith The Connell Guide To The American Civil War (Paperback)
Adam Smith
R264 R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Save R15 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The History of Women in the United States, Vol 7 - Part 2: Industrial Wage Work (Hardcover): Nancy F Cott The History of Women in the United States, Vol 7 - Part 2: Industrial Wage Work (Hardcover)
Nancy F Cott
R4,770 Discovery Miles 47 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Abraham Lincoln - The Southern View (Hardcover, 5th ed.): Lochlainn Seabrook Abraham Lincoln - The Southern View (Hardcover, 5th ed.)
Lochlainn Seabrook
R1,318 Discovery Miles 13 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Story-life of Lincoln - A Biography Composed of Five Hundred True Stories Told by Abraham Lincoln and his Friends, Selected... The Story-life of Lincoln - A Biography Composed of Five Hundred True Stories Told by Abraham Lincoln and his Friends, Selected From all Authentic Sources, and Fitted Together in Order, Forming his Complete Life History [excerpts] (Hardcover)
Wayne Whipple
R794 Discovery Miles 7 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Accounts of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Assassination - Eyewitnesses A-E (Hardcover): Lincoln Financial Foundation... Accounts of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Assassination - Eyewitnesses A-E (Hardcover)
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Milne Papers - Volume II: The Royal Navy and the Outbreak of the American Civil War, 1860-1862 (Hardcover, New Ed): John... The Milne Papers - Volume II: The Royal Navy and the Outbreak of the American Civil War, 1860-1862 (Hardcover, New Ed)
John Beeler
R3,513 Discovery Miles 35 130 Out of stock

Centred upon a man who never participated in combat operations during his sixty-year naval career, this volume depicts the routine peacetime operations of the mid-Victorian Royal Navy, operations that have received short shrift in naval histories, even though they have constituted the bulk of the service's mission during the past two centuries. Not surprisingly, the Navy operated in support of the liberal state and its agenda, as many of the documents in this collection make clear. Following the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, both Britain and the United States moved quickly to exploit new trade opportunities and for the next seventy years it was the Royal Navy that enforced the Doctrine, to the benefit of British commercial interests, but also to those of the United States and of any other country engaged in legitimate trade in the hemisphere. The service took the lead in combating piracy and the slave trade, and upheld the rule of law across global trade routes. The documents that comprise this volume therefore deal with topics of interest to scholars of international relations, Anglo-American affairs, the U.S. Civil War and the slave trade. Other aspects addressed include naval medicine, steam-era logistics and other elements of the Royal Navy's modernization pertaining to its materiel, personnel, and administration.

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Maryland 3rd Infantry Regiment Potomac Home Brigade (Hardcover): John C. Rigdon Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Maryland 3rd Infantry Regiment Potomac Home Brigade (Hardcover)
John C. Rigdon
R1,112 Discovery Miles 11 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The 3rd Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade was organized at Cumberland, Hagerstown, and Baltimore, Maryland, beginning October 31, 1861, and mustered in on May 20, 1862, for three years under the command of Colonel Henry C. Rizer. Companies I and K were organized at Ellicott's Mills and Monrovia, Maryland, in April and May 1864. Although the 3rd served throughout the war in the Virginia Theater, they did not get involved in most of the major battles. Their major battles were at Harper's Ferry and Monocacy. The regiment mustered out of the service at Baltimore on May 29, 1865.

The Future of Liberal Democracy - Thomas Jefferson and the Contemporary World (Hardcover, 2004 Ed.): R K Ramazani, Robert... The Future of Liberal Democracy - Thomas Jefferson and the Contemporary World (Hardcover, 2004 Ed.)
R K Ramazani, Robert Fatton Jr.
R2,809 Discovery Miles 28 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Top scholars and practitioners from a variety of ideological perspectives consider liberal democracy and the Jeffersonian legacy, both in relation to key issues in the practice and theory of rights (human rights, individual rights) and in relation to key themes in political thought such as citizenship and participation that remain at the forefront of our debates about public life today. perspectives on Jefferson's ideals and thought. The second section explores the key themes of sovereignty, citizenship, participation, and accountability. A concluding section analyzes the relevance and place of Jefferson's legacy and the fate of liberal democracy in today's world. Contributors offer varying perspectives on questions such as: Is what is good for America good for the rest of the world? What are the constraints that exist on the global spread of democracy, liberal or otherwise?

