A Pulitzer Prize-nominated Civil War historian draws on letters and diary entries written by soldiers from both the North and the South on the battlefield, in camps, and on deathbeds to pay tribute to the extraordinary courage demonstrated by everyday individuals during a period of harrowing separation and danger. 20,000 first printing.

An exploration of the traditions and nature of Southern pride, a belief that Southerners have a different character from the rest of the nation, examines the impact of this thinking on the conduct and results of the Civil War.

Product Description: It was perhaps the most important firearm of its era. Tested and proved in the fiery crucible of the Civil War, the Henry Rifle became the forerunner of the famous line of Winchester Repeating Rifles that "Won the West." To the amazed muzzleloader-armed Confederates who had to face this deadly "sixteen shooter," it was "that damned Yankee rifle that was loaded on Sunday and fired all week...read more

Product Description: An Award-Winning Historian Dramatically Re-Creates a Turning Point of the Civil WarIt was one of the most startling events of the civil war, the "hour of destiny" for the Union. Faced with the prospect of catastrophic defeat, the North's greatest generals--Ulysses Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, George Thomas, and Phil Sheridan--were commanding a battle fror the besieged city of Chattanooga, Tennessee...read more

Product Description: Wonderfully told story of the campaign that ruined John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee.

Product Description: Originally published as Embrace an Angry Wind Following the fall of Atlanta, rebel commander John Bell Hood rallied his demoralized troops and marched them off the Tennessee, desperately hoping to draw Sherman after him and forestall the Confederacy's defeat...read more

Product Description: The first comprehensive history of the United States-Indian War of 1790-1795. The struggle for the Old Northwest Territory (modern-day Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan) was as vicious and bitter a conflict as any war in our history...read more

Recounts the Confederacy's last desperate stand and offers a vivid reconstruction of the Tennessee campaign and the devasting consequences of the South's failure

Product Description: The British-made Enfield rifle was so valued by the South during the American Civil War that blockade runners cargoed shipments of these arms right up to the last days of the great rebellion. another weapon with strong romantic and historical attachments to the South was the technically remarkable LeMat revolver...read more