Considered a failure upon leaving the White House in 1857 and thought to be on his way to a well-deserved obscurity, Franklin Pierce during the Civil War emerged as a major spokesman for tha ...more on ebook "The Expatriation of Franklin Pierce..."

When Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire at the height of his greatest victory in 1863, the course of the Civil War and American history was changed.

Cross Over The River...more on ebook "Cross Over the River..."

Ambrose Bierce didn't just write about the Civil War -- he lived through it, on the battlefields and along the picket lines. In so doing he gave birth to a chronicle of men at war previous ...more on ebook "Shadows of Blue..."

Army Life in a Black Regiment ...more on ebook "Army Life in a Black Regiment..."

A loving remembrance of the Confederate General by his son ...more on ebook "Recollections and Letters of Gener..."

A controversial evaluation, Custer Vindicated challenges the historical views on the Battle of the Little Big Horn that depict Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer as an incompetent le ...more on ebook "Custer Vindicated..."

In the introduction of his diary, Sgt. John T. Booth of Company G, 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, writes that the experience of a single soldier can never be considered a history of the confl ...more on ebook "Another Day in Lincoln's Army..."

The South commissioned 296 Brigadier Generals throughout the Civil War, no less than 67 commanders gave their lives in the momentous conflict with the North. Fated Stars III concludes ...more on ebook "Fated Stars III..."

John Brown is a lightning rod of history. Yet he is poorly understood and most commonly described in stereotypes - as a madman, martyr, or enigma. Not until Patriotic Treason has a biography ...more on ebook "Patriotic Treason: John Brown and t..."

After the Union regained control of the Mississippi River in the summer of 1863, President Lincoln ordered the commander of the Department of the Gulf, Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, to " ...more on ebook "Campaigning with the 67th Indiana 1..."