Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers (New York: Chas T. Dillingham), 1889. Hardcover first edition - Classic Civil War novel about an Andersonville prisoner-of-war John Rockwell, who reaches across the "deadline" to pluck a bunch of violets, and about the Southern soldier and prison guard, Jack Foster, who ignores regulations and does not shoot him. When this was first published, almost twenty-five years had passed since the Civil War, but sectarian feelings still ran high on the subject of how prisoners-of-war were treated, and Andersonville, especially, was an example to the North of inhumane treatment. Although there was beginning to be some recognition that neither the North nor the South were blameless, and that it was the nature of the war itself that led to so much suffering, Collingwood's novel was an important "popular" attempt to heal this divide by portraying the soldiers of both sides as men first, who were able to respect the soldiers on the other side, and even sometimes to reach across to each other. Collingwood went on to become the well-known and highly respected editor of "The Rural New Yorker, The Business Farmer's Paper" and a crusader for honesty in advertising, among other things. At one point, he was an outspoken opponent of the promotion of a hybrid developed by Luther Burbank, which was renamed the "wonderberry." 270 pp. plus 10 pp of publisher's advertisements.

New York: Bonanza, (1991.) dj. Hardcover - A collection of stories that "reflect the fascination and horror of the Civil War yet the themes they address are universal" - themes of courage and the fear and confusion of war, of patriotism and "war is hell." Includes a brief introduction by the editors and 25 short stories, including "Skirmish at Sartories" by William Faulkner, "The Night Before Chancellorsville" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Chickamauga" by Thomas Wolfe, "Fort Donelson" by Herman Melville, "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane, "The Private History of a Campaign the Failed" by Mark Twain, "The Brigadge Commander" by John William De Forest, "The Die-Hard" by Stephen Vincent Benet, "The White Feather" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, "For the Honor of the Company" by Mary E. Mitchell, "At the Twelfth Hour" by Joseph Altsheler, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, "Pillar of Fire" by Shelby Foote, The Pickets" by Robert W. Chambers, "High Tide" by John P. Marquand, "Beautiful Rebel" by Paul Jones, "Bummer's Roost" by Robert Edmond Alter, "The Little Regiment" by Stephen Crane, "One of the Missing" by Ambrose Bierce, "Two Renegades" by O. Henry, and "The Centennial Comment" by Robert Edmond Alter and more. x, 523 pp. ISBN: 0-517060132.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1999). First edition - "As the colonel of the first regiment of black men in the Union army during the Civil War, Higginson was an early, articulate, and powerful crusader for civil rights, and his journal and letters, collected for the first time in this volume, present some of the most extraordinary documents of the Civil War. [He] was a politically engaged intellectual at the forefront of radical antislavery, labor, and feminist causes. Born in 1823 to a formerly wealthy but still prominent Brahmin family, he became one of America's leading social activists and a prominent writer, minister, and reformer. With the publication in 1869 of his classic Army Life in a Black Regiment, which drew on this journal, Higginson became one of the most important chroniclers of the Civil War." Introduction by Looby, extensive footnotes, chronology. xix, 348 pp.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A well-written and well-documented study of an unusual regiment - as seen in the broader context of the society in which it originated, of the racism that its members endured, and as an early civil rights movement. "The most comprehensive study of the role of the Native Guard in the Civil War, this is a tale of Confederate and Union indifference and hostility to the black men who volunteered their services. It is a story of Union commanders who placed black troops in the most exposed and vulnerable positions, who systematically purged the ranks of black line officers, and yet, who in weaker moments had to admit these black men acquitted themselves admirably on the battle fields." (historian Richard Blackett). Illustrated with photographs and maps. Bibliography, index. xiv, 140 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-19393.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays which "shed new light on the defining issues of the Civil War era. Orville Vernon Burton, Leonne M. Hudson, and Daniel E. Sutherland delve into the master-slave relationship, the role of blacks in the army, and the nature of southern violence. Herman Hattaway, Paul D. Escott, and Judith F. Gentry offer innovative perspectives on the influential leadership of President Jefferson Davis, Lieutenant-General Stephen D. Lee, and General Edmund Kirby Smith. Other contributors consider politicians and the public: Michael J. Connolly and Clayton E. Jewett investigate how despotism contributed to Confederate defeat; David E. Kyvig and Alan M. Kraut examine the war's impact on the Constitution and racial relationships with Jews; and Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Kenneth Nivison, and Emory M. Thomas discuss the critical function of memory in our understanding of Lincoln's assassination. The essays . . expose our nation's continuing struggles with race, individual rights, terrorism, and the economy.. . 150 years after the nation's most defining conflict its consequences still resonate." A title in the series "Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War" under the editorship of T. Michael Parrish. Notes at the end of each selection and notes on contributors. 341 pp. ISBN: 978-0807143551.

New York: Edward O Jenkins 1873. Hardcover first edition - Printed "For Private Circulation". Includes an account of the celebration of the sixtieth wedding anniversary (the cover has simply "The Diamond Wedding" on it) of the marriage of John and Sarah Knox of Knoxville, in upstate New York, followed by "A sketch of the military life of Captain Williams with the 117th New York Infantry Regiment, prepared by Rev. Knox from Williams' letters and read at the celebration." This sketch includes 7 small maps and much interesting information about troop movements, descriptions of battles, daily life, and more. The first part consists of 44 pages, illustrated with engravings of the old homestead, the family tree and the church. The Civil War sketch is from page 45-106 followed by a list of members of the family present. INSCRIBED by one of the family members "for Mrs Ewing, your cousin, Mrs Anderson" (perhaps the one of the sisters who prepared the family tree) 107 pp. .

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1903. Hardcover - An important history of the Civil War as told in the first person by one of the great generals in that war. Lieutenant-General James Longstreet began the American Civil War in New Mexico and served with great distinction throughout the course of the conflict. He was commander of the Confederate Army's First Corps, which in its various incarnations fought through most of the major wartime campaigns, and a friend, confidant and close advisor to General Lee. After the war, a clique of former Confederate officers began blaming General Longstreet for the army's defeat at Gettysburg, and this criticism intensified about General Robert E. Lee's death, when he could no longer counter it. Illustrated with 15 portraits, engravings and 16 maps (14 colored) especially prepared for this work. Index. vii, 698 pp.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket: ÔIn many ways, the Northern soldier in the Civil War fought as if he had never left home. On campsites and battlefields, the Union volunteer adapted to military life with attitudes shaped by networks of family relationships, in units of men from the same hometown. Understanding these links between the homes the troops left behind and the war they had to fight... offers critical insight into how they thought, fought, and perservered through four bloody years of combat.Õ Based on the letters, diaries, and memoirs of common soldiers, this shows Ôhow mid-nineteenth-century ideas and images of the home and family shaped the Union soldier's approach to everything from military discipline to battlefield bravery. For hundreds of thousands of boys, as they called themselves, the Union army was an extension of their home and child hood experiences.Õ Illustrated with a frontispiece and a 16 page insert of photographs. Extensive notes, index, 201 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5078934.