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Civil War Catalog
A List of American Civil War Books BMP
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the Brave
In Their Own Words: Immigrant Soldiers Who Received the Medal of Hornor
During the Civil War
by Les Rolston
Home
of the Brave—In
Their Own Words: Immigrants Who Received The Medal Of Honor In The
Civil War is a collection of stories about some of
the hundreds of immigrant
soldiers who fought in the American Civil War. The
book offers vivid descriptions of the childhoods of
these men in their native lands as well as the heroic feats performed
by these
ordinary soldiers during wartime. The details come largely from the
Medal of
Honor military files of these soldiers.
Often
even more interesting than the exploits of these men
is what happened to the Medal of Honor recipients after the
war. Many of
the men or their widows felt abandoned by the very government they
sought to
preserve in their declining years. The book includes doctors' reports
to the
government vividly describing the toll the war took on these bodies of
these
heroes, but not on their spirit. The book brings to life these often
unsung heroes and shows that there is more
to the War Between the States than the brother-versus-brother drama we
are
often shown. There was a population of those from outside this country
who
fought and died for her during this most internal of conflicts.
206p - $12.95
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Trembling
in the Balance:
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal During the Civil War
by Timothy R. Snyder
Trembling in the Balance: The
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal During the Civil War is the
story of a canal company's struggle to operate a significant business
enterprise in one of the nation's major theaters of war. Since the
C&O Canal company was located on Maryland's southern border
with Virginia, it experienced much of the war firsthand. Due to the
proximity of the canal to so many conflicts, large and small, this book
includes a great deal of military history in great detail. The canal
played a role in major battles, like Antietam and Gettysburg, and in
smaller conflicts, such as Ball's Bluff and Stonewall Jackson's raids
on Dam Number 5 (the dam was owned by the canal company). A facinating
account of this transportation artery during a time of great military
upheval.
364p - $22.95
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| The Nation Divided Series |
BMP is bringing the historical
documents of the American Civil War
into print with several series of books segmented into topic areas.
"Historical Perspectives from a Nation Divided" seeks to bring
differening points of views to events and lifestyles of those on both
sides of the conflict. "Serving a Nation Divided" seeks to bring
regimental histories and historical recollections from both the North
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Historical Perspectives from a Nation
Divided: The Battle of South Mountain
Reprinting
narratives from participants in the Battle of South Mountain in
Frederick County, Maryland during the American Civil War. Lavishly
illustrated with period maps, photographs, and illustrations. Reprints
items from: MILITARY REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR by JACOB COX first
published in 1900; THE LIFE, PUBLIC SERVICES AND SELECT SPEECHES OF
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES by J. Q. HOWARD originally published in 1876; THREE
YEARS IN THE SIXTH CORPS, A CONCISE NARRATIVE OF EVENTS IN THE ARMY OF
THE POTOMAC, FROM 1861 TO THE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION, APRIL, 1865 by
GEORGE T. STEVENS, originally published in 1866; A LIFE OF GEN. ROBERT
E. LEE by JOHN ESTEN COOKE originally published in 1876; and HISTORY OF
KERSHAW'S BRIGADE by D. AUGUSTUS DICKERT originally published in 1907.
108p - $10.95
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Historical Perspectives from a Nation
Divided: Richmond to Appomattox
Collecting two books written soon after the evacuation of Richmond and
the end of the Civil War at Appomattox. One account, The Falling Flag: Evacuation of
Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox, was written
by Edward M. Boykin, a Confederate. The other accounts are from the
Union point of view and come from the book The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry
in the Closing Scenes of the War for the Maintenance of the Union, from
Richmond to Appomattox.
108p - $10.95
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Historical Perspectives from a Nation
Divided: Volunteer for Service
Collecting two books written by those who volunteered for service
during the American Civil War...one from the North, another from the
South. The books reprinted are: Adventures
and Reminiscences of a Volunteer or A Drummer Boy from Maine
by George T. Ulmer, Company H, 8th Maine Volunteers; and Reminiscences of a Rebel
by The Rev. Wayland Fuller Dunaway, D.D., Formerly Captain of Co. I,
40th Va. Regt., Army of Northern Virginia.
124p - $10.95
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Serving a Nation Divided: Eleven
Days in the Militia During the War of the Rebellion being a Journal of
the "Emergency" Campaign of 1862
Reprinting
the book Eleven Days in
the Militia
During the War of the Rebellion being a Journal of the "Emergency"
Campaign of 1862 by Louis Richards (writing under the name
"A Militiaman" and retelling the short time Richards was in the 5th
Ward Guards called up to protect Pennsylvania after Lee had marched
into Frederick, Maryland and was heading north to the border. An
interesting slice of history.
48p - $7.95
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Serving a Nation Divided: Rhode Island
Artillery Narratives
Collecting three books detailing the actions of various batteries of
the Rhode Island Artillery during the American Civil War: Reprints:
Diary of Battery A, First Regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery by
Theodore Reichardt, Written in the Field; Campaign of Battery D, First
Rhode Island Light Artillery, in Kentucky and East Tennessee by Ezra K.
Parker, Late First Lieutenant Battery E, First Rhode, Island Light
Artillery; and The Rhode Island Artillery at the First Battle
of Bull Run by J. Albert Monroe, Late Lieutenant-Colonel First
Rhode Island Light Artillery. Illustrations and period photos are also
included in the text
162p - $12.95
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