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Southern Boy in Blue
Memoir of Marcus Woodcock
Häftad, 2001
366 kr
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Of the one hundred thousand Southerners who donned Federal uniforms during the Civil War, more than forty thousand were Tennesseeans. Not surprisingly, most came from the Appalachian counties of East Tennessee—but not all. A Middle Tennessean named Marcus Woodcock, not yet nineteen when the war …
From Huntsville to Appomattox
R. T. Coles' History of the 4th Regiment
Häftad, 1996
399 kr
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Cole was adjutant of the Alabama Volunteer Infantry, one of the few Confederate regiments to see action in both the western and eastern theaters of the Civil War. After the war he refreshed and augmented his memory with other accounts to document both the military and the human aspects of the …
Last to Leave the Field
The Life and Letters of First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Av Timothy Orr
Inbunden, 2011
416 kr
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Revealing the mind-set of a soldier seared by the horrors of combat even as he kept faith in his cause, Last to Leave the Field showcases the private letters of Ambrose Henry Hayward, a Massachusetts native who served in the 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Hayward's service, which began with …
In the Shadow of the Enemy
The Civil War Journal of Ida Powell Dulaney
Av Mary Mackall, Stevan Meserve m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
341 kr
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The mistress of a slave-holding estate, Ida Powell Dulany took over control of the extensive family lands once her husband left to fight for the Confederacy. She struggled to manage slaves, maintain contact with her neighbors, and keep up her morale after her region was abandoned by the Confederate …
Lee and Jackson's Bloody Twelfth
The Letters of Irby Goodwin Scott, First Lieutenant, Company G, Putnam Light Infantry, Twelfth Georia Volunteer Infantry
Häftad, 2012
341 kr
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Offering a fascinating look at an ordinary soldier's struggle to survive not only the horrors of combat but also the unrelenting hardship of camp life, Lee and Jackson's Bloody Twelfth brings together for the first time the extant correspondence of Confederate lieutenant Irby Goodwin Scott, who …
Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams
A Southern Woman's Story of Rebellion and Reconstruction, 1863–1890
Av Minoa D. Uffelman, Ellen Kanervo m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
351 kr
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In 1863, while living in Clarksville, Tennessee, Martha Ann Haskins, known to friends and family as Nannie, began a diary. The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams: A Southern Woman’s Story of Rebellion and Reconstruction, 1863–1890 provides valuable insights into the conditions in occupied Middle …
Little to Eat and Thin Mud to Drink
Letters, Diaries, and Memoirs from the Red River Campaigns, 18631864
Häftad, 2015
341 kr
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Little to Eat and Thin Mud to Drink does more than just document the history of the Trans-Mississippi conflict of the Civil War. It goes much deeper, offering a profound, extended look into the innermost thoughts of the soldiers and civilians who experienced the events that took place in Louisiana, …
Union Must Stand
The Civil War Diaries of John Quincy Campbell
Av Mark Grimsley, Todd D. Miller
Häftad, 2016
402 kr
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Only rarely does a Civil War diarist combine detailed observations of events with an intelligent understanding of their significance. John Campbell, a newspaperman before the war, left such a legacy. A politically aware Union soldier with strong moral and abolitionist beliefs, Campbell recorded not …
Civil War Memoir of a Boy from Baltimore
The Remembrance of George C. Maquire, Written in 1893
Inbunden, 2021
391 kr
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Fourteen-year-old George Maguire was eager to serve the Union when his home state, Maryland, began raising regiments for the coming conflict. Too young to join, he became a 'mascot' for the Fifth Maryland Infantry Regiment, organized in September 1861. Although he never formally enlisted or carried …
Correspondence of Major General Emory Upton, Volume 1, 1857-1875
Inbunden, 2017
689 kr
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Emory Upton (1839–1881) was thrust into the Civil War immediately upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May of 1861. He was wounded three times during the war. He participated in nearly ever major battle in the Eastern Theater including Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, …
