0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
Price
  • R50 - R100 (2)
  • R100 - R250 (427)
  • R250 - R500 (2,982)
  • R500+ (5,082)
  • -
Status
Format
Author / Contributor
Publisher

Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900

The Veteran Volunteers of Herkimer and Otsego Counties in the War of the Rebellion; Being a History of the 152d N. Y. V. With... The Veteran Volunteers of Herkimer and Otsego Counties in the War of the Rebellion; Being a History of the 152d N. Y. V. With Scenes, Incidents, Etc., Which Occurred in the Ranks, of the 34th N. Y., 97th N. Y., 121st N. Y., 2d N. Y. Heavy Artillery, ... (Hardcover)
Henry Roback
R926 Discovery Miles 9 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The 101st Pennsylvania in the Civil War - ITS CAPTURE AND POW EXPERIENCE: The Saga of a Lucky Bedford, PA, Lieutenant and His... The 101st Pennsylvania in the Civil War - ITS CAPTURE AND POW EXPERIENCE: The Saga of a Lucky Bedford, PA, Lieutenant and His Unlucky Regiment (Hardcover)
Harold B. Birch
R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The author's first book, The 50th Pennsylvania's Civil War Odyssey, addressed the wartime journey of a regiment that fought in six Southern states. In this, his second Civil War tale, you follow the hardships faced by a regiment that fought in only two. It fought in McClellan's Virginia Peninsula Campaign and then, in its second major fight at Plymouth, NC in April 1864, the entire Union garrison was captured by General Hoke's Confederate forces. This book also focuses on a lucky lieutenant from Bedford, Pennsylvania, who escaped from rebel captivity with two companions and, with help from field slaves and Unionists in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, walked 250 miles in 42 days to Union lines. His regiment, the 101st Pennsylvania, was not so fortunate. Captured in April of 1864 in its entirety at Plymouth, NC, nearly half of its enlisted men perished in Confederate POW camps.

For Cause and Comrades - Why Men Fought in the Civil War (Hardcover, New): James M Mcpherson For Cause and Comrades - Why Men Fought in the Civil War (Hardcover, New)
James M Mcpherson
R1,186 Discovery Miles 11 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, over and over again, through countless bloody battles and four long, awful years ? Why did the conventional wisdom -- that soldiers become increasingly cynical and disillusioned as war progresses -- not hold true in the Civil War?

It is to this question--why did they fight-- that James McPherson, America's preeminient Civil War historian, now turns his attention. He shows that, contrary to what many scholars believe, the soldiers of the Civil War remained powerfully convinced of the ideals for which they fought throughout the conflict. Motivated by duty and honor, and often by religious faith, these men wrote frequently of their firm belief in the cause for which they fought: the principles of liberty, freedom, justice, and patriotism. Soldiers on both sides harkened back to the Founding Fathers, and the ideals of the American Revolution. They fought to defend their country, either the Union--"the best Government ever made"--or the Confederate states, where their very homes and families were under siege. And they fought to defend their honor and manhood. "I should not lik to go home with the name of a couhard," one Massachusetts private wrote, and another private from Ohio said, "My wife would sooner hear of my death than my disgrace." Even after three years of bloody battles, more than half of the Union soldiers reenlisted voluntarily. "While duty calls me here and my country demands my services I should be willing to make the sacrifice," one man wrote to his protesting parents. And another soldier said simply, "I still love my country."

McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. Civil War soldiers were among the most literate soldiers in history, and most of them wrote home frequently, as it was the only way for them to keep in touch with homes that many of them had left for the first time in their lives. Significantly, their letters were also uncensored by military authorities, and are uniquely frank in their criticism and detailed in their reports of marches and battles, relations between officers and men, political debates, and morale. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war.

Battle Cry of Freedom, McPherson's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times, called "history writing of the highest order." For Cause and Comrades deserves similar accolades, as McPherson's masterful prose and the soldiers' own words combine to create both an important book on an often overlooked aspect of our bloody Civil War, and a powerfully moving account of the men who fought it.

