Tribal, violent, riven with fierce and competing loyalties, the American Revolution as told through the Oneida Indians, the only Iroquois Nation to side with the rebels, shatters the old story of a contest of ideas punctuated by premodern set-piece warfare pitting patriotic colonists against British Redcoats. With new detail and historical sweep, ...
The definitive work on one of the least explored aspects of Civil War history--the 180,000 enlisted African-Americans who fought for the Union. "One of the most revealing contributions to the literature of the Civil War . . . fascinating".--New York Times.
Two well-known historians of the American Civil War collect new essays on eight major military commanders of the Confederacy. Serving as both character studies and strategic analyses, these lively pieces come from some of the pre-eminent names in Civil War history, including William C Davis, Charles Roland, and James I Robertson. Taken together, ...
"The View from the Ground" brings together the perspectives of Civil War soldiers on all aspects of the conflict, revealing as much about nineteenth-century America as it does about the war itself. The contributors to "The View from the Ground" investigate the issues engaged by soldiers during the war, including slavery and racial tensions, the ...
Union military forces suffered momentary defeat followed by sustained success in the western theatre during the second half of the American Civil War. Following the Union's defeat at Chickamauga, Ulysses S. Grant took command at Chattanooga and orchestrated a striking victory which paved the way for a Union advance against Atlanta, a confederate ...
Glatthaar tells how effectively Lees men served their country and demonstrates just how close the South came to winning the war and why it ultimately lost.
Glatthaar tells how effectively Lees men served their country and demonstrates just how close the South came to winning the war and why it ultimately lost.
Description: 1991, 1st trade paperback, near fine, stiff pictorial wraps, published by Meridian Books, New York, 370 pages. The black military experience during the Civil War, brilliantly brought to life. read more
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