The Civil War

  • The Civil War: An Unvarnished Account of the Late But Still Lively Hostilities
    The Civil War: An Unvarnished Account of the Late But Still Lively Hostilities
    By James H. Street

    Street especially loved to tell about the unusual and surprising and doesn't disappoint. Do you have the needed skills to qualify as a Two-beer Civil War Debater? Street will tell you what you need to know.

  • The Civil War
    The Civil War
    By Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell

    Here the roots of the conflict are examined, from the political posturings before the war to the terrible decision made to wage war on fellow citizens.

  • The Civil War
    By Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell, Mason Crest

    The Civil War would prove to be the ultimate test for the soldiers who fought and for their country.

  • The Civil War
    The Civil War
    By James R. Arnold

    Discusses the causes, major events, and aftermath of the Civil War.

  • The Civil War: The North
    The Civil War: The North
    By Thomas Streissguth

    A collection of essays describing the Union's view of the Civil War.

  • The Civil War: The South
    The Civil War: The South
    By Thomas Streissguth

    Essays from the perspectives of journalists, Confederate soldiers, northern sympathizers, slaves, and Jefferson Davis provide first-hand accounts of the Civil War on the southern battlefields and homefront.

  • The Civil War
    By James Tackach

    Essays offer information pertaining to the causes and effects of the Civil War.

  • The Civil War: From Fort Sumter to Appomattox
    The Civil War: From Fort Sumter to Appomattox
    By Zachary A. Kent

    It has been a sad , sad day to us , " admitted General Lee . " We must now return to Virginia . " Together with the surrender of Vicksburg on July 4 , the Battle of Gettysburg gave the Union a double victory . " The charm of Robert Lee ...

  • The Civil War: The War Between the States, Grades 5 - 12
    The Civil War: The War Between the States, Grades 5 - 12
    By George Lee, Roger Gaston

    General Robert Patterson also had 11,000 men to threaten Harpers Ferry, Virginia. In June, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, victor at Fort Sumter, took command of the Bull Run line, while General Joseph Johnston guarded Harpers ...

  • The Civil War: A Visual History
    The Civil War: A Visual History
    By DK

    A history of the Civil War, produced in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, offers color illustrations and photos of artifacts, maps, first-person accounts, comprehensive timelines and much more. Reprint.

  • The Civil War
    The Civil War
    By Elizabeth Elias Kaufman

    Press the magic BipPen on one of the dots to see and hear if you're right or not! Want instant-action fun at your fingertips? Just pick up a BipPen. Test your wits with the 100 questions in each of these quiz books.

  • The Civil War: Day by Day
    The Civil War: Day by Day
    By Philip R. N. Katcher

    A handy yet comprehensive chronology of the Civil War that covers key commanders, campaigns, political maneuvers and figures, as well as lesser episodes and partisan activities.

  • The Civil War
    The Civil War
    By Julius Caesar, Jules César

    His unfinished account of the continuing struggle with Pomepy's heirs and followers is completed by the three anonymous accounts of the Alexandrian, African, and Spanish Wars, which bring the story down to within a year of Caesar's ...

  • The Civil War
    The Civil War
    By Bruce Catton

    Period prints, photographs, and documents accompany this penetrating examination of the political, military, and social aspects of the War Between the States, tracing the conflict from the earliest divisions between North and South to the ...

  • The Civil War
    The Civil War
    By Matt Doeden

    A Civil War between North and South has divided the nation. Which side will you support? What decisions will you have to make? In this book, you'll explore how the choices people made meant the difference between life and death.

  • The Civil War: Voices of Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage
    The Civil War: Voices of Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage
    By Gordon Leidner

    Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, Third Volume Abridged (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010), 462. John Selby, Stonewall Jackson as Military Commander (New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc., 1968), 28.

  • The Civil War: An Illustrated History
    The Civil War: An Illustrated History
    By Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns

    Portrays the lives of politicians, soldiers, and slaves during the Civil War

  • The Civil War: A Random House Audio Book Plus
    By Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns

    Integrating CD digital sound with state-of-the-art electronic books, this multimedia history chronicles the people, issues, and events of the American Civil War.

  • The Civil War: The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It (LOA #212)
    The Civil War: The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It (LOA #212)
    By Stephen W. Sears, Brooks D. Simpson, Sheehan-Dean Aaron

    Beginning on the eve of Lincoln's election in November 1860 and ending in January 1862 with the appointment of Edwin M. Stanton as secretary of war, this volume presents writing by figures well-known—Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Mary ...

  • The Civil War: Leaders and Generals
    The Civil War: Leaders and Generals
    By Jim Ollhoff

    The American Civil War continues to be one of the most significant events in US history.