Here are the 143 books on the American Civil War that are in stock at Ray Boas, Bookseller, as of March 20, 2008, and on this related page are titles about Abraham Lincoln. Make a note of the Order No(s). before the price, and follow this link to our Ordering information. from Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire. We look forward to helping you with your collection, Thank you, RAY

1. CIVIL WAR NAVAL CHRONOLOGY 1861-1865 -- (PART II - 1862), Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, n.d., B&W illustrations, 117pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 9767 ), $10.00

2. THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL: A REPORT TO THE CONGRESS, US Government Printing Off., Washington, DC, (1968), B&W illustrations, 69pp, fine, tan cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Origins and Objects of the Commission; The Commission and its Work; Federal Departments and Agencies; Organizations Honor the Past; The Communities Remember; and, A Centennial Bibliography., (Order No: 27786 ), $7.50

3. THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN MAGAZINE - VOLUME II JANUARY 1894 - DECEMBER 1894, National Historical Society, Harrisburg, PA, (1988), B&W illustrations, 386pp, very good+, light tan cloth (hardcover), A quality reprint of Volume II, Number 1 (January 1894) through Volume II, Number 12 (December 1894)., (Order No: 51119 ), $14.50

4. THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN MAGAZINE 1899 - CONFEDERATE VETERAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, National Historical Society, Harrisburg, PA, n.d. c1988, B&W illustrations, 576pp, very good+, light tan cloth (hardcover), Quality reprint of Volume VII, Number 1 (January 1898) through Volume VII, Number 12 (December 1899)., (Order No: 51120 ), $30.00

5. "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

6. Abbott, John S. C., THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA -- VOLUME I. ONLY, Henry Bill, New York, 1863, maps - LACKS FRONTIS, 507pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), "...Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progrss sof the Rebellion, of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospitcal, and the Cabin." Volume I ONLY, (Order No: 53906 ), $45.00

7. Austin, Anne L., THE WOOLSEY SISTERS OF NEW YORK: A FAMILY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR AND A NEW PROFESSION (1860-1900), American Philosophical Soc., Philadelphia, PA, 1971, B&W illustrations, 189pp, good+, wraps (softcover), This narrative is concerned primarily with Abby, Jane, and Georgeanna, three of the eight children of Charles William and Jane Eliza (Newton) Woolsey, who lived in New York before, during, and after the Civil War., (Order No: 53185 ), $10.00

8. 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 ), $300.00

9. Baxter, J. H. (compiled by under the direction of The Secretary of War), STATISTICS, MEDICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL, OF THE PROVOST-MARSALL- GENERAL'S BUREAU... TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1875, good+, green cloth (hardcover), "...DERIVED FROM RECORDS OF THE EXAMINATION FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE LATE WAR OF THE REBELLION, OF OVER A MILLION RECRUITS, DRAFTED MEN, SUBSTITUTES, AND ENROLLED MEN." Volume I, 568pp; and, Volume II, 767pp. During the first two years of the Civil War, the armies of the US were recruited by volunteer enlistments under the control of the several states. This proved inadequate, and on March 3, 1863 a bureau of the War Department was created called the Provost-Marshal-General's Bureau which would have charge of the recruitment of armies by volunteers or draft if necessary. All able-bodied men were put through a thorough and systematic medical examination, and the fascinating results are presented in these volumes. A great look at medicine, diseases, ailments, etc of the mid 19th century., (Order No: 51217 ), $150.00

10. 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

11. Bill, Alfred Hoyt, THE BELEAGUERED CITY: RICHMOND, 1861-1865, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1946 1st ed, B&W ill., B&W maps, 313pp, index, good, tan cloth (hardcover) dustjacket panels laid in, The rich and stirring saga of the Capital of the Confederacy--of her heroes, her gallant women, her wounded, her traitors, her prisoners--throughout the war years., (Order No: 28059 ), $5.00

12. 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

13. Blaine, James G., TWENTY YEARS OF CONGRESS 1861-1881, Henry Bill Publishing Co., Norwich, CT, 1884, B&W illustrations, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover) exceptionally nice set, "From Lincoln to Garfield with a review of The Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860." Volume I, 646pp; and Volume II, 724pp. Oddly only the plates on Volume II has some light dampstains on the corner which indicate that this occurred prior to those pages being bound in., (Order No: 1428 ), $27.50

