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  • THE THREE-CORNERED WAR: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West. by Nelson, Megan Kate.
    Nelson, Megan Kate.
    THE THREE-CORNERED WAR: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner, (2020). First edition - Based on letters and diaries, military records and oral histories, and photographs and maps from the time, this book sheds light on a forgotten chapter of American history as it explores the connections among the Civil War, the Indian wars, and western expansion. It focuses on nine individuals - among them "John R. Baylor, a Texas legislator who established the Confederate Territory of Arizona; Kit Carson, a famous frontiersman who led a company of volunteers against the Texans, Navajos, Kiowas, and Comanches; Juanita, a Navajo weaver who resisted Union campaigns against her people; Alonzo Ickis, an Iowa-born gold miner who fought on the side of the Union; and Mangas Coloradas, a revered…

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    New York: Scribner, (2020). First edition - Based on letters and diaries, military records and oral histories, and photographs and maps from the time, this book sheds light on a forgotten chapter of American history as it explores the connections among the Civil War, the Indian wars, and western expansion. It focuses on nine individuals - among them "John R. Baylor, a Texas legislator who established the Confederate Territory of Arizona; Kit Carson, a famous frontiersman who led a company of volunteers against the Texans, Navajos, Kiowas, and Comanches; Juanita, a Navajo weaver who resisted Union campaigns against her people; Alonzo Ickis, an Iowa-born gold miner who fought on the side of the Union; and Mangas Coloradas, a revered Chiricahua Apache chief who worked to expand Apache territory in Arizona." Maps, bibliography, notes. xx, 314 pp

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82525
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  • ARCHITECTS OF OUR FORTUNES: The Journal of Eliza A.W. Otis 1860-1863 with Letters and Civil War Journal of Harrison Gray Otis. by [Otis, Eliza A.W. and Harrison Gray Otis] Edited by Ann Gorman Condon.
    [Otis, Eliza A.W. and Harrison Gray Otis] Edited by Ann Gorman Condon.
    ARCHITECTS OF OUR FORTUNES: The Journal of Eliza A.W. Otis 1860-1863 with Letters and Civil War Journal of Harrison Gray Otis.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Marino, CA: Huntington Library. (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of the Civil War letters and journals of Eliza A.W. Otis and her husband, who together went on to become the publishers of the "Los Angeles Times." These cover the early years of their marriage, when he, a printer, joined the Union Army and she, a poet, travelled through the upper South to remain close to him. Edited and with an introduction by Ann Gorman Condon. Photographs, bibligraphy. xli, 267 pp. ISBN: 0-873281810.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87561
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  • THE ANTIETAM AND FREDERICKSBURG (The Army in the Civil War, Volume V) by Palfrey, Francis Winthrop.
    Palfrey, Francis Winthrop.
    THE ANTIETAM AND FREDERICKSBURG (The Army in the Civil War, Volume V)

    Edition: Subscription edition.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1885.). Hardcover - A detailed first hand account of the campaigns of the East in the summer of 1962. Frontispiece of Burnside, with tissue guard. Maps. Index. Bound in the original quarter leather over marble boards, marbled endpapers. Spine lettered and decorated in gold, top edge gilt. x, 228 pp.

    Condition: Exlibrary, but with relatively few markings and overall very good condition.

    Book ID: 57620
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  • SOLDIER'S HEART: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers. by Paulsen, Gary.
    Paulsen, Gary.
    SOLDIER'S HEART: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A short novel for older children. Based on a true story, this tells what the Civil War was like, battle by battle, for boys and young men like Charley - who was 15 and lied about his age in order to enlist. At the end of the Battle of Gettysburg only 47 out of the 1000 men in the 1st Minnesota were left standing. Author's note. Brief bibliography. 106 pages. ISBN: 0-385-324987.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72714
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  • Paulsen, Gary.
    SOLDIER'S HEART: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1998) dj. Hardcover - A short novel for older children. Based on a true story, this tells what the Civil War was like, battle by battle, for boys and young men like Charley - who was 15 and lied about his age in order to enlist. At the end of the Battle of Gettysburg only 47 out of the 1000 men in the 1st Minnesota were left standing. Author's note. Brief bibliography. 106 pages. ISBN: 0-385-324987.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 20862
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  • NEW MOON RISING. by Price, Eugenia.
    Price, Eugenia.
    NEW MOON RISING.