Correspondence of Major General Emory Upton, Volume 2, 1875-1881
Inbunden, 2017
689 kr
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Emory Upton (1839–1881) was thrust into the Civil War immediately upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May of 1861. He was wounded three times during the war. He participated in nearly ever major battle in the Eastern Theater including Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, …
Volunteer in the Regulars
The Civil War Journal and Memoir of Gilbert Thompson, US Engineer Battalion
Inbunden, 2020
403 kr
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At the outbreak of the Civil War, Massachusetts native Gilbert Thompson joined the regular army, which assigned him to the engineer battalion, a unit that provided critical support for the Union military effort in building bridges and roads and surveying and producing maps. While serving, Thompson …
Civil War Diaries of Cassie Fennell
A Young Confederate Woman in North Alabama, 1859-1865
Inbunden, 2020
416 kr
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Born near Guntersville, Alabama, Catherine (Cassie) Fennell was nineteen when the Civil War began. Starting with her time at a female academy in Washington, DC, the diaries continue through the war’s end and discuss civilian experiences in Alabama and the Tennessee Valley. Fennell believed that by …
Suffering in the Army of Tennessee
A Social History of the Confederate Army of the Heartland from the Battles for Atlanta to the Retreat from Nashville
Inbunden, 2021
409 kr
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Confederate historiography of the Civil War is rich with stories of leaders and decision makers-oft-repeated names immortalized by their association with America's great trial of the 1860s. But while scholarship exploring the roles of Confederate generals and politicians abounds, a major part of …
Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen
Reminiscences of the Civil War by John Eaton
Av John David Smith, Micheal J. Larson
Inbunden, 2022
403 kr
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In 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant appointed one of his regimental chaplains, John Eaton of Ohio, as general superintendent of contrabands for the Department of the Tennessee. As the American Civil War raged, the former chaplain’s approach to humanitarian aid and education for the newly freed people …
In Memory of Self and Comrades
Thomas Wallace Colley's Recollections of Civil War Service in the 1st Virginia Cavalry
Häftad, 2020
341 kr
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As Wolves Upon a Sheep Fold
The Civil War Letters of Ohio Surgeon William S. Newton
Inbunden, 2022
403 kr
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William S. Newton (1823–1882) served the Union primarily as an assistant surgeon with the 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but also spent a few months as acting surgeon with the 2nd Virginia Cavalry (US). Toward the end of the war, he was promoted to surgeon for the 193rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. …
Miserable Little Conglomeration
A Social History of the Port Hudson Campaign
Inbunden, 2023
409 kr
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While Vicksburg and Gettysburg tend to receive the most attention among Civil War battles, it is Port Hudson that holds the record for the longest-running siege in American history. During the summer of 1863, US soldiers fought in the infamous heat and damp of Louisiana for forty-eight grueling …
My Dearest Lilla
Letters Home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox
Av Gene Schmiel
Häftad, 2023
351 kr
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Jacob D. Cox experienced more facets of the Civil War than most officers: by land and sea, in both Western and Eastern Theaters, among the inner political circles of Ohio and Washington, DC, in territories hostile and friendly, amidst legal conflicts both civilian and military, and in the last …
Folly and the Madness
The Civil War Letters of Captain Orlando S. Palmer, Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry
Häftad, 2023
351 kr
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With a closeness perhaps unique to siblings orphaned young, Orlando and Artimisia “Missie” Palmer exchanged intimate letters throughout their lives. These letters (interspersed with additional letters from Oliver Kennedy, the Palmers’ first cousin) offer a clear and entertaining window into the …
New Fields of Adventure
The Writings of Lyman G. Bennett, Civil War Soldier and Topographical Engineer, 1861-1865
Häftad, 2024
351 kr