New England Plantations - Commerce and Slavery (Hardcover): Robert A. Geake New England Plantations - Commerce and Slavery (Hardcover)
Robert A. Geake
R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Making of the Primitive Baptists - A Cultural and Intellectual History of the Anti-Mission Movement, 1800-1840 (Hardcover):... The Making of the Primitive Baptists - A Cultural and Intellectual History of the Anti-Mission Movement, 1800-1840 (Hardcover)
James R. Mathis
R4,563 Discovery Miles 45 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This study describes the creation of the Primitive Baptist movement and discusses the main outlines of their thought. It also weaves the story of the Primitive Baptists with other developments in American Christianity in the Early Republic.

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
R1,188 Discovery Miles 11 880 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."

All Manner of War (Hardcover): Pamela Dunnam All Manner of War (Hardcover)
Pamela Dunnam
R1,109 Discovery Miles 11 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Lincoln in Indiana (Hardcover): J Edward Murr Lincoln in Indiana (Hardcover)
J Edward Murr
R767 Discovery Miles 7 670 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
A Short History of the American Civil War (Hardcover): Paul Christopher Anderson A Short History of the American Civil War (Hardcover)
Paul Christopher Anderson
R2,045 Discovery Miles 20 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the collective consciousness of the United States. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern history, claiming the lives of at least 600,000 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians. The Civil War was also one of the world's first truly industrial conflicts, involving railroads, the telegraph, steamships and mass-manufactured weaponry. The eventual victory of the Union over the Confederacy rang the death-knell for American slavery, and set the USA on the path to becoming a truly world power. Paul Christopher Anderson shows how and why the conflict remains the nation's defining moment, arguing that it was above all a struggle for power and political supremacy. Melding social, cultural and military history, the author explores iconic battles like Shiloh, Chickamauga, Antietam and Gettysburg, as well as the bitterly contesting forces underlying them. He shows that while both sides began the war in order to preserve - the integrity of the American state in the case of the Union, the integrity of a culture and value system in the case of the Confederacy - it allowed the South to define a regional identity that has survived into modern times.

The Gray Fox - George Crook and the Indian Wars (Hardcover): Paul Magid The Gray Fox - George Crook and the Indian Wars (Hardcover)
Paul Magid
R1,248 Discovery Miles 12 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

George Crook was one of the most prominent military figures of the late-nineteenth-century Indian Wars. Yet today his name is largely unrecognized despite the important role he played in such pivotal events in western history as the Custer fight at the Little Big Horn, the death of Crazy Horse, and the Geronimo campaigns. As Paul Magid portrays Crook in this highly readable second volume of a projected three-volume biography, the general was an innovative and eccentric soldier, with a complex and often contradictory personality, whose activities often generated intense controversy. Though known for his uncompromising ferocity in battle, he nevertheless respected his enemies and grew to know and feel compassion for them. Describing campaigns against the Paiutes, Apaches, Sioux, and Cheyennes, Magid's vivid narrative explores Crook's abilities as an Indian fighter. The Apaches, among the fiercest peoples in the West, called Crook the Gray Fox after an animal viewed in their culture as a herald of impending death. Generals Grant and Sherman both regarded him as indispensable to their efforts to subjugate the western tribes. Though noted for his aggressiveness in combat, Crook was a reticent officer who rarely raised his voice, habitually dressed in shabby civilian attire, and often rode a mule in the field. He was also self-confident to the point of arrogance, harbored fierce grudges, and because he marched to his own beat, got along poorly with his superiors. He had many enduring friendships both in- and outside the army, though he divulged little of his inner self to others and some of his closest comrades knew he could be cold and insensitive. As Magid relates these crucial episodes of Crook's life, a dominant contradiction emerges: while he was an unforgiving warrior in the field, he not infrequently risked his career to do battle with his military superiors and with politicians in Washington to obtain fair treatment for the very people against whom he fought. Upon hearing of the general's death in 1890, Chief Red Cloud spoke for his Sioux people: ""He, at least, never lied to us. His words gave the people hope.