14. 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

15. Browne, Junius Henri, FOUR YEARS IN SECESSIA: ADVENTURES WITHIN AND BEYOND THE UNION LINES ..., O. D. Case and Company, Hartford, CT, 1865, B&W illustrations, 450pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), "...Embracing a Great Variety of Facts, Incidents, and Romance of the War. Including The Author's Capture at Vicksburg, May 3, 1863, while Running the Rebel Batteries; His Imprisonment at Vicksburg, Jackson, Atlanta, Richomd, and Salisbury; His Escape and Perilous Journey of Four Hundred Miles to the Union Lines at Knoxville.", (Order No: 52925 ), $45.00

16. 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

17. 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

18. Clayton, Sarah "Sallie" Conley (edited by Robert Scott Davis Jr.), REQUIEM FOR A LOST CITY: A MEMOIR OF CIVIL WAR ATLANTA AND THE OLD SOUTH, Mercer University Press, Macon, GA, (1999), B&W illustrations, 213pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0865546223 Sallie Clayton's memoirs are bittersweet reminiscences of growing up in a doomed city in the midst of losing a war., (Order No: 46257 ), $17.50

19. Cogsell, Leander W. (Company D.), A HISTORY OF THE ELEVENTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY IN THE REBELLION WAR 1861-1865, Republican Press Association, Concord, NH, 1891, B&W ill., fold-out map, 784pp, good+, 3/4 leather (hardcover), The 671 pages of text are followed by a "Complete Roster of the Original Officers and Men of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment." "Padded with anecdotes and incidents - many of questionable authenticity; this valorous regiment deserves a better history." Nevins, CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A CRITICAL BILIOGRAPHY, Volume I, Page 71. A nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 50408 ), $325.00

20. Cooke, John Esten (edited with an introduction and notes by Philip Van Doren Stern), WEARING OF THE GRAY: BEING PERSONAL PORTRAITS, SCENES AND ADVENTURES OF THE WAR - CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL SERIES, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, (1959), B&W frontis, 572pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1867. Since Cooke fought in the war and was in close touch with its most important officers, his narrative of his own experiences and his descriptions of noted Confederate leaders--Stuart, Jackson, Beauregard, Mosby, and others--are both illuminating and colorful., (Order No: 27789 ), $20.00

21. Cox, Jacob D., THE MARCH TO THE SEA: FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE - CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR. - X., Castle Books, Edison, NJ, (2002), 265pp, fine, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0785815821 First published in 1882., (Order No: 52495 ), $6.00

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. De Forest, John William (edited, with notes, by James H. Croushore; introduction by Stanley T. Williams), A VOLUNTEER'S ADVENTURES: A UNION CAPTAIN'S RECORD OF THE CIVIL WAR, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1946 1st ptg, B&W ill., B&W maps, 237pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Originally published in 1946. This is one of the unforgettable books on the Civil War--or indeed any war--telling of campaigns from Louisiana to Virginia, and of an obscure but excellent soldier who fought in them and told of precisely what he saw without making any concessions to any prejudices whatsoever., (Order No: 21106 ), $10.00

26. 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

27. Donald, David, CHARLES SUMNER AND THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1960 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 392pp, index, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) EX-LIB minimal markings, (Order No: 16890 ), $5.00

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. Evans, David, SHERMAN'S HORSEMEN: UNION CAVALRY OPERATIONS IN THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, (1996), B&W illustrations, 647pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0253329639 Nowhere did horse soldiers play a more important role than in William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta campaign., (Order No: 52707 ), $12.50

33. Farwell, Byron, STONEWALL: A BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL THOMAS J. JACKSON, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1993), B&W illustrations, 560pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0393310868 This engrossing narrative reveals Stonewall Jackson both as a military genius and as a quirky, dark personality radically different from the storybook version that grew up after Jackson's untimely death at Chancellorsville in 1863., (Order No: 53634 ), $6.00

