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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
R992 Discovery Miles 9 920 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Robert E. Lee and Me - A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause (Paperback): Ty Seidule Robert E. Lee and Me - A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause (Paperback)
Ty Seidule
R431 R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Save R56 (13%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Ty Seidule scorches us with the truth and rivets us with his fierce sense of moral urgency." --Ron Chernow In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy--and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed. Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who ever lived, and that the Confederates were underdogs who lost the Civil War with honor. Now, as a retired brigadier general and Professor Emeritus of History at West Point, his view has radically changed. From a soldier, a scholar, and a southerner, Ty Seidule believes that American history demands a reckoning. In a unique blend of history and reflection, Seidule deconstructs the truth about the Confederacy--that its undisputed primary goal was the subjugation and enslavement of Black Americans--and directly challenges the idea of honoring those who labored to preserve that system and committed treason in their failed attempt to achieve it. Through the arc of Seidule's own life, as well as the culture that formed him, he seeks a path to understanding why the facts of the Civil War have remained buried beneath layers of myth and even outright lies--and how they embody a cultural gulf that separates millions of Americans to this day. Part history lecture, part meditation on the Civil War and its fallout, and part memoir, Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the deeply-held legends and myths of the Confederacy--and provides a surprising interpretation of essential truths that our country still has a difficult time articulating and accepting.

History of the Eighty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (Hardcover): Amos M Judson History of the Eighty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (Hardcover)
Amos M Judson
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 18 - 22 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
R2,192 Discovery Miles 21 920 Ships in 10 - 15 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.

History of the Fifty-first Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry - a Narrative of Its Organization, Marches, Battles and Other... History of the Fifty-first Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry - a Narrative of Its Organization, Marches, Battles and Other Experiences in Camp and Prison, From 1861 to 1866, With Revised Roster (Hardcover)
Wm R (William Ross) Hartpence
R984 Discovery Miles 9 840 Ships in 10 - 15 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
R1,576 Discovery Miles 15 760 Ships in 10 - 15 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.

Longstreet's Aide - Civil War Letters of Major Thomas J.Goree (Hardcover): Thomas J. Goree Longstreet's Aide - Civil War Letters of Major Thomas J.Goree (Hardcover)
Thomas J. Goree; Volume editing by Thomas W. Cutrer
R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the Confederacy's most loyal adherents and articulate advocates was Lieutenant General James Longstreet's aide-de-camp, Thomas Jewett Goree. Present at Longstreet's headquarters and party to the counsels of Robert E. Lee and his lieutenants, Goree wrote incisively on matters of strategy and politics and drew revealing portraits of Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, P. G. T. Beauregard, John Bell Hood, J. E. B. Stuart, and others of Lee's inner circle. His letters are some of the richest and most perceptive from the Civil War period. In addition to their inside view of the campaigns of the Confederacy, Goree's Civil War letters shed light on their remarkable author, a onetime lawyer whose growing interest in politics and desire for "immediate secession", as he wrote to his mother in 1860, led him in July 1861 to Virginia and a new career as Longstreet's associate. He stayed with Longstreet through the war, ultimately becoming a major and participating in nearly all the battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. His letters include vivid descriptions of many battles, including Blackburn's Ford, Seven Pines, Yorktown, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, the siege of Petersburg, and the surrender at Appomattox. Fortunate in war, he was exposed to constant fire for seven hours in the battle of Williamsburg. Although his saddle and accoutrements were struck seventeen times, he never received a wound. Thomas Cutrer has collected all of Goree's wartime correspondence to his family, as well as his travel diary from June - August 1865, in which he recorded his trip with Longstreet from Appomattox to Talledaga, Alabama. As a special feature Cutrer includes Goree's postwar letters to andfrom Longstreet and others that discuss the war and touch on questions regarding military operations. With its wide scope and rich detail, Longstreet's Aide represents an invaluable addition to the Civil War letter collections published in recent years. While Goree's letters will fascinate Civil War buffs, they also provide a unique opportunity for scholars of social and military history to witness from inside the workings of both an extended Southern family and the forces of the Confederacy.

