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In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's presidency and the trials of the Civil War. He supplies fascinating details on the crisis over Fort Sumter....

Addressing topics still hotly debated among historians and the public more than a century and a half after the Civil War, Apostles of Disunion offers a compelling and clearly substantiated argument that slavery and race were at the heart of our great national crisis....

Beginning as a green new recruit with no fanfare, no uniform, and only the bare necessities, Joseph became a seasoned soldier, at times living by his wits and off the land. Joseph recounts, in harrowing detail, his confrontations with the enemy and numerous narrow escapes....

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes “a masterwork of history” (Lawrence Wright, author of God Save Texas), the spellbinding, epic account of the last year of the Civil War. The fourth and final year of the Civil War...

The year was 1862. The Union’s first large scale offensive, the Peninsula campaign led by Major General George B. McClellan, had been disastrous....

The focus of this selection concerns both the Federal and Confederate efforts to disable or maintain the railroads within the active theaters of the war....

Most histories of Civil War Texas depict the Lone Star State as having joined the Confederacy as a matter of course and as having later emerged from the war relatively unscathed. Yet as the contributors to this volume amply demonstrate, the truth is far more complicated....

James Page spent the majority of his life enslaved - during which time he experienced the death of his free father, witnessed his mother and brother being sold on the auction block, and was forcibly moved 700 miles south from Richmond, Virginia, to Tallahassee, Florida, by his enslaver....

The Gettysburg Campaign and its culminating battle have generated more than their share of analysis and published works. In My Gettysburg, Civil War scholar and 26-year Gettysburg resident Mark Snell goes beyond the campaign itself to explore the culture of the battlefield....

In October 1863, the Union Army of the Cumberland was besieged in Chattanooga, all but surrounded by familiar opponents: the Confederate Army of Tennessee....

Thrilling true stories of brave women who freed slaves, helped the sick, and spoke up for the truth. These 19th century tales from the American Civil War are brought to life....

Horace Porter served as lieutenant colonel on Ulysses S. Grant's staff from April 1864 to the end of the Civil War....

Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battles, the leadership of the generals, and the courage of the soldiers. Given the extent of Irish immigration in the 19th century, it should come as no surprise that the Irish played important roles....

"How do we read William Faulkner in the 21st century?" asks Michael Gorra, one of America's most preeminent literary critics....

In the study of field fortifications in the Civil War that began with Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War, Hess turns to the 1864 Overland campaign to cover battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor....

In this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw Jesse James. Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the old west, in this ground-breaking work Stiles places James within the context of the bloody conflicts....

A unique and compelling examination of the Civil War's "turning point" - forty crucial days in the spring of 1864 that turned the tide for the Union....

Bedford Forrest was colorful and daring to be sure but even more interesting is that he was devious at times with his enemies....

When President Thomas Jefferson went ahead with the Louisiana Purchase, he wasn't entirely sure what was on the land he was buying, or whether the purchase was even constitutional....

"Born In Slavery" delves into the most compelling testimonies from the WPA Slave Narrative Collection, offering an immersive journey into the lives of over 2,000 formerly enslaved individuals....