US Civil War History from Viceroy Books

University Park, Illinois, U.S.A.: Osprey Pub Co, 2003. New book, 64 pages, ELI094. In the Western theater of war the Confederacy had the misfortune to face, with inferior resources, some of the outstanding Union leaders early in their careers. The Southern commanders who faced Grant, Sherman and Sheridan in these campaigns were of varied backgrounds and talents: some had been… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2009. New book, 64 pages, ELI174. While the giant armies of the Union and the Confederacy were fighting over cities and strategic strongholds, a large number of warriors from both sides were fighting smaller, more personal battles. Beginning with the violent struggle known as "Bleeding Kansas," armed bands of irregular fighters began to wage war in every… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2009. New book, 64 pages, ELI174. While the giant armies of the Union and the Confederacy were fighting over cities and strategic strongholds, a large number of warriors from both sides were fighting smaller, more personal battles. Beginning with the violent struggle known as "Bleeding Kansas," armed bands of irregular fighters began to wage war in every… Read more about this item

University Park, Illinois, U.S.A.: Osprey Pub Co, 2003. New book, 64 pages, ELI094. In the Western theater of war the Confederacy had the misfortune to face, with inferior resources, some of the outstanding Union leaders early in their careers. The Southern commanders who faced Grant, Sherman and Sheridan in these campaigns were of varied backgrounds and talents: some had been… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2008. New book, 96 pages, CAM201. The road to Gettysburg began at Brandy Station on June 9, 1863 during the American Civil War (1861-1865). However, the cavalry clash in Culpeper County, Virginia, counts for more than just the opening round of Lee's second invasion of the North. The battle showed both sides that the Federal cavalry had… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2009. New book, 96 pages, CAM208. In 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by surrounding the city of Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines. The ensuing siege would carry on for nearly ten months, involve 160,000 soldiers, and see a number… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2012. New book, 80 pages, RAID36. The Harpers Ferry raid confirmed for many Southerners the existence of a widespread Northern plot against slavery. In fact, Brown had raised funds for his raid from Northern abolitionists. To arm the slaves, he ordered one thousand pikes from a Connecticut manufacturer. Letters to Governor Wise betrayed the mixed feelings people… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2012. New book, 64 pages, CMD29. Ulysses Grant was his country’s greatest general since George Washington. Like Washington, Grant’s battlefield performance was the only factor standing between the United States continuing as one, indivisible nation. Grant was the keystone of Union victory, a man whose removal would have resulted in the Union cause crumbling into defeat -… Read more about this item

Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000. New book, unread. 237 pages. Contains dozens of photographs and illustrations, this highly acclaimed eyewitness account of the Civil War at sea provides insights into the command decisions made on the bridge, as well as life below deck. Also contains details on over 100 USS and CSS vessels.. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item

Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000. New book, unread. 237 pages. Contains dozens of photographs and illustrations, this highly acclaimed eyewitness account of the Civil War at sea provides insights into the command decisions made on the bridge, as well as life below deck. Also contains details on over 100 USS and CSS vessels.. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2000. New book, unread. 272 pages. This book details the operational life of the Monitor, including many photographs, lithographs and engravings. Life on board is recounted in dozens of letters written by fireman George Greer to his wife. The book also covers the 1999 campaign to salvage the wreck of the Monitor including… Read more about this item

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2000. New book, unread. 272 pages. This book details the operational life of the Monitor, including many photographs, lithographs and engravings. Life on board is recounted in dozens of letters written by fireman George Greer to his wife. The book also covers the 1999 campaign to salvage the wreck of the Monitor including… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2003. New book, 384 pages, ESP01. Undoubtedly the most cataclysmic military struggle of the late nineteenth century, the American Civil War spanned four bloody years of fighting in which over 620,000 American soldiers and sailors lost their lives. From its outbreak at Fort Sumter, South Carolina in April 1861 until its conclusion at the Appotomax Court House,… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1996. Used book, 258 pages, some rubbing wear to jacket. Filled with fresh interpretations, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, this book explores such questions as why the North won and why the South lost (emphasizing the role of contingency in the Northern victory), whether Southern or Northern aggression began the war, and who really freed… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 80 pages, RAID25. In July of 1863, Federal forces, emboldened by the victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, moved across the Missouri state line south into Confederate-held Arkansas, advancing from the northwest and northeast in a pincer movement that took all of the northern half of the state, including the prosperous Arkansas river valley and… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2009. New book, 64 pages, RAID05. In April 1862, the stage was set for one of the greatest locomotive chases in history. Union forces planned to steal a train and travel at high speed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, disabling the line as they went, in order to cut off vital rail supplies to the Confederate stronghold of Atlanta,… Read more about this item

Motorbooks International, 2008. New book, 128 pages. The Stonewall Brigade is the most famous fighting unit of the American Civil war, not least for their losses - only 210 ragged, footsore survivors form an initial muster of 6,000! Officially, it was Virginia's First Brigade. Their status changed forever at the Battle of First Manassas. Attacked by seemingly overwhelming Federal forces,… Read more about this item

Zenith Press, 2009. New book, 272 pages. John Crawford Vaughn was one of the most famous men in Tennessee in the nineteenth century. He was the first man to raise a regiment in the state ( the Third Tennessee)...and one of the very last Confederate generals to surrender, taking the reader from the battles of new Creek Bridge, the first… Read more about this item

Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, Limited, 1998. New book, Special Extended Edition 126 pages, CAM052. The Confederate invasion of the Northern states was General Lee's last great gamble. By taking the war to the Union he hoped to force Lincoln into peace negotiations, or win support from the European powers who were watching events closely from across the Atlantic. Equally,… Read more about this item

Zenith Press, 2009. New book, 272 pages. John Crawford Vaughn was one of the most famous men in Tennessee in the nineteenth century. He was the first man to raise a regiment in the state ( the Third Tennessee)...and one of the very last Confederate generals to surrender, taking the reader from the battles of new Creek Bridge, the first… Read more about this item