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
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Underground Railroad - A Reference Guide (Hardcover): Kerry Walters The Underground Railroad - A Reference Guide (Hardcover)
Kerry Walters
R2,097 R1,912 Discovery Miles 19 120 Save R185 (9%) 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

The Battle of Gettysburg - 150 Things to Know (Paperback): Sandy Allison The Battle of Gettysburg - 150 Things to Know (Paperback)
Sandy Allison
R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This concise introduction to the Gettysburg campaign relates fascinating facts about all aspects of the battle and its participants. Revised and expanded for the 150th anniversary of the battle, it explains why the battle began, how it was fought, who was in command, what the soldiers experienced, and how the nation, the armies, and the town of Gettysburg dealt with the aftermath of the fighting -- all in a compact, fun-to-read format. * Fascinating facts about all aspects of the battle and its participants * Revised and expanded for the 150th anniversary of the battle Just some of the fascinating topics covered: * What led to the battle and why it was fought at Gettysburg * Who led the troops on both sides of the field * What average soldiers experienced, in their own words * Heroic actions and calamitous mistakes in judgment * What weapons were used and how effective they were * What happened to local civilians during and after the fight

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
R891 Discovery Miles 8 910 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Wisconsin Veterans Home at King (Hardcover): Kim J Heltemes Wisconsin Veterans Home at King (Hardcover)
Kim J Heltemes
R719 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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
R835 Discovery Miles 8 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Miller Cornfield at Antietam - The Civil War's Bloodiest Combat (Paperback): PH D Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D. Miller Cornfield at Antietam - The Civil War's Bloodiest Combat (Paperback)
PH D Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D.
R540 R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Save R46 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Confederate Money (Paperback): Paul Varnes Confederate Money (Paperback)
Paul Varnes
R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Soul of a Soldier - The True Story of a Mounted Pioneer in the Civil War (Hardcover): Myron M. Miller The Soul of a Soldier - The True Story of a Mounted Pioneer in the Civil War (Hardcover)
Myron M. Miller
R846 Discovery Miles 8 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

What happened to a soldier's soul during the Civil War as he faced the horrors of war? Why did a man leave behind a wife and two very young children to serve in the army? Who was Samuel K. Miller before, during and after the Civil War? What was the Mounted Pioneer Corps, and what was their critical role in keeping an army moving? Why was he chosen to be in that unit? When a woman was left with children while her husband went off to the Civil War, what pressures did she face because he was away? How did the women manage their homes while their husbands were away?
What were the feelings of a Union soldier as he faced his "brothers" across the picket lines, the Confederates whom he came to know personally? What did they eat? Where did they live and sleep? What did they wear, and where did they get what they needed? What volunteer organizations sprung up to help the soldiers as they fought in the battlefields, either by providing physical help, or in aiding them to be in contact with their loved ones?
From his vantage point, somewhat unique because of the positioning of the Mounted Pioneer Corps during battles, what did he see of the battles? What were the forces for and against the war in his community back in Pennsylvania? Who were the Copperheads? What happened to his four Ellis family brothers-in-law who also served in the Union Army?
All these questions are answered in this book, "The Soul of a Soldier: the True Story of a Mounted Pioneer in the Civil War." At age 42, Samuel K. Miller volunteered for the 211th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in September 1864 and served until June 1865. During his nine months in the service, he wrote 46 letters to his wife and, through her, to their one and five year old sons at their home in the little town of Hartstown, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, population less than 200.
This book contains the 46 letters that Samuel wrote during his time in the service of the Union Army, first as an infantryman, then in the Mounted Pioneer Corps attached to the Headquarters of the Union Ninth Corps. Portions of those letters are organized into 17 thematic chapters, which provide the answers to the questions raised above.
Samuel's letters provide a penetrating look into his soul, because of the highly personal nature of his letters. His letters reveal his character, values, his aspirations. Demetrius, an ancient Greek orator, literary critic, rhetorician and governor of Athens for ten years, once wrote: "Everyone reveals his own soul in his letters. In every other form of composition it is possible to determine the writer's character, but in none so clearly as the epistolary the letters]." Demetrius' words apply to Samuel Miller, for Samuel revealed his soul in his letters.