34. 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

35. Foner, Eric, POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY IN THE AGE OF THE CIVIL WAR, Oxford University Press, New York, 1990, 250pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195027817 The first section of the book deals with the causes of the sectional conflict; the second, with the antislavery movement; and a final group of essays treats land and labor after the war., (Order No: 37144 ), $10.00

36. Foote, Shelby, SECOND MANASSAS TO POCOTALIGO: THE CIVIL WAR A NARRATIVE - VOLUME 4 - 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, (2000) 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 288pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 078350103X, (Order No: 52478 ), $15.00

37. Force, M. F., FROM FORT HENRY TO CORINTH - CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR. - II., Castle Books, Edison, NJ, (2002), 204pp, fine, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0785815740 First published in 1881., (Order No: 52491 ), $8.50

38. Glatthaar, Joseph T., PARTNERS IN COMMAND: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERS IN THE CIVIL WAR, The Free Press, New York, (1994), 286pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0029118174 Reveals the importance of personal relationships to cooperation, command and success., (Order No: 7018 ), $7.00

39. Glazier, Willard W., THE CAPTURE, THE PRISON PEN, AND THE ESCAPE, GIVING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF PRISON LIFE IN THE SOUTH ..., H. E. Goodwin, Publisher, Hartford, CT, 1870, B&W illustrations, 400pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, "...Principally at: Richmond, Danville, Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Belle Isle, Millin, Salisbury, and Andersonville, describing the arrival of prisoners, plans of escape, with numerous and varied incidents and anecdotes of prison life; embracing also, The Adventures of the Author' Escape from Columbia, SC, recapture, subsequent escape, recapture, trail as spy, and final escape from Slyvania, Georgia.", (Order No: 52533 ), $30.00

40. 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

41. Greenbie, Sydney and Greenbie, Marjorie Barstow, ANNA ELLA CARROLL AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A BIOGRAPHY, Falmouth Publishing House, Manchester, ME, (1952) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 539pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), One of 600 numbered copies signed by both authors. The first definitive life of the woman who was Lincoln's one woman Office of War Information and Board os Military Strategy., (Order No: 38013 ), $45.00

42. 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

43. 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

44. Hankinson, Alan, FIRST BULL RUN 1861: THE SOUTH'S FIRST VICTORY - PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275984397, (Order No: 52436 ), $8.00

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. Headley, J. T., THE GREAT REBELLION; A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES -- VOLUME II ONLY, American Publishing Company, Hartford, CT, 1866, "numerous steel engravings", 702pp, good+, full tooled leather (hardcover), Nice tight copy., (Order No: 53904 ), $25.00

50. 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

51. Henderson, G. F. R. (edited by Jay Luvaas), THE CIVIL WAR: A SOLDIER'S VIEW: A COLLECTION OF CIVIL WAR WRITINGS, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1958), maps, 323pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 3810 ), $6.00

52. Henderson, G. F. R. (with an introduction by Viscount Wolseley), STONEWALL JACKSON AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1949, B&W ill., B&W maps, 737pp, good++ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), First published in two volumes in 1898. One of the great biographical studies and military critiques which brings vividly alive Stonewall Jackson, the man and the military genius, and recreates his important part in the war between the North and the South., (Order No: 27730 ), $10.00

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. Hoke, Jacob, THE GREAT INVASION, Thomas Yoseloff, New York, (1959) new ed, B&W illustrations, 613pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1887, a historic, eyewitness account of Robert E. Lee's advance into Pennsylvania in 1863 and of the decisive battle at Gettysburg., (Order No: 27719 ), $10.00

59. 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

60. 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

61. 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

62. Jones, J. B. (John Beauchamp), A REBEL WAR CLERK'S DIARY AT THE CONFEDERATE STATES CAPITAL - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1866 1st ed, good, brown cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB with light edgewear, Volume I, 392pp; and, Volume II, 480pp. Internally a very nice clean and tight set. Ex-Lib with minimal marks (circulated once) and light edgewear. "The most consulted journal for wartime Richmond and the Confederate government; Jones, who reworked the diary shortly after the war, had an exaggerated opinion of his military judgments." Nevins, Allan, CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, Volume I, page 115., (Order No: 53265 ), $185.00

