1. REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 1, 1866 - VOL I AND VOL II - TWO VOLS., George E Jenks State Printer, Concord, NH, 1866, good, black cloth (hardcover) some light edgewear, Two Volume Set Complete: Volume I, 716pp, consists of regimental rosters. Volume II, 958pp consists of: Part One of this report (pages 3-394) is the first part of the MILITARY HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, FROM ITS SETTLEMENT, IN 1623, TO THE YEAR 1861. The second part of this volume (pages 399-958) is the MILITARY HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE DURING THE GREAT REVELLION; 1861-1866., (Order No: 54590 ), $150.00
2. "By a Lady" Loughborough, Mary Webster, MY CAVE LIFE IN VICKSBURG, Vicksburg & Warren Cty Hist, Vicksburg, MS, 1990, 196pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), First published in 1864. Mary Webster Loughborough arrived in Vicksburg, Mississippi on April 15, 1863 not realizing she would end up trapped there during the siege of the city. This is the journal of her experiences during that time., (Order No: 52799 ), $15.00
3. Allen, Robert Willis, MARCHING ON! JOHN BROWN'S GHOST FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS, Northfield News and Printery, Northfield, VT, 2000 1st ptg, 350pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0965932621 Traces the legends of Vermont born John Brown., (Order No: 56996 ), $20.00
4. Ayling, Augustus D. (Adjutant General), REVISED REGISTER OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 1861-1866, Ira C. Evans, Public Printer, Concord, NH, 1895, 1345pp, good+, 1/2 leather (hardcover) wear, chipping, cracks on spine, Contents are broken down by regiment, and include a sketch of the regiment, a register of members, a summary of the regiment's service, and a register of commissioned officers. A very nice clean and tight copy internally. Leather spine has rubbing, some cracks and chips., (Order No: 51042 ), $275.00
5. Benedict, G. G., VERMONT IN THE CIVIL WAR. A HISTORY OF THE PART TAKEN BY THE VERMONT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION, 1861-5, The Free Press Association, Burlington, VT, 1886 1st ed, B&W illustrations, very good, EX-LIB rebound in black buckram cloth (hardcover), An extremely nice clean and tight set, albiet bound in black buckram cloth with library markings. Two Volume Set Complete; Volume I, 620pp; and, Volume II, 808pp., (Order No: 57834 ), $145.00
6. Bennitt, C. G., THE OLD MAN, Ivy House Publishing Group, Raleigh, NC, (2004), 217pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1571974083 Follow the incredible journey of an ordinary man, Charles Garrigues, who lived during extraordinary times. This story takes readers on an incredible trip that begins in a Civil War prison camp in Illinois and meanders across much of the Reconstruction South., (Order No: 49221 ), $6.00
7. Bernstein, Iver, THE NEW YORK CITY DRAFT RIOTS: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF THE CIVIL WAR, Oxford University Press, New York, 1990, B&W illustrations, 363pp, very good, red cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket BCE, ISBN 0195050061 For five days in July 1863, at the height of the Civil War, New York City was under siege. Angry rioters burned draft offices, closed factories, destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines, and hunted policemen and soldiers. Before long, the rioters turned their muderous wrath against the black community. In the end, at least 105 people were killed, making the draft riots the most violent insurrection in American history., (Order No: 20624 ), $5.00
8. Biddle, Chapman, THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG - AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1880, fold-out map, 50pp, good, wraps (softcover) EX-LIB bound in a Pamphlet Binder, Text of the historical address delivered "On the 8th of March, 1880.", (Order No: 54258 ), $100.00
9. Billings, John D. (edited by Richard Harwell), HARDTACK AND COFFEE: THE UNWRITTEN STORY OF ARMY LIFE, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Chicago, IL, 1960, B&W illustrations, 483pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), A selection for The Lakeside Classics. The story of the common soldier of the Union army of 1861-65., (Order No: 54387 ), $15.00
10. Blackett, R. J. M., DIVIDED HEARTS: BRITAIN AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (2001) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 273pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807125954 This volume explores the passionate political strife that raged in Britain as a result of the American Civil War., (Order No: 51562 ), $25.00
11. Boge, Georgie and Boge, Margie Holder (foreword by James M. McPherson), PAVING OVER THE PAST: A HISTORY AND GUIDE TO CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION, Island Press, Washington, DC, (1993) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 221pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1559631929, (Order No: 22120 ), $7.50
12. Butts, Michele Tucker, GALVANIZED YANKEES ON THE UPPER MISSOURI: THE FACE OF LOYALTY, University Press of Colorado, Boulder, CO, (2003), B&W illustrations, 292pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870816756 Michele Tucker Butts sheds welcome light on the triumphs and travails of one such unit, the First United States Volunteers and their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dimon., (Order No: 46236 ), $25.00
13. Carpenter, Geo. N., HISTORY OF THE EIGHTH REGIMENT VERMONT VOLUNTEERS. 1861-1865, Press of Deland & Barta, Boston, MA, 1886 1st ed, B&W illustrations, maps, 335pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) couple signatures tad loose, A composite of reminiscences and wartime correspondence; this regiment served in Louisiana and took part also in the Second Valley Campaign., (Order No: 55628 ), $175.00
14. Chittenden, Lucius E., INVISIBLE SIEGE: THE JOURNAL OF LUCIUS E. CHITTENDEN APRIL 15, 1861 - JULY 14, 1861, Americana Exchange Press, San Diego, 1969, 133pp, very good, black cloth, teg (hardcover) (no slipcase), Chittenden was appointed Register of the Treasury by President Abraham Lincoln. In 1968 this diary came to light and opens the day after the surrender of Fort Sumter and closes just seven days before the First Battle of Bull Run. The daily entries record the hopes and fears of a devoted Union supporter during the opening stages of the Civil War. Limited to 1500 copies., (Order No: 2761 ), $8.50
15. Coffin, Howard (foreword by Edwin Bearss), FULL DUTY - VERMONTERS IN THE CIVIL WAR, The Countryman Press, Inc., Woodstock, VT, (1995), B&W illustrations, 376pp, fine, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0881503495 More than 10 percent of Vermont's entire population served in the war and responded very quickly to Lincoln's first call to arms in 1861., (Order No: 56991 ), $12.50
16. Cogswell, Leander W., A HISTORY OF THE ELEVENTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY IN THE REBELLION WAR 1861-1865 - [FIRST EDITION], Republican Press Association, Concord, NH, 1891 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 784pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, "Covering its entire service, with interesting scenes of Army life, and graphic details of battles, skirmishes, sieges, marches, and hardships, in which its officers and men participated." Padded with anecdotes and incidents - many of questionable authenticity - this valorous regiment deserves a better history. [Nevins; CIVIL WAR BOOKS: I, 71]. A nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 56474 ), $300.00