Across the Great Divide - Manxmen in the American Civil War (Paperback): John Murray Across the Great Divide - Manxmen in the American Civil War (Paperback)
John Murray
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Weirding the War - Stories from the Civil War's Ragged Edges (Hardcover, New): Stephen Berry Weirding the War - Stories from the Civil War's Ragged Edges (Hardcover, New)
Stephen Berry
R2,817 Discovery Miles 28 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"It is well that war is so terrible," Robert E. Lee reportedly said, "or we would grow too fond of it." The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war ter-rible again. Taking a "freakonomics" approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war itself. Collectively the essays remind us that war is always about "damage," even at its most heroic and even when certain people and things deserve to be damaged.

Here then is not only the grandness of the Civil War but its more than occasional littleness. Here are those who profited by the war and those who lost by it--and not just those who lost all save their honor, but those who lost their honor too. Here are the cowards, the coxcombs, the belles, the deserters, and the scavengers who hung back and so survived, even thrived. Here are dark topics like torture, hunger, and amputation. Here, in short, is war.

This Sacred Trust - American Nationality 1778-1898 (Hardcover): Paul C. Nagel This Sacred Trust - American Nationality 1778-1898 (Hardcover)
Paul C. Nagel
R2,258 Discovery Miles 22 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Nagel's classic work deals with nineteenth-century America's coming awareness as a nation and its agonizing struggle to turn itself into a model republic. He perceptively explores the growth of American nationalism in its political, social, religious, economic, and literary implications. The resulting book is a vivid portrait of how America viewed itself, what concerned it deeply, and ultimately, of those forces in society that led to a new spirit of militant nationalism.

Do They Miss Me at Home? - The Civil War Letters of William McKnight, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (Hardcover): Donald C.... Do They Miss Me at Home? - The Civil War Letters of William McKnight, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (Hardcover)
Donald C. Maness, H. Jason Combs
R1,504 Discovery Miles 15 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

William McKnight was a member of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry from September 1862 until his death in June of 1864. During his time of service, McKnight penned dozens of emotion-filled letters, primarily to his wife, Samaria, revealing the struggles of an entire family both before and during the war. This collection of more than one hundred letters provides in-depth accounts of several battles in Kentucky and Tennessee, such as the Cumberland Gap and Knoxville campaigns that were pivotal events in the Western Theater. The letters also vividly respond to General John Hunt Morgan's raid through Ohio and correct claims previously published that McKnight was part of the forces chasing Morgan. By all accounts Morgan did stay for a period of time at McKnight's home in Langsville during his raid through Ohio, much to McKnight's horror and humiliation, but McKnight was in Kentucky at the time. Tragically, McKnight was killed in action nearly a year later during an engagement with Morgan's men near Cynthiana, Kentucky.

U.S. Revenue Cutters of the Civil War (Hardcover): Florence Kern U.S. Revenue Cutters of the Civil War (Hardcover)
Florence Kern
R813 Discovery Miles 8 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Despite the seemingly never-ending torrent of books about the American Civil War, relatively little has been written about the role of the United States Revenue Marine Service (now the U.S. Coast Guard) in the naval struggle against the Confederacy. The United States Revenue Cutters in the Civil War presents a ship-by-ship study of this neglected aspect of the war, from the decisions of individual cutter commanders as to which side they would take in the struggle to their ships key role in enforcing the Northern blockade of the South s coasts. The author, an expert on the early history of the Revenue Service, also tells the amazing story of the capture of the cutter Caleb Cushing by Confederates under the command of Lieutenant Charles W. Savez Read, CSN in the harbor of Portland, Maine, his daring escape, brief battle with Union ships, and the scuttling of the Cushing. This hard-to-find publication also documents the other combat actions, nautical mishaps, and ultimate fates of these unsung participants in the naval side of the Civil War.

