Elizabeth Van Lew was a spy during the Civil War. The diary Van Lew kept during those years provides an account of the life of a Civil War spy. Her sporadic notations reveal her fears, her triumphs, and the danger she faced in sending information through the lines to the Yankees, while aiding the escape attempts of Union prisoners in Richmond.
Illustrates how the divided spheres of Civil War experience created social and political conflict far removed from the better-known battlefields of the war.
The Bloodstained Field of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863
Gettysburg became known as one of the bloodiest battles on American soil. Beginning on June 9, 1863 this comprehensive narrative takes the reader through the Gettysburg campaign until reaching the end of the first day's battle of Gettysburg, on July 1, relating discussing human interest stories, humorous accounts, and death-defying tales.
Examines the operational military history during the first three years of America's Civil War. This book highlights certain political and social developments during the course of the war that had an effect on Union soldiers and shows how their views became a catalyst in hardening the attitudes in the North toward the South.
A New Look at the South's Most Forgotten Combat Troops 1861-1865
This ground-breaking book takes an insightful and close "New Look" at one of the most fascinating subjects of the Civil War--the long-overlooked battlefield contributions of the most forgotten fighting men of the Civil War, Black Confederates. With the release of the popular 1989 film Glory, the American public first learned about the heroism ......
Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American Medicine
This landmark history charts the practice and progress of American medicine during the Civil War and retells the story of the war through the care given the wounded.
The Union's Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East
The story of the Union army Ninth Corps, which fought and distinguished itself in multiple battles in the Civil War. From the Carolinas to Maryland, from Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee to Virginia, the Ninth Corps sacrificed for the Union-and burnished its place in the annals of the American Civil War.
The Climactic Struggle of the 2nd and 20th Georgia at Antietam Creek
Before the heroic stand of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top, the 2nd and 20th Georgia infantries, led by Brig. Gen. Robert Toombs, held off a veritable Yankee juggernaut and triumphed at Burnside's Bridge on Antietam Creek in 1862.
