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Most Important Confederate Books for the Reader, Researcher and Collector
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and Rowena Reed - A Bibliography of 246 of the Best Union Books
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*CWIB = The Civil War In Books by David Eicher - An Annotated Bibliography of 1100 Civil
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Bridges, David P. - FIGHTING WITH JEB STUART : MAJOR JAMES
BREATHED AND THE CONFEDERATE HORSE ARTILLERY- BBB Inc -
ISBN# 0977450805 -BRAND NEW Hardcover in Dust Jacket (Protected in a New Brodart
Cover) - 392pp - SIGNED By the Author - Foreword by Civil War historian Eric J. Wittenberg,
Introduction by Civil War historian Edward G. Longacre - James Breathed was a Maryland
physician who signed up for the Confederate Army at age 22. He fought under J.E.B. Stuart in
the Horse Artillery in 15 battles - Gen Lee called him "The Hardest Artillery Fighter the War
Produced." - $32.95
Broadwater, Robert P. - THE BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, 1864 - THE FINAL
UNION ATTEMPT TO SEIZE FLORIDA- McFarland Pub -
ISBN# 0786425415 - BRAND NEW Laminated Softcover - 218pp - Photos - Biblio - Notes -
Index - Appendices- Publisher's List Price = $35 - Our Price - $33
Broadwater, Robert P. - THE BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE, 1862 :
CULMINATION OF THE FAILED KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN- McFarland Pub -
ISBN# 078642303X - BRAND NEW Laminated Hardcover - 200pp - Index - Notes - Biblio -
Photos - Publisher's List Price = $39.95 - Our Price
- $35.95
Cole, J. Timothy - COLLETT LEVENTHORPE: THE ENGLISH
CONFEDERATE - THE LIFE OF A CIVIL WAR GENERAL, 1815-1889 - McFarland
Publishing - ISBN# 0786426497 - BRAND NEW Laminated Softcover - 290pp - Index - Biblio
- Notes - Photos - Maps- Publisher's List Price = $35 -Our Price - $33.50
Fox, Thomas - DRUMMER BOY WILLIE MCGEE, CIVIL WAR HERO
AND FRAUD- McFarland Pub - ISBN# 9780786432899 - BRAND NEW Laminated
Softcover - Foreword by Joseph Bilby - 267pp - Notes - Biblio - Index - Photos - On December
7, 1864, just one week after the bloody battle of Franklin, Tennessee, William McGee, a
drummer boy from Newark, New Jersey, was credited with leading a Federal force to a decisive
victory over the Confederates in a clash just thirty miles from the carnage at Franklin. This
15-year-old Irish-American, on convalescent duty and acting as an orderly to General Lovell
Rousseau, was recognized for the capture of two guns, several hundred prisoners, and the saving
of Fortress Rosecrans in Murfreesboro from the famed Nathan Bedford Forrest. For his actions,
young McGee would soon be awarded a Medal of Honor, written up in newspapers and books as
a glorious New Jersey legend, be commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Army at age
18, and then, inexplicably at the height of his notoriety, virtually disappear from history for more
than 100 years. This is the story of a lost war hero, a man-child with the world at his feet, whose
fall from grace is accelerated by fame, lies, alcohol, bigamy, and murder -
Publisher's List Price = $35 - Our Price - $31
Gottfried, Bradley M. - THE MAPS OF GETTYSBURG: AN ATLAS OF
THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN, JUNE 3 - JULY 13, 1863 - Savas-Beatie - ISBN#
1932714308 -BRAND NEW Oversized 7 x 10 Hardcover in Dust Jacket (Protected in a New
Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) - 1st Edition Printing - 363pp - Notes - Bibliography - Index - 144
Full-Page Maps - More academic and photographic accounts on the battle of Gettysburg exist
than for all other battles of the Civil War combined and for good reason. The three days of
maneuver, attack, and counterattack consisted of scores of encounters, from corps-size actions to
small unit engagements. Despite all its coverage, Gettysburg remains one of the most complex
and difficult to understand battles of the war. The Maps Gettysburg: The Atlas of the Gettysburg
Campaign, June 3 July 13, 1863, by Bradley Gottfried offers a unique approach to the study of
this multifaceted engagement. The Maps of Gettysburg plows new ground in the study of the
campaign by breaking down the entire campaign in 146 detailed full page original maps. These
cartographic creations bore down to the regimental level, offering students of the campaign a
unique and fascinating approach to studying what may have been the climactic battle of the war.
The Maps of Gettysburg offers thirty-one "action-sections" comprising the entire campaign.
