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Surrender at Appomattox
First-hand Accounts of Robert E. Lee's Surrender to Ulysses S. Grant
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On the 12th of April, 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia marched to the field in front of Appomattox Court-House, stacked their arms, folded their colors, and walked empty handed to find their distant, blighted homes.
These are detailed and moving first-hand accounts from a number of historically prominent witnesses to Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Nothern Virginia at Appomattox.
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The Battle of Shiloh
Personal Recollections from Generals to Privates
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At daybreak on April 6, 1862, Confederate forces launched a bold suprise attack on the Union army, encamped in southwestern Tennesse. The battle of Shiloh, also known as the battle of Pittsburg Landing, would prove to be the bloodiest battle up until that point in United Staes history. The two day battle would cost a staggering 23,000 casualties. Both sides were stunned at the appalling loss of life. At the time, neither realized that three more years of such bloodshed were still to come.
These are personal recollections, from generals to privates, about their experiences participating in this dramatic and historically significant battle.
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Reminiscences of Ulysses S. Grant
First-Hand Accounts of the General, the President and the Man from Those Who Knew Him
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These are personal reminiscences of Grant which allow us to peer back in time to see him through the eyes of those who knew him. Some of the anecdotes describe brief encounters with Grant, while others are are from historically prominent men who knew Grant well. What they have in common are the intimate details that reveal the personality and character of General Grant.
Includes accounts from:
William T. Sherman
Horace Porter
Frederick Dent Grant
Alexander H. Stephens
Ely S. Parker
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The Last Days of General Grant
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Adam Badeau
This is a poignant and intimate account of General Ulysses S. Grant's last days, written by Adam Badeau. Badeau was with Grant throughout the Wilderness and Appomattox campaigns, and remained on his staff until his retirement from the army in 1869. He accompanied General Grant on his post-Civil War tour around the world. They remained close friends for the remainder of Grant's life.
Badeau writes: “His character at bottom was like that of other men. He loved and hated; he suffered and enjoyed; he appreciated what was done for and against him; he relished his fame and his elevation, he felt his disappointments and his downfall; his susceptibilities were keen, his passions strong; but he had the great faculty of concealing them so that those closest and acutest could seldom detect their existence...
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The Heart of a Soldier
The Intimate Letters of General George E. Pickett, C.S.A.
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These are the passionate and poignant letters from General George E. Pickett, C.S.A. written to his wife, Sally. These letters reveal intimate details of Pickett's personal life, as well as his incredible accounts of Civil War battles and personalities. A must-read for any Civil War buff!
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With Grant at Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg
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Wilber F. Crummer was an acquaintance and neighbor of Ulysses S. Grant in Galena, Illinois. When civil war broke out, he became "one of the Boys in Blue" who followed General Grant in the Battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg.
His stirring and vivid accounts of these significant civil war battles, covering the years 1862-63, are filled with historic detail and conclude with his appreciation of General Grant.
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Reminiscences of a Rebel
The True Adventures of a Confederate Soldier
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In April 1861, upon the outbreak of Civil War in the United States, Wayland Fuller Dunaway left his college classroom and entered the ranks of the men who fought the bloodiest war ever waged on the North American continent. A Captain in the Army of Northern Virginia, he marched hundreds of miles in Stonewall Jackson's command; saw Generals Lee and Longstreet; was among the first soldiers to fight at Gettysburg, where he also participated in Pickett's Charge; and fought against the lines of strangers in blue who, no matter how many times they were defeated, always returned to invade his beloved Virginia.
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Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army
The True Adventures of a Confederate Soldier
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In April 1861, upon the outbreak of Civil War in the United States, Wayland Fuller Dunaway left his college classroom and entered the ranks of the men who fought the bloodiest war ever waged on the North American continent. A Captain in the Army of Northern Virginia, he marched hundreds of miles in Stonewall Jackson's command; saw Generals Lee and Longstreet; was among the first soldiers to fight at Gettysburg, where he also participated in Pickett's Charge; and fought against the lines of strangers in blue who, no matter how many times they were defeated, always returned to invade his beloved Virginia.
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Letters of Two Brothers
Passages from the Correspondence of General and Senator Sherman
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These poignant and revealing letters between General William Tecumseh Sherman and his brother, Senator John Sherman were edited by William T. Sherman's daughter, Rachel Ewing Sherman. In her introduction to the letters, she wrote:
"After General Sherman’s death the desire to know what use was to be made of his papers was expressed so promptly, and with such evident sincerity, that I was led to undertake their arrangement for publication. Early in the work I found a series of letters which at once awoke my deepest interest...
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The Grand Strategy of the War of the Rebellion
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Written by Gen. William T. Sherman
Twenty-two years after the close of the American Civil War, General William T. Sherman shared his thoughts and insights on the "Grand Strategy" of the war. He wrote:
"We veterans believe that in 1861-5 we fought a holy war, with absolute right on our side, with pure patriotism, with reasonable skill, and that we achieved a result which enabled the United States of America to resume her glorious career in the interest of all mankind, after an interruption of four years by as needless a war as ever afflicted a people.
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Lincoln and Grant
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Horace Porter shares his riveting recollections of of the relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant throughout the American Civil War until the assassination of President Lincoln.
Porter's memoir is filled with detailed anecdotes that reveal the extraordinary character of both men, the tremendous weight of their formidable responsibilities, and a palpable sense of the tumultuous times.
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