17. Conn, Granville P., HISTORY OF THE NEW HAMSHIRE SURGEONS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION - [FIRST EDITION], Ira C. Evans Co., Printers, Concord, NH, 1906 1st ed, 558pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, Detailed biographical sketches of New Hampshire surgeions; arranged by regiments; some data on the regiments themselves [Nevins; CIVIL WAR BOOKS: I, 72]. Very nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 56470 ), $250.00
18. Conyers, Marshall, AMONGST IMMORTALS RAGING - GETTYSBURG'S THIRD DAY BEGINS, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA, 2007, 111pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 9781589804685 The story of Gettysburg's third day as never before told. Written in prose poetry form, the book is a lyrical portal through which readers might stand shoulder to shoulder with the valiant men who shaped July3, 1863, with their bravery and blood., (Order No: 56232 ), $7.50
19. Daugherty, James (with designs, paintings and foreword by), LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS - A PICTORIAL INTERPRETATION, Albert Whitman & Co., Publ., Chicago, IL, (1947) 1st ed, color ill. by Daugherty, unpaginated, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Here is this superb pictorial edition, the phases of the Address are beautifully related in sixteen handsome, double-spread panoramic designs in oil.", (Order No: 51905 ), $40.00
20. Davis, Barbara Butler (edited by); Nolan, Alan T. (foreword by), AFFECTIONATLEY YOURS: THE CIVIL WAR HOME-FRONT LETTERS OF THE OVID BUTLER FAMILY, Indiana Historical Soc. Pr., Indianapolis, IN, 2004, B&W illustrations, 211pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the editor, ISBN 0871951754 Sixty-five letters from members of the Ovid Butler family to their son Scot who was in the 33rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry initially. The letters show that Scot was more interested in his comrade's lives than in the war's battles and outcomes., (Order No: 55005 ), $25.00
21. Davis, George W.; Perry, Leslie J.; Kirkley, Joseph W.; and Alger, Russell A., THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES - SERIES I, VOL LII, PART II, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1898, 928pp, good++, blue cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, A single volume only from this massive set - SERIES I - VOLUME LII - IN TWO PARTS. PART II - CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC., (Order No: 48317 ), $25.00
22. Davis, William C. and Wiley, Bell I. (editors), SHADOWS OF THE STORM: VOLUME ONE OF THE IMAGE OF WAR 1861-1865, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1981, over 650 photographs, 464pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385154666, (Order No: 33982 ), $15.00
23. Devens Statue Commission - Nathaniel Paine, Treas, DEDICATION OF THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF MAJOR-GENERAL CHARLES DEVENS ..., The Commonwealth Press, Worcester, MA, 1907, B&W illustrations, very good+, green cloth (hardcover), "...AND OF THE MONUMENT TO THE SOLDIERS OF WORCESTER COUNTY IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION, JULY 4TH, 1906.", (Order No: 53052 ), $45.00
24. Downey, Fairfax, STORMING OF THE GATEWAY: CHATTANOOGA, 1863, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, (1960), B&W illustrations, 303pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of the Chattanooga campaign., (Order No: 27235 ), $10.00
25. Duke, Basil Wilson (1838-1916), REMINISCENCES OF GENERAL BASIL W. DUKE, C.S.A., Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1911, 511pp, very good, light tan cloth (hardcover), Originally published as a series of newpaper articles for the HOME AND FARM in Louisville, KY, this exceptionally fine memoir of Confederate cavalry operations in the West is often consulted and widely quoted. Nevin: CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, Volume I, page 83. Howes D-549. "Monday morning copy" with no portrait ever bound in., (Order No: 39609 ), $275.00
26. Eisenschiml, Otto (edited by), VERMONT GENERAL - THE UNUSUAL WAR EXPERIENCES OF EDWARD HASTINGS RIPLEY 1862-1865, The Devin-Adair Company, New York, 1960, B&W illustrations, 340pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Edward Hastings Ripley, who organized a company of Vermont Volunteers while still in college, was just twenty- five and a general when he led the Union forces into Richmond as the Confederate capital fell, April 3, 1865." This is his account of all these events and those of three years immediately preceding them which were carefully preserved in a series of almost 500 letters he wrote home., (Order No: 45012 ), $45.00
27. Elliott, James W., TRANSPORT TO DISASTER: THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF THE SULTANA, Holt, RInehart and Winston, New York, (1962) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 247pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), "A tragedy at the close of the Civil War that took more than 1,500 lives.", (Order No: 2743 ), $17.50
28. Evans, David (compiled and edited by) (based on an idea by Tom Broadfoot), RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 2001, B&W illustrations, 339pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1568373929 A collection of 99 true stories of caring and compassion that took place both on and off the battlefield., (Order No: 46238 ), $27.50
29. Farina, William, ULYSSES S. GRANT, 1861-1864: HIS RISE FROM OBSCURITY TO MILITARY GREATNESS, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC, (2007), 316pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 9780786429776 This account details the years of Grant's extraordinary rise from mediocre shop clerk to general-in-chief of the US Army., (Order No: 55499 ), $30.00
30. Fite, Emerson David, SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS IN THE NORTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR, Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, MA, 1976, 318pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0879280700 Originally published in 1910, Fite's book is a scholarly and objective survey of the effects of the Civil War on economic and social life in the North. Prof. Fite describes what the people behind the lines were doing-their occupations, their personal interests and pleasures, their various involvements. He analyzes industrial and agricultural growth and the effects of the war on all aspects of business and commerce., (Order No: 14112 ), $7.00
31. Foner, Philip S., BRITISH LABOR AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Holmes & Meier Publishers, New York, (1981), B&W illustrations, 137pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0841906718 Did British workers, especially those in the textile districts of Lancashire, support the North, as tradition has it, or did they support the Confederacy? Philip S. Foner, distinguished historian and author, examines this question in his scholarly in-depth study devoted to the role played by British workers., (Order No: 54571 ), $8.00
32. Fuchs, Richard L., AN UNERRING FIRE: THE MASSACRE AT FORT PILLOW, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, (2002) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 190pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0811718247 On April 12, 1864 a Confederate cavalry force, led by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, assaulted and captured an inadequately defended Union fort near Memphis, Tennessee., (Order No: 56575 ), $7.00