The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant - The Autobiography of a General and U.S. President - Both Volumes, with... The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant - The Autobiography of a General and U.S. President - Both Volumes, with Illustrations and Maps (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Ulysses S Grant
R1,193 Discovery Miles 11 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs begins with the author's formative years and his military service, continuing through the U.S. Civil War and the author's time as President of the United States. Various battles such as Monterrey, and sieges such as Vera Cruz, are recounted in this volume, with Mexico's actions and abilities as an enemy much detailed. Grant is keen to narrate the experience from his perspective as a junior officer, bringing perspective of both the strategic planning and the tactical maneuvers such conflicts entailed together with the morale of the rank and file ahead of each skirmish. Together with U.S. Grant's own recollections we find appendices in the form of original correspondences sent and received regarding the Union and Confederate forces. At the time he authored his memoirs in the mid-1880s, Grant was determined in spite of illness to add to the burgeoning historical narrative as a reliable source. With this autobiography, it is indisputable that he achieves this goal.

How the Slaves Saw the Civil War - Recollections of the War through the WPA Slave Narratives (Hardcover): Herbert C Covey,... How the Slaves Saw the Civil War - Recollections of the War through the WPA Slave Narratives (Hardcover)
Herbert C Covey, Dwight Eisnach
R1,906 Discovery Miles 19 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing from narratives of former slaves to provide accurate and poignant insights, this book presents descriptions in the former slaves' own words about their lives before, during, and following the Civil War. Examining narratives allows us to better understand what life was truly like for slaves: "hearing" history in their own words brings the human aspects of slavery and their interpersonal relationships to life, providing insights and understanding not typically available via traditional history books. How the Slaves Saw the Civil War: Recollections of the War through the WPA Slave Narratives draws upon interviews collected largely during the 1930s-1940s as part of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Because most slaves could not read or write, their perspective on the unfolding history of the war has been relatively unknown until these narratives were collected in the 1930s and 1940s. This book extracts the most cogent and compelling tales from the documentation of former slaves' seldom-heard voices on the events leading up to, during, and following the war. The work's two introductory chapters focus on the WPA's narratives and living conditions under slavery. The remaining chapters address key topics such as slave loyalties to either or both sides of the conflict, key battles, participation in the Union and/or Confederate armies, the day Union forces came, slave contact with key historical figures, and emancipation-and what came after. Supplies the actual words of former slaves used in the narratives, giving readers not only a better sense of the individuals' experiences but also of the oral tradition of African Americans during the Civil War period Includes carefully selected images of the time to underscore key concepts in the narratives and historical events and to engage the reader Provides an extensive bibliography of other reliable sources appropriate for further research by general readers, academics specializing in African American history, and Civil War buffs alike

The Genesis of the Civil War - The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861 (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Samuel Wylie Crawford The Genesis of the Civil War - The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861 (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Samuel Wylie Crawford
R1,072 Discovery Miles 10 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Samuel Crawford, a medical officer working with Major Robert Anderson, unfolds the story of the first shots fired at Fort Sumter--and the events that led to the national struggle between the North and the South in the war for the union of the States. His account was originally published in 1887.

The Wanderer - A Novel of Red Cloud's War (Hardcover): John H Corns The Wanderer - A Novel of Red Cloud's War (Hardcover)
John H Corns
R988 R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Save R162 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
West of Slavery - The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire (Paperback): Kevin Waite West of Slavery - The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire (Paperback)
Kevin Waite
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When American slaveholders looked west in the mid-nineteenth century, they saw an empire unfolding before them. They pursued that vision through war, diplomacy, political patronage, and perhaps most effectively, the power of migration. By the eve of the Civil War, slaveholders and their allies had transformed the southwestern quarter of the nation--California, New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Utah--into an appendage of the South's plantation states. Across this vast swath of the map, white southerners extended the institution of African American chattel slavery while also defending systems of Native American bondage. This surprising history uncovers the Old South in unexpected places, far west of the cotton fields and sugar plantations that exemplify the region. Slaveholders' western ambitions culminated in a coast-to-coast crisis of the Union. By 1861, the rebellion in the South inspired a series of separatist movements in the Far West. Even after the collapse of the Confederacy, the threads connecting South and West held, undermining the radical promise of Reconstruction. Kevin Waite brings to light what contemporaries recognized but historians have described only in part: The struggle over slavery played out on a transcontinental stage.

