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Alexander, Frederick Warren - STRATFORD HALL AND THE LEES CONNECTED WITH ITS HISTORY- Oak Grove, Virginia, 1912 - FINE Condition - 1st Edition Printing in Grey Cloth with Bright Gilt Title on Spine and Color Paste-Down of Stratford Hall on Cover - Clean and Bright Interior - absent any previous ownership markings - 332pp - Illustrated - $95
Alford, Kenneth D. - CIVIL WAR MUSEUM TREASURES - OUTSTANDING ARTIFACTS AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEM - McFarland Publishing - ISBN# 9780786431861 - BRAND NEW Oversized Laminated Softcover - 224pp - Index - Biblio - Notes - Photos - Illustrations - A Bible, an officer's mess kit, a cane arm chair and a blood-stained note... at first glance, these items might not seem to have much in common. But on closer examination they prove to be some of the most interesting artifacts from the Civil War. This volume searches out and details memorabilia in museums spread over 21 states and the District of Columbia. Beginning with an overview of the Civil War, the book provides a state-by-state guide to various museums and historical societies with particular focus on matchless Civil War objects in their collections. Chapters provide the description of each museum and details on how each artifact came to be in that location. A chronological narrative centering on each rare item is then provided, placing the object within the timeline of the war and linking it to a specific event. An appendix contains a guide to battles which are known by various names - Publisher's List Price = $35 -Our Price - $31
Avary, Marta Lockett- DIXIE AFTER THE WAR - Doubleday-Page NY 1906 - 1st Edition with decorated Cover and Gilt Title on Spine - Gilt Top Edge - Light rubbing to edges - 433pp - Frontis with tissue of Jefferson Davis - Index - Illustrated with Sepia-Toned Prints - One of the first eye-witness accounts of life in Virginia after Lee's surrender and a great source book on conditions under Reconstruction - Introduction by Gen. Clement Evans, C.S.A. - Contains 1906 gift inscription on fep and private book collection sticker inside front cover - $125
Bender, Robert P. - LIKE GRASS BEFORE THE SCYTHE: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SGT WILLIAM REMMEL, 121ST NEW YORK INFANTRY - Univ Alabama Press - ISBN# 9780817315528 - BRAND NEW Hardcover in Dust Jacket (Protected in a New Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) - 177pp - Photos - Notes - Index - Publisher's List Price = $39.95 - Our Price - $37
(Breathed) 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

(Olustee) 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

(Perryville) 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

Brownlow, William G. - SKETCHES OF THE RISE, PROGRESS AND DECLINE OF SECESSION WITH A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL ADVENTURES AMONG THE REBELS (PARSON BROWNLOW'S BOOK)- Philadelphia 1862 - 1st Edition - FINE Condition - sunned spine with bright Stamped Title - 1862 Owner name/date on fep - 458pp with ads at rear - Nevins calls these "Fascinating experiences of an avowed biased Tennessee Unionist; revealing on conditions in East tennessee during the first two years of the war" - $125
Bulloch, James D. - THE SECRET SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES - London 1883 - VERY GOOD Condition - Very Scarce British 1st edition - 2 Volume Hardcover Set in Blue Cloth - Protected in New Mylar Covers - General soiling to exterior - Gilt titles on spines - Unopened pages - Clean Interior - This set apparently belonged to Belle and Kermit Roosevelt (Son of President Theodore Roosevelt) and bears their names in ink with "London, June 1927" on FEPs of both books - With Blindstamp of Dr Donald Bickers, noted Georgia Neurosurgeon, Surgeon for the Georgia SCV, and Founder of the Southern Cultural Foundation - 50 Percent of the Proceeds from the sale of this book go to support the Southern Cultural Foundation - $750
Burlingame, John K. - HISTORY OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT RHODE ISLAND HEAVY ARTILLERY DURING THREE YEARS AND A HALF OF SERVICE IN NORTH CAROLINA - JANUARY 1862 - JUNE 1865- Snow and Farnham, Providence RI 1892 - 1st Edition - VERY FINE Condition in Dark Brown Cloth with Bright Gilt title on spine and 5th Rhode Island Artillery Emblem on Cover - Clean and unblemished Interior - 382pp - Rosters - Photos - Index - Union Bookshelf (UBS) # 206 - Frontis of Colonel Henry Sisson (Very small taped tear in upper blank corner) - 47 illustrations and portraits, including four maps (twofold-outs) - Protected by a clear acid-free mylar cover - $450
Benjamin F. Butler - AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF MAJOR-GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER - BUTLER'S BOOK - Boston 1892 - 1st Edition - FINE Condition - Bright and Clean Copy - Solid Hinges - Bright Gilt title on Spine and Cover - 1154pp - 125 engravings, etchings and portraits - Maps - with ads at rear - Frontis of Butler with Facsimile Signature - Scarce in this Condition! - $175
Callaghan, Daniel M. -THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER AND THE IRISH BRIGADE IN THE CIVIL WAR - McFarland Publishing - ISBN# 078642401X -BRAND NEW Laminated Hardcover - 203pp - Notes - Index - Biblio - Maps - Photos - Publisher's List Price = $39.95 - Our Price - $37.95
Clary, James B. - A HISTORY OF THE 15TH SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY 1861-1865 - South Carolina Archives - ISBN# 9780979738319 - - BRAND NEW Softcover - 602pp - Index - Biblio - Notes - Maps - Photos - Detailed Rosters - This military history book uses primary sources (letters, diaries, photographs and official records) to document the men and events of the 15th South Carolina Infantry from the beginning to the end of the great American Civil War. The book includes a nearly day-by-day account of the Regiment's activities from 1861 to 1865. In addition, included are personal biographies of the 1,442 men who served in the Regiment during the Civil War, allowing readers a first-hand perspective of life on the front lines as well as the home front - $39.95
Coco, Gregory - A VAST SEA OF MISERY - A HISTORY AND GUIDE TO THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE FIELD HOSPITALS AT GETTYSBURG, JULY 1 - NOVEMBER 20, 1863 - Thomas Publications - ISBN# 0939631881 - Brand New Oversized Softcover - 208pp - Details on Union and Confederate field hospitals - many located in local homes, barns and fields following the battle. Photos - Maps - Illustrations - Short stories of wounded soldiers being treated in each location - List of Physicians and Surgeons at Gettysburg - Publisher's List Price = $24.95 - Our Price - $22.95
(Leventhorpe) 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

