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July 1864. Grant's siege of Petersburg is at a standstill. A Federal regiment made up mostly of Pennsylvania coal miners, under the command of Lt. ... More

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July 1864. Grant's siege of Petersburg is at a standstill. A Federal regiment made up mostly of Pennsylvania coal miners, under the command of Lt. ... More

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The battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864, was the defining event in the 292-day campaign around Petersburg, Virginia, in the Civil War and one of ... More

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The story of one of the most violent yet least-known episodes of the Civil War -- the daring excavation of the longest military tunnel in history.

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It seemed like a good idea to frustrate Union commanders: dig a 500-foot long mine underground to reach the fortifications of the long-besieged ... More

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The Battle of the Crater is one of the lesser known yet most interesting battles of the Civil War. This book, detailing the onset of brutal trench ... More

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A detailed examination of one of the Civil War's most tragic battles pitting Robert E. Lee against Ulysses S. Grant

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Describes the Civil War battles fought in the Fredericksburg, Virginia area, and the condition of those battlefields today.

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The termination of the war and the fate of the Union hung in the balance in May of 1864 as Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Ulysses S. ... More

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Robert E. Lee faced the most monumental crisis of his military career on the morning of April 2, 1865. By sunrise that morning, the Union 6th Corps ... More

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More than 800 men lost their lives and 2,700 were wounded. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson earned his legendary nickname 'Stonewall' here as ... More

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By the spring of 1862 most Americans had realised that the Civil War would not be brought to a conclusion without a major effort and a substantial ... More

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Spotsylvania was a dramatic clash between individual units and a desperate holding action fought by Robert E. Lee as the sands were running out for ... More

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Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic ... More

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The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern continues Goldon C. Rhea's peerless treatment of the Civil War's clash of ... More

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In his gripping fourth volume on the spring 1864 Overland campaign--which pitted Ulysses S. Grant against Robert E. Lee--Rhea vividly re-creates the ... More

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In the spring of 1864, in the vast Virginia scrub forest known as the Wilderness, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee first met in battle. The ... More

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In this comprehensive assessment of the Spotsylvania Campaign, top military historians examine one of the bloodiest clashes in the Civil War--the ... More

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Charles R. Knight's 'Valley Thunder' is the first full-length account in more than three decades to examine the combat at New Market on May 15, 1864 ... More

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This combined narrative and documentary collection is the most complete account yet published of the greatest battle that cavalry fought without ... More

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After the ferocious fighting at Cold Harbor, Virginia, in June 1864, Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered his cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. ... More

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Nestled between the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia's Shenandoah Valley enjoyed tremendous prosperity before the Civil War. This ... More

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After the ferocious fighting at Cold Harbor, Virginia, in June 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered his cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. ... More

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