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Andersonville:A Story of Southern Rebel Prisons

Paperback $32.95

ISBN 9781582181424

Hardcover $39.95

ISBN 9781582181455

660 Pages

First published over 100 years ago, Anderson-

ville is John McElroys oten-shocking rst

person account o the horrors inficted upon

prisoners o the Civil War. McElroy, a survivor

o Andersonville, describes how thousands o

strong able-bodied men, experienced starvation

and physical destruction that resulted in higher

death totals than those caused in battle.

The True sToryof

Andersonville PrisonPaperback $14.95

ISBN 978158218

Hardcover $24.95

ISBN 978158218

260 Pages

During the Civil War, James Madison Page was

a prisoner in dierent places in the South. Seven

months o that time was spent at Andersonville.

While there he became well acquainted with

Major Wirz, or Captain Wirz, as he then ranked.

Page takes the stand that Captain Wirz was un-

justly held responsible or the hardship and mortality o Andersonville. It was his

belie that the Federal authorities must share the blame or these things with the

Conederate, since they well knew the inability o the Conederates to meet thereasonable wants o their prisoners o war, as they lacked a supply or their own

needs, and since the Federal authorities ailed to exercise a humane policy in the

exchange o those captured in battle. The writer, with malice toward none and

charity or all, denies conscious prejudice, and makes the sincere endeavor to

put himsel in the other ellows place and make such a statement o the matter in

hand as will satisy all lovers o truth and justice.


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The TrAgedyof

AndersonvillePaperback $24.95

ISBN 9781582181684

Hardcover $39.95

ISBN 9781582181691

540 Pages

During the Civil War, over 13,000 Union sol-

diers died at Andersonville Prison. Ater the

war, the prison keeper, Captain Henry Wirz,

was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.

Later the Georgia Division o the United

Daughters o the Conederacy challenged

the acts as they were recorded in the trial o

Wirz, proclaimed him a martyr and erected a monument in his honor. These events

precipitated a written request rom the National Association o Union Prisoners o

War to General Chipman to publish the evidence reported at the trial o Captain

Wirz.

Andersonville diAryWith a List of the Dead

Paperback $19.95

ISBN 9781582184500

316 Pages

Andersonville Diary is a true account o liein one o the most inamous prisons in U. S.

wartime history. This book is the diary o John

Ransom, a Union soldier who served time in the

Andersonville Prison Pen. Ransom provides an

insiders view o the hellish conditions endured

by the men imprisoned there. The entries were

originally published as a series o letters in the

Jackson (Mich.) Citizen. The volume includes

a chapter o Rebel Testimony given at the trial

o Henry Wirz, the camp commander. There is

also a list o those who died during their imprisonment. The deceased are listed

alphabetically, by state, and provide the ull name, Company, Regiment, date o

death and the number on the headstone in the cemetery.


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Paperback $24.95

ISBN 9781582187211

336 Pages

An ArTisTs sTory

ofThe greAT WAr

Edwin Forbes was born in New York City

in 1839. He worked as a sketch artist or

Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper

joining the sta at age 22. In 1861 he was

attached to the Army o the Potomac and

was one o the youngest and one o the

ew artists who covered the entire war.Most o his illustrations were o the daily

lie o the soldiers, but he also depicted

battle scenes including the Second Battle

o Bull Run, and Hookers Charge at An-

tietam.

The soldiers sToryPaperback $19.95ISBN 9781582180078

Hardcover $34.95

ISBN 9781582182285

408Pages

Warren Lee Goss, a member o the 2nd Mas-

sachusetts Regiment o Heavy Artillery dur-ing the war. In The Soldiers Story Goss

writes o his captivity at Andersonville and

Belle Isle prisons. Goss was a prisoner twice,

once in 1862 or our months and in 1864 or

nine months. His experience in these prisons

was o a kind that ew endure and live to write

about. He attempts to relate the tale o horrors

experienced in these prisons without exaggeration.

The Appendix contains the names o the Union soldiers who died at Andersonville

with the number o their graves, their rank, the companies and regiments to which

they belonged, the dates o their decease, and the diseases o which they died.

The numerous accurate illustrations o prison lie were taken rom actual Rebel

photographs.