These include the march to and from the battlefield and virtually every significant event in
between. Gottfried's original maps enrich each map section. Keyed to each piece of cartography
is detailed text about the units, personnel, movements, and combat (including quotes from
eyewitnesses) that make the Gettysburg story come alive. This presentation allows readers to
easily and quickly find a map and text on virtually any portion of the campaign, from opening
movements of the armies in early June to the last Confederate withdrawal of troops across the
Potomac River on July 13, 1863. Serious students of the battle will appreciate the extensive
endnotes and will want to take this book with them on their trips to the battlefield - Publisher's List Price = $39.95 - Our Price - $34.95
Kaemmerlen, Cathy J. - GENERAL SHERMAN AND THE GHEORGIA
BELLES: TALES FROM WOMEN LEFT BEHIND- History Press - ISBN#
1596291591 - BRAND NEW Softcover - 124pp - Biblio - Illustrated - In 1864, when General
William Tecumseh Sherman made his infamous March to the Sea, a number of Georgia's bravest
women made a stand to save their homes and families. "Steel magnolias" in every sense of the
word, these women displayed an extraordinary level of grit and gumption. These are their stories.
- Publisher's List Price = $19.99
- Our Price - $17.99
Lepa, Jack H. - THE CIVIL WAR IN TENNESSEE 1862-1863 -
McFarland Publishing - ISBN# 9780786429783 - BRAND NEW Laminated Hardcover - 233pp
- Photos - Index - Maps - Photos - Biblio - In 1862, with the outcome of the Civil War far from
certain, Union and Confederate leaders began to pinpoint locations vital for their army's success.
Tennessee was one such possession. Although nominally under Confederate control, with Union
loyalists in the east, Confederate supporters in the west and a mixture in the central region, the
state did not have ironclad loyalty to either cause. For the Union, gaining control of Tennessee
meant crippling the transportation options of the Confederacy, giving Union forces access to the
rivers and mountain passes which would potentially lead them to the heart of the Confederacy
and victory over the South. For the Confederacy, maintaining control of Tennessee was vital not
only to protect its southernmost states but also to retain control of the state's agricultural
products and mineral wealth, neither of which it could afford to lose. Drawing on contemporary
sources such as memoirs and official correspondence, this volume details the struggle for control
of Tennessee during 1862 and 1863. Beginning with the Union commanders' initial reluctance to
challenge the Confederate army, it describes the fortuitous momentum Ulysses S. Grant's arrival
added to the Federal struggle in the west and, consequently, the Union quest for Tennessee. It
follows the movements of Union and Confederate forces through some of the worst battles of the
war, including Shiloh, Stones River and Chickamauga. Finally, the Union victory at the battle of
Chattanooga which brought Tennessee definitively under Union control and its consequences
for both sides are discussed in detail. - Publisher's List Price = $45 -
Our Price - $41
McGrath, Thomas A. - SHEPHERDSTOWN: LAST CLASH OF THE
ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN, SEPTEMBER 19-20, 1862- Schroeder Publications - ISBN#
1889246395 - BRAND NEW Hardcover with Dust Jacket (Protected in a New Brodart Cover) -
256 pages, index, more than 80 photos illustrations and maps -
Publisher's List Price = $30 - Our Price - $28
Robert H. Moore II - TRADEGY IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: THE
STORY OF THE SUMMERS-KOONTZ EXECUTION- History Press - ISBN#
1596291656 - BRAND NEW Softcover - 121pp - Biblio - Illustrated - Notes - Index -
Exhaustively researched well written, this book exposes one of the great and largely unknown
tragedies of the Civil War where two Confederates were pardoned and then summarily executed
without trial. Civil War historian and author Robert H. Moore II brings this shocking story to life
with a clarity that will appeal to Civil War experts and enthusiasts alike -
Publisher's List Price = $19.99 - Our Price - $17.99
O'Brien, Sean Michael - IRISH AMERICANS IN THE CONFEDERATE
ARMY - McFarland Publishing - ISBN# 9780786429981 - BRAND NEW Laminated
Hardcover - 256pp - Maps - Notes - Biblio - Index - Photos - Appendices - In 1861, Americans
on both sides flooded to enlist for what all thought would be a short and glorious war. Anxious to
prove their loyalty to their new homeland, thousands of America's Irish immigrant population
were among those who hurried to join the fight on both sides. While the efforts of the Union's
legendary Irish Brigade are well documented, little has been said regarding the role Irish
American soldiers played for the Confederacy. This comprehensive history explores the Irish
contribution to the Confederate military effort throughout the four major combat theatres of the
Civil War. Beginning with an overview of Irish Americans in the South, the book looks at the
Irish immigrant experience and the character of the typical Irish Confederate soldier, detailing the
ways in which Irish communities supported the Southern war effort. The main focus is the
military actions in which Irish American soldiers were present in significant or influential
