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The American Iliad; the epic story of the Civil War as narrated by eyewitnesses and contemporaries

Edited by Eisenschiml and Ralph Newman. 1st edition, published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.

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Three months in the Southern states: April-June, 1863

First American edition, published by John Bradburn (the orginal British edition was published in 1863). A few comments pencilled in by a pro-Union reader (after the title: "containing the lies of a Brittsher"; below an engraving of Jefferson Davis:...

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Campaigns of the Civil War

I Nevins 30, III Dornbusch 1391

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Gettysburg: What they did here

Title continues, "The Standard Historical Guide Book on 'Gettysburg' with Numerous Maps and Illustrations." Covers battle plans and marches, various headquarters, and details of the three days' battle. Describes the Soldiers' National Cemetery and...

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The life, campaigns and public services of Lieut. General Grant

Biography of Ulysses S. Grant "With a full history of his Life, Campaigns, and battles, and his Orders, Reports, and Correspondence with the War Department and the President in relation to them, from the time he first took the field in this war...

GLC00267.260

War letters, 1862-1865, of John Chipman Gray Major, Judge Advocate and John Codman Ropes Historian of the War with portraits.

Published by the Riverside Press for the Massachusetts Historical Society. Note behind cover: "I Nevins 97: "unique" / Union Bookshelf 36."

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Marching through Georgia...

Title continues: "Pen-Pictures of Every-Day Life in General Sherman's Army, from the Beginning of the Atlanta Campaign Until the Close of the War." Written by Hedley, who was adjutant of the 32nd Illinois Infantry and Member of the Society of the...

GLC00267.262

Harvard memorial biographies

Edited by Higginson. Published by Sever and Francis. Page opposite inside cover of Vol. II signed by E.L. Motte. Biographies of Harvard students and graduates killed in the Civil War.

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Massachusetts in the army and navy during the war of 1861-65

II Nevins 151, Union bookshelf 43.

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Three years in the saddle from 1861 to 1865

I Nevins 87, Dornsbusch 64, Coulter 159. The 13th Illinois Cavalry in AR & MO

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History of the Iowa... Volume II. The Civil War

II Nevins 150. Complete in itself as a history of Iowa in the Civil War.

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Campfire and battlefield : an illustrated history of the campaigns and conflicts of the Civil War

With contributions of J.T. Morgan, O.O. Howard, W. B. Howard, John B. Gordon, James Tanner, George Kilmer and Mrs. L.C. Pickett. First edition, published by Bryan, Taylor & Company. SIgned by Clark Hine on 11 November 1896. Heavily illustrated...

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American Jewry and the Civil War

I Nevins 9.

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R. E. Lee: A biography

Howes F350. The standard biography of Lee. V. 3-4 are first editions.

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Recollections and letters of General Robert E. Lee

Written by his son. Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, New York.

GLC00267.270

Robert E. Lee the southerner

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Memoirs of Robert E. Lee

Title continues "His Military and Personal History embracing a large amount of information heretofore unpublished...together with incidents relating to his private life subsequent to the war." Published by J. M. Stoddart & Company, New York and B.F...

GLC00267.272

The Boys in blue of 1861-1865, a condensed history worthy of preserving

I Nevins 196, Dornbusch (Penn.) 181, Coulter 290.

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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858

Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press Cambridge of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Details the life of Abraham Lincoln. Divided into sections based on time and location. Beveridge meant this work to be a companion to his...

GLC00267.274

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 ["manuscript edition" - expanded]

Howes B408aa. Limited "manuscript" edition

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Lincoln and Herndon

Published by The Torch Press. Dedicated "To Josephine Kate "The Blessed Baby" with love and joy." Written as a "study of [Lincoln and William H. Herndon's] personal and political fellowship..." Describes the relationship between Lincoln and...

GLC00267.277

Abraham Lincoln in contemporary caricature

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Lincoln the president: Springfield to Gettysburg

First two volumes of a four volume set. Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Printed by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc. in Binghampton, New York. Dedicated "To Ruth, whose unfailing help and interest illumined the labor of these pages." Details the...

GLC00267.279

Rules of the court of commissioners of Alabama claims

Printed rules established for the court overseeing the "Alabama Claims," as well as the law that created this court. Also includes the treaty with Britain and subsequent arbitration that preceded this court. During the Civil War, British firms...

GLC00267.222

[Senate report no. 65 regarding the Fort Pillow massacre and no. 67 regarding returned prisoners of war]

Contains a full report of the April 1864 battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, based on an investigation of the battle itself, as well as the operations of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest "and his command immediately preceding and subsequent...

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