In the spring of 1861, Union military authorities arrested Maryland farmer John Merryman on charges of treason against the United …
On September 28, 1863, the "Galveston Tri-Weekly News" caught its readers' attention with an item headlined 'A Yankee Note-Book'. It …
"Lincoln believed that 'with public sentiment nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.' Harold Holzer makes a significant contribution …
More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had "uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed …
Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie …
Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the …
Uncommonly articulate letters from a young German-American soldier with the Union forces. During a conflict that saw death visit many …
The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across …
Of the tens of thousands of books exploring virtually every aspect of the Civil War, surprisingly little has been said …
This is a reprint of the 1903 edition -- now in the public domain. It is a classic in the …