Biographical Dictionary of the Union - Northern Leaders of the Civil War (Hardcover, New): James W. Geary, John T. Hubbell Biographical Dictionary of the Union - Northern Leaders of the Civil War (Hardcover, New)
James W. Geary, John T. Hubbell
R2,691 Discovery Miles 26 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Civil War and the men and women who lived during that time continue to interest, preoccupy, and bemuse a wide and various population. This volume provides information on 872 men and women of the Union, covering those who influenced the course of public policy, opinion, and events. Coverage of political leaders, such as congressmen and cabinet officers, is comprehensive, while others, such as editors, photographers, and abolitionists, are covered selectively. Military leaders are included for specific contributions to the Union. Each profile provides biographical information about the person, stressing the war years and offering an assessment of the individual's place in the Union. Each entry concludes with bibliographic sources. Taken together, the profiles illumine those mystic chords of memory that continue to tie us yet to the Civil War generation.

The Boys of '61 - The Personal Experiences of an American Journalist Throughout the American Civil War (Hardcover):... The Boys of '61 - The Personal Experiences of an American Journalist Throughout the American Civil War (Hardcover)
Charles Carleton Coffin
R1,276 Discovery Miles 12 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A famous American writer's experiences of the Civil War
The title of this book, of course, refers to the men of the United States who rallied to their nation's flag and the cause of the maintenance of the union between all the states at the first trumpet call to arms in 1861. The dissatisfaction of the eleven Southern states which would form the Confederacy burst into violence in April of that year with the attack on Fort Sumter and these first shots heralded four years of appalling bloodshed and acrimony before the United States of America could once again be declared a whole nation. This is not a general history of the war, it is, in the person of Charles Carleton Coffin, an account of personal experiences by an expert observer who is now regarded as one of the most important journalists the American nation has ever produced-Coffin was also a fine author and accomplished politician. The term 'embedded correspondent' has become a familiar term to describe newsmen who accompany an army in the field. The nineteenth century was however a golden age of special correspondents, of various nations, who joined fighting forces at the sharp end of conflict all over the globe and not a few of them-as they do to this day-paid the ultimate price for their dogged persistence in placing the facts before the public. Coffin was determined to experience the Civil War at close quarters and in this substantial book he takes us on campaign, from the intimacy of the march and the camp, among ordinary men and officers-and close by the commanders of the Union Army, as momentous events unfolded and important decisions were made. All first hand accounts are invaluable source works irrespective of the skill in penmanship of their authors. They record events and the exploits of individuals long gone and are, quite simply, the lifeblood of history. Nevertheless, when history is seen by a keen eye and related by those with a vivid turn of phrase and command of language it is at its best. Coffin was such an observer, he experienced the war in full measure at Bull Run, the Tennessee Campaign, Pittsburg Landing, the invasion of Maryland and Kentucky, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg and the fall of Richmond and witnessed many other momentous events on land and afloat. Available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

The Soldier in Our Civil War - a Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865, Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as... The Soldier in Our Civil War - a Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865, Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-field, From Sketches Drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and Numerous Other...; 2 (Hardcover)
Frank 1821-1880 Leslie; Created by Paul Fleury B 1841 Mottelay, T (Thomas) Ed Campbell-Copeland
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Worth a Dozen Men - Women and Nursing in the Civil War South (Nation Divided: New Studies in Civil War History) (Hardcover):... Worth a Dozen Men - Women and Nursing in the Civil War South (Nation Divided: New Studies in Civil War History) (Hardcover)
Libra R Hilde
R1,846 Discovery Miles 18 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In antebellum society, women were regarded as ideal nurses because of their sympathetic natures. However, they were expected to exercise their talents only in the home; nursing strange men in hospitals was considered inappropriate, if not indecent. Nevertheless, in defiance of tradition, Confederate women set up hospitals early in the Civil War and organized volunteers to care for the increasing number of sick and wounded soldiers. As a fledgling government engaged in a long and bloody war, the Confederacy relied on this female labor, which prompted a new understanding of women's place in public life and a shift in gender roles.

