Overview :This collection of original essays reveals the richness and dynamism of contemporary scholarship on the Civil War era. Inspired by the lines... Read More
Overview :The Spotsylvania Campaign was a crucial period in the protracted confrontation between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in spring 1864. Ap... Read More
Overview :In the spring of 1864, in the vast Virginia scrub forest known as the Wilderness, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee first met in battle. Th... Read More
Overview :Even one hundred and fifty years later, we are haunted by the Civil War--by its division, its bloodshed, and perhaps, above all, by its orig... Read More
Overview :The Maryland campaign of September 1862 ranks among the most important military operations of the American Civil War. Crucial political, dip... Read More
Overview :The six essays in this volume testify to the enduring impact of the Civil War on our national consciousness. Covering subjects as diverse as... Read More
Overview :If one is to believe contemporary historians, the South never had a chance. Many allege that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because of i... Read More
Overview :Edited by Gary Gallagher and Elizabeth Varon, two of the most prominent nineteenth-century American historians in the nation, New Perspectiv... Read More
Overview :Generally regarded as the most important of the Civil War campaigns conducted in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, that of 1864 lasted more... Read More
Overview :Was Robert E. Lee a gifted soldier whose only weaknesses lay in the depth of his loyalty to his troops, affection for his lieutenants, and d... Read More
Overview :This volume explores the Shenandoah Valley campaign, best known for its role in establishing Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's reputation as t... Read More
Overview :A variety of important but lesser-known dimensions of the Chancellorsville campaign of spring 1863 are explored in this collection of eight ... Read More