American Civil War

The Gettysburg Campaign has been examined in minute detail from nearly every aspect but one; the key role played by Richard Ewells Second Corps dur...

The bloodstains are gone, but the worn floorboards remain. The doctors, nurses, and patients who toiled and suffered and ached for home at the Army...

The history of the modern U.S. Capitol, the iconic seat of American government, is also the history of America's most tumultuous years. As the maje...

In 1861, Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon marched to St. Louis in the divided slave state Missouri to arrest a state militia unit at Camp ...

In two preceding volumes, Forts Henry and Donelson and Fort Donelsons Legacy, Benjamin Franklin Cooling offered a sweeping portrayal of war and soc...

I will always be somebody. This assertion, a startling one from a nineteenth-century woman, drove the life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the only Am...

What happens if we reconsider the literature of the Civil War North in light of the transformation of the federal state's power? While literary sch...

An authoritative and superbly illustrated exploration of the events of July 3, 1863, incorporating new interpretations that have arisen in the past...

July 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War. News of the Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg electrified the North and devastated the ...

Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing AwardCivil War Supply and Strategy stands as a sweeping examination of the decisive ...

A full account of the Wilderness to the James River, including Grant's rise to high command, the condition of the armies going into the critical 18...

A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction addresses the key topics and themes of the Civil War era, with 23 original essays by top scholars i...

Authors J. David Petruzzi and Steven Stanley use clear and concise writing with original maps, modern and historic photographs, tables, charts, and...

This volume narrates the major battles and campaigns of the conflict, conveying the full military experience during the Civil War. The military enc...

Who were the greatest commanders of the American Civil War, and what made them so? In The Great Commanders of the American Civil War, the best mili...

The Maps of the Wilderness: An Atlas of the Wilderness Campaign, May 2-7, 1864 continues Bradley M. Gottfrieds efforts to study and illustrate the ...

Vicksburg, nicknamed the Gibraltar of the Confederacy, was vital to Confederate supply lines, troop movements, and access to port cities on the Gul...