History of Morgan's Cavalry - an Account of One of the Most Successful Units of Confederate Cavalry During the American... History of Morgan's Cavalry - an Account of One of the Most Successful Units of Confederate Cavalry During the American Civil War by One of its Officers (Hardcover)
Basil W. Duke
R948 Discovery Miles 9 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The South's raiding cavalry on campaign
This substantial, well known and highly regarded work presents itself to the reader as a history of a renowned unit of Confederate Cavalry. Whilst that is undoubtedly the case, the narrative is made the more relevant, interesting and indeed entertaining because its author rode within its ranks. So the book also works admirably as a first hand account of the experiences of a cavalier of the South at war. John Hunt Morgan was a Kentuckian and a regular soldier who was drawn, in common with so many of his native state, reluctantly into war against the federal government. He raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry regiment and as its Colonel fought at Shiloh, but it was as a raider that Morgan's Cavalry achieved most fame and, for some, notoriety. 'Morgan's Raid' which took place in July 1863 was a remarkable feat of cavalry command. With lightning manoeuvres Morgan broke past the Union lines and led nearly 2,500 Confederate cavalrymen deep into Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio making this action the deepest incursion into the north of any body of uniformed Confederate troops in the war. For those interested in the dash, elan and actions of this redoubtable body of horse soldiers and their talented commander, Duke's book-a deservedly recognised classic-is essential. Available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors."

Service With The Sixth Wisconsin (Illustrated) - Four Years in the Iron Brigade (Hardcover): Rufus R Dawes, Thomas W. Lewis Service With The Sixth Wisconsin (Illustrated) - Four Years in the Iron Brigade (Hardcover)
Rufus R Dawes, Thomas W. Lewis
R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Left-Armed Corps - Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans (Hardcover): Allison M. Johnson The Left-Armed Corps - Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans (Hardcover)
Allison M. Johnson
R2,285 Discovery Miles 22 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Left-Armed Corps: Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans collects and annotates a unique and little-known body of Civil War literature: narrative sketches, accounts, and poetry by veterans who lost the use of their right arms due to wounds sustained during the conflict and who later competed in left-handed penmanship contests in 1865 and 1866. Organized by William Oland Bourne, the contests called on men who lost limbs while fighting for the Union to submit "specimens" of their best left-handed "business" writing in the form of personal statements. Bourne hoped the contests would help veterans reenter the work force and become economically viable citizens. Following Bourne's aims, the contests commemorated the sacrifices made by veterans and created an archive of individual stories detailing the recently ended conflict. However, the contestants and their entries also present visible evidence-in the form of surprisingly elegant or understandably sloppy handwriting specimens-of the difficulties veterans faced in adapting to life after the war and recovering from its traumas. Their written accounts relate the chaos of the battlefield, the agony of amputation, and the highs and lows of recovery. Editor Allison M. Johnson organizes the selections thematically in order to highlight issues crucial to the experiences of Civil War soldiers, veterans, and amputees, offering invaluable insights into the ways in which former fighting men understood and commemorated their service and sacrifice. A detailed introduction provides background information on the contests and comments on the literary and historical significance of the veterans and their writings. Chapter subjects include political and philosophical treatises by veterans, amateur but poignant poetic testaments, and graphic accounts of wounding and amputation. The Left-Armed Corps makes accessible this archive of powerful testimony and creative expression from Americans who fought to preserve the Union and end slavery.