Driver Jr., Robert J. - CONFEDERATE SAILORS, MARINES AND SIGNALMEN FROM VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND - Willow Bend Publishing - ISBN# 9780788442797 - BRAND NEW Softcover - 506pp - alphabetical listings of men from Virginia and Maryland who served as: Confederate Naval officers and sailors; Confederate Marine Corps officers and enlisted men; and Confederate Signal Corps officers, signalmen and telegraph operators. The amount of data included in individual entries varies greatly. In addition to the name, any combination of the following may be included: rank and division, date and/or place of birth, date and/or place of death, place of burial, occupation, residence, date and place of enlistment, date and/or place of discharge, physical description, and much more. A wealth of vintage photographs and a bibliography enhance the text. The officers and men who served in these sister services played an important role in the War Between the States. Maryland and Virginia officers serving in the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and the midshipmen attending the United States Naval Academy, resigned almost in mass and volunteered in their Confederate counterparts. Without a doubt the Confederacy received many of the brightest and best officers in the United States service. Marylander commanded the Signal Corps, and his staff was from both states. Most of the officers and men who served in the First and Second Companies, Independent Signal Corps, were from Virginia. The Secret Service fell under nominal command of Colonel Norris of the Signal Corps. However, the operatives were not regularly enrolled or paid, and they are, therefore, difficult to identify. Some were paid directly by the Confederate Treasury Department. The records of their service are sketchy, but some postwar accounts do exist. They and the telegraphers are added, but many who served in this capacity have not been identified - Publisher's List Price = $39.50 each - Our Price - $36.95
English, Andrew R. - CHASING THE FOX: THE CHRONOLOGY OF A BLOCKADE RUNNER - Gateway Press - ISBN# 0976095807 - BRAND NEW Softcover - 124pp - Biblio - Notes - Illustrations - SIGNED By the Author - $24.99
(McGee) 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

Gaines, W. Craig - ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CIVIL WAR SHIPWRECKS- LSU Press - ISBN# 0807132748 - BRAND NEW Oversized Hardcover in Dust Jacket - 231pp - Index - Illustrated - Maps - Publisher's List Price = $35.95 - Our Price - $32.95
(GettysburgMaps) 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

Robert Johnson and Clarence Buell - BATTLES AND LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAR - BEING FOR THE MOST PART CONTRIBUTIONS OF UNION AND CONFEDERATE OFFICERS - New York: The Century Company, 1887-88 - FINE Condition - First Edition - 4 Volume Set in Original Green Cloth - Exceptionally and Bright and Clean Set with No Internal Marking - Top Edge Gilt - Solid Hinges - Originally issued as a monthly paperback magazine, this series was brought to print in a set by the Century Company - includes eye-witness accounts, over 300 articles written by Union and Confederate participants (including Grant and Sherman) - Includes nearly 2,000 engravings by James Taylor, from photos taken by Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner - A great reference tool - Nevins says of this work "Opinionated and rationalizing memoirs by high-ranking officers on both sides make this work one of the most quoted in Civil War literature" - Extra shipping cost on this set! - $595
Joiner, Gary Dillard - LITTLE TO EAT AND THIN MUD TO DRINK: LETTERS, DIARIES, AND MEMOIRS FROM THE RED RIVER CAMPAIGNS 1863-1864 - Univ Tennessee Press - ISBN# 1572335718 - BRAND NEW Hardcover in Dust Jacket (Protected in a New Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) - 342pp - Index - Biblio - Notes - Maps - Photos - Time Line - Order of battle - Vessel Listing - Publisher's List Price = $45 - Our Price - $39.95
(Belles) 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

