Civil War History Book Collection

This is a collection consisting of 7 different vintage books about American Civil War history. The collection includes hundreds upon hundreds of pages about battlefields, troop movements, naval battles, officer memoirs and much much more. The book collection also has over 300 illustrations and photographs of people, maps, and battles of the civil war. Here are the 7 books contained in this collection.

1) Battles of The Civil War, by T. E. Vineyard
2) War Photographs of The American Civil War, by Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner
3) From Manassas to Appomattox, by James Longstreet
4) The Battle of Gettysburg, by Frank Aretas Haskell
5) The "Monitor" The "Merrimac", by Worden, Greene and Ramsay
6) On the Trail of Grant and Lee, by Frederick Trevor Hill
7) Recollections of the Civil War, by Charles A. Dana

Sample Passage Battles of The Civil War by T.E. Vineyard :

McClellan became convinced that Jackson was really approaching with a large force, and decided to change his base to the James River, leaving Porter with the Fifth corps on the banks of the Chickahominy, to prevent Jackson from interrupting this gigantic movement. It involved marching an army of 100,000 men, with a train of 5,000 heavily loaded wagons, and many siege-guns, together with 3,000 cattle to be driven across the marshy peninsula.
On the night of the 26th, McCall's division was directed to fall back to the bridges across the Chickahominy near Gaines' Mill, and there make a stand, for the purpose of holding back the Confederates. Just before daylight the operations of moving the troops began.
The Confederates were equally alert, and opened a heavy fire upon the retreating columns. The Union force under McCall, by being skillfully handled, succeeded in reaching their new29 position on the Chickahominy heights, and on the morning of the new day made ready for action. The selection of this ground had been well made; they occupied a series of heights fronted on the west by a cycle shaped stream. The land beyond was an open country, through which a creek meandered sluggishly, and beyond this a densely tangled undergrowth. Around the Union position also were many patches of woods, affording cover for the reserves.

To protect the Federals, trees had been felled along their front, out of which barriers, protected by rails and knapsacks, were erected.

Jackson's forces had united with those of Longstreet and the two Hills, and were advancing with grim determination of victory.

It was two o'clock, on June 28th, when General A. P. Hill swung his division into line for the attack. He was unsupported by the other divisions, which had not yet arrived on the field. His columns moved rapidly toward the Union front, and was met by a hailstorm of lead from Porter's artillery, which sent messages of death to the approaching lines of gray.

The Confederate front recoiled from the incessant outpour of grape, canister and shell. The repulse threw the Confederates into great confusion. Many left the field in disorder. Others threw themselves on the ground to escape the withering fire, while some held their places.