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Lyman Gibson Bennett (1832–1904) had a curious mind and a keen sense of humor. He had an engineer’s mentality and a poet’s grasp of language, except for spelling. As a Union soldier, Bennett saw extensive service in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. A writer of considerable energy and intelligence, …
Lynches of South Carolina
From Reconstruction to Redemption
Av Robert Emmett Curran, Robert Emmett Curran
Häftad, 2026
443 kr
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In this follow-up volume to For Church and Confederacy: The Lynches of South Carolina, Robert Emmett Curran extends his corpus of work on the history of Catholicism in the South through the eyes of the Lynch family of South Carolina. An Irish American family who sympathized with the Confederacy, …
Memoirs of Lieut.-General Winfield Scott
Av Timothy D. Johnson, Timothy D. Johnson m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
352 kr
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The remarkable military career of General Winfield Scott spanned fifty-three years, fourteen presidents, and six wars, both foreign and domestic. However, his lengthy service did not secure his rightful place among the nation's pantheon of great military leaders. Instead, he is most often …
No Pardons to Ask, nor Apologies to Make
The Journal of William Henry King, Gray's 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
Av Gary D. Joiner, Joiner S. Marilyn m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
292 kr
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William Henry King began war service in 1862 in Louisiana and ended it in 1865 in Camden, Arkansas. During this period he chronicled action in the Trans-Mississippi theater, producing a diary that yields one of the most important accounts from a Confederate enlisted man.No Pardons to Ask, Nor …
Sailing with Farragut
The Civil War Recollections of Bartholomew Diggins
Häftad, 2025
292 kr
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Sailing with Farragut shows readers the war through the recollections of Bartholomew Diggins, a young sailor who fought under U.S. Admiral David G. Farragut in the battles for control of the Mississippi River. A recent Irish immigrant, Diggins joined the crew of the USS Hartford, Admiral Farragut's …
To Succeed or Perish
The Diaries of Sergeant Edmund Trent Eggleston, Company G, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment
Av Lawrence Lee Hewitt, Thomas E. Schott
Häftad, 2025
292 kr
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With the Conscription Act of 1862, the Confederacy enacted the first military draft in American history. Rather than face duty with strangers in an uncertain locale, twenty-eight-year-old Edmund Trent Eggleston of Warren County, Mississippi, took advantage of a thirty-day grace period and joined …
Yankee Horseman in the Shenandoah Valley
The Civil War Letters of John H. Black, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry
Av David J. Coles, Stephen D. Engle
Häftad, 2025
232 kr
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In many ways, John H. Black typified the thousands of volunteers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. Born in 1834 and raised on his family's farm near Allegheny Township, Pennsylvania, Black taught school until he, like many Pennsylvanians, rushed to defend the Union after the attack on …
Haunted by Memory
Ghost Stories of the American Civil War
Av Amy Laurel Fluker, John R. Neff
Häftad, 2026
334 kr
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As America's bloodiest conflict, it is no surprise that the Civil War gave rise to a golden age of ghost stories. Popular publications were filled with accounts of ghosts—ghosts that appeared in the heat of battle, in the fretful quiet of picket duty, and in the miserable confines of hospitals and …
Fighting with Stonewall in the Valley
The Diary of John Henry Stover Funk
Av Buckley T. Foster, Christopher R. Mortenson
Häftad, 2026
321 kr
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An exceptional and perceptive Civil War officer, John Henry Stover Funk trained as a physician and frequently tended to wounded soldiers. Yet he deliberately chose the path of combat leadership, beginning his service as a captain in the 5th Virginia Infantry. His diary captures the texture of life …
Imprisoned at Camp Douglas
The Diary and Art of Knoxville Confederate Samuel Bell Palmer
Häftad, 2026
275 kr
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Samuel Bell Palmer's diary offers a rare and intimate window into the early years of the Civil War and the divided loyalties of East Tennessee. A native of Knoxville, Palmer served as a Confederate soldier during the opening phase of the war, experiencing firsthand the uncertainty and tension that …
