Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War: Civil War Poems

This reprint of an 1866 volume of poems by the author of Moby Dick and Billy Budd includes four essays showing why Melville's verse with its unconventional linking of literary form and political-military history remains misunderstood and neglected.Princet

Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution

James McPherson has emerged as one of America's finest historians. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times Book Review, called "history writing of the hi

Battle Cry of Freedom

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates th

The American Heritage New History of the Civil War

Ask Civil War diehards when they first fell in love with the War Between the States & there's a good chance you'll hear about one of the early editions of this book, which was originally published on the war's centennial. Thoroughly updated by the rem

Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg

Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg (Crown Journeys)

This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War

The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom and the New York Times bestsellers Crossroads of Freedom and Tried by War, among many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. In this collect

Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction

This text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, tragic, and transitional event in American history. The third edition incorporates recent scholarship and addresses renewed areas of interest in the Civil

Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War

The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Cros

What They Fought for, 1861-1865

In Battle Cry Of Freedom, James M. McPherson presented a fascinating, concise general history of the defining American conflict. With What They Fought For, he focuses his considerable talents on what motivated the individual soldier to fight. In an except