63. Kearny, Thomas (with a preface by Frank Monaghan), GENERAL PHILIP KEARNY: BATTLE SOLDIER OF FIVE WARS, INCLUDING THE CONQUEST OF THE WEST BY GENERAL STEPHEN WATTS KEARNY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1937 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 496pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Thomas Kearny has recreated the personality of dashing Philip Kearny. He has placed him in his proper historical background and given us a clear and stirring account of his careeer and has presented much new and valuable material on the men and the events with whom Philip Kearny was connected., (Order No: 53787 ), $95.00

64. 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

65. Klement, Frank L., DARK LANTERNS: SECRET POLITICAL SOCIETIES, CONSPIRACIES, AND TREASON TRIALS IN THE CIVIL WAR, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1989), B&W illustrations, 263pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0807115673 The best history yet of the dark lantern societies including Knights of the Golden Circle, the Order of American Knights, and the Sons of Liberty., (Order No: 52676 ), $10.00

66. 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

67. Lancaster, Bruce, NO BUGLES TONIGHT, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1948 1st ed, 325pp, good, tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, A novel of the Andrews Raiders., (Order No: 47685 ), $12.50

68. Lang, J. Stephen, THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO THE CONFEDERACY, ALPHA A Pearson Education Co, Indianapolis, IN, (2003) 1st ptg, 341pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) owner's name, ISBN 0028643836 Leaders of the lost cause; military innovations; and life in the South and how soldiers and civilians made do during the war., (Order No: 50692 ), $9.50

69. Langellier, John, SECOND MANASSAS 1862: ROBERT E. LEE'S GREATEST VICTORY - PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275984478, (Order No: 52432 ), $10.00

70. 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

71. Lord, Edward O. (edited by), HISTORY OF THE NINTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, Republican Press Association, Concord, NH, 1895, B&W illustrations, 761pp, append., good, green cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy, Main text is followed by 171 page appendix of "Complete Roster of the Ninth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers," "General Order Transferring Members of Ninth Regiment to Sixth Regiment, N.H. Vet. Volunteers," "Register of Commissioned Officers," "Veterans Association," "List of Illustrations," and, General Index., (Order No: 54083 ), $250.00

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. Martin, Samuel J., SOUTHERN HERO: MATTHEW CALBRAITH BUTLER, CONFEDERATE GENERAL, HAMPTON RED SHIRT, AND U.S. SENATOR, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, (2001) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 388pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0811708993 A biography of General Butler., (Order No: 52717 ), $8.50

77. McFeely, William S., GRANT: A BIOGRAPHY, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1981) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 592pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393013723 This is a biography of a mid-nineteenth-century Ohio boy who couldn't hold a job but became the nation's commanding general and later its president., (Order No: 20622 ), $6.00

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. Miers, Earl Schenck, THE WEB OF VICTORY: GRANT AT VICKSBURG, Aflred A. Knopf, New York, 1955, 320pp, index, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Here is the objective story of a fantastic military and naval action that had no precedents in the history of warfare, but, more than that, it is the richly human story of the men who commanded- -in the field and in Washington. This is the moment of Grant's emergence as the dominant military figure of his times., (Order No: 53786 ), $7.00

82. 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

83. Miller, Francis Trevelyan (Editor-in-Chief), THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: VOLUME ONE - THE OPENING BATTLES, The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, B&W illustrations, 369pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "Semi-Centennial Memorial Edition" Clean and tight copy., (Order No: 54037 ), $30.00

84. Miller, Francis Trevelyan (Editor-in-Chief); Elson, Henry W. (text by), THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: VOLUME TWO - TWO YEARS OF GRIM WAR, The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, B&W illustrations, 353pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "Semi-Centennial Memorial Edition." Clean and tight copy., (Order No: 54038 ), $30.00

85. Miller, Francis Trevelyan (Editor-in-Chief); Elson, Henry W. (text by); Grant, Frederick Dent (introduction by), THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: VOLUME THREE - THE DECISIVE BATTLES, The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, B&W illustrations, 353pp, good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) small spot on front board, "Semi-Centennial Memorial Edition." Clean and tight copy., (Order No: 54039 ), $30.00