33. Gates, Betsey (compiled and edited by), THE COLTON LETTERS - CIVIL WAR PERIOD 1861-1865, McLane Publications, Scottsdale, AZ, (1993) 1st ed, 393pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1881502015 More than 200 authentic letters provide a rare glimpse into the everyday lives of an Ohio family, caught up in one of the most tragic periods in our country's history., (Order No: 55774 ), $10.00
34. Gibboney, Douglas Lee, STONEWALL JACKSON AT GETTYSBURG, Sergeant Kirkland's Museum, Fredericksburg, VA, (1996), B&W illustrations, 120pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1887901043 Juvenile Fiction - As young Jefferson Carter Randolph relates his wartime experiences with Stonewall Jackson, he assumes that the general lives on even after the Battle of Gettysburg., (Order No: 55127 ), $6.00
35. Gingrich, Newt and Forstchen, William R.; Hanser, Albert S. (contributing editor), GETTYSBURG: A NOVEL OF THE CIVIL WAR, St. Martin's Press, New York, (2003) 8thptg, B&W illustrations, 463pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by Newt Gingrich, ISBN 031230935X This novel puts forth a highly plausible and exciting scenario of a Confederate victory in the Pennsylvania campaign of 1863. Inscribed by Newt Gingrich on the front free endpaper., (Order No: 55778 ), $65.00
36. Gooding, James Henry (Corporal) (edited by Virginia Matzke Adams) (foreword by James M. McPherson), ON THE ALTAR OF FREEDOM: A BLACK SOLDIER'S CIVIL WAR LETTERS FROM THE FRONT, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, (1991), 139pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870237454, (Order No: 56560 ), $6.00
37. Greenberg, Martin H. and Pronzini, Bill (editors), A TREASURY OF CIVIL WAR STORIES, Bonanza Books, New York, (1985), 523pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 051746781X The stories collected here reflect the fascination and horror of the Civil War, yet the themes they address are universal. Contributors include: Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Herman Melville, O. Henry, Stephen Crane, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, Stephen Vincent Benet, and many more., (Order No: 16217 ), $5.00
38. Hall, Henry and Hall, James, CAYUGA IN THE FIELD. A RECORD OF THE 19TH N. Y. VOLUNTEERS, ALL THE BATTERIES OF THE 3D NEW YORK ARTILLERY, AND..., Truair, Smith & Co., Auburn, NY, 1873, very good, rebound in brown cloth, new endpapers (hardcover), "... 75TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, Comprising an Account of Their Organization, Camp Life, Marches, Battles, Losses, Toils and Triumphs in the War for the Union, with Complete Rolls of Their Members." First section covers the 3rd NEW YORK ARTILLERY, 316pp; followed by A RECORD OF THE 75th N.Y. VOLUNTEERS, 269pp. Treats the coastal campaigns from North Carolina to Louisiana. Uncommon., (Order No: 55385 ), $400.00
39. Hamilton, Henry S., REMINISCENCES OF A VETERAN, Republican Press Association, Concord, NH, 1897, B&W illustrations, 180pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, Author, born about 1836 in England, came to the US and joined the Army, first in the West and then during the Civil War. A member of the band in the Third Regiment New Hamphire National Guard, he was mustered out in early 1862 and married and settled in NH., (Order No: 52188 ), $125.00
40. Hanchett, William, THE LINCOLN MURDER CONSPIRACIES, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1983), 303pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0252010469 "Being an Account of the Hatred Felt by Many Americans for President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and the First Complete Examination and Refutation of the Many Theories, Hypotheses, and Speculations Put Forward since 1865 Concerning Those Presemed to Have Aided, Abetted, Controlled, or Directed the Murderous Act of John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater the Night of April 14.", (Order No: 15977 ), $6.00
41. Hankinson, Alan, VICKSBURG 1863: GRANT CLEARS THE MISSISSIPPI - PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275984419, (Order No: 52431 ), $10.00
42. Harwell, Richard B., THE UNION READER, The Blue and Grey Press, Secaucus, NJ, orig pub 1958, 362pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0890098778 Here the participants describe in their own words the bitterness of the conflict, battlefield scenes of heroism and horror, the very pulse of the war., (Order No: 16216 ), $6.50
43. Haskell, Robert L., YANKEE WARRIOR: THE STORY OF A CIVIL WAR HERO FROM MAINE, Bangor Publishing Company, Bangor, ME, (1993), 223pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0962389013 Historical fiction with much fact on the 6th Maine Infantry Regiment and the 20th Maine., (Order No: 56590 ), $12.50
44. Hay, Jacob, THE MINDLEBERG PAPERS: AN IRREVERENT, MALICIOUS SPOOF OF THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL MADNESS - A NOVEL, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1964) 1st ptg, 215pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "For readers fed up to their campaign hats with the peculiar contemporary madness engendered by the solemn celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Civil War (the War Between the States, that is), here is a zany, outrageously funny tale of a Dixie centennial that threatened to secede from history.", (Order No: 25080 ), $5.00
45. Haynes, Martin A. (Private of Company I), HISTORY OF THE SECOND REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS: ITS CAMPS, MARCHES AND BATTLES, Charles F Livingston Printer, Manchester, NH, 1865, 224pp, good+, original cloth new spine w/orig laid back on (hardcover), "One of the better-written personal narratives; Haynes had a keen sense of observation and included many personal experiences in this unit history." Nevins, CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, Volume I, page 102. Nice clean and tight copy. We had our binder rebuild the book block with a new cloth spine with the original laid back on., (Order No: 40437 ), $250.00
46. Head, Natt (Adjutant General), REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 20, 1865: VOLUME I AND VOLUME II, Amos Hadley, State Printer, Concord, NH, 1865, good+, wraps (softcover), Volume I, 747pp; and, Volume II, 856pp. Bound in original printers wraps. These volumes cover the statistics of the New Hampshire regiments in the Civil War. A nice clean and tight set., (Order No: 52944 ), $185.00
47. Head, Natt (Adjutant, Inspector and Quartermaster General), REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 1, 1867, George E Jenks State Printer, Concord, NH, 1867, 123pp, good, dark brown cloth (hardcover), Further statistics on the men, units and regiments of New Hampshire men in the War Between the States., (Order No: 56635 ), $60.00
48. Hearn, Chester G., ADMIRAL DAVID DIXON PORTER - THE CIVIL WAR YEARS, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1996) 1st ptg, 376pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1557503532 "Nearly forgotten because his career and accomplishments have often been misinterpreted, David Dixon Porter takes his rightful place among the foremost naval heroes of the Civil War in this richly detailed, entertaining history.", (Order No: 56702 ), $6.00
