Search Results: American Civil War from Monongahela Books

VG/NF. Hardcover in dust jacket in near fine condition except for remainder mark on bottom edge of book. ~~~ Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, 270 pages. ~~~ "This deftly written, almost unbearably moving book serves to remind us powerfully of the horrors faced by the wounded on the Civil War battlefields, of the genius and compassion of Walt Whitman in dealing with them, and of the remarkable skill of one of America's most accomplished biographers in researching and telling so poignant a story." --Simon Winchester

Fine/Fine New hardcover with dust jacket. Maps & illustrations distributed throughout text. Notes, index, 295 pages. ~~~ "Gallagher once again demonstrates the mastery of sources, elegance of style, and lucidity of explanation and interpretation that have made him the foremost historian of the Army of Northern Virginia. The reasons for the orale and esprit that made this army such a feared fighting force are set forth more clearly here than anywhere else." --James M. McPherson ~~~ "Drawing on massive primary evidence, Gallagher has limned attitudes toward Lee and his army from a wide spectrum of Confederate society. The result is a formidable, definitive delineation of the subject. This book punctures the notional and otiose premise that postwar Southerners created an image of Lee that had not existed during the conflict." --Robert K. Krick.

NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket. As New condition. Photographs, maps, tables, extensive notes, bibliography, index. 437 pages. The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade fought at Gettysburg, Falling Waters, Bristoe Station, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Globe Tavern, Reams Statlion, the Fifth Offensive, Burgess's Mill, Petersburg and Appomattox.

FINE, in 'as new' condition. (Harrisburg, PA: Archive Society, 1995). Facsimile reprint of original 1903 Scribner's edition. Finely bound in gray leatherette with stamped decorations, gilt inlays and gilt edges. Marbled endpages. Sewn binding. Three full-page photographic portraits. Index, 474 pages. ~~~ This edition OUT OF PRINT. from the Introduction: "For many years I have been urged to place on record my reminiscences of the war between the States. In undertaking the task now, it is not my purpose to attempt a comprehensive description of that great struggle, nor an elaborate analysis of the momentous interests and issues involved. The time may not have arrived for a full and fair history of that most interesting period in the Republic's life. The man capable of writing it with entire justice to both sides is perhaps yet unborn. He may appear, however, at a future day, fully equipped for the great work. If endowed with the requisite breadth and clearness of view, with inflexible mental integrity… Read More

NF/NF. Nice clean hardcover with jacket. Maps, illustrations, page-end notes, bibliography, 553 pages. ~~~ "Son of a president, plantation aristocrat, distinguished soldier, and author of an oft-quoted memoir, Richard Taylor epitomized much of what was the Southern Confederacy. ~~~ "Michael Parrish has not merely assembled a wealth of information on Taylor-- in this long-needed biography, Parrish has as well caught the excitement and the achievements of Taylor as no previous writer ever has." -- James I. Robertson, Jr.

NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket in 'as new' condition. Maps, over fifty pages of notes, bibliography, index, 515 pages. ~~~ "Beyond question the most thoroughly researched and well-written account to date of the loss of Chattanooga. From Lookout Mountain to Missionary Ridge, and the humiliating Confederate defeat that followed, Cozzens illuminates pivotal events that helped hurry the sinking of the Southern cause." --William C. Davis.

Hardcover with dust jacket, fine/fine. First edition. Illustrated, page-end notes throughout, index, 430 pages. One of America's greatest classical scholars, Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1831-1924) was also a Civil War journalist. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, and a self-described "southerner beyond dispute", he received his doctorate in Germany and returned to America an enthusiastic advocate of Greek scholarship. Like every male member of his immediate family (including his father), Gildersleeve enlisted after Fort Sumter, but he continued to teach at the University of Virginia during the winters. Frequenting Richmond during the war, this young intellectual and passionate partisan who found the war, with its attendant social and political issues, as stimulating as his beloved classics. In Soldier and Scholar, editor Ward Briggs has assembled a revealing collection of Gildersleeve's writings: autobiographical essays, sixty-three editorials he wrote for the Richmond Examiner during the war, and a… Read More

NF/VG. Book is in 'as new' condition. Jacket has a couple of minor blemishes. Photographs, maps, approximately 75 pages of notes, bibliography, index, 576 pages. ~~~~~ The Sword of Lincoln is the first authoritative single-volume history of the Army of the Potomac in many years. ~~~ From Bull Run to Gettysburg to Appomattox, the Army of the Potomac repeatedly fought -- and eventually defeated -- Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. Jeffry D. Wert, one of our finest Civil War historians, brings to life the battles, the generals, and the common soldiers who fought for the Union and ultimately prevailed. The Army of the Potomac endured a string of losses under a succession of flawed commanders -- McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker -- until at Gettysburg it won a decisive battle under a new commander, General George Meade. Within a year the Army of the Potomac would come under the overall leadership of the Union's new general-in-chief, Ulysses S. Grant. Under Grant the army would finally trap and… Read More

NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket in 'as new' condition. ~~~ Photographs & maps distributed throughout book. Appendices, 56 pages of notes, bibliography, index, 404 pages. ~~~ "No one has ever placed the Sherman-Johnston surrender negotiations in their military context as thoroughly and clearly as has Mark Bradley. This pathbreaking book will long stand as the best account of the Civil War's final moments. It is must reading for anyoe trying to understand the conclusion of the terrible conflict." --John F. Marszalek

Still a fairly clean copy, binding starting to loosen slightly. Jacket in shabby condition, in mylar protector (see photo). ~~~ A classic study by a distinguished historian. "Mr Davis lets us see the last tragic days of the Confederacy in a way that touches the heart most keenly-- through the eyes of soldiers and civilians (on both sides) who actually experienced the excitement and anguish." -- John J. Pullen.