(CWTenn) 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

Livermore, Mary - THE STORY OF MY LIFE - Worthington, Hartford 1898 - FINE Condition in Bright Red Gilt-Decorated Cloth - Solid Endpapers with bright Clean Interior - Heavily Illustrated - Ads in back - 730pp plus ads - Noted abolitionist, journalist, philanthropist, and lecturer until her death in 1905, Mary Livermore graduated from a Women's Seminary and went on to serve in the Civil War as a nurse. She often served on the front lines - under fire. In 1868 she organized the Chicago Woman Suffrage Convention and established "The Agitaor", a feminist journal, for the advocacy of temperance reform and women's suffrage. In 1870 "The Woman's Journal" was started and she became the editor. She was one of the leaders in the Women's Christian Temperance Union - $125
Loop, Myron B. - THE LONG ROAD HOME: TEN THOUSAND MILES THROUGH THE CONFEDERACY WITH THE 66TH OHIO - Blue Acorn Press - ISBN# 1885033346 - BRAND NEW Hardcover in Dust Jacket (Protected in a New Brodart Jacket Cover) - 236pp - Notes - Biblio - Index - Photos -Edited By Rick Baumgartner and SIGNED BY RICK at No Extra Charge - The original diary has been supplemented by diaries of over 40 regimental officers and men and 22 Added Photos and Engravings - Publisher's List Price = $26.95 - Our Price - $24.95
(Shepherdstown) 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

(Tradegy) 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

(Irish) 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

Elizabeth Allston Pringle - A WOMAN RICE PLANTER - Macmillan NY, 1913 - FINE Condition - 1st Edition - Hardcover in Green Decorated Cloth - Small town stamp inside front cover (no other markings) and 1913 Gift Inscription on fep - Solid Hinges - Gilt Top Edge - Bright Title on Spine - 450pp plus ads - Introduction by Owen Wister -llustrations by Alice Smith - Written under the pen name of Patience Pennington - A Southern Classic - Collection of local southern stories, many of which were first published in the New York Sun by a prominent, but bankrupt, Southern woman following the Civil War - Details Plantation Life and Southern Customs - $165
Reid, Richard M. - FREEDOM FOR THEMSELVES : NORTH CAROLINA'S BLACK SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA- Univ North Carolina - ISBN# 0807831743 - BRAND NEW Hardcover in Dust Jacket - 420pp - Notes - Biblio - Index - Illustrated - Maps - Publisher's List Price = $40 - Our Price - $37
(Awaiting) 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

Scharf, J. Thomas - HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY - New York 1887 - FINE Condition - Scarce 1887 1st edition - Hardcover Beautifully Bound in 3/4 Calfskin - With Blindstamp of Dr Donald Bickers, noted Georgia Neurosurgeon, Surgeon for the Georgia SCV, and Founder of the Southern Cultural Foundation - 50 Percent of the Proceeds from the sale of this book go to support the Southern Cultural Foundation - 824pp - Index - Illustrated - All 74 Illustrations Present - Unopened pages - $450
(50thPA) 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

Shelton, Amanda / Hanson, Kathleen S. (Edit) - TURN BACKWARD O TIME: THE CIVIL WAR DIARY OF AMANDA SHELTON - Edinborough Press - ISBN# 1889020184 - BRAND NEW Softcover - 148pp - Index - Biblio - Amanda Shelton was a Volunteer Nurse who served as part of the Special Diet Kitchens taking care of the sick and wounded soldiers - $14.95
(115thNY) 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

(Fitch) 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

Thayer, William M. - A YOUTH'S HISTORY OF THE REBELLION. FROM THE MASSACRE AT FORT PILLOW TO THE END - New York, John W. Lovell Company 1865 - VERY FINE CONDITION - 1st Edition Hardcover in Decorated Red Cloth - 368pp - Illustrations - Exceptionally Clean and Bright Interior - Bright Cloth Exterior - Faded Name and "Xmas '96" (1896) on fep - Solid Hinges with original floral endpapers - Nicest Copy of this that we have seen! - $125
(Mundy) 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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