    Edition: Family Bookshelf edition.

    Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1969.) dj. Hardcover - Her second novel, set in the Georgia sea island of St Simons in the years before and during the Civil War. 281 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (edgewear to dj).

    Book ID: 28859
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  • Schultz, Duane
    QUANTRILL'S WAR: The Life And Times Of William Clarke Quantrill 1837- 1865

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which portrays Quantril as a career criminal with no personal convictions who used the Civil War as an opportunity to do what he loved most: slaughter and steal. Among those who joined him in his raids were Frank and Jesse James, Cole Younger and Bill Anderson. This book ends with his bloodiest battle: the sacking of Lawrence ,Kansas where he had 185 killed. Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Bibliography, index. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-312147104.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 35158
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  • GODS AND GENERALS. by Shaara, Jeff.
    Shaara, Jeff.
    GODS AND GENERALS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of the years just before the Civil War and up the Battle of Gettysberg, a prequel to Michael Shaara's Pulitzer prize winning novel 'The Killer Angels.' Maps, afterword, x, 498 pp. ISBN: 0-345-404920.

    Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (a copy with signs of reading wear.).

    Book ID: 50932
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  • TRAVELS TO HALLOWED GROUND: A Historian's Journey to the American Civil War. by Thomas, Emory M.
    Thomas, Emory M.
    TRAVELS TO HALLOWED GROUND: A Historian's Journey to the American Civil War.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. (1988.) dj. Hardcover - Stories or vignettes about 10 Civil War battle sites, including Harper's Ferry, Roanoke Island, Mobile Bay, Petersburg and more, and reflections on the significance of these sites. Maps, photographs, index. 155 pp. ISBN: 0-87249-4772.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (prev owner's name), newspaper clippings laid in.

    Book ID: 45737
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  • THE CIVIL WAR IN MARYLAND. by Toomey, Daniel Carroll.
    Toomey, Daniel Carroll.
    THE CIVIL WAR IN MARYLAND.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Baltimore, MD: Toomey Press. (1991.) dj. Hardcover - From the introduction: this is 'a chronology of military operations and major political events within the state. Its aim is two-fold: first, to dramatize the involvement and importance of Maryland, the smallest border state, during the first year of the war. Second, to recount for the first time over 150 battles, skirmishes, and minor military operations that occurred throughout the state." Maps, photographs, footnotes, index. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-961267003.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (prev owner's name).

    Book ID: 40913
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  • GETTYSBURG: An Alternate History. by Tsouras, Peter G.
    Tsouras, Peter G.
    GETTYSBURG: An Alternate History.

    Edition: First printing.

    Mechanicsburg, PA & London: Stackpole Books / Greenhill Books, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Everyone interested in the American Civil War comes up against the controversies surrounding the bitter three-day battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. What if J. E. B. Stuart had arrived on the battlefield before the second day? What if Ewell had pressed hard on the heels of the Union rout on the first day? What if Pickett's charge had been stronger and better led? What if the Army of the Potomac had been commanded by a more aggressive counter-attacker than Meade? Gettysburg presents some of these possibilities as though they were the reality, and explores the impact they would have on the battle and…

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    Mechanicsburg, PA & London: Stackpole Books / Greenhill Books, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Everyone interested in the American Civil War comes up against the controversies surrounding the bitter three-day battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. What if J. E. B. Stuart had arrived on the battlefield before the second day? What if Ewell had pressed hard on the heels of the Union rout on the first day? What if Pickett's charge had been stronger and better led? What if the Army of the Potomac had been commanded by a more aggressive counter-attacker than Meade? Gettysburg presents some of these possibilities as though they were the reality, and explores the impact they would have on the battle and on the course of the war. The alternate events are anchored firmly in the context of the actual events, and are all within the scope of what was genuinely possible." Illustrated with photographs and battlefield maps. 320 pp. ISBN: 1853672653.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 67011
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  • FOR THE SAKE OF MY COUNTRY": The Diary of Col. W.W. Ward, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, Morgan's Brigade, C.S.A. by Ward, Col. W. W. Edited By R.B. Rosenburg.
    Ward, Col. W. W. Edited By R.B. Rosenburg.
    FOR THE SAKE OF MY COUNTRY": The Diary of Col. W.W. Ward, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, Morgan's Brigade, C.S.A.