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Paperback $9.95

ISBN 9781582187228

124 Pages

Paperback $21.95

ISBN 9781582186740

504 Pages

The Crisisof

The ConfererACy

The BATTleof geTTysBurg

This account o Gettysburg was written by

Haskell to his brother, shortly ater the battle,

and was not intended or publication. This act

ought to be borne in mind in connection with

some severe refections cast by the author upon

certain ocers and soldiers o the Union army.

The present text ollows the unabridged reprint

o the Wisconsin Historical Commission; andthe notes on Haskells estimates o numbers

and losses have been supplied by Colonel Tho-

mas L. Livermore, the well-known authority

on this subject. The book also contains seven historical civil war documents. Re-

printed rom the Harvard Classics edition o 1910

Cecil Bettine was a Captain in the 15th The

Kings Hussars in England. He observed the

American Civil War with sincere appreciation

o both the outnumbered Conederate Army

and the powerul Union Army.

Bettine ocuses on two areas in particular- The

Wilderness, and Gettysburg. He contends that

a rapid counterattack ater the Conederate

victory in The Wilderness could have turned

the tide against the North at this early juncture,

and changed the outcome o the war.

The detailed accounting o Gettysburg covers the days leading up to this nal,

bloody battle, and concludes with Lees surrender. This in-depth review o each

army give the reader pause, how a single change o position, a more swit deploy-

ment, a reusal to delay a march, could still have given the Conederacy the upper

hand. Presented as it was originally published in 1905, Crisis o the Conederacy

oers the opinion that the audacity o the Conederacy could have won the war

had it not been or political and military incapacity in high places.


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Paperback $17.95

ISBN 9781582183541

Hardcover $32.95

ISBN 9781582183558

348 Pages

The CruiseofThe

AlABAmAAndThe sumTer

First published over 100 years ago, The Cruise

of the Alabama and the Sumter is Raphael

Semmes incredible story o his experiences as

a commander in the Conederate Navy duringthe Civil War. Semmes draws upon his private

journals and papers to unold his memories o

capturing merchant vessels and skillully elud-

ing Union warships while commanding both the Alabama and Sumter. Together

with his crew, Semmes endured a career o commerce raiding that was without

equal in American naval history o its time.

souThern generAlsPaperback $24.95

ISBN 9781582182216

Hardcover $39.95

ISBN 9781582182223

508 Pages

Southern Generals: Who They Are and WhatThey Have Done was written by Charles B.

Richardson in an attempt to place beore the

public a truthul history o the most prominent

generals rom the Civil War era. Although un-

able to cover all o the Southern ocers with

the rank o General, included in this book are

eighteen o the most renown. The text is gath-

ered rom ocial documents, personal corre-spondence, private inormation and substantial attention to the inamous general

Robert E. Lee. Amongst the other generals eatured in this book are the amiliar

names o Jackson, Beauregard, Johnston, Cooper, Longstreet, Bragg, Ewell, Stu-

art, Hill and Hood. In a smooth narrative, Richardson gives us a comprehensive

look at the careers o the most prominent o those men who ought or the inde-

pendence o the southern states.


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forTs sumTerAnd

moulTrie

nurseAnd sPyinThe

union Army

Paperback $11.95

ISBN 9781582182797

Hardcover $24.95

ISBN 9781582182803

188 Pages

Paperback $21.95

ISBN 9781582181585

Hardcover $29.95

ISBN 9781582181592

416 Pages

Abner Doubleday was an 1842 graduate o the U.

S. Military Academy at West Point and a veteran

o the Mexican war when he was assigned to Fort

Moultrie in the summer o 1860. A Captain oArtillery, he served as second in command o the

garrison at the historic ort when the curtain rose

on the dramatic events leading to the outbreak o the War Between the States.

Doubleday also had the distinction o aiming the rst cannon red in response

to the bombardment o Fort Sumter. From letters, memoranda and documents,

Doubleday writes o his own recollections o the turbulent days o 1860 and 1861,

and when placed upon him to give his own opinion he endeavored to do so in the

spirit o Abraham Lincolns immortal sentiment: With malice toward none; withcharity for all.

Nurse and Spy is a record o events which tran-

spired in the experience o military lie in camp,

eld and hospital during the Civil War. The au-

thor participated in numerous battles, including

Bull Run, Williamsburg, Antietam and Freder-icksburg, in the capacity o Spy and as Field

Nurse or over two years. While in the Secret

Service as a Spy, she penetrated the enemys lines, in various disguises, no

less than eleven times; always with complete success and without detection. Her

ecient labors in the dierent hospitals as well as her arduous duties as Field

Nurse, embrace many thrilling and touching incidents.