numbers. With a combat death rate disproportionate to their numbers, the 40,000 Irish who
served in the Confederate army played significant roles in the Army of Northern Virginia, the
Army of Tennessee, the hotly disputed coastal areas and the Mississippi and Trans-Mississippi
campaigns. Most major battles of the war are discussed including Manassas, Sharpsburg,
Gettysburg, Shiloh, Murfreesboro and Appomattox. Appendices contain a list of various Irish
commands and field commanders in the Confederate Army - Publisher's List Price = $55 - Our Price - $51
Schantz, Mark S. - AWAITING THE HEAVENLY COUNTRY : THE
CIVIL WAR AND AMERICA'S CULTURE OF DEATH- Cornell University Press -
ISBN# 080143761X -BRAND NEW Hardcover in Dust Jacket - 245pp - Notes - Biblio - Index -
Illustrated - Mark S. Schantz argues that American attitudes and ideas about death helped
facilitate the war's tremendous carnage. Asserting that nineteenth-century attitudes toward death
were firmly in place before the war began rather than arising from a sense of resignation after the
losses became apparent, Schantz has written a fascinating and chilling narrative of how a society
understood death and reckoned the magnitude of destruction it was willing to tolerate. Schantz
addresses topics such as the pervasiveness of death in the culture of antebellum America;
theological discourse and debate on the nature of heaven and the afterlife; the rural cemetery
movement and the inheritance of the Greek revival; death as a major topic in American poetry;
African American notions of death, slavery, and citizenship; and a treatment of the art of
death including memorial lithographs, postmortem photography and Rembrandt Peale's major
exhibition painting The Court of Death. - $24.95
Richards, J. Stuart - A HISTORY OF COMPANY C - 50TH
PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT FROM THE CAMP,
THE BATTLEFIELD AND THE PRISON PEN 1861-1865- History Press - ISBN#
1596290897 - BRAND NEW Softcover - 222pp - Rosters - Photos - The men from Schuylkill
Haven fought at Charleston, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg as well
as many other battles and engagements - Publisher's List Price = $21.99
- Our Price - $20
Silo, Mark -THE 115TH NEW YORK IN THE CIVIL WAR - A
REGIMENTAL HISTORY- McFarland Publishing - ISBN# 9780786429974 -BRAND
NEW Laminated Hardcover - 306pp - Maps - Notes - Biblio - Index - Photos - Maps - Rosters -
This is the full story of the 115th New York, a unit with a unique history among Union Civil War
regiments. Only two weeks after leaving home, the unit surrendered at Harpers Ferry in 1862.
Sent to serve out its parole in Camp Douglas, Chicago, the regiment was convicted for burning
its barracks and subsequently banished to Hilton Head, South Carolina. Later absolved, the unit
fought at Olustee, the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Cold Harbor, The Battle of the Crater, and
Fort Fisher, earning a place among Fox's fighting 300 union regiments, a distinction based on
casualty counts. The 115th fought alongside African-American units and witnessed the liberation
of thousands of slaves and captured Union soldiers. Appendices provide a chronology and
regimental roster - Publisher's List Price = $55 - Our Price - $51
Smith Jr, Myron J. -LE ROY FITCH: THE CIVIL WAR CAREER OF A
UNION RIVER GUNBOAT COMMANDER- McFarland Publishing - ISBN#
9780786429752 - BRAND NEW Laminated Hardcover - 424pp - Maps - Notes - Biblio - Index -
Photos - This is the first published biography of Lieutenant Commander Le Roy Fitch, U.S.
Navy. Fitch saw action on the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers; fought against Morgan,
Wheeler and Forrest, as well as irregulars; commanded an ironclad monitor during the Battle of
Nashville; and was renowned for his abilities in counterinsurgency and convoy tactics - Publisher's List Price = $55 - Our Price - $51
Watson, Thomas / Brantley, Perry - CONFEDERATE GUERRILLA SUE
MUNDY A BIOGRAPHY OF KENTUCKY SOLDIER JEROME CLARKE- McFarland
Pub - ISBN# 9780786432806 -BRAND NEW Laminated Softcover - 238pp - Notes - Biblio -
Index - Photos - In 1864, George D. Prentice, editor of the pro Union Louisville Daily Journal,
created the persona of Sue Mundy, a Civil War guerrilla who was in actuality a young man
named Marcellus Jerome Clarke. This volume offers an in-depth, historically accurate account of
Clarke's exploits in Kentucky during the Civil War. The work begins with a summary of
Kentucky's prewar position: primarily pro Union yet decidedly anti Lincoln. The author then
discusses the ways in which this paradox gave rise to the guerrilla threat that terrorized
Kentuckians during the final years of the war. Special emphasis is placed on previously unknown
facts, names and deeds with dialogue taken directly from testimony in court-martial proceedings.
While the main focus of the work is Clarke himself, other perpetrators of guerrilla warfare
including William Clarke Quantrill, Sam Berry and Henry Magruder are also covered, as are
guerrilla hunters Edwin Terrell and James Bridgewater. Previously unpublished photographs
accompany this fascinating Civil War history - Publisher's
List Price = $35 - Our Price - $31
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