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Charleston at
War: The Photographic Record, 1860-1865
by Jack Thomson
Hardcover $34.95; Paperback 24.95 I
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This fascinating book explores Civil War era Charleston, South Carolina through an in-depth photographic study. Most of the photos have modern views accompanying them for a “then & now” perspective. Hundreds of photographs and thorough descriptions of each view allow the reader to explore Civil War Charleston in a whole new way. The author has been conducting walking tours of Civil War Charleston since 1986 and knows his topic well.
The
Occupied South, 1865-1866
by
Thomas Goodrich and Debra Goodrich
$26.95
Hardcover, 320 pages, 30 b/w photos
Order Number: 0-8117-0487-4
As the North celebrated the end of the Civil War, the people of the South,
particularly of recently fallen Richmond, mourned. The South was about to enter
a period of extreme turmoil-reconstruction. The Union, though preserved, would
not easily be healed. Starting with Lincoln's assassination and continuing up
through the harsh realities of occupation through the summer of 1866, authors
Thomas and Debra Goodrich trace the history of reconstruction in the south--the
death, destruction, crime, starvation, exile, and anarchy that pervaded those
grim years.
Veteran
Civil War author Thomas Goodrich and his wife, Debra, a freelance journalist,
divide their time between their native states of Kansas and Virginia, and speak
throughout the country while researching new projects. Thomas Goodrich is also
author of Scalp Dance: Indian Warfare on the High Plains, 1865-1879, War
to the Knife: Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861, and co-author of Bloody Bill
Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla.
Stackpole Books
The Fall of Richmond
by
David D. Ryan
$19.95
Hardcover, 176 pages, 8-page b/w photo section
Order Number: 0-8117-0639-7
"David
Ryan blends techniques of historical narrative with those of fiction to give
voice and texture to eyewitness accounts. The result is a sweeping
portrait." --John M. Coski, Civil War historian
April
1865 was a desperate time for the South. The Confederate Army was in retreat and
the Union Army was at the door of Richmond, the Confederate capital. Based on
accounts from diaries, newspaper reports, and official Confederate government
records, Four Days in 1865 tells the story of those fateful days as the
Confederate lines finally broke, leaving Richmond at the mercy of the Union
Army.
David
D. Ryan is a native of Richmond. A reporter and photographer for the Richmond
Times-Dispatch for twenty years, he has written extensively about Virginia
history. His previous books include A Yankee Spy in Richmond: The Civil War
Diary of "Crazy Bet" Van Lew. He presently works as a freelance
author from his Richmond home.
Stackpole
Books
SINGING
THE NEW NATION
How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1861-1865
by
E. Lawrence Abel
$29.95
Hardcover, 352 pages,10 b/w illustrations
Order Number: 0-8117-0228-6
From the recruiting songs that celebrated early war efforts to the "lost cause" songs of the Confederacy's last days, this study chronicles how music helped the South discover and celebrate its identity.
Confederate Field Manual
by the Confederate Ordnance Bureau, 1984 reprint of the 1862 edition.
$14.95
Hardcover, 5.5" x 8.25", 176 pages, ISBN: 0939631024
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Confederate ordnance material as it really was, containing sections on artillery, projectiles, small arms, ammunition, swords, accoutrements, and much more; enhanced by a 32-page photo supplement.
(Thomas Publications)
Exile to Sweet Dixie
The Story of Euphemia Goldsborough, Confederate Nurse & Smuggler
by Eileen F. Conklin
$18.00 Softcover, 5.5” x 8.5”, 208 pages, ISBN: 1577470443 I want to order this book.
Based on the extensive collection of Euphemia Goldsborough, Confederate nurse and smuggler. This book covers Goldsborough's life with the emphasis on her war activities that range from her service as nurse to Confederate POWS at Gettysburg, through her arrest and exile in 1863, to her lasting connections with the people and soldiers of the Confederacy. Ms. Conklin states, "I have never come across a collection on women's service such as Goldsborough's; to work with this raw history has been both a privilege and a challenge. Researching the original diaries, letters, and manuscripts steeped in the Confederate experience was like touching history and moved me in no small way."
Fated
Stars
Virginia Brigadier Generals Killed in the
Civil War
by Albert Harris
$9.95 Softcover, 5.5" x 8.5, 112 pages, ISBN:
1577470559
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The stories of 16 generals from Virginia killed in battle. Harris includes photos and descriptions of the death of each man.
(Thomas Publications)
Justice or Atrocity
Gen. George Pickett and the Kinston, NC Hangings
by Gerard Patterson
$16.95
Softcover, 6" x 9", 160 pages, ISBN: 1577470273
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He is one of the greatest icons of Southern history. His name will forever be associated with Virginia, the Confederacy, and the greatest, most tragic assault of the American Civil War. Yet few who know the story of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg realize that its legendary leader was forced to leave the country at as the war ended to avoid being tried for war crimes. In 1861 Pickett, a West Point graduate and veteran army officer, took off his U.S. Army uniform and donned the gray uniform of an army intent on breaking up a Union he had sworn to defend. Three years later he pursued, captured, and hanged nearly two dozen men who had once been Confederate soldiers but had switched to the blue uniform of the Federal government's army. Gerard Patterson here explores the circumstances surrounding the hanging of 22 Union soldiers in 1864. These events, now known as the "Kinston hangings" after the North Carolina community where they occurred are a fascinating but long overlooked part of American History.
Lee Versus
Pickett
Two Divided by War
by Dr. Richard F. Selcer
$12.95
Softcover, 6" x 9", 168 pages, ISBN: 1577470303
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Ask a Southerner to name two things most important in Southern history and you are likely to get the same answer again and again; Robert E. Lee and Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. Robert E. Lee and George Pickett had a lot in common. They shared a military education, a Virginia birthright, even a middle name. One was the epitome of the southern gentleman; the other led the most dramatic, tragic, and studied assault of the Civil War. Both graduated from West Point (one first, the other last in his class), both are remembered fondly by Southerners, but few realize that great animosity existed between these two icons of the Confederacy. Dr. Richard Selcer, a Texas college professor, here explores the complicated and contentious relationship between these men and their images through history. This is a critical book for those who seek to truly understand the American Civil War and Southern culture as a whole.
Papa Was a Boy
in Gray
Memories of Confederate Veterans by Their Living Daughters
by Mary Schaller
$14.95
Softcover, 6” x 9”, 176 pages, ISBN: 1577470680
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A collection of over twenty narratives of Confederate daughters who relate the stories of their fathers who came of age amid the fiery whirlwind of war. Filled with anecdote, humor and pathos, Papa Was A Boy In Gray is a personal and provocative look at America's greatest conflict.
Sweetly Southern: Delicious Desserts from the Sons of Confederate Veterans
edited by Lynda Moreau
"A mouth-watering collection of 173 desserts, candies, punches, and sweet-tasting snacks submitted by members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Members pay homage to their ancestors by submitting favorite family treats."
240 pp. 8 x 9¼
30 sepia photos Index
Pelican Books $22.50
What You Should Know About The Flags of the Confederacy
by Earl P. Williams, Jr.
$4.95
Softcover, 5.5” x 8.5”, 40 pages, 0939631393 I want to
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As with the American flag, the genesis of the flags of the Confederacy has been shrouded in confusion and “traditional” inaccuracies for generations. Introduces the reader to the national, military, and naval flags, the state flags, and the Confederacy's Great Seal.
(Thomas Publications)
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Original material © Copyright Civil War and More, James E. Schmick, 2005
Book cover illustrations and descriptive text courtesy of Stackpole Books,
Mechanicsburg, PA, and Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA. Used by permission.
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