    Edition: First printing.

    Murfreesboro, TN: Southern Heritage Press, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Confederate Nation Series Vol. 1. A previously unpublished diary, which had even been lost to the family. Ward enlisted as a private in the 7th Tennessee Infantry and served in Virginia under Stonewall Jackson. After a medical furlough, he joined Morgan's Cavalry where he quickly rose to Colonel commanding the 9th Tennessee Cavalry, one of Morgan's finest regiments. This diary covers 13 months, beginning in 1864 when as a prisoner-of-war, Ward was moved to a prison in Delaware, where his experiences were surprisingly positive. Includes a long prologue by Rosenburg and a foreword by Ward's great-grandson, Ward Sykes Allen. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED on the front…

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    Murfreesboro, TN: Southern Heritage Press, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Confederate Nation Series Vol. 1. A previously unpublished diary, which had even been lost to the family. Ward enlisted as a private in the 7th Tennessee Infantry and served in Virginia under Stonewall Jackson. After a medical furlough, he joined Morgan's Cavalry where he quickly rose to Colonel commanding the 9th Tennessee Cavalry, one of Morgan's finest regiments. This diary covers 13 months, beginning in 1864 when as a prisoner-of-war, Ward was moved to a prison in Delaware, where his experiences were surprisingly positive. Includes a long prologue by Rosenburg and a foreword by Ward's great-grandson, Ward Sykes Allen. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To Delbert, with admiration from Jane Allen Gregory, great-granddaughter of William Walker Ward." [Delbert Mann was the television and movie director best known for his Oscar winning film "Marty." Gregory is also one of the dedicatees of this book.] Illustrated with a frontispiece and en texte photographs. Appendix containing several letters of Ward. Selected bibliography, index. 164 pp. ISBN: 0-963196332.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Laid in is a card with a two-page handwritten note from Gregory to Delbert Mann.

    Book ID: 57976
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  • SAM BELL MAXEY AND THE CONFEDERATE INDIANS. by Waugh, John C.
    Waugh, John C.
    SAM BELL MAXEY AND THE CONFEDERATE INDIANS.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press / McMurray University, (1998). First edition - A title in the Civil War Campaigns and Commanders series. "General Maxey. . . arrived in Indian Territory in 1863 to assume command of a diverse and motley army of Indians. The troops are in disarray; they are suspicious of tribal alliances, weakened from malnutrition, their crops have been pillaged, and they are discouraged by a series of battlefield setbacks at the hands of the Union Army invading from Kansas." Maps, photographs. Suggestions for further reading. Index. Label showing the publisher as the McWhiney Foundation have been pasted over the orginal publication information. 100 pp. ISBN: 1886661030.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78073
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  • DISTANT BUGLES, DISTANT DRUMS: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico. by Whitlock, Flint.
    Whitlock, Flint.
    DISTANT BUGLES, DISTANT DRUMS: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, (2006). First edition - A look at an almost unknown episode in the Civil War from the Union perspective. Based on diaries, letters and contemporary newspaper accounts, this account describes the recruitment of 1,000 men in Colorado, their epic march to Glorieta Pass, New Mexico, and their triumph over 3,000 Confederate (mostly Texan) soldiers. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Notes, bibliography. xix, 278 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80128
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  • GATE OF HELL: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863. by Wise, Stephen R.
    Wise, Stephen R.
    GATE OF HELL: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover - An account of the combined Union army and naval assault on Charleston which included the Battle for Ft. Wagner and the use of black troops. Numerous maps and photographs. Appendix: The Roll of Battle. Notes, bibliography, index. xii, 312pp. ISBN: 9780872499850.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (prev owner's name, but otherwise appears unread, A tight copy).

    Book ID: 58091
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  • Woodward, William E.
    YEARS OF MADNESS.

    New York: Putnam, 1951. dj. A book written about the Civil War to reveal the "utter and cruel absurdity" of it - published posthumously, this is a book that makes no pretense of being unbiased.

    Condition: Very good in black cloth, no dj.

    Book ID: 14390
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