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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 02 In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 02 In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Ambrose Bierce

The volume gathers Ambrose Bierce’s war‑time stories, each set amid the American Civil War and suffused with…

An Artilleryman's Diary

An Artilleryman's Diary

Jenkins Lloyd Jones

An artilleryman’s diary, written by Jenkin Lloyd Jones, offers a first‑person account that blends personal…

Cover of Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience

Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience

Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont); Vaughan, Mary C.

The work is a meticulously compiled record of women’s contributions to the Union cause during the American…

Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865

Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865

Abraham Lincoln

This volume gathers the public speeches and private correspondence of Abraham Lincoln from the early days of…

Abraham Lincoln, Volume I

Abraham Lincoln, Volume I

John T. Morse, Jr.

The work is a scholarly biography of Abraham Lincoln, the first volume of John T.

War Poetry of the South

War Poetry of the South

War Poetry of the South is a curated anthology of verse written during and after the American Civil War,…

Cover of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Abraham Lincoln

This work is the historic Gettysburg Address delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at…

Army Life in a Black Regiment

Army Life in a Black Regiment

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Thomas Wentworth Higginson’s Army Life in a Black Regiment is a first‑hand account of the Union’s pioneering…

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

Herman Melville

Melville’s Battle‑Pieces and Aspects of the War is a sprawling poetic chronicle of the American Civil War,…

Cover of A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin Presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded. Together with corroborative statements verifying the truth of the work.

A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin Presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded. Together with corroborative statements verifying the truth of the work.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

This work is a documentary companion to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s famous novel, assembling the factual sources,…

Cover of The Sequel of Appomattox: A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States

The Sequel of Appomattox: A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States

Walter L. Fleming

The work is a historical narrative that treats the immediate post‑war South as a landscape of ruin and…

Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. Final Memoirs of a Staff Officer Serving in Virginia. from the Mss. of Colonel Surry, of Eagle's Nest.

Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. Final Memoirs of a Staff Officer Serving in Virginia. from the Mss. of Colonel Surry, of Eagle's Nest.

John Esten Cooke

John Esten Cooke’s Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins is a Civil‑War memoir that blends…

Cover of Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Abraham Lincoln

This work is the text of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, a formal presidential speech delivered…

History of Kershaw's Brigade With Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc.

History of Kershaw's Brigade With Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc.

D. A. Dickert

This volume is a regimental history of Kershaw’s Brigade, the South Carolina formation that fought from First…

Cover of Si Klegg, Book 1 His Transformation from a Raw Recruit to a Veteran

Si Klegg, Book 1 His Transformation from a Raw Recruit to a Veteran

John McElroy

John McElroy’s “Si Klegg, Book 1” is a Civil‑War adventure that follows a young Indiana recruit from his…

Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02

Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02

Nicolay, John G. (John George); Hay, John

The work is a comprehensive, chronologically organized history of Abraham Lincoln’s political rise set…

History of the Nineteenth Army Corps

History of the Nineteenth Army Corps

Richard B. Irwin

The work is a detailed regimental history of the Union’s Nineteenth Army Corps, written by former…

Cover of Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address is a political‑historical document that opens with a direct appeal…

The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis

The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis

Thomas Dixon, Jr.

The Victim is a sprawling work of historical romance that places a young, nameless boy, later identified as…

History of Morgan's Cavalry

History of Morgan's Cavalry

Basil Wilson Duke

The work is a regimental history that chronicles the Confederate cavalry unit raised by General John Hunt…

Cover of A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital

J. B. Jones

This work is a first‑hand account by J. B. Jones, a Confederate war clerk who served in the capital’s…

Cover of Slavery and four years of war: a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865. Vols. 1-2

Slavery and four years of war: a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865. Vols. 1-2

Joseph Warren Keifer

This two‑volume work is a hybrid of political history and personal memoir, written by Joseph Warren Keifer, a…

The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War

The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War

Joseph T. Wilson

A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861

A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861

L. E. Chittenden

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