49. Heidler, David S., PULLING THE TEMPLE DOWN: THE FIRE-EATERS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE UNION, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, (1994) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 262pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0811706346 A comprehensive study of the fire-eaters, exploring who they were, how they operated, their efforts to lead public opinion, their successes, and their failures. They were always political mavericks, Heidler shows; men so out of step with each other -- let alone the North -- that they could rarely walk in unison., (Order No: 16238 ), $5.00
50. Hendrick, Burton J., STATESMEN OF THE LOST CAUSE: JEFFERSON DAVIS AND HIS CABINET, Literary Guild of America, New York, (1939), B&W illustrations, 452pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), A volume on the Southern effort in the Civil War., (Order No: 20647 ), $4.00
51. Hendrick, Burton F., LINCOLN'S WAR CABINET, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1946 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 482pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, owner's name, (Order No: 21056 ), $14.50
52. Hess, Earl J. (edited by), A GERMAN IN THE FATHERLAND - THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF HENRY A. KIRCHER, Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, (1983), 169pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0873382897 "Fighting for the Union, was for Henry Kircheer and his comrades in arms, fighting for 'the Fatherland.' They were German speaking soldiers in the Northern army, immigrants and sons of immigrants from the German communities of the Midwest. For them the Civil War was, among other things, a process of Americanization." A fascinating first hand account of the Civil War., (Order No: 50713 ), $17.50
53. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, ARMY LIFE IN A BLACK REGIMENT, Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, MA, 1984 2nd ptg, 296pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0879280220 In this famed volume originally published in 1870, a white Union officer records his highly successful and personally rewarding experiences as the officer in command of an all-black regiment-the First South Carolina Volunteers., (Order No: 13606 ), $12.50
54. Hoehling, A. A. and Hoehling, Mary, THE LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE FALL OF RICHMOND, CAPITAL CITY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, The Fairfax Press, New York, (1986), B&W illustrations, 270pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517603586 This book permits the reader to follow the final thirty-six hours in the life of the Confederate South, to share, with those who experienced those frightful yet fascinating events, what it was like to wait amid crackling flames and exploding magazines for the victors to march in., (Order No: 21117 ), $6.00
55. Horan, James D. (edited by), C.S.S. SHENANDOAH: THE MEMOIRS OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDING JAMES I. WADDELL, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1996) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 200pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1557503680 The last armed Confederate cruiser sent to see, the C.S.S. Shenandoah, inflicted significant damage to Union commerce. First published in 1960., (Order No: 56700 ), $6.00
56. Hough, Alfred Lacey (edited by Robert G. Athearn) (introduction by John Newbold Hough), SOLDIER IN THE WEST - THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF ALFRED LACEY HOUGH, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, (1957), 250pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, In his letters to this wife, Hough - who achieved the rank of captain and then brevet lieutenant colonel - revealed his complete devotion to Northern war aims, for he was an ardent champion of the Union cause., (Order No: 48100 ), $17.50
57. Jacobs, Lee (compiled by), CRY HEART, John Culler & Sons, Camden, SC, (1995), B&W illustrations, 424pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1887269061 Personal Experiences of the War Between the States, From the Confederate Soldiers on the Line, the Officers, and the Civilians Who Lived It!, (Order No: 37967 ), $20.00
58. John, Evan, ATLANTIC IMPACT 1861: ENGLAND VS. AMERICA IN THE CIVIL WAR, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1952), B&W illustrations, 296pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Vivid account of the famous TRENT case and its repercussions on Anglo-American relations., (Order No: 16888 ), $7.00
59. Kent, Charles N., HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 1862-1863 - [FIRST EDITION], The Rumford Press, Concord, NH, 1898 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 325pp, good++, blue cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, A padded history of a regiment that never left New Hampshire's borders. [Nevins; CIVIL WAR BOOKS: I, 117]. Clean and tight copy with some very light edgewear to the blue cloth., (Order No: 56476 ), $175.00
60. Kimmel, Stanley, MR. DAVIS'S RICHMOND, Bramhall House, New York, orig pub 1958, over 200 B&W illustrations, 214pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "The story of the Capital of the Confederacy from Jefferson Davis's arrival to the end of the war.", (Order No: 2911 ), $10.00
61. King, W. C., and Derby, W. P. (compiled by), CAMP-FIRE SKETCHES AND BATTLEFIELD ECHOES OF 61-65, King, Richardson & Co., Springfield, MA, 1889, B&W illustrations, 624pp, very good+, decorated tan cloth (hardcover), "One of the better books of adventure and sometimes-true sketches of life in camp and on the battlefield; suffers from the usual exaggeration found in such volumes." CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; Allen Nevins; Volume II, Page 18., (Order No: 54810 ), $75.00
62. Konstam, Angus, HAMPTON ROADS 1862: FIRST CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS - PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275984486, (Order No: 52435 ), $12.50
63. Le Duc, William G., RECOLLECTIONS OF A CIVIL WAR QUARTERMASTER: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM G. LE DUC, The North Central Pub. Co., St. Paul, MN, (1963), 167pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 4765 ), $8.00
64. Lewis, John H., RECOLLECTIONS FROM 1860 TO 1865, Morningside House, Inc., Dayton, OH, (1983), B&W ill., 92pp, very good, gray cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0890290741 With Incidents of Camp Life, Descriptions of Battles, The Life of the Southern Soldier, His Hardships and Sufferings, and the Life of a Prisoner of War in the Northern Prisons. Originally published by Peake & Company of Washington, D.C. in 1895, this slender volume accurately depicts the Battle of Gettysburg., (Order No: 35308 ), $75.00
65. Little, Henry F. W. (Regimental Historian), THE SEVENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 1861-1865 - [FIRST EDITION], Ira C. Evans, Printer, Concord, NH, 1896 1st ed, B&W illustrations, maps, 567pp; 110pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, One of the better sources on the X Corps and the campaigns in Florida and along the Atlantic coast; the author made good use of all known manuscript material. [Nevins; CIVIL WAR BOOKS: I, 121]. Main text is followed by 110 page "Complete Roster of the Seventh Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers" and then the index. A nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 56473 ), $385.00
