![]() Virginia State History from a Christian Perspective Grades 3 through 12. A 2-book set which includes the Virginia State History Student Booklet and the Master Lesson Plans and provides a complete course on Virginia State History from a Christian Perspective |
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![]() The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide Virginia was host to nearly 1/3rd of all Civil War engagements. This guide covers them all like a mini-history of the war. This guide organizes battles chronologically. Each campaign has a detailed overview, followed by concise descriptions of the individual engagements |
| May 18-19, 1861 Sewell's Point May 29-June 1, 1861 Aquia Creek June 10, 1861 Big Bethel / Bethel Church July 18, 1861 Bull Run / Blackburn's Ford July 21, 1861 First Manassas / First Bull Run October 21, 1861 Ball's Bluff / Leesburg December 20, 1861 Dranesville | ![]() Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia The Southern view of slavery as essential to the Southern economy is reiterated. Slavery was the great Southern irony, viewed as a foundation of white liberty. From that perspective, the Confederate soldier's choice was simply victory or death |
![]() Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms Over 700 photographs and a rarity scale for each gun, this comprehensive guide to the thousands of weapons used by Billy Yank and Johnny Reb will be indispensable for historians and collectors. |
Virginia State Battle Map 1862 Virginia State Battle Map 1863 Virginia State Battle Map 1864 Virginia State Battle Map 1865 Civil War State Battle Maps American Civil War Exhibits American Civil War Timeline Summary of the Civil War Civil War Submarine Appomattox Court House Civil War Picture Album Confederate President Jefferson Davis Women in the Civil War Documents of the War Kids Zone Underground Railroad Civil War Store |
![]() The Civil War: A Narrative 3 Volume Set : Foote This trilogy of books on the Civil War is not only a piece of first-rate history, but also a marvelous work of literature. Many know Foote for his prominent role as a commentator on Ken Burns's PBS series about the Civil War. These three books, however, are his legacy |
![]() Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack The first ironclad ships to fight each other, the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimack), were the unique products of American design genius |
![]() Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War The battle, was unique in the Civil War in that no general on either side had ever exercised high command in combat. July 21, 1861 would demonstrate that careers devoted to theoretical studies of warfare provided poor indicators of success in combat. |
![]() The Union Cavalry in the Civil War: From Fort Sumter to Gettysburg, 1861-1863 How the Union cavalry was raised, organized, equipped, and trained. Detailed descriptions of the campaigns and battles in which the cavalry engaged--the Peninsula, Shenandoah Valley/Second Bull Run, Lee's invasion of Maryland, Kelly's Ford, Stoneman's 1863 Raid, Brandy Station |
![]() Civil War Album: A Complete Photographic History: Fort Sumter to Appomattox 4000 photographs from the war. Brings to life the battles, bunkers, soldiers, and parades. The farms, cities, and towns as they appeared at the time. This volume is enhanced with essays by Civil War historians, who provide an overview of each battle, and describe each image |
![]() Sharpshooters of the American Civil War 1861-65 When the American Civil War broke out in 1861 both Confederate and Union experts decided that specialized sharpshooter units should be formed. These highly trained marksmen served in a front-line role and, due to the technological developments of the 1850s, were equipped with weapons that could guarantee greater accuracy over increased range than traditional muskets. |
![]() Confederate Cavalryman 1861-65 This title looks at how the men of the Confederate cavalry were recruited, trained, lived and fought. Both routine and campaign life are covered, as well as the weapons and equipment that served them in their combat roles. Key encounters such as the 1863 clash at Brandy Station are also covered. |
![]() Shiloh 1862: The Death Of Innocence The first major battle in the Western theatre of the American Civil War, Shiloh came as a horrifying shock to both the American public and those in arms. For the first time they had some idea of the terrible price that would be paid for the preservation of the Union |
![]() Chickamauga 1863 The River Of Death Autumn of 1863 the Confederacy was in dire straits. Confederate President Jefferson Davis stripped forces from all the major Confederate armies to reinforce the Army of Tennessee. On 19th September the Confederates attacked the Union army along Chickamauga creek south of Chattanooga |
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![]() Wargame Construction Age of Rifles 1846 - 1905 Game lets you design and play turn-based strategic battles. You can create scenarios betwen years 1846 and 1905. You have complete control over all the units, and can customize their firepower, movement points, strength, aggressiveness, etc. Supports 1 or 2 players |
![]() Civil War Battles Campaign Corinth The Mississippi front of the vast Confederate offensive in the Fall of 1862 that culminated in the Battle of Corinth. Defending Federal gains in Mississippi and West Tennessee are Federal Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William S. Rosecrans. Their opponents, Confederate Generals Earl Van Dorn and Sterling Price, have dreams of planting their banners on the banks of the Ohio River |
![]() Battleground 7: Bull Run July 21, 1861 The earliest large-scale engagement of the Civil War, the First Battle of Bull Run found J.E. Johnston's outnumbered Rebels fighting a desperate delaying action versus the powerful Union army of Irvin McDowell. It was in this battle that General Thomas J. Jackson earned his famous nickname "Stonewall" |
![]() Civil War Battles Campaign Ozark Campaign Ozark depicts the Ozark decisive conflicts in three campaigns: (1) 1861 Missouri Campaign: Lyon's offensive across the length of Missouri from Boonville to Carthage and Wilson's Creek, (2) 1862 Pea Ridge Campaign: Curtis's drive from Missouri into Arkansas culminating in the battle of Pea Ridge, (3) 1862 Fall Campaign: Newtonia and Cane Hill to Hindman's counterstroke at Prairie Grove |
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![]() Naval Strategies of the Civil War: Confederate Innovations and Federal Opportunism Compare and contrast the strategies of the Southern Secretary of the Navy, Mallory, against his rival in the North, Welles. Mallory used technological innovation and the skill of individuals to bolster the South's seapower against the Union Navy's superior numbers |

Sources:
U.S. National Park Service
U.S. Library of Congress.
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