Civil War Comes Home - The Battle of Williamsburg (Hardcover): Jake McKenzie Civil War Comes Home - The Battle of Williamsburg (Hardcover)
Jake McKenzie
R752 R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Save R112 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What was it like living in a small sleepy Southern town when the war suddenly arrived on the doorstep 150 years ago? Th ese are the stories of residents from various walks of life, and the struggles they face as the Union's Peninsula Campaign deploys forces to Fort Monroe, engages just east of Williamsburg, then continues, 'On to Richmond ' as their battle cry went. For example,

-William & Mary students, like Th omas Barlow, face life-changing decisions: to return home, or enlist with his classmates? Some of them would become heroes, but many more casualties.

-Slaves, like W.B. Nelson, must decide as well: should he remain with his master or runaway? While some remain, many become 'contrabands, ' and later freedmen, and 'colored troops.'

-Politicians, like Benjamin Butler of Boston, are given the rank of Major General despite the lack of any military experience, while General George B. McClellan, who despised President Lincoln and Washington politics, later runs for national offi ce. Neither transformation is particularly successful."

-Williamsburg residents, like shopkeeper William W. Vest and family must decide between fl eeing as refugees, or staying, like William Peachy, lawyer, to endure Federal occupation.

-Williamsburg's women, like Letitia Tyler Semple, lead efforts to improve soldier medical care, opening their homes to thousands of wounded. Others, like Mary Payne, persevere to be at her husband's bedside, while Miss Margaret Durfey falls in love with her patient.

Vicksburg - Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy (Paperback): Donald L. Miller Vicksburg - Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy (Paperback)
Donald L. Miller
R609 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R81 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Winner of the Civil War Round Table of New York's Fletcher Pratt Literary Award Winner of the Austin Civil War Round Table's Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Book Prize Winner of an Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award "A superb account" (The Wall Street Journal) of the longest and most decisive military campaign of the Civil War in Vicksburg, Mississippi, which opened the Mississippi River, split the Confederacy, freed tens of thousands of slaves, and made Ulysses S. Grant the most important general of the war. Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the last stronghold of the Confederacy on the Mississippi River. It prevented the Union from using the river for shipping between the Union-controlled Midwest and New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. The Union navy tried to take Vicksburg, which sat on a high bluff overlooking the river, but couldn't do it. It took Grant's army and Admiral David Porter's navy to successfully invade Mississippi and lay siege to Vicksburg, forcing the city to surrender. In this "elegant...enlightening...well-researched and well-told" (Publishers Weekly) work, Donald L. Miller tells the full story of this year-long campaign to win the city "with probing intelligence and irresistible passion" (Booklist). He brings to life all the drama, characters, and significance of Vicksburg, a historic moment that rivals any war story in history. In the course of the campaign, tens of thousands of slaves fled to the Union lines, where more than twenty thousand became soldiers, while others seized the plantations they had been forced to work on, destroying the economy of a large part of Mississippi and creating a social revolution. With Vicksburg "Miller has produced a model work that ties together military and social history" (Civil War Times). Vicksburg solidified Grant's reputation as the Union's most capable general. Today no general would ever be permitted to fail as often as Grant did, but ultimately he succeeded in what he himself called the most important battle of the war--the one that all but sealed the fate of the Confederacy.

The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, Civil, Military, Naval and Domestic. (Hardcover):... The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, Civil, Military, Naval and Domestic. (Hardcover)
Richard Miller Devens
R1,242 Discovery Miles 12 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

...from the time of the memorable toast of Andrew Jackson--"The federal union; it must be preserved!" ... to the assassination of President Lincoln, and the end of the war. With famous words and deeds of woman, sanitary and hospital scenes, prison experiences, andc. By Frazar Kirkland (pseud.)