Gird Yourselves For This Great Effort (Hardcover): George Tomezsko Gird Yourselves For This Great Effort (Hardcover)
George Tomezsko
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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
R887 Discovery Miles 8 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Stonewall Jackson's Men - the Personal Experiences and Letters of Three Confederate Soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade... Stonewall Jackson's Men - the Personal Experiences and Letters of Three Confederate Soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade during the American Civil War-Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade by John O. Casler, Sketches of the Life of Captain Hugh White of Stonewa (Hardcover)
John O Casler, White, Philip Slaughter
R905 Discovery Miles 9 050 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Cowboys, Lawmen, and Outlaws - The Myth of The American Psyche (Hardcover): Jerry Bader Cowboys, Lawmen, and Outlaws - The Myth of The American Psyche (Hardcover)
Jerry Bader; Contributions by Francisco Ruiz
R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Battle of Gettysburg - A History of the Civil War in America (Hardcover): Comte De Paris Staff, Comte De Paris The Battle of Gettysburg - A History of the Civil War in America (Hardcover)
Comte De Paris Staff, Comte De Paris
R884 Discovery Miles 8 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Comte de Paris' account of the battle of Gettysburg is widely acknowledged to be the fairest description of the battle ever written. An itinerary of the Army of the Potomac and cooperating forces in the Gettysburg campaign, June and July, 1863, has also been revised and enlarged from documents in the possession of the War Department.

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
R1,213 Discovery Miles 12 130 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Discovering the Civil War in Florida - A Reader and Guide (Paperback, Second Edition): Paul Taylor Discovering the Civil War in Florida - A Reader and Guide (Paperback, Second Edition)
Paul Taylor
R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A chronicle of Civil War activity in Florida, both land and sea maneuvers. For each engagement the author includes excerpts from official government reports by officers on both sides of the battle lines. Also a guide to Civil War sites you can visit. Includes photos and maps.

Sites include:

Fort Pickens, Natural Bridge Battlefield State Historic Site, Fort Clinch State Park, Olustee Battlefield, Suwannee River State Park, Castillo de San Marcos, Bronson-Mulholland House, Cedar Key Island Hotel, Gamble Plantation, Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins State Historic Site, Fort Zachary Taylor State Historic Site, Fort Jefferson State Historic Site

The Suppressed Truth About the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - The Religious Conspiracy Surrounding the President's... The Suppressed Truth About the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - The Religious Conspiracy Surrounding the President's Murder (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Burke McCarty
R705 Discovery Miles 7 050 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Burke McCarty sets out a complex alternative theory regarding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, namely the notion that the event was orchestrated by shadowy religious powers. McCarty gathers and presents correspondences and other documents; together these offer an alternate explanation for Lincoln's heinous murder. He alleges that a Treaty in Verona in 1822 was the start of a plot to kill an American President, a plot whose pieces would gradually fall into place in the four decades which followed. McCarty alleges involvement by the Pope and the Catholic church, plus other clandestine figures, pointing to what he considers coded references in letters. Modern historians and scholars consider alternative theories behind the death of President Lincoln as spurious conspiracy. The overwhelming evidence remains that John Wilkes Booth, a vain and agitated man with a craving for notoriety, acted alone in his scheme to murder Abraham Lincoln as the President watched a performance at Ford's Theater.

Where the South Lost the War - An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862 (Paperback): Kendall D. Gott Where the South Lost the War - An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862 (Paperback)
Kendall D. Gott
R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With the collapse of the Confederate defences at Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, the entire Tennessee Valley was open to Union invasion and control. These Northern victories set up the 1864 Atlanta Campaign that cut the Confederacy in two. Had Confederate planning and leadership been better, no one can say what difference it might have made to the Civil War in the West and the outcome of the war itself. Where The South Lost The War is a fascinating and comprehensive analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign. Kendall D. Gott examines in detail the preparation, logistics and events that led to a large Confederate surrender and to the eventual defeat of the entire Confederate force. About the Author Kendall D. Gott is a military historian for the Combat Studies Institute at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is the author of several articles and studies on American military history, including In Glory's Shadow: The 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during the Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991.

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