66. Livermore, Thomas L., HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS 1864-5 - [FIRST EDITION], The Fort Hill Press, Boston, MA, 1904 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 124pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) some spotting to boards, Col. Livermore used the diaries of six men in preparing this brief summary, but the bulk of the text came from the OFFICIAL RECORDS... [Nevins; CIVIL WAR BOOKS: I, 121], (Order No: 56477 ), $195.00
67. Longacre, Edward G., LEE'S CAVALRYMEN: A HISTORY OF THE MOUNTED FORCES OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, 1861-1865, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, (2002), 468pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0811708985, (Order No: 57358 ), $8.00
68. Lowry, Thomas P. (edited by), SWAMP DOCTOR - THE DIARY OF A UNION SURGEON IN THE VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA MARSHES, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, (2001) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 235pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 081171537X William Mervale Smith, surgeon of the 85th New York Volunteer Infantry, faithfully kept a diary of his Civil War experiences. Smith's introspective musings cover matters both professinal and personal, from the horror of battle and the almost equally terrible politics of war to his deepest longings and questions about love and spirituality., (Order No: 50778 ), $10.00
69. Lowry, Thomas P. (forword by John Y. Simon), DON'T SHOOT THAT BOY! ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND MILITARY JUSTICE, Savas Publishing Company, Mason City, IA, (1999) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 320pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1882810384 These stories bring drama to the daily operations of war, showing the President Lincoln was in constant conflict between the discipline required of the military and the compassion necessary to sustain a volunteer army and navy., (Order No: 57126 ), $10.00
70. Macdonald, John (foreword by John Keegan), GREAT BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR, Collier Books, New York, (1992), B&W and color ill., 200pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0020345542 Seventeen of the Greatest Battles of the Civil War Come Alive as Never Before. A team of experts has researched every aspect of every battle--from topography to troop strength--and, using the computer's latest capabilities, reconstructs the battlefields in vivid detail and analyzes why and how the winners won., (Order No: 30172 ), $10.00
71. Mackay, James, ALLAN PINKERTON - THE EYE WHO NEVER SLEPT, Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh and London, (1996), B&W illustrations, 256pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1851588256 Allan Pinkerton himself was a mass of contradictions about whom a web of legend and half-truth has grown up, and unravelling the myth and mystery has proved as complex as any of the great cases Pinkerton himself solved., (Order No: 42959 ), $7.50
72. Manigault, Arthur Middleton (edited by R. Lockwood Tower) (foreword by Thomas L. Connelly), A CAROLINIAN GOES TO WAR: THE CIVIL WAR NARRATIVE OF ARHUR MIDDLETON MANIGAULT BRIGADIER GENERAL, C.S.A., Univ. of South Carolina Pr., Columbia, SC, (1992), B&W illustrations, 344pp, fine, wraps (softcover) owner's name, ISBN 0872498395 "A brilliant account of the major campaigns of the western front, from the debacle immediately following Shiloh to the last gasp at Franklin and Nashville.", (Order No: 56597 ), $10.00
73. Mapp, Alf J., FROCK COATS AND EPAULETS, Thomas Yoseloff, New York, (1963), B&W illustrations, 501pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, This illustrated volume reveals the hot passion of Robert E. Lee, the defensive gentility of Jefferson Davis, the bold retreater paradox of Joseph E. Johnston, the puritan in cavalier J.E.B. Stuart, the hidden consistency in Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, and the secret of Judah P. Benjamin's endurance., (Order No: 52352 ), $8.00
74. Marshall, Jeffrey D. (editor) (foreword by Edwin C. Bearss), A WAR OF THE PEOPLE - VERMONT CIVIL WAR LETTERS, Univ. Press of New England, Hanover, NH, (1999) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 357pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0874519233 More than 140 letters convey in personal terms the combat experience of Vermonters throughout the war., (Order No: 57054 ), $7.50
75. McPherson, James M. (editor), BATTLE CHRONICLES OF THE CIVIL WAR 1863, Grey Castle Press, Lakeville, CT, (1989), B&W illustrations, 239pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1559050233, (Order No: 56665 ), $15.00
76. McPherson, James M. (editor), BATTLE CHRONICLES OF THE CIVIL WAR 1864, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, (1989), B&W illustrations, 208pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0028972740, (Order No: 56666 ), $20.00
77. McPherson, James M. (editor), BATTLE CHRONICLES OF THE CIVIL WAR 1865, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, (1989), B&W illustrations, 159pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0028972759, (Order No: 56667 ), $20.00
78. McPherson, James M. (editor), BATTLE CHRONICLES OF THE CIVIL WAR: LEADERS - INDEX, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, (1989), B&W illustrations, 215pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0028972767, (Order No: 56668 ), $15.00
79. McWhiney, Grady & Jamieson, Perry D., ATTACK AND DIE: CIVIL WAR MILITARY TACTICS AND THE SOUTHERN HERITAGE, University of Alabama Press, University, AL, (1984), 209pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0817302298, (Order No: 1789 ), $5.00
80. Meredith, Roy, STORM OVER SUMTER: THE OPENING ENGAGEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1957 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 214pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 4922 ), $7.50
81. Meredith, Roy, MATHEW BRADY'S PORTRAIT OF AN ERA, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, (1982) 1st ed, B&W photographs, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393013952 America's "Age of Manifest Destiny" seen through the lens of the world's first great portrait photographer.", (Order No: 8454 ), $14.50
82. Merideth, Lee W. (compiled by), GUIDE TO CIVIL WAR PERIODICALS: VOLUME I, 1991 - THE COMPLETE INDEX TO SIX POPULAR CIVIL WAR MAGAZINES, Historical Indexes, Twentynine Palms, CA, 1991, 356pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0962623717 Included in this index are: AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR MAGAZINE; CIVIL WAR MAGAZINE; BLUE AND GRAY MAGAZINE; CIVIL WAR TIMES ILLUSTRATED; GETTYSBURG MAGAZINE; and MILITARY HISTORY (Civil War Related); plus, MORNINGSIDE NOTES., (Order No: 21020 ), $16.50
83. Miers, Earl Schenck (ed), NEW JERSEY AND THE CIVIL WAR: AN ALBUM OF CONTEMPORY ACCOUNTS, D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ, 1964, 135pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Volume 2 of The New Jersey Historical Series., (Order No: 3169 ), $30.00
84. Miller, Francis Trevelyan (editor in chief), POETRY AND ELOQUENCE FROM THE BLUE AND THE GRAY, Castle Books, New York, (1957), B&W illustrations, 353pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Part nine of THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR series., (Order No: 34398 ), $12.50
85. Miller, William J. (edited by), THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN OF 1862: YORKTOWN TO THE SEVEN DAYS - ESSAYS ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR VOLUME TWO, Savas Woodbury Publishers, Campbell, CA, (1997) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 217pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1882810767, (Order No: 52861 ), $5.00
