Kindle Available Six Years of Hell: Harpers Ferry During the Civil War While Harpers Ferry was an important location during the Civil War, in most Civil War books it's a sideshow of something larger. John Brown's raid, Lee's invasions of 1862 & 1863 as well as Early's 1864 raid are all covered in depth |
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Kindle Available The Maxims Of Robert E. Lee For Young Gentlemen: Advice, Admonitions, and Anecdotes on Christian Duty and Wisdom from the Life of General Lee All his life, Robert E. Lee relied upon his faith for strength and guidance not only in troubled times, but also as the foundation upon which he based all of his dealings with others. |
Kindle Available Patriotic Treason John Brown and the Soul of America The life of the first citizen committed to absolute racial equality. His friendships in defiance of the culture around him, He turned his twenty children into a dedicated militia. He collaborated with black leaders such as Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, and Harriet Tubman to overthrow slavery. |
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, before the battle.
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View of Harper's Ferry, West Viginia, c.1860 Photographic Print 24 in. x 18 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed Mounted |
 Meteor of War: The John Brown Story Students have already been taught that John Brown was at best a well-meaning madman. This book shows the various John Browns of history and myth, so that, whether you agree with the actions of Brown, you will at least understand them better and see him as a complex and human individual |
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, after the battle.
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View of Harpers Ferry from Maryland Heights
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Kindle Available The Civil War Introduces young readers to the harrowing true story of the American Civil War and its immediate aftermath. A surprisingly detailed battle-by-battle account of America's deadliest conflict ensues, culminating in the restoration of the Union followed by the tragic assassination of President Lincoln |
West Virginia State Battle Map State Battle Maps Appomattox Courthouse American Civil War Exhibits Civil War Summary Civil War Timeline Confederate Commanders Union Generals Civil War Music History Ships and Naval Battles Women Civil War Soldiers Reenactors Row Supplies Documents of the Civil War |
Kindle Available 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. |
Clash of Loyalties: A Border County in the Civil War West Virginia and Appalachia The story of one county in the mountainous Northwest of Virginia, is a telling microcosm of the deep divisions which both caused the war and were caused by it. With a meticulous examination of census and military records this is a compelling account of the passion and violence which tore apart Barbour County and the Nation |
Kindle Available Rebels At The Gate The dramatic story of the first Union victories of the Civil War and the events that caused Virginians to divide their state. In a defiant act to sustain President Lincoln's war effort, Virginia Unionists created their own state government in 1861-destined to become the new state of West Virginia. Their actions blocked what should have been Confederate control of the territory and closed one of their key gateways to the Union states |
Kindle Available The Perfect Steel Trap: Harpers Ferry 1859 Eye-witness accounts of the John Brown insurrection from people like Lee, Brown's family, and ordinary citizens. The information has been gathered by two of the raiders who escaped and live to tell about it Owen Brown and Osborne Anderson. The preparations, the raid, the trials, the executions and the aftermath of the event |
 Images of the Civil War in West Virginia This amazing book has over 475 photographs, images, and drawings – all made during the Civil War or very soon thereafter, and all related to West Virginia. This is the largest collection of images ever put together on West Virginia during the war. In addition to photos, it includes broadsides, veteran reunions, and miscellaneous paper items. Many of these pictures are from private collections and have never before been published. Also includes a short chronology of battles and events, giving a reference for the images. The book is printed on high quality glossy paper. A must for all Civil War buffs |
Kindle Available The Divided Family in Civil War America In hundreds of border state households, brothers--and sisters--really did fight one another, while fathers and sons argued over secession and husbands and wives struggled with opposing national loyalties. Even enslaved men and women found themselves divided over how to respond to the war |
Kindle Available Six Years of Hell: Harpers Ferry During the Civil War While Harpers Ferry was an important location during the Civil War, in most Civil War books it's a sideshow of something larger. John Brown's raid, Lee's invasions of 1862 & 1863 as well as Early's 1864 raid are all covered in depth |
Kindle Available A. P. Hill: Lee's Forgotten General Biography of the Confederacy's long-neglected hero whom Lee ranked next to Jackson and Longstreet. Although the name and deeds ot this gallant Virginian conspicuously punctuate the record of every major campaign of the Army of Northern Virginia |
Kindle Available General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson. Drawing extensively on newly unearthed documents, this work provides a gripping battle-by-battle assessment of Hill's role in Antietam |
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after Confederate artillery was placed on the heights overlooking the town, Union commander Col. Miles surrendered the garrison of more than 12,000.
