Search Results: Civil War History from High-Lonesome Books

New York: Da Capo Press, 1946. Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 845 pgs. Preface by Carl Sandburg. A comprehensive and readable one-volume collection of Lincoln's writings. Gift inscription on the half title page.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, over 2500 pages total, index, many b&w photos, cartoons, letters and document reproductions. A classic biography of Lincoln during his years in Washington and his dealings with the Civil War.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9, 761 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations. A One Volume Edition. A nice edition of this classic Sandburg work on Lincoln.

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. First, thus. Paperback. Very Good. Originally published in1880. 5 x 8, 358 pgs. Hood's recollections show his unwavering loyalty to the Confederate cause and his unshakable admiration for Lee and Davis.

Washington DC: National Park Service, 1961. Revised. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 60 pgs, b&w historical photos, maps. National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 9. A souvenir and description of what to see and do at Antietam.

New York: Harper Collins, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 462 pgs, section of b&w historical photos. One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee's harrowing retreat, and then, Appomattox. It saw Lincoln's assassination just five days later and a near-successful plot to decapitate the Union government, followed by chaos and coup fears in the North, collapsed negotiations and continued bloodshed in the South, and finally, national reconciliation.

Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2010. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 127 pgs, b&w historical photos, references. On April 19, 1861, the first blood of the Civil War was spilled in the streets of Baltimore. En route to Camden Station, Union forces were confronted by angry Southern sympathizers, and at Pratt Street the crowd rushed the troops, who responded with lethal volleys. Four soldiers and twelve Baltimoreans were left dead. Marylanders unsuccessfully attempted to further cut ties with the North by sabotaging roads, bridges and telegraph lines. In response to the Battle of Baltimore, Lincoln declared martial law and withheld habeas corpus in much of the state. The author skillfully narrates the events of that day and their impact on the rest of the war, when Baltimore became a city occupied.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. 10 x 13, 256 pgs, color illustrations throughout. Tells the stories of thirteen of the most important battles, including First Manassas, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. The author not only describes the events and outcomes of those great engagements, but also delves into the characters of the army commanders, revealing in many cases just how much their personalities influenced the actions of their subordinates - and ultimately the outcome of the battles themselves.

New York: Fairfax Press, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 7 x 9, 626pgs, b&w illustrations and maps, index. Selections from the original four volume set published in 1887-88. Being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers.

New York: Arco, 1961. Hardcover. Good+ in Good+ DJ. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 144 pgs, lots of b&w photos. Includes Union & Confederate soldiers & weapons, the Peninsula campaign, Vicksburg & Gettysburg, Chickamauga & Chattanooga, naval warfare, the siege of Petersburg, Sherman's marches, etc.

Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good+. 9 x 11, 176 pgs, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations.

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. 11 x 9, 320 pgs, index and color photos throughout. The Civil War, the greatest single event in our country's history, is well covered in this volume which covers the conflict chronologically and gives biographical sketches of selected participants.

New York: William Morrow, 1959. Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 316 pgs, b&w photos and drawings. History and basic principles, formal and informal designs, community planning and zoning and more.

New York: Scholastic Inc., 1993. Second printing. Paperback. Good+. 6 x 9, 102 pgs. The author creates sixteen characters from all walks of life and traces their thoughts, emotions, and experiences, from their first hopes for a brave, new world through the brutal reality of war. He shows us history as lived by its makers, and lets us look through their eyes---Northern, Southern, courageous, and cowardly. A young adult Civil War study book.

New York: Berkeley Publishing, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 327 pgs, maps. These fascinating narratives are presented chronologically, woven togehter with insightful editorial notes, and accompanied by over 40 maps: together they comprise the Civil War experience, from daily army life to the sights and sounds of battle, to the moral and strategic decisions that rested upon the commanders' shoulders.

New York: New American Library, 1961. Fourth printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 4 x 7, 663 pgs, index. A complete and fully documented history of the Civil War.

New York: Dover Publications, 1994. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good+. 5 x 8, 124 pgs. Civil War stories by newspaperman, short-story writer, poet and satirist, Bierce (1842-1917?); one of the most striking annd unusual literary figures America has produced.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Good. 7 x 9, 317 pgs, index, b&w and color historical photos and maps. This definitive guide to United States Civil War battlefields brings that history to life in words, maps, and pictures. Sixty-five battles and campaigns are described in vivid detail in essays by distinguished historians.

New York: Viking Press, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 274 pgs, index, sources, notes. Union and Confederate men went to war, as Americans, convinced they fought an enemy that was un-American, somehow foreign -- a savage enemy.

St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1995. Third printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 179 pgs, index, bibliography, notes, b&w and color illustrations and maps. "St. Louis on the eve of the Civil War was a highly volatile mixture of sectional divisions and ethnic tension. A pro-Confederate governor who plotted with Jefferson Davis to seize the city's Federal arsenal, a pro-Union congressman from a powerful political family, a large population of European immigrants, and a long history of mixed feelings toward the 'peculiar institution' of slavery made the outcome of the struggle for control of St. Louis anything but certain."