86. Morgan, Murray, DIXIE RAIDER: THE SAGA OF THE C. S. S. SHENANDOAH, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1948 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 336pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The unparalleled career of the Confederate States raider SHENANDOAH is one of the strangest and most dramatic in the annals of naval warfare. In this vivid, authentic book Mr. Morgan tells the whole saga as it has never been told before., (Order No: 53796 ), $17.50
87. Morss, Christopher (edited by), HELENA TO VICKSBURG: A CIVIL WAR ODYSSEY, Heritage House, Publishers, Lincoln Center, MA, (2000) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 341pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 188206349X THE PERSONAL DIARY OF JOSHUA WHITTINGTON UNDERHILL, SURGEON, 46TH REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 23 OCTOBER 1862 - 21 JULY 1863. Underhill was a perceptive and literate man some of whose observations and descriptions are superb. The family connection brings a special fascination to this diary, and certainly it is one more piece of the mosaic in reconstructing life during the Civil War., (Order No: 49483 ), $125.00
88. O'Connor, Thomas H., MASSACHUSETTS IN THE CIVIL WAR - VOLUME I "THE CALL TO ARMS" 1860-1861, Mass. Civil War Cent. Comm., Boston, MA, 1960, 46pp, very good, wraps (softcover), This booklet was published for distribution throughout the schools of the Commonwealth., (Order No: 55214 ), $7.00
89. Oates, Stephen B., OUR FIERY TRIAL: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, JOHN BROWN, AND THE CIVIL WAR ERA, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, 1979, 150pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0870233971 In this collection of interrelated essays, Stephen B. Oates focuses on the American Civil War era and several of its leading figures., (Order No: 40521 ), $4.00
90. Parker, Francis J., THE STORY OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY, C. W. Calkins & Co., Publ., Boston, MA, 1880, 260pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) edgewear to cloth, "Whence it Came; Where it Went; What it Saw; and What it Did." Parker's service ended in 1862; but he continued his account through the course of the war; a typical unit history. Nevins, CIVIL WAR BOOKS, Vol. I, page 142., (Order No: 55384 ), $300.00
91. Phisterer, Frederick, STATISTICAL RECORD OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES - CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR. - SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME, John Kallmann, Publishers, Carlisle, PA, (1996), 343pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0965092615 First published in 1883., (Order No: 52498 ), $10.00
92. Pittenger, William (a member of the expedition), THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE: A HISTORY OF THE ANDREWS RAILROAD RAID INTO GEORGIA IN 1862, The Columbian Publishing Co., New York, 1891 3rd ed, B&W illustrations, 55pp, good, decorated red cloth (hardcover) light edgwear SEE NOTE, Contents include: A Secret Military Raid in the West; General Mitchel and J. J. Andrews Arrange a Second Raid; Previous History of James J. Andrews; The Bloodless Victories of Mitchel; The Roll of the Captives; The Old Negro Jail at Chattanooga; Gen. Mitchel Saves the Raiders; Richmond and its Prisons; Reporting to Secretary Stanton and President Lincoln. NOTE - Light edgewear to the cloth, light wear top/bottom of the spine and old light white paint(?) mark top of spine. Internally a clean and tight copy., (Order No: 54286 ), $100.00
93. Pohanka, Brian C.; Rushing, Anthony C., CIVIL WAR REGIMENTS - VOLUME ONE, NUMBER TWO: DURYEE'S ZOUAVES AND RACKENSACKER RAIDERS, Regimental Studies, Inc., San Jose, CA, (1991), 92pp, fine, wraps (softcover), "A Journal of the American Civil War." This issue features: DURYEE'S ZOUAVES: THE 5th NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY by Brian C. Pohanka; and, RACKENSACKER RAIDERS: CRAWFORD'S 1st ARKANSAS CAVALRY by Anthony C. Rushing., (Order No: 51929 ), $50.00
94. Powell, Wm. H. (Colonel, US Army) (compiled from the official records by), LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1779 TO 1900, L. R. Hamersly & Co., New York, 1900, 863pp, ads, very good, blue/green cloth (hardcover) light fading to cloth, "Embracing a Register of all Appointments by the President of the United States in the Volunteer Service During the Civil War and of Volunteer Officers in the Service of the United States June 1, 1900." Includes General Officers of the Continental Army of the Revolution, and Appointments 1861-65., (Order No: 50815 ), $250.00
95. Prepared by a Committee of the Survivors, HISTORY OF THE TWELFTH REGIMENT RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS IN THE CIVIL WAR 1862-1863 - [FIRST EDITION], Snow & Farnham, Printers, Providence, RI, 1904, B&W illustrations, 394pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), Contains some personal reminiscences, statistics, and previously published material relative to the regiments's ten-month service in Virginia and Kentucky. Nevins CIVIL WAR BOOKS, Volume I, page 151. A nice clean and tight copy that at one time was in a historical society library with withdrawn bookplate only. Some faint spotting on spine and boards., (Order No: 57742 ), $175.00
96. Raymond, Samuel (compiled by), THE RECORD OF ANDOVER DURING THE REBELLION - MEMORIAL VOLUME - ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, Warren F. Draper, Printer, Andover, MA, 1875, 232pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) wear to spines and board edges, This record includes: Personal Army Records; lists by regiments with engagements and time periods; bounties paid; and much more., (Order No: 46779 ), $60.00
97. Reed, Rowena, COMBINED OPERATIONS IN THE CIVIL WAR, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (1978), B&W illustrations, 468pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870211226 The first full account of Federal combined operations during the Civil War. The early combined operations were improvised and tentative; but by the end of the war, amphibious warfare had evolved into a sophisticated tool of conquest., (Order No: 4011 ), $15.00
98. Roske, Ralph J. & Van Doren, Charles, LINCOLN'S COMMANDO: THE BIOGRAPHY OF COMMANDER W. B. CUSHING, USN, Harper & Brothers, New York, (1957) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 310pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This is the biography of William Barker Cushing, USN, drawn from his letters and contemporary records. Cushing's most celebrated exploit, achieved when he was twenty-one, was the sinking of the ALBEMARLE, the Confederacy's formidable ironclad, which had the Union fleet at its mercy., (Order No: 1277 ), $7.50
99. Ross, Fitzgerald (edited by Richard Barksdale Harwell), CITIES AND CAMPS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, 1958, B&W illustrations, 262pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The South at war--in its cities and camps--is reported by FitzGerald Ross, an English cavalry captain in the Austrian Hussars, in one of the most informative of the relatively few inclusive records left by outside observers of the Confederacy in its own time., (Order No: 38797 ), $25.00
