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THE CIVIL WAR BOOK OF LISTS. OVER 300 LISTS, FROM THE SUBLIME...TO THE RIDICULOUS.

By: (Richard H. Berg, John Cannan, Richard L. DiNardo, David G. Martin, Albert A. Nofi, Wayne Michael Sarf, Kathleen B. Williams.)

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Combined Books, (Conshohocken, PA, 1993), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 11122

240 pp, 8vo, soft cover. "This fascinating new handbook on the War Between the States is an invaluable source of facts, statistics, data and trivia. The wide variety of lists includes detailed topics of every description. Commanders on both sides are ranked according to the best and worst ever to lead troops during the war. A selection of casualty figures demonstrates the enormous number of lives taken on the fields of the war's bloodiest battles. The composition of the armies is given in terms of state origin, ethnic background and even average height of the troops. Lists also probe...
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HOW GREAT GENERALS WIN.

By: Alexander, Bevin.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Avon: 1995

Seller ID: 24258

ISBN: 0380724367

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

320 pp, 7 7/8" H. B&w photographs, maps. "Undaunted by Hannibal's elephants, Scipio Africanus ordered his outnumbered cavlary to charge directly toward the massive beasts - and, by doing so, saved Rome. Stonewall Jackson struck like lightning throughout the Shenandoah Valley, with occasional feints toward Washington - and so frustrated a numerically superior Union Army. Despite few resouces and even less support from the German High Command, The 'Desert Fox', Erwin Rommel, conducted one of the most spectacular and successful campaigns in military history. In wars throughout the centur...
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BY SEA AND BY RIVER: THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.

By: Anderson, Bern.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Da Capo: 1989

Seller ID: 5117

ISBN: 0306803674

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

303 pp + index, 8vo (8 1/4" H). B&w illustrations. "(T)he naval battles - and especially the naval blockade of the South - were crucial factors in the outcome of the (Civil) war. The spectacular battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack marked the debut of ironclads, a revolution in naval warfare. (The author), a retired admiral, provides an overarching look at the strategic concerns of both sides and sketches many of the leading characters in the action." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, spine flat and uncreased.
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A BALLAD OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH.

By: Angle, Paul M. and Miers, Earl Schenck.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Kingsport, Tennessee, Kingsport Press: 1959

Seller ID: 30658

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

48 pp, 10 3/8" H. Blue and gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt decoration on front board, clear plastic dust cover - no slipcase. Kingsport Press presentation sheet laid in - signed by C.H. Wilhelm. The authors have used a 'Narrator' to link words and songs to capture the emotions of the Civil War era. Among the 'speakers' are Abraham Lincoln, George F. Root, Julia Ward Howe, and Walt Whitman. The songs, partial and not including musical notation, are used to link the narrative: Old Abe Lincoln Came Out of the Wilderness; Dixie; The Marseillaise; The Bonnie Blue Flag; John Brow...
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RED-TAPE AND PIGEON-HOLE GENERALS: ANDREW A. HUMPHREYS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

By: Arner, Frederick B., commentary. (William H. Armstrong.) Foreword by Charles T. Joyce.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Charlottesville, Virginia, Rockbridge: 1999

Seller ID: 24961

ISBN: 1883522153

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

378 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "Regarded as anonymously written fiction when it was originally published in 1864, this rollicking story of the way it was in the Union 's Army of the Potomac is a thinly disguised tale of truth. It is, in fact, a scathing attack on the character and military ability of Gen. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys. The author, Lt. Col. William H. Armstrong of the 129th Pennyslvania Volunteer Infantry, risked a libel action to send his message, yet he recognized that abuses within the system could not be addressed without first bei...
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GETTYSBURG. CONFEDERATE: THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA 1 JULY 1863. OSPREY ORDER OF BATTLE SERIES: 1.

By: Arnold, James and Wiener, Roberta.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Oxford, Osprey: 1998

Seller ID: 24178

ISBN: 1855328348

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good-

96 pp, 9 3/4" H. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans. " 'If there is no objection, I will take my Division tomorrow and go to Gettysburg.' With these words Major-General Henry Heth set in train the course of events culminating in the titanic clash around the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. On 1 July two Confederate Corps swept towards this strategic crossroads as Federal troops fought a desperate delaying action. The men of the Army of Northern Virginia were the best in the Confederacy. Under Robert E. Lee they had whipped ...
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CHICKAMAUGA 1863: THE RIVER OF DEATH. OSPREY MILITARY CAMPAIGN SERIES 17.

