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  • Rethinking Shilohby Timothy B. Smith

    University of Tennessee Press 2013; US$ 38.95

         Ulysses S. Grant once remarked that the Battle of Shiloh “has been perhaps less understood, or, to state the case more accurately, more persistently misunderstood, than any other engagement . . . during the entire rebellion.” In Rethinking Shiloh , Timothy B. Smith seeks to rectify these persistent myths and misunderstandings,... more...

  • Fanny & Joshuaby Diane Monroe Smith

    University Press of New England 2013; US$ 34.99

    The intimate history of Civil War hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and his wife, Frances Caroline Adams more...

  • The Politics of Faith during the Civil Warby Wesley L. Timothy

    LSU Press 2013; US$ 35.00

    In The Politics of Faith, Timothy L. Wesley examines the engagement of both northern and southern preachers in politics during the American Civil War, revealing an era of denominational, governmental, and public scrutiny of religious leaders. Controversial ministers risked ostracism within the local community, censure from church leaders, and arrests... more...

  • A Disease in the Public Mindby Thomas Fleming

    Da Capo Press 2013; US$ 26.99

    A distinguished historian and popular author explores why the United States became the only nation in the world to fight more...

  • The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slaveryby W. Caleb McDaniel

    LSU Press 2013; US$ 38.00

    In The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery, W. Caleb McDaniel sets forth a new interpretation of the Garrisonian abolitionists, stressing their deep ties to reformers and liberal thinkers in Great Britain and Europe. The group of American reformers known as ?Garrisonians? included, at various times, some of the most significant and familiar... more...

  • Lee's Army during the Overland Campaignby Alfred C. III Young; Gordon C. Rhea

    LSU Press 2013; US$ 29.95

    The initial confrontation between Union general Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Virginia during the Overland Campaign has not until recently received the same degree of scrutiny as other Civil War battles. The first round of combat between the two renowned generals spanned about six weeks in May and early June 1864. The major... more...

  • So Far from Godby John S.D. Eisenhower

    Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 24.95

    The Mexican-American War of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequent treaty, the United States gained territory that would become California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. In... more...

  • Becoming Confederatesby Gary W. Gallagher

    University of Georgia Press 2013; US$ 18.95

    In Becoming Confederates , Gary W. Gallagher explores loyalty in the era of the Civil War, focusing on Robert E. Lee, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, and Jubal A. Early-three prominent officers in the Army of Northern Virginia who became ardent Confederate nationalists. Loyalty was tested and proved in many ways leading up to and during the war. Looking at... more...

  • James F. Jaquessby Patricia B. Burnette

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 38.00

    Tall, handsome and charismatic, James Jaquess impressed men and charmed ladies who knew him as a preacher, a college president or colonel of an Illinois regiment. In 1864 he and James Gilmore talked to Jefferson Davis about terms of peace. Lincoln recognized his many abilities and invited Jaquess to serve as one of his personal agents. But after the... more...

  • Slavery before Raceby Katherine Howlett Hayes

    NYU Press 2013; US$ 30.00

    The study of slavery in the Americas generally assumes a basic racial hierarchy: Africans or those of African descent are usually the slaves, and white people usually the slaveholders. In this unique interdisciplinary work of historical archaeology, anthropologist Katherine Hayes draws on years of fieldwork on Shelter Island’s Sylvester Manor... more...