The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War: A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown's Hanging to Appomattox, 1859-1865

Their nickname was the Bloody First, given to them in recognition of their courageous conduct and supreme sacrifice in battle. In the midst of the ...

Reducere. One of the most important Confederate generals of the Civil War was Lieutenant General James Longstreet, the man Robert E. Lee called his "old war ...

Lost in all of the military histories of the war, and even in most of the Lee biographies, is what the general was doing when he was out of the his...

Reducere. Preservation Hall, located in the French Quarter just three blocks from the Mississippi River, remains an icon of New Orleans and an essential stop...

Reducere. MacArthur's secret weapon and heroes of the Los Ba os Raid, the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 11th Airborne Division fought with distinc...

Reducere. An introduction to the history of the Civil War for kids ages 6 to 9 The United States was not always united. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina ...

Reducere. (Note: The limited deluxe edition of Mapping Virginia has sold out.) As one of the chief gateways to the earliest exploration and settlement of the...

Reducere. DescriptionAs a border county in a border state, Barbour County, West Virginia felt the full terror and tragedy of the Civil War. With a meticulous...

Paying Freedom's Price provides a comprehensive yet brief and readable history of the role of African Americans-both slave and free-from the decade...

Paying Freedom's Price provides a comprehensive yet brief and readable history of the role of African Americans-both slave and free-from the decade...

"One of the most enjoyable WW2 books to date." -War History Online "One Hell of a War" is a fascinating blend of firsthand accounts and the strateg...

Two books in one, telling the story of the American Civil War from two perspectives.

Reducere. Some of the most dramatic and consequential events of the Civil War era took place in the South Carolina Lowcountry between Charleston and Savannah...

Reducere. Bull Run, Gettysburg, Appomattox. For Americans, these battlegrounds, all located in the eastern United States, will forever be associated with the...

DescriptionIn December 1944 an enormous German army group crashed through the thin American line in the Ardennes forest. Caught by surprise, the Al...

The personal story of 'Andy' Andrews and his machine-gun crew, following their journey in 1943 from the US to England, and on to France, Belgium, G...

Reducere. In a debate in the Senate on July 9, 1866, contemplating the formation of a black infantry regiment, some senators observed that "if it was a privi...

An acclaimed journalist and novelist makes history personal, painting a rich and vivid portrait of the time when America become modern by tracing t...

Reducere. In the predawn hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, which would become immortalized as the Longest Day, Bob Bearden and his comrades in the 507th Parachut...

In December 1944 an enormous German army group crashed through the thin American line in the Ardennes forest. Caught by surprise, the Allies were i...

The Civil War was the first conflict in which railroads played a major role while little has been written about specific lines.Publisher: Savas Bea...

Reducere. In the decades of the early republic, Americans debating the fate of slavery often invoked the specter of disunion to frighten their opponents. As ...

Reducere. The men had been marching for days, it seemed. It was late June in the year 1863, and they had been fighting for a long time. These Union soldiers ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Stephanie FitzgeraldConsultant: Mark SnellIn 1861 the United States was at a crossroads. People in the Southern states beli...

Reducere. This story begins in November 1941 and recounts B Company's march through French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, and Southern France. From there, ...

Winner, 2018, The Douglas Southall Freeman AwardFinalist, 2017-2018 Founders Award, American Civil War MuseumFinalist for Memoir, Historical, 2018,...

A history of the making and printing of news.Illustrations: 20 illustrations

Reducere. A Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the "Age of Neoslavery, " the American period following the Emancipation Proclamation in which convicts, mostly...

Reducere. The true story of one of the oldest plantations in central Virginia and the people that lived there over a span of centuries. This story is about t...

Reducere. DescriptionPresented in one comprehensive volume, this is the Civil War as it really was-the forces and events that caused it, the soldiers and civ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe foot soldier during the American Civil WarThis book will be of particular interest to all those who study the American Civil War, si...

Reducere. The foot soldier during the American Civil WarThis book will be of particular interest to all those who study the American Civil War, since it deta...

The northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's 35th state. The authors chronicle these event...

DescriptionDeliver Us From Darkness is a gripping account of the paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion 506th Regiment during Operation Market Garden, d...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Some of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany's Hrtgen Forest. Focusing on the bitterly fought battle b...

Reducere. West Virginia, "Child of the Storm, " was the only state formed as a result of the Civil War. The struggle between eastern and western Virginia ove...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the Deadliest War in American History No other war in the history of the United States has sparked as much debate and conflict a...

Graphic, first-hand French soldiers' accounts of the experience of battle at Verdun. The book follows a single French infantry regiment through the...

Two Centuries of Valor is the first fully comprehensive historical account of the 5th United States Infantry Regiment. It chronicles the one hundre...

Reducere. During the course of the Second World War, the United States Army raised and maintained eight-nine combat divisions, including sixteen armored divi...