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hArd TACkAnd CoffeePaperback $19.95

ISBN 978158218

Hardcover $34.95ISBN 978158218

432 Pages

lees shArPshooTersPaperback $24.95

ISBN 9781582186122

Hardcover $37.95

ISBN 9781582186139 496 Pages

The writing oHard Tack and Coffee was the

result o a reunion o Civil War veterans at a

White Mountain resort in 1881. There, the

author entertained listeners with stories o his

personal experiences o army lie. Unlike his-

tories written o the Civil War whose subjectsare battles or the campaigns o generals, this

book is an attempt to record daily army lie in

detail. Hard Tack and Coee relates stories

about enlisting, lie in tents, and oenses and punishments or soldiers in the

Engineering and Signal Corps.

Charles W. Reed illustrated this version with six engraved plates and over two

hundred original sketches. refecting many o the sights and scenes rom the era.

In early 1864, Robert E. Lee began experiment-

ing with tactical innovations or the upcoming

spring campaign. To this end, he ordered the

organization o sharpshooter battalions. Wil-

liam S. Dunlop was appointed commander o

one o these battalions. InLees Sharpshooters

he chronicles the training processes, the ord-nance tests and the marksmanship exercises

the soldiers went through to become skilled

and condent skirmishers. Robert E. Lees decision didnt turn the tide o the war,

but it did give rise to the specialized soldier whose intelligence, marksmanship

and unaltering courage was remarkable.


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The lifeAnd miliTAry CA-

reerof ThomAs sTone-

WAll JonAThAn JACksonPaperback $12.95

ISBN 9781582183503

Hardcover $25.95

ISBN 9781582183510

248 Pages

A lifeof mAJor genl

george A. CusTerPaperback $34.95

ISBN 9781582180403

Hardcover $39.95ISBN 9781582180410

688 Pages

Thomas Stonewall Jackson was deemed to

be one o the most brilliant commanders o his

time. He had a skillul, though sometimes pe-culiar, style o ghting. It was oten his well-

conceived plans that provoked movements or

sudden scurries which would turn the tide o a

battle in the Conederate avor, or ward o a disastrous deeat. He was a deeply

religious man, and a air and just ocer. His charisma inspired condence in his

troops, ring up their enthusiasm or the cause while earlessly and courageously

obeying his every command. Soldiers rom both the North and South revered

Jackson as a man noble in heart and chivalric in action.

The view o General George Armstrong Custer

has changed in the past century since his death

at the Little Big Horn. This history, written in

the late 1800s, speaks o the general in glowing

terms and honors him or his military genius, the

nobility o his lie, and his sincerity and bravery.


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The lifeof

sToneWAll JACksonPaperback $15.95

ISBN 9781582182513

Hardcover $29.95

ISBN 9781582182520

312 Pages

mAssAChuseTTsinThe

Civil WArPaperback $32.95

ISBN 9781582180014

Hardcover $39.95

ISBN 9781582180120

692 Pages

The Life of Stonewall Jackson was written

while John Esten Cooke was encamped with

General Thomas Jackson and his troops dur-

ing the Civil War. Cook combines his personal

observations o the General with inormation

taken rom ocial papers, contemporary nar-

ratives and personal acquaintances.

John Esten Cooke examines Jacksons lie

rom birth, through his career at West Point, as well as his exploits during the

Civil war. He describes how the so-called Stonewall Brigade, combined with

troops led by Robert E. Lee, deeated Gen. George B. McClellan and three Union

armies at the Battle o Richmond. He examines how Jackson deeated General

John Pope, ensuring a Conederate victory at the Second Battle o Bull Run, on to

the battle o Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863, where, in a tragic accident, he was

shot and atally wounded by riendly re.

Massachusetts bore a prominent part in the

Civil War. From the beginning to the end thisstate urnished soldiers or the army, sailors

or the navy, and nancial aid to the govern-

ment. Advanced ideas, which though scoed

at in the early months o the war, were ater-

wards accepted by the nation beore the war

could be brought to a successul end.


