When the war was over : the failure of self-reconstruction in the South, 1865-1867 / by Carter, Dan T.

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Of age : boy soldiers and military power in the Civil War era / by Clarke, Frances M., Plant, Rebecca Jo, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Parental Rights and the Duty to Bear Arms: Congress, Courts, and the Military -- Competing Obligations: The Dual Military System, Youth Enlistment, and the War of 1812 -- A Great Inconvenience: Prewar Legal Disputes over Underage Enlistees -- Underdeveloped Bodies: Calculating the Ideal Enlistment Age -- Part II: The Social and Cultural Origins of Underage Enlistment -- Instructive Violence: Impressionable Minds and the Cultivation of Courage -- Pride of the Nation: The Iconography of Child Soldiers and Drummer Boys -- Paths to Enlistment: Work, Politics, and School -- Part III: Male Youth and Military Service in the Civil War Era -- Contrary to All Law: Debating Underage Service in the United States -- Preserving the Seed Corn: Youth Enlistment and Demographic Anxiety in the Confederacy -- Forced into Service: Enslaved and Unfree Youths in the Confederate and Union Armies -- Epilogue: A War Fought by Boys: Reimagining Boyhood and Underage Soldiers after the Civil War.…”
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Grant and Lee : victorious American and vanquished Virginian / by Bonekemper, Edward H.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Why Grant won and Lee lost -- Tough beginnings and Mexican War experience -- 1861: open and closed doors to Civil War command -- Late 1861/early 1862: Lee's first loss and Grant's early victories -- March-June 1862: Grant wins at Shiloh while Lee stymies McClellan -- 1862-63: Lee conducts a costly offensive while Grant aims for Vicksburg -- May-July 1863: Lee loses Gettysburg as Grant captures Vicksburg -- Autumn 1863: Lee lends an assist as Grant saves Chattanooga and a Union army -- Early 1864: both generals prepare for confrontation -- Spring 1864: Grant attacks and besieges Lee -- Late 1864: Grant and Sherman move toward victory -- Early 1865: Lee surrenders to Grant -- A comparison of Grant and Lee -- Appendix 1 : Casualties in Grant's battles and campaigns -- Appendix 2 : Casualties in Lee's battles and campaigns.…”

Alabamians in blue : freedmen, unionists, and the Civil War in the Cotton State / by Rein, Christopher M.

On to Petersburg : Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864 / by Rhea, Gordon C.

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The truth keepers : a novel / by McCash, June Hall

Black soldiers in blue : African American troops in the Civil War era /

Table of Contents: “…Meier -- Proven themselves in every respect to be men : black cavalry in the Civil War / Noah Andre Trudeau -- In the shadow of John Brown : the military service of colonels Thomas Higginson, James Montgomery, and Robert Shaw in the Department of the South / Keith Wilson -- Henry McNeal Turner : black chaplain in the Union Army / Edwin S. Redkey -- A disturbance in the city : black and white soldiers in postwar Charleston / Robert J. …”

Trembling earth / by Siegelson, Kim L.

Notes on Military Hygiene for Officers of the Line : A Syllabus of Lectures Formerly Delivered at the U.S. Infantry and Cavalry School / by Woodhull, Alfred A. 1837-1921

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The Chattanooga Campaign /

Table of Contents: “…A perfect storm of ineffectiveness: the First Corps and the loss of Lookout Mountain / Alex Mendoza -- "Lookout Mountain frowned down upon us": the Union army and the struggle for Lookout Valley / Stewart Bennett -- "The very ground seemed alive": Sherman's assault on the north end of Missionary Ridge / Steven E. …”
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Undaunted Radical : the Selected Writings and Speeches of Albion W. TourgTe. by Elliott, Mark, 1969 September 23-

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The Army of the Cumberland : organization, strength, casualties, 1862/1865 / by Collins, Darrell L.

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Wilderness : a tale of the Civil War / by Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989

Lincoln / by Carwardine, Richard

Table of Contents: “…The instruments of power : coercion and voluntary mobilization, 1861-65 -- Coercion, repression and executive power -- Popular mobilization : the 'power of the right word' and the agency of party -- Popular mobilization : churches and philanthropic organizations -- The Union army as a moral force -- The election of 1864 : 'the second birth of our nation'. -- 7. …”

Envisioning emancipation : Black Americans and the end of slavery / by Willis, Deborah, 1948-

Alabamians in blue : freedmen, unionists, and the Civil War in the Cotton State / by Rein, Christopher M.

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Without regard to race : the other Martin Robison Delany / by Adeleke, Tunde

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Clouds of glory : the life and legend of Robert E. Lee / by Korda, Michael, 1933-

Black soldiers in blue : African American troops in the Civil War era /

Table of Contents: “…Meier -- Proven themselves in every respect to be men : black cavalry in the Civil War / Noah Andre Trudeau -- In the shadow of John Brown : the military service of colonels Thomas Higginson, James Montgomery, and Robert Shaw in the Department of the South / Keith Wilson -- Henry McNeal Turner : black chaplain in the Union Army / Edwin S. Redkey -- A disturbance in the city : black and white soldiers in postwar Charleston / Robert J. …”
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Civil War supply and strategy : feeding men and moving armies / by Hess, Earl J.

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