Challenging the assumption that Southern women's contributions to the war effort were less systematic and organized than those of Union women, "Worth a Dozen Men "looks at the Civil War as a watershed moment for Southern women. Female nurses in the South played a critical role in raising army and civilian morale and reducing mortality rates, thus allowing the South to continue fighting. They embodied a new model of heroic energy and nationalism, and came to be seen as the female equivalent of soldiers. Moreover, nursing provided them with a foundation for pro-Confederate political activity, both during and after the war, when gender roles and race relations underwent dramatic changes.

"Worth a Dozen Men" chronicles the Southern wartime nursing experience, tracking the course of the conflict from the initial burst of Confederate nationalism to the shock and sorrow of losing the war. Through newspapers and official records, as well as letters, diaries, and memoirs--not only those of the remarkable and dedicated women who participated, but also of the doctors with whom they served, their soldier patients, and the patients' families--a comprehensive picture of what it was like to be a nurse in the South during the Civil War emerges.

Antietam to Appomattox With 118th Penna. Vols., Corn Exhange Regiment; pt.2 (Hardcover): 1 Pennsylvania Infantry 118th Regt,... Antietam to Appomattox With 118th Penna. Vols., Corn Exhange Regiment; pt.2 (Hardcover)
1 Pennsylvania Infantry 118th Regt, John L 1846- Comp Smith
R1,373 Discovery Miles 13 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
An Excursion to Canada (Hardcover): Henry David Thoreau An Excursion to Canada (Hardcover)
Henry David Thoreau
R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory - U.S. Civil War Horse Perspective: 1861-1865 Revisited (Hardcover): Clint Goodwin Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory - U.S. Civil War Horse Perspective: 1861-1865 Revisited (Hardcover)
Clint Goodwin
R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Life and Times of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie. With an Account of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837, and the Subsequent Frontier... The Life and Times of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie. With an Account of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837, and the Subsequent Frontier Disturbances, Chiefly From Unpublished Documents; 2 (Hardcover)
Charles 1820-1908 Lindsey
R1,060 Discovery Miles 10 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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
R1,201 Discovery Miles 12 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Life of General Robert E. Lee (Hardcover): John Esten Cooke A Life of General Robert E. Lee (Hardcover)
John Esten Cooke
R1,066 Discovery Miles 10 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
No Party Now - Politics in the Civil War…
Adam I. P. Smith Hardcover R2,683 Discovery Miles 26 830
James Garfield and the Civil War - For…
Daniel J Vermilya Paperback R704 R640 Discovery Miles 6 400
The Gettysburg Address - Perspectives on…
Sean Conant Hardcover R2,548 Discovery Miles 25 480
The Siege of Washington - The Untold…
John Lockwood, Charles Lockwood Hardcover R913 Discovery Miles 9 130
The Great Chicago Beer Riot - How Lager…
John F. Hogan, Judy E Brady Paperback R558 R511 Discovery Miles 5 110
Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx in…
Allan Kulikoff Hardcover R3,534 Discovery Miles 35 340
Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign…
Jonathan A. Noyalas Paperback R517 R481 Discovery Miles 4 810
This Birth Place of Souls - The Civil…
Jane E Schultz Hardcover R3,359 Discovery Miles 33 590
Lincolnites and Rebels - A Divided Town…
Robert Tracy McKenzie Hardcover R1,958 Discovery Miles 19 580
Mobile Under Siege - Surviving the Union…
Paula Lenor Webb Paperback R572 R525 Discovery Miles 5 250

 

Partners