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1	This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War more books like this by Professor Drew Gilpin Faust add to wishlist The president of Harvard University presents this innovative study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and consequences of death in the face of the unprecedented slaughter of the Civil War. 56 illustrations. see all copies from $3.95! new only from $4.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Oxford History of the United States more books like this by James M McPherson add to wishlist This book covers one of the most turbulent periods of the USA's history, from the Mexican War in 1848 to the end of the Civil War in 1865. With a broad historical sweep, it traces the heightening sectional conflict of the 1850s: the growing estrangement of the South and its impassioned defence of slavery; the formation of the Republican Party in ... see all copies from $3.46! new only from $17.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Fredericksburg to Meridian more books like this by Shelby Foote add to wishlist "I have never read a better, more vivid, more understandable account of the savage battling between Grant's and Lee's armies.... Foote stays with the human strife and suffering, and unlike most Southern commentators, he does not take sides. In objectivity, in range, in mastery of detail in beauty of language and feeling for the people involved, ... see all copies from $4.12! new only from $13.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Grapple more books like this by Harry Turtledove add to wishlist The third volume in Turtledove's alternate history of World War II opens with the Confederacy reeling after the loss of their forces around Pittsburgh. The United States is trying to suppress the Mormon rebellion, while Negro guerrillas who escaped being swept up into death camps authorized by C.S.A. President Jake Featherstone disrupt the rural ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War more books like this by Chandra Manning add to wishlist A vivid, unprecedented account of why Union and Confederate soldiers identified slavery as the root of the Civil War, how the conflict changed troops' ideas about slavery, and what those changing ideas meant for the war and the nation. see all copies from $7.35! new only from $8.83! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts more books like this by Burke Davis add to wishlist An entertaining look at some intriguing oddities, unusual incidents and colorful personalities connected with the Civil War. Illustrated with line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $86.45! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War more books like this by Edwin C Bearss, James McPherson (Introduction by) add to wishlist Antietam, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Gettysburg - the legendary battles of the Civil War constitute our nation's greatest epic. In "Fields of Honor", Edwin C. Bearss delivers the stories of these battles as they have never before been told, rich with human interest and little-known detail, culled from a lifetime of study by America's premiere ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.56! \| first editions \| SVS
8	War, Terrible War: 1855-1865 more books like this by Joy Hakim add to wishlist Hakim's ten-volume history of the United States makes American history as exciting as an adventure story and as stimulating as a suspense yarn. She tells stories with all the fascinating sides of factual history. The dates and events, characters and complexities, heroes, heroines and villains are woven into the great American history. B&W ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Copperhead: The Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles: Book Two more books like this by Bernard Cornwell add to wishlist The beloved Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck returns to the front lines of the Civil War in this second installment of Bernard Cornwell's acclaimed Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles. It is the summer of 1862, and Nate has been bloodied but victorious at the battles of Ball's Bluff and Seven Pines. But he can't escape his Northern roots, and it is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Mosby's Rangers more books like this by Jeffry Wert add to wishlist No single battalion was more feared during the Civil War than the 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, better known as "Mosby's Rangers". Here, in vivid and fascinating detail, is the most authoritative account of the Rangers' infamous adventures, written by a prize-winning historian. ". . . recommended for nearly any Civil War collection".- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think more books like this by Victor Davis Hanson add to wishlist A classicist examines three battles from history, explains them in depth, and draws lessons from them for today's warriors. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Civil War Diary Quilt more books like this by Rosemary Youngs add to wishlist see all copies from $11.55! new only from $13.95! \| SVS
13 view cover	Don't Know Much about the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know about America's Greatest Conflict But Never Learned more books like this by Kenneth C Davis (Introduction by) add to wishlist Millions of Americans, bored by dull textbooks, are in the dark about the most significant event in our history. Here, the "New York Times" bestselling author deftly sorts out the players, the politics, and the key events of the Civil War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Rifles for Watie more books like this by Harold Keith add to wishlist In this novel set during the Civil War, 16-year-old Jeff Bussey has long anticipated joining the Union Army. As Jeff takes part in the war's western campaigns, he is captured by the Confederate forces led by Stand Watie, a Cherokee Indian. In order to hide the fact that he is a Union spy, Jeff volunteers to join Watie's rebel army and is thus able ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15	Bruce Cattons Civil War: 3 Volumes more books like this by Bruce Catton, Rh Value Publishing add to wishlist Three volumes of Catton's celebrated study of the Civil War are bound together in this single volume. A complete and thorough overview of the Civil War. see all copies from $3.93! new only from $44.90! \| first editions
16 view cover	Guns of the South more books like this by Harry Turtledove add to wishlist In a convoluted attempt to create a paradise for believers in apartheid, 21st-century South African scientists develop a time-travel machine to transport AK-47s to the beleaguered General Lee, who is losing the American Civil War. With these "futuristic" weapons, the South wins the war and promptly seizes control of the U.S. government, only the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Never Call Retreat more books like this by Bruce Catton add to wishlist This is an eloquent study of the most bitter years of the war when death slashed the country with a brutality unparalleled in the history of the United States. Through the kaleidoscopic tone and temper of the struggle, two men grappled with the burden of being leaders in both politics and war. In the North, Lincoln remained resolute that a house ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	If the South Had Won the Civil War more books like this by MacKinlay Kantor add to wishlist The Past is a strange place indeed . . . everything could have been so different so easily. Just a touch here and a tweak there . . . . MacKinlay Kantor, Pulitzer Price-winning author and master storyteller, shows us how the South could have won the Civil War: how two small shifts in history (as we know it) in the summer of 1863 could have turned ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Red Moon at Sharpsburg more books like this by Rosemary Wells add to wishlist An award-winning author lays bare the senseless devastation of war in this stunning novel that tells the story of one brave Southern girl's struggle to survive the Civil War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	A Stillness at Appomattox: The Army of the Potomac Trilogy more books like this by Bruce Catton add to wishlist Undoubtedly Catton's most brilliant books, A Stillness at Appomattox won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction. Caton recounts the most spectacular conflicts between Grant and Lee and details the end of hope for the Confederacy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.47! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War more books like this by James M McPherson add to wishlist The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom and the New York Times bestsellers Crossroads of Freedom and Tried by War, among many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $11.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	None Died in Vain: The Saga of the American Civil War more books like this by Robert Leckie add to wishlist The American Civil War was a shattering event that nearly destroyed the U.S. In None Died in Vain, Robert Leckie has captured the glory, drama and tragedy of this devastating experience in a compelling book that reads like a novel. "Readers won't find a finer one-volume, popular introduction to the War Between the States".--Publishers Weekly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union more books like this by Bell Irvin Wiley add to wishlist In this companion to The Life of Johnny Reb, Bell Irvin Wiley explores the daily lives of the men in blue who fought to save the Union. With the help of many soldiers' letters and diaries, Wiley explains who these men were and why they fought, how they reacted to combat and the strain of prolonged conflict, and what they thought about the land and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction more books like this by Professor Eric Foner, Joshua Brown (Illustrator) add to wishlist In pictures and text, distinguished historian Eric Foner examines a chapter in American history following the Civil War when, in effect, a whole new society had to be built to replace the old system of slavery. The roughly 10-year period known as Reconstruction was supposed to make a new South, one in which former slaves, now freemen and freewomen ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.40! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The American Heritage New History of the Civil War more books like this by Bruce Catton, James M McPherson (Editor) add to wishlist A revision of Bruce Catton's classic account of the Civil War, supplemented with new archival material. Features over 800 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.60! \| first editions

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	The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote see all from $2.23! new only from $16.05!
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