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To Jefferson Davis, he was the "Stonewall of the West"; to Robert E. Lee, he was "a meteor shining from a clouded sky"; and to Braxton Bragg, he was an officer "ever alive to a …
Wounded five times and awarded numerous decorations for valor, Gottlob Herbert Bidermann saw action in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol, participated in the vicious battles in …
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a renowned cavalryman who fought during the American Civil War. This book presents an analysis of his life, from childhood in Mississippi, to wealth from …
The first in a two-volume reassessment of Ulysses S. Grant's officer corps from Cairo to Appomattox. Covering the war's western theatre to July 1863, it highlights the character …
It was Willaim Tecumseh Sherman who both articulated and practiced the relentless scorched-earth policy that broke the heart of the Confederacy. This work illuminates the emotional …
Jefferson Davis is a historical figure who provokes strong passions among scholars. Through the years historians have place him at both ends of the spectrum: some have portrayed …
As a war correspondent, Wilbur Fisk was an amateur, yet his letters to the Montpelier ""Green Mountain Freeman"" comprise one of the finest collections of Civil War letters in …
This biography traces the career of General Harold K. Johnson. It provides insight into the nature of civil-military relations at the highest level of American government.
Taylor Peirce was 40 years old when he left his wife and family to enlist in the 22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He served for three long years and saw action in both …
This is the biography of Benjamin O. Davis Sr., one of just six black officers in the line of the Regular Army in the 86 years from the Civil War to World War II. He became the …