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Read sample pages from any of our ebooks to relive the first person experiences of the war that changed how war was fought. Click here to download a page that discribes all books on one sheet.
Index Battle of Bull Run
Clash of the Ironclads
Operations of the Western FlotillaOpening the Lower Mississippi
Shiloh Campaign
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Read Sample Pages | Confederate General B. T. Beauregard recounts the first major encounter between the untested Confederacy and the Federal troops. This eBook includes letters subsequently submitted to the press refruting some of Beauregard's account, as well as others.
The First Battle of Bull Run
Bull Run As Seen Through Critical English Eyes
Troop Strength Statistics of the Battle
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| Clash of the Ironclads | ||
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This eBook combines three factual, eye-witness accounts from three different view points of the first encounters between the Monitor and Merrimac; John Taylor Wood, the Commander of the Merrimac and Samuel Dana Greene, the only executive officer the Monitor had during its short life, and a Confederate officer who watched the two-day long encounter from shore. On March 8, 1862, this naval battle between the first iron-clads changed all the navies of the world forever.
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| Operations of the Western Flotilla and Recollections of Foote and the Gun-Boats | ||
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These accounts, written by Commander Henry Walke, commander
of the Union ironclad Carondelet, along with the gun
boats DeKalb, Cincinnati,
Louisville, Mound City, Cairo and
Pittsburgh, under the command of Flag-Officer Andrew Hull
Foote, raised havoc with Confederate river forces along the Kentucky and Tenessee rivers.
This eBook also includes:
Recollections of Foote and the Gunboats Names of Western Gunboats
The Capture of Fort Donelson
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| Opening the Lower Mississippi | ||
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David D. Porter, commander of the Powhatan, details his plan for the flotilla, commanded by Admiral Farragut, which led to the destruction of New Orleans and retaking control of the Lower Mississippi by Federal forces on up the river to Memphis. Day after day of bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip on opposite sides of the river starts the adventure up river. Also includes Admiral Farragut's report to Washington on the capture of New Orleans.
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| Shiloh Campaign | ||
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Ulysses S. Grant writes a very detailed account of this critical battle. Until it was fought, he "believed that the rebellion against the Government would collapse suddenly and soon if a decisive victory could be gained over any of its armies." The Shiloh campaign changed that thinking. This eBook also includes:
Albert Sidney Johnston and the Shiloh Campaign
Notes of a Confederate Staff-Officer at Shiloh
The Surrender of Prentiss
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