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This is the story of the formation of this often luckless command as the II Corps in Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia on June 26, 1862.

Looks at how Grant's own memoirs have heavily shaped how the American Civil War is remembered today, and asks whether he has received too much credit at the expense of other men as a result.

Johnsonville unearths a wealth of new material that sheds light on the creation and strategic role of the Union supply depot, the use of railroads and logistics, and its defense by U.S. Colored Troops.

John C. Reed who fought through the war in General Lee's Army of Northern Virigina wrote detailed letters and correspondence of his experience on the battlefield.

Too Useful to Sacrifice shows that General McClellan deserves significant credit for defeating and turning back the South's most able general through five comprehensive chapters, each dedicated to a specific major issue of the campaign.

Captures the spirit and the character of a young privileged white teenager witnessing the demise of his world even as his own body is slowly failing him. LeRoy Gresham will now be remembered as a young voice of the Civil War South.

In the spring of 1862, George McClellan and his massive army were slowly making their way up the Virginia Peninsula. Their goal: capture the Confederate capital and end the rebellion. This book follows the armies on their trek up the peninsula.

"e;The definitive account of Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans' operational masterpiece-the almost bloodless conquest . . . of Middle Tennessee."e; -Sam Davis Elliott, author of Soldier of TennesseeJuly 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War. News of Gettysburg and Vicksburg electrified the North and devastated the South. Sandwiched geographically between those victories and lost in the heady tumult of events was news that William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland had driven Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee entirely out of Middle Tennessee. The brilliant campaign nearly cleared the state of Rebels and changed the calculus of the Civil War in the Western Theater. Despite its decisive significance, few readers even today know of these events. The publication of Tullahoma by award-winning authors David A. Powell and Eric J. Wittenberg, forever rectifies that oversight.Powell and Wittenberg mined hundreds of archival and firsthand accounts to craft a splendid study of this overlooked campaign that set the stage for the Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, the removal of Rosecrans and Bragg from the chessboard of war, the elevation of U.S. Grant to command all Union armies, and the early stages of William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. Tullahoma-one of the most brilliantly executed major campaigns of the war-was pivotal to Union success in 1863 and beyond. And now readers everywhere will know precisely why."e;An outstanding study of the decidedly under-appreciated 1863 Tullahoma Campaign in Middle Tennessee."e; -Carol Reardon, George Winfree Professor Emerita of American History, Penn State University"e;Tullahoma ranks among the best of modern Civil War campaign histories."e; -Civil War Books and Authors

The wide-ranging and largely ignored operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. This is the most comprehensive and thorough understanding of the major military episodes comprising the fascinating Petersburg Campaign.

The important - many would say decisive - Petersburg fighting is presented by legendary Civil War author Edwin C. Bearss in The Petersburg Campaign, the first in a ground-breaking two-volume compendium now available in paperback.

Using a massive array of firsthand accounts, Kirkwood re-creates the sprawling XI Corps hospital complex and the people who labored and suffered there.

Edited by teachers this book captures the spirit and the character of a young privileged white teenager recording the demise of his world and the early beginnings of another.

With a period full of high drama, this book describes how Lee and Meade sought to repair the damage done to their armies at Gettysburg, cope with desertions and home front disenchantment, and a host of other dilemmas.

The Guns of September is a sweeping account, superbly written with a "you-are-there" sense that will linger with you long after you finish the book.

The Civil War Memoirs of Captain William J. Seymour is available once more in this updated and completely revised edition by award-winning author Terry L. Jones.

';Masterfully researched ... destined to become a classic study of one of the most horrific weapons ever utilized during the Civil Warlandmines.' Jonathan A. Noyalas, director, Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute Despite all that has been published on the American Civil War, one aspect that has never received the in-depth attention it deserves is the widespread use of landmines across the Confederacy. These ';infernal devices' dealt death and injury in nearly every Confederate state and influenced the course of the war. Kenneth R. Rutherford rectifies this oversight withAmerica's Buried History: Landmines in the Civil War, the first book devoted to a comprehensive analysis and history of the fascinating and important topic. Modern landmines were used for the first time in history on a widespread basis during the Civil War when the Confederacy, in desperate need of an innovative technology to overcome significant deficits in material and manpower, employed them. The first American to die from a victim-activated landmine was on the Virginia Peninsula in early 1862 during the siege of Yorktown. Their use set off explosive debates inside the Confederate government and within the ranks of the army over the ethics of using ';weapons that wait.' As Confederate fortunes dimmed, leveraging low-cost weapons like landmines became acceptable and even desirable. Dr. Rutherford, who is known worldwide for his work in the landmine discipline, and who himself lost his legs to a mine in Africa, has written an important contribution to the literature on one of the most fundamental, contentious, and significant modern conventional weapons.';A MUST for military history buffs! A thrilling and chilling read.' His Royal Highness Prince Mired Raad Al-Hussein, UN Special Envoy for Landmine Prohibition Treaty

This is the true story of Evans's unexpected journey from the pristine halls of Langley to the badlands of southern Afghanistan.

An exhaustive look at the final hours of the Confederacy's most audacious general. May 1863. The Civil War was in its third spring, and Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson stood at the peak of his fame. He had risen from obscurity to become ';Old Stonewall,' adored across the South and feared and respected throughout the North. On the night of May 2, however, just hours after Jackson executed the most audacious maneuver of his career and delivered a crushing blow against an unsuspecting Union army at Chancellorsville, disaster struck. The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson recounts the events of that fateful nightconsidered one of the most pivotal moments of the warand the tense vigil that ensued as Jackson struggled with a foe even he could not defeat. From Guinea Station, where Jackson crosses the river to rest under the shade of the trees, the story follows Jackson's funeral and burial, the strange story of his amputated arm, and the creation and restoration of the building where he died (now known as the Stonewall Jackson Shrine). This newly revised and expanded second edition features more than 50 pages of fresh material, including almost 200 illustrations, maps, and eye-catching photos. New appendices allow readers to walk in Jackson's prewar footsteps through his adopted hometown of Lexington, Virginia; consider the ways Jackson's memory has been preserved through monuments, memorials, and myths; and explore the misconceptions behind the Civil War's great What-If: ';What if Stonewall had survived his wounds?' With the engaging prose of master storytellers, Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White make The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson a must-read for Civil War novices and buffs alike.

Recounts the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the Gettysburg battle's fateful final day.

Tens of thousands of books have been published on the Civil War. In an effort to list some of most important titles, in 1997 the University of Illinois Press published The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography, by David J. Eicher. This well-received reference work includes books published through mid-1995.

This massive new reference work is broken up into sections presenting a detailed analysis of each corresponding order of battle for every German field formation above division.

The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, March 10, 1865, was one of most important but least known engagements of William T. Sherman's Carolinas Campaign. Now in paperback, here is the only book-length account of this combat. As Sherman's infantry crossed into North Carolina, Maj. Gen.

This ground-breaking series is a comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume one begins with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington.