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Series
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Antietam is the third in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family, the Brannons. Mac, a Brannon son and a gifted horseman, joins Jeb Stuart's cavalry and soon finds himself on one of the great adventures of the war.
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Series
Civil War battle series volume 4
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Chancellorsville is the fourth in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. After Will and Mac Brannon return to their units, the Confederate cause claims another Brannon son, this one a gifted rifleman.
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
A Southern gambler hunts a killer in the thick of the first great battle of the Civil War It's July 1861, and both the Union and Confederate armies expect to win the war within 24 hours. For Harrison Raines, a southern dandy ensconced in DC society, it's time to choose a side. Though Raines loves Virginia, he hates slavery with a passion. And joining either army would mean leaving Washington and deserting the beautiful Caitlin Howard, a British actress...
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Series
Pub. Date
c.2000
Description
Heather Graham's Old Florida series comes to a close with a star-crossed affair between a Northern soldier and a Southern belle Bravery in war can take many forms. There is the bravery of sacrifice for your country, and of attacking in the face of an opposing army, but there is also the bravery of risking your life to help others. And that is just what Tia McKenzie does for the rebel cause. She sneaks into the North and escorts rebel soldiers back...
67) Weapons of war
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Discusses the weapons used in the Civil War, technological innovations that were made, and the problems and increased casualties that resulted.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
"All for the Regiment traces how the amateur soldiers who formed the Army of the Ohio bridged widely varying backgrounds to organize themselves into individual regiments of remarkable strength and cohesion. Successive commanders Robert Anderson, William T. Sherman, and Don Carlos Buell all failed to integrate those regiments into an effective organization, however. The result was a decentralized and elastic army that was easily disrupted and difficult...
Author
Series
Civil War battle series volume 6
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Will and Mac, the two eldest Brannon sons, are in the ranks of the Stonewall Brigade and Jebb Stuart's cavalry. A Short bivouac allows them to visit the family farm for some rest and recuperation from the fighting. Thee they note that the romance between their mother and a pacifist preacher has cooled, but things have taken an interesting turn with their youngest brother, Henry, and Titus's "widow."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
"Though a great deal has been written about the battle of Gettysburg, much of it has focused on the events of the second and third days. With this book, the first day's fighting finally receives its due. Harry Pfanz, presents a definitive account of the events of July 1, 1863"--Jacket.
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Series
Civil War battle series volume 5
Description
Vicksburg is the fifth in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. Cory Brannon must abandon the supply train to undertake a vital mission for the Confederate commander in charge of Vicksburg's defenses.
78) After the rain
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Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
In her diary, a ten-year-old girl writes about her family's experiences living in Washington, D.C., in 1864-65, during which time the Civil War comes to an end and President Lincoln is assassinated. Includes historical notes.
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Series
Civil War battle series volume 7
Description
The seven members of the Brannon family of Culpeper County Virginia, experience a wide range of the hardships of war.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
During the battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops along Cemetery Ridge rebuffed Pickett's Charge, they were heard to shout, "Give them Fredericksburg!" Their cries reverberated from a clash that, although fought some six months earlier, clearly loomed large in the minds of Civil War soldiers. Fought on December 13, 1862, the battle of Fredericksburg ended in a stunning defeat for the Union. Confederate general Robert E. Lee suffered roughly 5,000 casualties...