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The Prison lifeof

Jefferson dAvisPaperback $19.95

ISBN 9781582185101

Hardcover $39.95

ISBN 9781582185118

384 Pages

reColleCTions

ofA PrivATePaperback $24.95

ISBN 9781582181622

Hardcover $39.95ISBN 9781582181639

420 Pages

The Prison Life of Jefferson Davis is John Cra-

vens absorbing rst-person account o Con-

ederate President, Jeerson Davis imprison-

ment ater the Civil War. Davis, accused otreason, the plot to assassinate President Lin-

coln, and the horrors o Andersonville Prison,

spent two years in prison ater General Robert

E. Lee surrendered to the North to General Ul-

ysses S. Grant. Craven served as personal physician to President Davis or seven

months o his imprisonment and has recorded his experiences in this captivating

story.

Recollections of a Private is an engrossing

look at the lie o the private soldier in the

Army o the Potomac. Warren Lee Goss chron-

icles not only his own experiences but those

o his brother soldiers as well. Beginning with

lie as a raw recruit and continuing through themajor battles o the Civil War, Goss gives us a

behind the scenes look at a soldiers lie beore,

during and and ater battle.


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Paperback $9.95

ISBN 9781582183268

Hardcover $24.95

ISBN 9781582183275

180 Pages

The BATTleof

geTTysBurg 1863

The Battle of Gettysburg is Samuel Drakes

recounting o one o the most amous bat-

tles o the Civil War. Drake brings you

through the entire campaign: rom the rst

march into Pennsylvania to the nal re-

treat o Lee and his orces.

CAPTuringA

loComoTivePaperback $19.95

ISBN 9781582182155

Hardcover $29.95

ISBN 9781582182162

384 Pages

This edition o the Andrews Railroad raid by

Union soldiers embraces a ull and accurate

account o this secret journey to the heart o

the conederacy. Pittenger, the author, recalls

his story o the secret raid to cut the rail link

between Marietta and Chattanooga, his cap-ture and the subsequent prisoner exchange

program that set him ree. He and the other survivors were the rst soldiers with

the rank o Private to be awarded the Congressional Medal o Honor. Charlie

Chaplin and Walt Disney later made this true story into movies titled, The Gen-

eral and The Great Locomotive Chase. This edition retains the look and eel o

the 1881 edition with illustrations and appendix.


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Paperback $24.95

ISBN 9781582181912

Hardcover $34.95

ISBN 9781582181929

476 Pages

A hisToryofThe AndreWs rAil-

roAd rAidonTo georgiAin 1862

Based on the original 1863 true story, Dar-

ing and Suering, this 1887 version o the

Andrews Railroad raid by Union soldiers em-

braces a ull and accurate account o this secret

journey to the heart o the conederacy. Pit-

tenger, the author, recalls his story o the secret

raid to cut the rail link between Marietta and

Chattanooga, his capture and the subsequent

prisoner exchange program that set him ree. He and the other survivors were the

rst soldiers with the rank o Private to be awarded the Congressional Medal o

Honor.

dAring And suffering

A History of the Great Railroad AdventurePaperback $15.95

ISBN 9781582180755

Hardcover $25.95

ISBN 9781582180762

300 Pages

The whole nation was excited at the revela-

tions made beore the President and the Cabi-

net at Washington, by the survivors o General

Mitchels secret railroad expedition, sent into

the heart o the Conederacy. O the twenty-two

daring adventurers who took their lives in their

hands and penetrated the enemys country, eight

were executed, and the others, ater suering

untold hardships, nally succeeded in recrossing the lines and reaching their regi-

ments in the Union army. They each received a medal o honor rom the hands o

the President. The book is illustrated by a ne steel portrait o the author, several

exquisite wood engravings, and is printed in the highest style o typographical

beauty.


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Paperback $17.95

ISBN 9781582183589

Hardcover $29.95

ISBN 9781582183596

308 Pages

Army lifein

A BlACk regimenT

Army Life in a Black Regimentis Thomas

Wentworth Higginsons personal account o

the adventures o the First Carolina Volunteers,

a black regiment mustered into the Army o the

United States during the Civil War. Colonel

Higginson was convinced that these eight hun-

dred men could drill and perorm as well as

the best o the white regiments. Transormed

rom slaves into soldiers, many o which could not read or write when enlisted,

riends and oes watched this battalion with microscopic scrutiny as a spectacle

o daring innovation.


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