86. Miller, Francis Trevelyan (Editor-in-Chief); Thompson, Holland (editor), THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: VOLUME SEVEN - PRISONS AND HOSPITALS, The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, B&W illustrations, 352pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "Semi-Centennial Memorial Edition." Clean and tight copy., (Order No: 54040 ), $30.00

87. Miller, Francis Trevelyan (Editor-in-Chief), THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: VOLUME EIGHT - SOLDIER LIFE - SECRET SERVICE, The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, B&W illustrations, 383pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "Semi-Centennial Memorial Edition." Clean and tight copy., (Order No: 54041 ), $30.00

88. Miller, Francis Trevelyan (Editor-in-Chief); Miles, Dudley P. (editor); Trent, William P. (foreword by), THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: VOLUME NINE - POETRY AND ELOQUENCE OF BLUE AND GRAY, The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, B&W illustrations, 353pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "Semi-Centennial Memorial Edition." Clean and tight copy., (Order No: 54042 ), $30.00

89. Miller, Francis Trevelyan (Editor-in-Chief), THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: VOLUME TEN - ARMIES AND LEADERS, The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911, B&W illustrations, 358pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), "Semi-Centennial Memorial Edition." Clean and tight copy., (Order No: 54043 ), $30.00

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. Murdock, Eugene Converse, PATRIOTISM LIMITED 1862-1865: THE CIVIL WAR DRAFT AND THE BOUNTY SYSTEM, Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, (1967) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 270pp, good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), (Order No: 37149 ), $15.00

94. Nevins, Allan, THE WAR FOR THE UNION - FOUR VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, B&W illustrations, very good w/lightly edgworn dustjackets (hardcover), Four Volume Set Includes: Volume I - THE IMPROVISED WAR 1861-1862, (1959), 436pp; Volume II - WAR BECOMES REVOLUTION, (1960), 557pp; Volume III - THE ORGANIZED WAR 1863-1864, (1971) 1st ed, 532pp; and, Volume IV - THE OR GANIZED WAR TO VICTORY 1864-1865, (1971) 1st ed, 448pp., (Order No: 35127 ), $25.00

95. Nichols, Roy Franklin, THE DISRUPTION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1948, B&W frontis, 612pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This book records and interprets the history of the most dangerous crisis the Democratic party and the nation ever faced, in the period from 1856 to 1861., (Order No: 21171 ), $7.50

96. 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

97. Peabody, Charles Newton, ZAB: (BREVET MAJOR ZABDIEL BOYLSTON ADAMS 1829-1902 PHYSICIAN OF BOSTON AND FRAMINGHAM), Francis A. Countway Library, Boston, MA, 1984, B&W illustrations, 255pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), This volume recounts the life of a medical student and practitioner in Boston at the middle of the nineteenth century and his subsequent experiences in the Civil War., (Order No: 49484 ), $17.50

98. Pettengill, Samuel B., THE COLLEGE CAVALIERS: A SKETCH OF THE SERVICE OF A COMPANY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE UNION ARMY IN 1862, H. McAllaster & Co., Chicago, IL, 1883, B&W frontis of S. S. Burr, 96pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, fading to boards, "A too-brief account of Dartmouth College students who fought in the 1862 Valley Campaign as members of the 7th Rhode Island Cavalry Squadron." Nevins, CIVIL WAR BOOKS, Volume I, page 145. Chapters include: Dartmouth College - Enlistment of Students - Their Reception at Providence, RI; The Cavaliers in Camp in Washington, and Fairfax Seminary; Service in the Shenandoah Valley - Retreat from Winchester to Harper's Ferry; On Maryland Heights - Advance of the Enemy - Abandonment of the Heights; Escape from Harper's Ferry - Report of Colonel Voss - Capture of Longstreet's Ammunition Train - Arrival at Greencastle, Pa.; Brief Service at Antietam - Mustered Out - Return to College - Recollections of General White.; Appendix - Roster Troop B., Seventh Squadron R.I. Cavalry - Name, Rank and Residence., (Order No: 39887 ), $85.00

