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Writing the Nation displays key literary movements and the American authors associated with the movement.

An entirely new analysis of the battle for Fox's Gap during the battle for South Mountain.

The Maps of Spotsylvania through Cold Harbor continues Bradley M.

"e;Quick in the saddle and fast out of town.

Artificial Intelligence meets Gettysburg.

“Chick does a good job of portraying [General Beauregard] as the first real hero of the Confederacy, who at times proved his own worst enemy.

A collection of Civil War and Reconstruction era journalism by one of the most popular and acclaimed authors of the antebellum South.

David Wark Griffith est apparu à l'aube du cinéma américain et l'histoire du film s'est jouée dans ses images.

"e;A comprehensive, eminently readable, lavishly illustrated, and historically accurate account"e; of this important yet overlooked Civil War battle (Civil War News).

A fully illustrated narrative of the Maryland campaign 1862, culminating in Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American military history.

This expansive, multivolume reference work provides a broad, multidisciplinary examination of the Civil War period ranging from pre-Civil War developments and catalysts such as the Mexican-American War to the rebuilding of the war-torn nation during Reconstruction.

April 14, 1865.

What Persists contains eighteen of the nearly fifty essays on poetry that Judith Kitchen published in The Georgia Review over a twenty-five-year span.

A Union soldier recounts his capture and daring escape from a Texas POW camp in this rollicking Civil War memoir.

This detailed military history of the Spanish Civil War dispels long-held misconceptions and sheds significant new light on the conflict.

The second half of the two-volume history of the Union's and Confederacy's opening moves of the American Civil War's Gettysburg Campaign.

The Civil War was primarily a land conflict, but it was not only that.

This award-winning Civil War history examines Robert E.

"e;An unmatched collection of brilliant, compelling, and insightful essays that convincingly establish Grant as .

Racial hatred is one of the ugliest of human emotions.

A detailed account of the pivotal decision made by a young army commander to march to Decatur, and the consequential combat that ensued.

“Masterfully researched .

Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History.

“Anyone who is interested in Civil War logistics, wartime railroads, and the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania needs to read this study.

This award-winning Civil War history examines Robert E.

With the publication of the 1619 Project by The New York Times in 2019, a growing number of Americans have become aware that Africans arrived in North America before the Pilgrims.

This study of the importance of the little-known Civil War battle is “a well written, thoroughly researched, amply illustrated, and engaging story” (Civil War Courier).

Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History.

Artificial Intelligence meets Gettysburg.

"e;The definitive account of Union Maj.

A collection of Civil War and Reconstruction era journalism by one of the most popular and acclaimed authors of the antebellum South.

Some Confederates called him a "e;Bluebelly,"e; "e;Mudsill,"e; and even a "e;Lincolnite"e; (for President Abraham Lincoln), but the name that has carried down through the decades is simply "e;Billy Yank.

“Masterfully researched .

The stories of the doctors, nurses and patients at the Union Army’s hospital in Gettysburg come to life in this unique Civil War history.

The "e;First Lady of American Folklore"e; explores the supernatural side of the Civil War with chilling tales of spectral soldiers and haunted battlefields.

This study of the importance of the little-known Civil War battle is “a well written, thoroughly researched, amply illustrated, and engaging story” (Civil War Courier).

“Anyone who is interested in Civil War logistics, wartime railroads, and the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania needs to read this study.

The Civil War historian recounts a significant yet smaller battle in the Shenandoah Valley—showing how it changed the war and the lives of those present.

With the publication of the 1619 Project by The New York Times in 2019, a growing number of Americans have become aware that Africans arrived in North America before the Pilgrims.

"e;A splendid opportunity to rethink Douglass's political thought .

"e;The definitive account of Union Maj.

"e;A splendid opportunity to rethink Douglass's political thought .

As downward mobility continues to be an international issue, Robin Brooks offers a timely intervention between the humanities and social sciences by examining how Black women's cultural production engages debates about the growth in income and wealth gaps in global society during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

The "e;First Lady of American Folklore"e; explores the supernatural side of the Civil War with chilling tales of spectral soldiers and haunted battlefields.

An overview of generations of Italians in the Big Apple, weaving together numerous stories from different epochs and different backgrounds.

An overview of generations of Italians in the Big Apple, weaving together numerous stories from different epochs and different backgrounds.

This book is for all readers of crime fiction.