By: Arnold, James R.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Osprey: 1992

Seller ID: 25464

ISBN: 1855322633

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good-

96 pp, 9 3/4" H. "Chickamauga - an Indian name meaning 'River of Death' - was one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. Fought in densely wooded terrain just south of Chattanooga, this was to be the greatest western-theatre battle of the conflict, a hard-fought victory for the Confederates that halted the advance of Rosecrans' Union Army of the Cumberland into Tennessee." "Each volume (of the Campaign series) begins with an assessment of each commander's campaign strategy, then recounts the progress of the fighting, blow-by-blow. More than 90 illustrations, inclu...
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A SLAVE NO MORE: TWO MEN WHO ESCAPED TO FREEDOM, INCLUDING THEIR OWN NARRATIVES OF EMANCIPATION.

By: Blight, David W. (John Washington & Wallace Turnage.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Orlando, Harcourt: 2007

Seller ID: 30638

ISBN: 0151012326

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

307 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations, maps. "Slave narratives are extremely rare. Of the one hundred or so of these testimonies that survive, a mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group. Wallace Turnage was a teenage field hand on an Alabama plantation, John Washington an urban slave in Virginia. Both men saw opportunity in the chaos of the Civil War, both escaped North, and both left us remarkable accounts of their flights to freedom. H...
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CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA: THE BATTLES THAT DOOMED THE CONFEDERACY.

By: Bowers, John.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Post Road Press/Avon, (New York, 2000), 2nd printing.:

Seller ID: 20202

266 pp, 8vo (8" H) soft cover. ISBN 0380725096 B&w photos, maps. "In the Autumn of 1863, a pair of remarkable military engagements took place on opposite sides of the Georgia-Tennessee border - two battles marked by ferocity, genius, courage, ast onishing ineptitude, and outrageous fortune that changed the course of the War Between the States." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor soiling to top corner of textblock, very minor edge wear. V e r y G o o d +
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CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A PRICED CHECKLIST WITH ADVICE. THIRD EDITION.

By: Broadfoot, Tom. Compilers: Janet Hewett, Julia Nichols, Jocelyn Pinson.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Wilmington, North Carolina, Broadfoot: 1992

Seller ID: 24805

ISBN: 091610785X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

560 pp, small 4to (10 3/16" H) - red spine with black title block and gold lettering, gray boards with gold lettering and black illustration. Contents: Acknowledgement With List of Civil War Dealers; What's In This Guide: How To Use This Guide; Prices; Book Condition; The Civil War Market; Factors Affecting Civil War Book Prices; Reference Works; Book Trade Abbreviations and Terms; Where To Buy Civil War Books; Where To Sell Civil War Books; Civil War Books As An Investment; Advice to Wives and "Significant Others"; Care Of Books; Appraisals - Insurance - Estates - Gifts; General B...
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THOMAS MORRIS CHESTER, BLACK CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENT. HIS DISPATCHES FROM THE VIRGINIA FRONT.

By: Chester, Thomas Morris. (R.J.M. Blackett, ed.)

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Da Capo, (New York, 1991), reprint.:

Seller ID: 23654

375 pp, 8vo, soft cover. "In 1864 the Philadelphia Press commissioned Thomas Morris Chester, son of an ex-slave, to cover the activities of black troops on the Virginia front. The only black correspondent for a major daily during the Civil War, Chester covered the crucial final year of the war around Richmond. His dispatches constitute the most sustained and extensive first-hand account of black soldiers in existence. In this volume, R.J.M. Blackett provides a concise biography of Chester and reproduces in annotated form his Civil War dispatches, which are remarkable for their detail and ...
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DON TROIANI'S REGIMENTS & UNIFORMS OF THE CIVIL WAR.

By: Coates, Earl J.; McAfee, Michael J.; Troiani, Don. Introduction by Leslie D. Jensen.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole: 2002

Seller ID: 25478

ISBN: 081170520X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

267 pp, 4to (12 1/8" H). "In addition to 130 paintings of battle scenes and individual figures, the book also includes more than 250 full-color photographs of the uniforms the soldiers wore and the accoutrements they carried. Many of the artifacts are taken from Troiani's extensive personal collection. Supporting the illustrations is text by two of the leading experts on military artifacts. Taken together, it makes for one of the most comprehensive books on Civil War uniforms ever undertaken." Previous owner's place, date and signature on free front endpaper; book slightly cocked...
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THE DARKEST DAYS OF THE WAR: THE BATTLES OF IUKA & CORINTH.

By: Cozzens, Peter.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press: 1997

Seller ID: 23743

ISBN: 0807823201

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

390 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "During the late summer of 1862, Confederate forces launched a three-pronged strategic advance into the North in both major theaters of the war. The results of this offensive - the only coordinated Confederate attempt to carry the conflict to the enemy - were disastrous. In the eastern theater, Lee was forced out of Maryland after his defeat at Antietam, and in the West, Bragg waged a dismal campaign and had to retreat from Kentucky. The third prong of the Confederate offensive, the northern Mississippi campaign, culmina...
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FOUR WENT TO THE CIVIL WAR.