99. 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

100. 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

101. 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

102. Pritchard, Russ A., THE IRISH BRIGADE: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE FAMED CIVIL WAR FIGHTERS, Courage Books, Philadelphia, PA, (2004) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 076242009X, (Order No: 52462 ), $6.50

103. 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

104. 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

105. Reeves, James J., HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, S. Chew, Printer, Camden, NJ, 1889, 45pp, very good+, original wraps (softcover), Brief regimental history printed by direction of the society at their reunion in Woodbury, NJ, December 13, 1888. Two copies available which were purchased when our shop was in New Jersey. These copies are unread, and reportedly were found in the walls of the printer's building when it was being demolished., (Order No: 12581 ), $125.00

106. Ropes, John Codman, THE ARMY UNDER POPE - CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR. - IV., Castle Books, Edison, NJ, (2002), 229pp, fine, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0785815767 First pubished in 1881., (Order No: 52493 ), $6.00

107. 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

108. 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

109. Scharf, J. Thomas, HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE SURRENDER OF ITS LAST VESSEL, Gramercy Books, New York, (1996), B&W illustrations, 824pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517183366 First published in 1887. Continued from the title page, "Its stupendous struggle with the great Navy of the United States; the engagements fought in the rivers and harbors of the South, and upon the high seas; blockade-running, first use of iron-clads and torpedoes, and privateer history.", (Order No: 16179 ), $10.00

110. 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

111. 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

112. 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 ), $100.00

113. Sinclair, Harold, THE HORSE SOLDIERS: A NOVEL OF THE CIVIL WAR, Harper & Brothers, New York, (1956), B&W map, 337pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This novel is based on one of the most daring cavalry operations of all time: a seventeen-day raid by a Union brigade through the heart of Confederate Mississippi., (Order No: 46234 ), $30.00

114. 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

115. 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

116. 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

117. 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

118. 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

119. 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

120. Stackpole, Edward J., CHANCELLORSVILLE: LEE'S GREATEST BATTLE, The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA, (1958) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, maps, 384pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 19969 ), $5.00

121. 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

122. 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

123. 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

124. 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

125. 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

126. 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

127. 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

128. Sutherland, Daniel E., SEASONS OF WAR: THE ORDEAL OF A CONFEDERATE COMMUNITY, 1861-1865, The Free Press, New York, (1995) 1st ptg, B&W ill., maps, 488pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) remainder mark, ISBN 0028740432 The story of Culpeper County, Virginia, is a unique one in Civil War history. Told largely through the diaries, papers, and correspondence of residents, common infantrymen, and such eminent personalities as Robert E. Lee, Walt Whitman, Ulysses S. Grant, Clara Barton, and Stonewall Jackson, all of whom spent time in Culpeper, this story wonderfully captures both the intimacy and grandeur of war., (Order No: 16165 ), $7.50

129. Thomas, Emory M., THE CONFEDERATE NATION 1861-1865, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1979) 1st ed, 384pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060142529 In this vividly told history, enlivened by passages from diaries and letters of the period, Professor Thomas traces the development of Southern nationalism from its foundations in the Old South through its confirmation in the establishment of the Confederacy and in the first years of the war for Southern independence., (Order No: 9393 ), $7.50

130. Thornbrough, Emma Lou, INDIANA IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA, 1850-1880, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN, 1965, B&W illustrations, 758pp, good, wraps (softcover), The present work is Volume III of a projected five-volume history of Indiana to be published by the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Historical Bureau. It deals with the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, extending from 1850 to 1880., (Order No: 46237 ), $10.00

131. 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

132. Voegeli, V. Jacque, FREE BUT NOT EQUAL: THE MIDWEST AND THE NEGRO DURING THE CIVIL WAR, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1969) 2nd ptg, 215pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0226859258 The first comprehensive analysis of midwestern attitudes toward the Negro during the Civil War., (Order No: 39756 ), $7.50

133. 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

134. 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

135. 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

136. 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

137. 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

138. 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

139. 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

140. 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

141. 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

142. 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

143. 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