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DVDsBiography - Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the UnionAmerican Experience - Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Abraham Lincoln: His Life & Legacy Comprehensive four-DVD set presents a complex portrait of a man who many consider to be our greatest commander-in-chief, but who considered himself "the loneliest man in the world." Bringing to life the tumultuous times in which Lincoln led his country, some of his finest Civil War moments, and his final hours The Last Days of the Civil War - Biography: Abraham Lincoln & Robert E. Lee, Civil War Journal: Jefferson Davis Young ReadersMeet Abraham Lincoln (Meet)Abe Lincoln's Hat (Step into Reading, Step 3) Abraham Lincoln (Rookie Biographies) BooksTeam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnBig Enough to Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race Lincoln: The Presidential Archives Abraham Lincoln Abe Lincoln Assasination |
Kindle Available Lincoln's Ladies: The Women in the Life of the Sixteenth President The tumultuous experiences Abraham Lincoln had with women have long been chronicled. Lincoln's Ladies attempts to answer the questions of how he was affected by the women in his life and how he affected them. Abandoned through death by his mother, his sister, and his sweetheart, Ann Rutledge, Lincoln found it difficult to relate to women and developed an emotional barrier that often antagonized them. |
Civil War Picture Album American Civil War Exhibits Documents of the Civil War Ships and Naval Battles Civil War Battles by Campaign Confederate Commanders Union Generals State Battle Maps Civil War Summary United States Army Timeline Kids Zone Causes of the War |
Reliving the Civil War A Reenactor's Handbook 7-Quart Dutch Oven with Spiral Handle Bail and Iron Cover A perfect pot for making pot roast, simmering slow-cooked stews, or making your own soup stock. Cast Iron. A must for re-enactors campsites. |
Kindle Available Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln A multiple biography of the entire team of personal and political competitors that Lincoln put together to lead the country. Five of the key players, four of whom contended for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination and all of whom later worked together in Lincoln's cabinet. |
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness The deep melancholy that pervaded Abraham Lincoln's life and its influence on his mature character. Mired in personal suffering as a young man, Lincoln forged a hard path toward mental health. His coping strategies and depressive insight ultimately helped the sixteenth president |
Kindle Available Lincoln and His World: The Early Years Birth to Illinois Legislature The story of this monumental American and bring a fascinating era of American history to life. The book covers Lincoln's birth through his first election to the Illinois legislature in 1834 |
Lincoln and the Indians Civil War Policy and Politics Overview of the system of Indian administration as it had developed by 1860. Dominated by the political spoils system and by corruption of the Indian agents. As a master of the art of pragmatic politics, Lincoln used the system as he needed to do to hold the Union together-resulting in tragedy for our country's Indian wards |
Kindle Available The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows Reconstructs what really happened in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863. |
Forced into Glory Abraham Lincoln's White Dream This dissenting view of Lincoln's greatness surveys the president's policies, speeches, and private utterances and concludes that he had little real interest in abolition. Pointing to Lincoln's support for the fugitive slave laws, his friendship with slave-owning senator Henry Clay, and conversations in which he entertained the idea of deporting slaves |
Lincoln and the Decision for War The Northern Response to Secession Democratic leader Stephen Douglas to Republican party leader William Seward. More than just a politcal history, letters and quotes from common townspeople provide a complete view of the perceptions of the time |
Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment The history of slavery in North America, the Dred Scott decision, the evolution of Lincoln's view of presidential powers, the influence of religion on Lincoln, and the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation |
Kindle Available Grant Wins the War Decision at Vicksburg A brilliantly constructed new account,A penetrating analysis of Grant's strategies and actions leading to the Union victory at Vicksburg. Approaching these epic events from a unique and well-rounded perspective, and based on careful research |
Kindle Available Kill-Cavalry: The Life of Union General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Nicknamed "Kill-Cavalry" because of the unusually high casualty rate among his men, cavalry commander Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was also the most notorious scoundrel in the Union army. Kilpatrick lied, thieved, and whored his way through the Civil War, yet managed to attain the stars of a major general. |
Kindle Available Meade: Victor At Gettysburg Meade took command only hours before his forces stumbled upon Robert E. Lee's Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863. He led his men to victory in one of the most famous battles in history, but Meade was soon embroiled in political battles with fellow generals and Washington politicians |
Kindle Available Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan General United States Army Philip H. Sheridan earned the enmity of many Virginians for laying waste to the Shenandoah Valley. His date and place of birth is uncertain, but he himself claimed to have been born in New York in 1831 |
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 |
History Channel: Civil War A Nation Divided Rally the troops and organize a counterattack -- Your strategic decision and talent as a commander will decide if the Union is preserved or if Dixie wins its independence |
Sid Meier's Civil War Collection Take command of either Confederate or Union troops and command them to attack from the trees, rally around the general, or do any number of other realistic military actions. The AI reacts to your commands as if it was a real Civil War general, and offers infinite replayability. The random-scenario generator provides endless variations on the battles |
Campaign Gettysburg: Civil War Battles Campaign Gettysburg is simply the best of all the HPS Civil War games. While all of those are very good in their own right they simply do not compete with the level of detail presented here. Hundreds of scenarios and multiple OOBs are only the start, the best thing is the campaign game |
Gettysburg / Gods and Generals The tide of the war changes during three fierce days of combat at Gettysburg [Disc 1] the gripping saga of the tactics command errors and sacrifices behind the bloodiest battle ever fought on U.S. soil. Gods and Generals [Disc 2] reveals the spirited allegiances and fierce combat of earlier Civil War struggles |
Brother Against Brother The American Civil War Fort Sumter, to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Features battle reconstructions and depictions of army life, eyewitness accounts, period photographs and engravings, plus commentary and analyses. |
Abraham Lincoln: His Life & Legacy Comprehensive four-DVD set presents a complex portrait of a man who many consider to be our greatest commander-in-chief, but who considered himself "the loneliest man in the world." Bringing to life the tumultuous times in which Lincoln led his country, some of his finest Civil War moments, and his final hours |
Unsolved History ~ Plots to Kill Lincoln Discovery Channel Before John Wilkes Booth fired that fatal shot in the balcony of Ford's Theater, President Lincoln was the target of at least five other assassination conspiracies. |