By: Darroch, Lois E. Signed.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: (Ampersand Press, Willowdale, Ontario, 1985.):

Seller ID: 23492

317 pp, 8vo, soft cover. ISBN 0920469019 B&w photos, drawings, reproductions of letters. "...traces the lives and fortunes of a pioneering family in Oxford County, Canada West. The venerable head of the Enos, is ambitious, enterprising, astride of his time; his four sons are exceptional too as they go off to school in Cleveland, build their own house, then join the Union forces against the Confederacy..." The author is the granddaughter of one of these four brothers and has written this f ictionalized account of their expeiences based on family diaries and over one hundred contemp...
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THE BATTLE OF NEW MARKET.

By: Davis, William C.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Harrisburg, PA, Stackpole: 1993

Seller ID: 24188

ISBN: 0811705765

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

249 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w illustrations. "On May 15, 1864, at a little crossroads hamlet in Virginia, the fate of the Shenandoah Valley may have been decided and, with it, the ability of the Confederacy to survive in Virginia for another season. (This) is the story of one of those seemingly incredible hair's-breadth miracles that now and then dot the Civil War landscape. A scratch force of hastily assembled Confederates, outnumbered up to the last minute, meets and decisively overcomes a superior Yankee army. A former vice president and one-time candidate for the presidency commands...
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CONFEDERATE INFANTRYMAN 1861-1865. OSPREY MILITARY WARRIOR SERIES 6.

By: Drury, Ian.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: London, Osprey: 1993

Seller ID: 25462

ISBN: 1855324016

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

64 pp, 9 3/4" H. B&w photographs, drawings, 12 pages of colour illustrations. Contents: Historical Background; Chronology; Recruitment; Appearance; Equipment; Weapons; Training; Tactics; Typical Engagements; Fighting Spirit; Pat Cleburne's Career; Logistics; The Plates. Interior - small Christmas notation, date and signature in pencil on title page; otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor corner wear, very light rubbing - mainly on rear cover.
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LIVING HISTORY. BRASSEY'S MASTER CLASS.

By: Elliot-Wright, Philipp J.C. Series editor: Tim Newark.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Brassey's: 2000

Seller ID: 19960

ISBN: 1574882775

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

144 pp, 4to (11 7/8" H). Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. "(T)he ultimate how-to book. Taking six of the most popular historical periods, (this book) shows how re-enactors and other history enthusiasts can recreate the uniforms, equipment and life-style of past warriors and their comrades, male and female. The six periods are: Roman; Vikings and Saxons; Medieval; English Civil War; Napoleonic and American Civil Wars; World War One and World War Two. Re-enactment is a growing hobby in Britain, Europe and the United States, with tens of thousands of people recreating the ...
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BRIDGES OF BATTLE: FAMOUS BATTLEFIELD ACTIONS AT BRIDGES AND RIVER CROSSINGS.

By: Featherstone, Donald.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Arms and Armour: 1998

Seller ID: 23916

ISBN: 1854094491

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

256 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w plates. "From more than 2,000 years of military history, (the author) has selected some one hundred examples of battles centred on river crossings. They range in size fom small-scale actions such as the battle for Powick Bridge in the early months of the English Civil War to massive, army-scale operations including the final crossing of the Rhine at Remagen during the Second World War. One of the biggest battles during the Napoleonic Wars - indeed, the biggest battle to that date with more than 300,000 men in combat - was fought across the Danube in...
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WAR AT EVERY DOOR: PARTISAN POLITICS AND GUERILLA VIOLENCE IN EAST TENNESSEE, 1860-1869.

By: Fisher, Noel C.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press: 1997

Seller ID: 23886

ISBN: 0807823678

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

250 pp, 8vo (9 1/2" H) . B&w photographs, maps. "(E)xamines the military and political struggle for control of East Tennessee from the secession crisis through the early years of Reconstruction, focusing particularly on the military and political significance of the region's irregular activity." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very small tears (archivally taped) and wrinkling at bottom of spine.
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THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. MILITARY CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR SERIES.

By: Gallagher, Gary W., ed. (Brooks D. Simpson, John J. Hennessy, Gordon C. Rhea, Peter S. Carmichael, Robert K. Krick, Carol Reardon, Robert E.L. Krick, Gary W. Gallagher.)

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press: 1997

Seller ID: 23741

ISBN: 0807823341

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

283 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs, maps/battle plans, reproductions. "In the spring of 1864, in the vast scrub forest that spread south from Virginia's Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in battle for the first time. The Wilderness campaign of May 5-6 initiated an epic confrontation between these two commanders - one that would finally end, eleven months later, with Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The contributors to this volume bring modern scholarship and fresh insight to bear on the issues and leaders of the Wilderness campaign. Their...
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Category: Military - Civil War