100. Schultz, Duane, THE DAHLGREN AFFAIR: TERROR AND CONSPIRACY IN THE CIVIL WAR, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1998) 1st ed, 298pp, fine w/fine dustjacket, review press release laid in, ISBN 0393046621 March 5, 1864, was the day the Civil War changed, to become what the Richmond Examiner called "a war of extermination, of indiscriminate slaughter and plunder." It changed because of a few sheets of paper found on a muddy trail outside of Richmond. Here is the first full-length analysis of the link between this Confederate campaign of terror and the events that led up to Dahlgren's failed raid., (Order No: 18745 ), $5.00
101. Selfridge, Thomas O. (with a new introduction by William N. Still), WHAT FINER TRADITION: THE MEMOIRS OF THOMAS O. SELFRIDGE, JR., REAR ADMIRAL, U.S.N., Univ. of South Carolina Pr., Columbia, SC, (1987), B&W frontis, 288pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0872495078 Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. was the only one of the six Monitor commanders to write his memoirs. His eye-witness accounts are unique and especially vivid., (Order No: 45139 ), $14.50
102. Sherwin, Oscar, PROPHET OF LIBERTY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WENDELL PHILLIPS, Bookman Associates, New York, (1958), 814pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "One of the most neglected well-springs of our American heritage, the great Abolition movement of pre-Civil War period, comes alive in this dramatic, yet scholarly and complete, biography of Wendell Phillips.", (Order No: 9637 ), $7.50
103. Siebert, Wilbur H., VERMONT'S ANTI-SLAVERY AND UNDERGROUND RAILROAD RECORD WITH A MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS, Tony O'Connor Civil War Ent., Newport, VT, orig pub 1937, B&W illustrations, 113pp, fine, blue buckram cloth (hardcover) owner's name, Quality reprint of the 1937 first edition., (Order No: 46770 ), $85.00
104. Smith, Carl, GETTYSBURG 1863: HIGH TIDE OF THE CONFEDERACY: PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 128PP, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275984435, (Order No: 52429 ), $10.00
105. Smith, Carl, CHANCELLORSVILLE 1863: JACKSON'S LIGHTING STRIKE - PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275984451, (Order No: 52430 ), $10.00
106. Smith, Carl, FREDERICKSBURG 1862: "CLEAR THE WAY" - PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 027598446X, (Order No: 52433 ), $10.00
107. Smith, Edward P., Rev. (Field Secretary of the Commission), INCIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMMISSION - (ORIGINAL TITLE - INCIDENTS AMONG SHOT AND SHELL), J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1869, great B&W illustrations, 512pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) EXCEPTIONALLY NICE COPY, First published in 1868 under the title INCIDENTS AMONG SHOT AND SHELL, and reissued a year later under this more "peaceful title." "The only authentic work extant giving the many tragic and touching incidents that came under the notice of the United States Christian Commission during the long years of the Civil War." Nevins, CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, Volume II, Page 135. An interesting collection of soldier's anecdotal accounts throughout the war as gathered by the commission. Offered is an exceptionally nice clean, tight and bright copy., (Order No: 47350 ), $200.00
108. Sobol, Donald J. (edited by), A CIVIL WAR SAMPLER, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York, (1961) 1st ptg, ill. by Henry S. Gillette, 202pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The stirring story of the Civil War, presented through a chronological sampling of contemporary military orders; speeches; letters; poems; eye-witness accounts of battles, prisons, and hospitals; autobiographical excerpts; and other relevant material., (Order No: 32219 ), $15.00
109. Spears, Jack, THE CIVIL WAR ON THE SCREEN AND OTHER ESSAYS, A.S. Barnes and Company, Cranbury, NJ, (1977), B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here Hollywood's colorful treatament of the most tragic period in American history is traced in fascinating detail. From D. W. Griffith's monumental THE BIRTH OF A NATION to Clark Gable's picaresque Captain Rhett Butler of GONE WITH THE WIND, Jack Spears nostalgically recaptures the romance of dozens of Civil War movies. Contains a treasury of rare stills and photographs, as well as complete filmographies of one hundred Civil War motion pictures and the films of Alla Nazimova and Louis Wolheim., (Order No: 16074 ), $17.50
110. Stampp, Kenneth M., THE IMPERILED UNION: ESSAYS ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE CIVIL WAR, Oxford University Press, New York, 1980, 320pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195026810 The essays collected here represent the summation of Stampp's thinking about the issues and events that produced the American Civil War., (Order No: 37147 ), $14.50
111. Stanyan, John M., A HISTORY OF THE EIGHTH REGIMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS ... "THE OLD EIGHTH.", Ira C. Evans, Printer, Concord, NH, 1892, B&W illustrations, 583pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) 3 private library marks, "... INCLUDING ITS SERVICE AS INFANTRY, SECOND N.H. CAVALRY, AND VETERAN BATTALLION IN THE CIVIL WAR OF 1861-1865, COVERING A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, TEN MONTHS, AND NINETEEN DAYS." Contents include: Names and Dates of Battles and Principal Actions; History of Battles and Actions; and Roster, and much more. Includes excepts from diaries and letters which in addition throw some light on the regiment's activities in Louisiana. Nevins, CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY Volume I, Page 162. An exceptionally nice clean and tight copy that was in the private library of a military organization with a spine mark and bookplates a few small stamps. Appears to have never been much used., (Order No: 52073 ), $325.00
112. Steinmetz, Lee (edited by), THE POETRY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Michigan State University Pr, MI, (1960), 264pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), This anthology attempts to present, for the first time, a comprehensive view of American Civil War poetry written and published in America at the time of the conflict., (Order No: 35646 ), $17.50
113. Stern, Philip Van Doren (edited, with an introduction and notes, by) (sketches by Charles W. Reed and William L. Sheppard), SOLDIER LIFE IN THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1961, B&W illustrations, 400pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Essential for an understanding of what the Civil War was really like, this book is a key to the way American soldiers behaved, thought, and acted a century ago., (Order No: 44336 ), $6.00
114. Stern, Philip Van Doren, THE CONFEDERATE NAVY: A PICTORIAL HISTORY, Bonanza Books, New York, (1962), B&W illustrations, 256pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), "Tells the story of the Civil War as it was fought at sea.", (Order No: 56675 ), $10.00
115. Stevens, Norman, ANTIETAM 1862: THE CIVIL WAR'S BLOODIEST DAY - PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275984427, (Order No: 52434 ), $12.50
116. Stewart, Frank H. (compiled and edited by), GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR - VOLUME II SECTION I, Gloucester County Hist. Soc., Woodbury, NJ, n.d., 96pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Reprinted from "The Constitution" April 16, 1941 to February 11, 1942., (Order No: 41485 ), $15.00
