English Civil War

The consensus view of the Civil War - that it was first and foremost a war to restore the Union, and an antislavery war only later when it became necessary for Union victory - dies here. James Oakes’s groundbreaking history shows how deftly Lincoln and congressional Republicans pursued antislavery throughout the war, pragmatic in policy but steadfast on principle. In the disloyal South the federal government quickly began freeing slaves, immediately and without slaveholder compensation, as they fled to Union lines.

It is 2034 and America is on the brink of war. America will not face a foreign power in this battle, but itself. Americans are turning on each other like rats in a cage. Democrats hate Republicans and Republicans hate them right back. Saying the wrong thing can get you fired from work, shot in the street or worse. Impeachment is now routine, the electoral college is gone, the United States Supreme Court has been dissolved for being too partisan. The Second Civil War is a diary, left behind by one of the survivors of the war. When this war ends, America will never look the same. The Second ...

What were Southerners reading on the Home Front during the Civil War? As a break from the news of the day, they read the wide variety editors included in newspapers and magazines—songs, speeches, poems, appeals, announcements, jokes, essays, diary entries, travelogues and even novelettes. You will find samples of all of these in this text—with subjects ranging from the courageous soldiers and their enduring faith to more fun topics such as young love, a farmer’s corn crop and many more. Anyone from a private individual who wrote a poem to honor a loved one to acclaimed authors of ...

The Civil War for Teens: Discover the Battles, Heroes, and Heartbreak that Shaped America!Are you ready to uncover the epic struggle that changed America forever? Step back in time to a nation divided, where brave soldiers, daring leaders, and ordinary people faced hardships and hope on their journey to freedom. This isn’t just a history lesson—it’s a story of courage, unity, and the fight for what’s right. This book explores what caused the war, how it was fought, and the journey to bring the country back together afterward. In this easy-to-read guide, you’ll get all the ...

the most spectacular conflicts between Grant and Lee and details the end of hope for the Confederacy. Utilizing various collections of unpublished letters written by soldiers, personal diaries of spouses and relatives, memoirs of soldiers and their families, and official war records, Catton follows Grant's campaigns from early 1864 to the end of the war, detailing many crucial battles along the way.

In this well-received two-book bundle, step back to a time when America was under siege and honor was everything. Jenny’s Passion: David Reynolds joined the cavalry out of a sense of duty and adventure. As he rides into battle at Mine Run he has no idea his life is about to change forever. The forbidden Yankee attracts Jennifer Winston like no other. She would do anything to save him…even kill. Lila’s Vow: Schoolteacher Lila Sutton finds her one true love when cavalryman Captain Jack Montgomery rides into Gettysburg. But their promises to be together mean nothing to the enemy, and ...

> The New York Times hailed this trilogy as “one of the greatest historical accomplishments of our time”. With stunning detail and insights, America’s foremost Civil War historian recreates the war from its opening months to its final, bloody end. Each volume delivers a complete listening experience. The Coming Fury (Volume 1) covers the split Democratic Convention in the spring of 1860 to the first battle of Bull Run.

Yorkshire in the Civil Wars is more than a history of the momentous events of the English Civil Wars as they affected Yorkshire but also a detailed and enthralling account of the economic and social impact of the conflict on England’s largest county. Jack Binns was born in Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at the local grammar school and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Before taking early retirement in 1992, he taught history at Scarborough Sixth Form College. He is the author of many published articles on local history, particularly in the seventeenth century. ...

The American Civil War was about more than states rights, independence, freedom, abolition, liberty or any other label one would choose to assign to the four-year conflict. In the end it was about the untimely deaths of hundreds of thousands of men – all Americans – cut down in the prime of their lives in fierce battles, consumed by terrible diseases, taken out in horrible accidents, and even the victims of murder. The war was also about broken families left at home to struggle for subsistence, to mourn the loss of those held dear, and to experience death themselves. 1861-1865 was a ...

Here at last is a history of England that is designed to entertain as well as inform and that will delight the armchair traveler, the tourist, or just about anyone interested in history. No people have engendered quite so much acclaim or earned so much censure as the English: extolled as the Athenians of modern times, yet hammered for their self-satisfaction and hypocrisy. But their history has been a spectacular one.

In Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, historian William Gienapp provides a remarkably concise, up-to-date, and vibrant biography of the most revered figure in United States history. While the heart of the book focuses on the Civil War, Gienapp begins with a finely etched portrait of Lincoln's early life, from pioneer farm boy to politician and lawyer in Springfield, to his stunning election as 16th president of the United States. Students will see how Lincoln grew during his years in office and much more.

The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River.

Imagine the Civil War underway today. Up-to-the-minute dispatches in daily newspapers. Real time dialog on social media. Cable television broadcasting live pictures from the fighting. It’s easy to become accustomed to getting our daily news and information quickly – with the tap on an app! Not so during the war years in the 19th century.Newspapers were the mass media of the time. They played a dominant, and some might say, monopolistic, role in forming public opinion. Editors chose sides and their opinions were liberally extolled on their pages, whether it was in how a story was ...

Captain Rowland Sawyer of the U.S. Army began his career after graduating from Virginia Military Institute. When war broke out across the country, his job was to find and arrest spies, traitors and the growing criminal element in both the government and the Army. During an assignment in the Gap, he crosses paths with Josie Younger the wife of his good friend Thomas Younger who has been reported as missing in action near Chancellorsville, Virginia. Her reckless decision to search for her husband brings together the many friends from the Institute as they stand on opposite sides of the ...

Joshua and Daniel who grew up together near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania were taught at an early age to scout, and become marksmen. Their gifted talents were soon to be used as the Civil War has just begun. General Lee's Northern Virginia Army was marching toward Chambersburg, near Joshua and Daniels home. They soon were approached by the Union Captain who was in charge of the many Union Army warehouses in Chambersburg to scout, and gather information of any Confederate Army approaching Pennsylvania. They soon were in enemy territory, and this is their story of those early months of a bloody ...

In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War.

December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abraham Lincoln's government threatened to fracture, this critical moment also tested five extraordinary individuals whose lives reflect the soul of a nation. The changes they underwent led to profound repercussions in the country's law, literature, politics, and popular mythology. Taken together, their stories offer a striking restatement of what it means to be American.

Ordered to hold an abandoned army post, John Dunbar found himself alone, beyond the edge of civilization. Thievery and survival soon forced him into the Indian camp, where he began a dangerous adventure that changed his life forever. Set in 1863, the novel follows Lieutenant John Dunbar on a magical journey from the ravages of the Civil War to the far reaches of the imperiled American frontier, a frontier he naively wants to see "before it is gone".

"Dogsoldiers invents a new genre while endorsing an older one: it's the familiar desperate-men, desperate mission story, dating as far back as The Iliad. However, in Tarr's talented hands it becomes something brand new: a desperate mission at the end of civilization, with all the grit and savagery that implies."---Stephen Hunter, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Bob Lee Swagger series. . . . . Nearly ten years into a horrific civil war which has claimed the lives of millions, and that neither side seems to be winning, a squad of guerrillas crawls through the remains of a once-great city...

El Salvador has a long and sometimes troubled history. Its 12 year civil war from 1980-1992 began and ended due to significant internal and external forces always at play. The internal forces, including an entrenched oligarchy, ambitious politicians and the military all contributed the ingredients that led to war. External forces, most notably the United States, Soviet Union, Cuba and its central American neighbors and Mexico also contributed. Some combination of those participants also played roles in ending the war and led the way to the 1992 peace accords. This short-read book focuses on...