Mr. Lincoln's Forts - A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington (Hardcover, New Edition): Benjamin Franklin Cooling,... Mr. Lincoln's Forts - A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington (Hardcover, New Edition)
Benjamin Franklin Cooling, Walton H Owen
R2,675 Discovery Miles 26 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the American Civil War, Washington, D.C. was the most heavily fortified city in North America. As President Abraham Lincoln's Capital, the city became the symbol of Union determination, as well as a target for Robert E. Lee's Confederates. As a Union army and navy logistical base, it contained a complex of hospitals, storehouses, equipment repair facilities, and animal corrals. These were in addition to other public buildings, small urban areas, and vast open space that constituted the capital on the Potomac. To protect Washington with all it contained and symbolized, the Army constructed a shield of fortifications: 68 enclosed earthen forts, 93 supplemental batteries, miles of military roads, and support structures for commissary, quartermaster, engineer, and civilian labor force, some of which still exist today. Thousands of troops were held back from active operations to garrison this complex. And the Commanders of the Army of the Potomac from Irvin McDowell to George Meade, and informally U.S. Grant himself, always had to keep in mind their responsibility of protecting this city, at the same time that they were moving against the Confederate forces arrayed against them. Revised in style, format, and content, the new edition of Mr. Lincoln's Forts is the premier historical reference and tour guide to the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.

Gen. Robert Edward Lee; Soldier, Citizen, and Christian Patriot (Hardcover): R a (Robert Alonzo) 1839-1914 Brock Gen. Robert Edward Lee; Soldier, Citizen, and Christian Patriot (Hardcover)
R a (Robert Alonzo) 1839-1914 Brock
R1,089 Discovery Miles 10 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Gettysburg Address - Perspectives on Lincoln's Greatest Speech (Hardcover): Sean Conant The Gettysburg Address - Perspectives on Lincoln's Greatest Speech (Hardcover)
Sean Conant
R2,320 Discovery Miles 23 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is the most famous speech Lincoln ever gave, and one of the most important orations in the history of the nation. Delivered on November 19, 1863, among the freshly dug graves of the Union dead, the Gettysburg Address defined the central meaning of the Civil War and gave cause for the nation's incredible suffering. The poetic language and moral sentiment inspired listeners at the time, and have continued to resonate powerfully with groups and individuals up to the present day. What gives this speech its enduring significance? This collection of essays, from some of the best-known scholars in the field, answers that question. Placing the Address in complete historical and cultural context and approaching it from a number of fresh perspectives, the volume first identifies how Lincoln was influenced by great thinkers on his own path toward literary and oratory genius. Among others, Nicholas P. Cole draws parallels between the Address and classical texts of Antiquity and John Stauffer considers Lincoln's knowledge of the King James Bible and Shakespeare. The second half of the collection then examines the many ways in which the Gettysburg Address has been interpreted, perceived, and utilized in the past 150 years. Since 1863, African Americans, immigrants, women, gay rights activists, and international figures have invoked the speech's language and righteous sentiments on their respective paths toward freedom and equality. Essays include Louis P. Masur on the role the Address played in eventual emancipation; Jean H. Baker on the speech's importance to the women's rights movement; and Don H. Doyle on the Address's international legacy. Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg in a defining moment for America, but as the essays in this collection attest, his message is universal and timeless. This work brings together the foremost experts in the field to illuminate the many ways in which that message continues to endure.

The Unquotable Abraham Lincoln - The President's Quotes They Don't Want You to Know! (Hardcover): Lochlainn Seabrook The Unquotable Abraham Lincoln - The President's Quotes They Don't Want You to Know! (Hardcover)
Lochlainn Seabrook
R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Lincoln - How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America: A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film... Lincoln - How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America: A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film (Paperback)
Harold Holzer
R211 R181 Discovery Miles 1 810 Save R30 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How did President Abraham Lincoln come to believe that slavery was "morally wrong," and that Congress needed to pass a law to abolish it once and for all? What did he do in January 1865--three months before he was assassinated--to ensure passage of the Thirteenth Amendment?

This fast-paced, riveting book answers these questions and more as it tells the story of Lincoln's life and times from his upbringing in Kentucky and Illinois, through his work as a lawyer and congressman, to his candidacies and victory in two Presidential elections. It also describes Lincoln's duties in the Civil War as Commander-in-Chief, his actions as President, and his relationships with his family, his political allies and rivals, and the public who voted for and against him. Harold Holzer makes an important era in American history come alive for readers of all ages.

An official companion to Steven Spielberg's Oscar(R) award-winning film Lincoln, the book also includes thirty historical photographs, a chronology, a cast of characters, texts of selected Lincoln writings and speeches, a bibliography, and a foreword by the author about his experience working as a consultant on the movie.

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