117. Storrick, W. C., GETTYSBURG: THE PLACE, THE BATTLES, THE OUTCOME, J. Horace McFarland Co., Harrisburg, PA, (1966) reprint, B&W illustrations, 167pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 2675 ), $3.50
118. Strong, Robert Hale (edited by Ashley Halsey), A YANKEE PRIVATE'S CIVIL WAR, Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, IL, 1961 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 218pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the editor, After a century of silence a Union Infantryman speaks from the yellowed, dusty pages of notes hastily scrawled under fire or written by the light of campfires, to give us a vivid, firsthand account of our country's Civil War., (Order No: 43040 ), $15.00
119. Swinfen, David B., RUGGLES' REGIMENT: THE 122ND NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Univ. Press of New England, Hanover, NH, 1982, B&W illustrations, 159pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874512301 "As a soldier's eye-view of some of the main battles and campaigns, the 22 highly detailed illustrations will interest historians and buffs alike. They form the only known series of drawings of the military experiences of a single Civil War regiment in all of its important engagements.", (Order No: 54968 ), $14.50
120. Toomey, Daniel Carroll, THE CIVIL WAR IN MARYLAND, Toomey Press, Baltimore, MD, (1988) 2nd ed, 183pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, ISBN 0961267003 A chronology of military operations and major political events within the state. It dramatizes the involvement and importance of Maryland during the first year of the war. It also recounts for the first time over 150 battles, skirmishes, and minor military operations that occurred throughout the state., (Order No: 54451 ), $12.50
121. Tracy, Don, ON THE MIDNIGHT TIDE, The Dial Press, New York, 1957, 369pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A Novel of Confederate Blockade Runners., (Order No: 3430 ), $5.00
122. Wade, B. F.; and, Gooch, D. W., FORT PILLOW MASSACRE AND RETURNED PRISONERS - TWO REPORTS BOUND IN ONE, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1864, B&W illustrations, good+, black cloth (hardcover), Two Civil War Senate Reports bound together. 38th Congress, 1st Session, Rep. Com. 63, FORT PILLOW MASSACRE, 128pp; and, 38th Congress, 1st Session, Rep. Com. No. 68, RETURNED PRISONERS, 34 pages followed by 4 plates with two illustrations each of prisoners as found in prison., (Order No: 49459 ), $125.00
123. Waite, Otis F. R., NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE GREAT REBELLION IN THE CIVIL WAR OF 1861-65, Tracy, Chase & Company, Claremont, NH, 1870 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 608pp, very good, 3/4 leather (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, "Containing Histories of the Several New Hampshire Regiments, and Biographical Notices of Many of the Prominent Actors." Nice clean and tight copy with some light edgewear and small rubbing on front board., (Order No: 52338 ), $125.00
124. Webb, Willard (editor), CRUCIAL MOMENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1961, a few B&W ill., 356pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Introduction by Bruce Catton., (Order No: 8274 ), $12.50
125. Wheeler, Richard, SWORD OVER RICHMOND: AN EYEWITNESS HISTORY OF MCCLELLAN'S PENINSULA CAMPAIGN, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1986) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 371pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060155299 "This book, told largely in the words of participants and observers, both civilian and military, is an account of the events that followed George B. McClellan's appointment as commander of the Army of the Potomac in the aftermath of the disastrous Union defeat at Bull Run during the summer of 1861.", (Order No: 14956 ), $7.50
126. White, Henry Alexander, STONEWALL JACKSON, George W. Jacobs & Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1909), B&W frontis, map, 378pp, good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) EX-LIB w/usual markings, "The present biography of Stonewall Jackson is based upon an examination of original sources, as far as these are available. The accounts of Jackson's early life and of the development of his personal character are drawn, for the most part, from Doctor Robert L. Dabney's biography and from Jackson's LIFE AND LETTERS, by Mrs. Jackson. The OFFICIAL RECORDS of the war, of course, constitute the main source of the account here given of Jackson's military operations.", (Order No: 38796 ), $65.00
127. Wilbur, La Fayette, EARLY HISTORY OF VERMONT: VOLUME III AND VOLUME IV ONLY, Roscoe Printing House, Jericho, VT, good, black cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB signed by the author, Volume III, 1902, 397pp; Contents of this volume partially includes: Aggression on the Northern Frontier from 1791 to 1798 and Vermont's part; Legislation and Internal Affairs of Vermont fdrom 1791 to 1808, and from 1808 to 1836; British Aggression and the Cause of the War of 1812; Vermont in the War of 1812-1814; Claims of Indians to Land in Vermont; and much more. Volume IV, 1903, 463pp; this volume from page 173 on covers all aspects of Vermont in the American Civil War, the regiments, brigades, etc., (Order No: 53441 ), $150.00
128. Wiley, Bell Irvin (edited by), CONFEDERATE LETTERS OF JOHN W. HAGAN, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1954), 55pp, good+, wraps (softcover), Forty-three letters of Hagan are reproduced in this little volume., (Order No: 47832 ), $25.00
129. Williams, Hermann Warner, THE CIVIL WAR - THE ARTIST'S RECORD, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, (1961), B&W illustrations, 268pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A fabulous collection of art depicting the Civil War., (Order No: 51602 ), $6.00
130. Williams, T. Harry, MCCLELLAN, SHERMAN AND GRANT, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, (1962) 2nd ptg, 113pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A major historian of the Civil War discusses three Union generals in terms of their characters and speculates about how their personalities affected their generalship., (Order No: 53780 ), $10.00
131. Winschel, Terrence J.; Burden, Jeffry C.; and Stanbery, Jim, CIVIL WAR REGIMENTS: VOLUME TWO, NUMBER ONE - VICKSBURG: FIRST HONOR AT VICKSBURG, INTO THE BREACH, AND A FAILURE OF COMMAND, Regimental Studies, Inc., Campbell, CA, (1992), 94pp, fine, wraps (softcover), "A Journal of the American Civil War." This issue features articles on Vicksburg, including: THE FIRST HONOR AT VICKSBURG: THE 1st BATTALION, 13th U.S. INFANTRY by Terrence J. Winschel; INTO THE BREACH: THE 22nd IOWA AT THE RAILROAD REDOUBT by Jeffry C. Burden; and, A FAILURE OF COMMAND: THE CONFEDERATE LOSS OF VICKSBURG, by Jim Stanbery., (Order No: 51930 ), $45.00
132. Woodward, W. E., MEET GENERAL GRANT, Horace Liveright, New York, (1930) 4th ptg, 20 B&W ill., 512pp, good, grey cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) - clean and tight, First published in 1928., (Order No: 11358 ), $7.50
133. Woodward, William E., YEARS OF MADNESS - A REAPPRAISAL OF THE CIVIL WAR, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1951), 311pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Woodward reveals the utter and cruel absurdity of the war, and shows how it could have been avioded without loss to any American citizen., (Order No: 53781 ), $6.00