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Simply Murder

The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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Simply Murder

The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

This Civil War history and guide offers a vivid chronicle of this dramatic yet misunderstood battle, plus invaluable information for battlefield visitors. The battle of Fredericksburg is usually remembered as the most lopsided Union defeat of the Civil War. It is sometimes called “Burnside’s folly,” after Union commander Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside who led the Army of the Potomac to ruin along the banks of the Rappahannock River. Confederates, fortified behind a stone wall along a sunken road, poured a hail of lead into them as they charged. One eyewitness summed it up saying, “it is only murder now.” But the battle remains one of the most misunderstood and misremembered engagements of the war. Burnside started with a well-conceived plan and had every reason to expect victory. How did it go so terribly wrong? Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have worked for years along Fredericksburg’s Sunken Road and Stone Wall, and they’ve escorted thousands of visitors across the battlefield. Simply Murder not only recounts Fredericksburg’s tragic story of slaughter, but includes vital information about the battlefield itself and the insights they’ve learned from years of walking the ground.

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The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson

The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy's Greatest Icon

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson

The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy's Greatest Icon

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

An exhaustive look at the final hours of the Confederacy’s most audacious general. May 1863. The Civil War was in its third spring, and Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson stood at the peak of his fame. He had risen from obscurity to become “Old Stonewall,” adored across the South and feared and respected throughout the North. On the night of May 2, however, just hours after Jackson executed the most audacious maneuver of his career and delivered a crushing blow against an unsuspecting Union army at Chancellorsville, disaster struck. The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson recounts the events of that fateful night—considered one of the most pivotal moments of the war—and the tense vigil that ensued as Jackson struggled with a foe even he could not defeat. From Guinea Station, where Jackson crosses the river to rest under the shade of the trees, the story follows Jackson’s funeral and burial, the strange story of his amputated arm, and the creation and restoration of the building where he died (now known as the Stonewall Jackson Shrine). This newly revised and expanded second edition features more than 50 pages of fresh material, including almost 200 illustrations, maps, and eye-catching photos. New appendices allow readers to walk in Jackson’s prewar footsteps through his adopted hometown of Lexington, Virginia; consider the ways Jackson’s memory has been preserved through monuments, memorials, and myths; and explore the misconceptions behind the Civil War’s great What-If: “What if Stonewall had survived his wounds?” With the engaging prose of master storytellers, Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White make The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson a must-read for Civil War novices and buffs alike.

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1611211514

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Turning Points of the American Civil War

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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Turning Points of the American Civil War

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

Although most Americans believe that the Battle of Gettysburg was the only turning point of the Civil War, the war actually turned repeatedly. Turning Points of the American Civil War examines key shifts and the context surrounding them, demonstrating that the war was a continuum of watershed events.

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0809336219

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Stay and Fight it Out

The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield

By: Kristopher D. White,Chris Mackowski

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The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield

By: Kristopher D. White,Chris Mackowski

July 1, 1863, was a disaster for the Union army’s XI Corps. Shattered in battle north of the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, the battered and embarrassed unit ended the day hunkered at the crest of a cemetery-topped hill south of the village. Reinforcements fortified the position, which extended eastward to include another key piece of high ground: Culp’s Hill. The Federal line also extended southward down Cemetery Ridge, forming what eventually came to resemble a long fishhook. July 2 saw a massive Confederate attack against the southernmost part of the line. As the Southern juggernaut rolled inexorably northward, Federal troops shifted away from Culp’s Hill and Cemetery Hill to meet the threat. Just then, part of the Army of Northern Virginia’s vaunted Second Corps launched itself at the weakened Federal right. The very men who had broken the Union army the day before resolved to break it once again. The ensuing struggle—every bit as desperate and with stakes every bit as high as the more famous fight at Little Round Top on the far end of the line—imperiled the entire Union position. “Stay and fight it out,” one Union general counseled his peers. The Confederates were all too willing to oblige. Authors Kristopher D. White and Chris Mackowski started their Gettysburg account in Fight Like the Devil: The First Day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, and continued it in Don’t Give an Inch: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863—From Little Round Top to Cemetery Ridge. Picking up on the heels of its companion volume, Stay and Fight It Out: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863—Culp’s Hill and the Northern End of the Battlefield recounts the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the battle’s fateful final day.

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Savas Beatie

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1611213320

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Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front

The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, May 3, 1863

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front

The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, May 3, 1863

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

The first book-length study of two overlooked engagements that helped turned the tide of a pivotal Civil War battle. By May of 1863, the stone wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg, Virginia, loomed large over the Army of the Potomac, haunting its men with memories of slaughter from their crushing defeat there the previous December. They would assault it again with a very different result the following spring. This time the Union troops wrested the wall and high ground from the Confederates and drove west into the enemy’s rear. The inland drive stalled in heavy fighting at Salem Church. Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front is the first book to examine Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church and the central roles they played in the final Southern victory. Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have long appreciated the pivotal roles these engagements played in the Chancellorsville campaign, and just how close the Southern army came to grief—and the Union army to stunning success. Together they seamlessly weave their extensive newspaper, archival, and firsthand research into a compelling narrative to better understand these combats, which usually garner little more than a footnote to the larger story of Stonewall Jackson’s march and fatal wounding. Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front offers a thorough examination of the decision-making, movements, and fighting that led to the bloody stalemate at Salem Church, as Union soldiers faced the horror of an indomitable wall of stone—and an undersized Confederate division stood up to a Union juggernaut.

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1611211379

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Simply Murder

The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862

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Don't Give an Inch

The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863—From Little Round Top to Cemetery Ridge

By: Daniel T. Davis,Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863—From Little Round Top to Cemetery Ridge

By: Daniel T. Davis,Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

This vividly detailed Civil War history reveals many of the incredible true stories behind the legendary sites of the Gettysburg battlefield. Having unexpectedly been thrust into command of the Army of the Potomac only three days earlier, General George Gordon Meade was caught by a much harsher surprise when the Confederate Army of North Virginia launched a bold invasion northward. Outside the small college town of Gettysburg, the lead elements of Meade’s army were suddenly under attack. By nightfall, they were forced to take a lodgment on high ground south of town. There, they fortified—and waited. “Don’t give an inch, boys!” one Federal commander told his men. The next day, July 2, 1863, would be one of the Civil War’s bloodiest. With names that have become legendary—Little Round Top, Devil’s Den, the Peach Orchard, the Wheatfield, Culp’s Hill—the second day at Gettysburg encompasses some of the best-known engagements of the Civil War. Yet those same stories have also become shrouded in mythology and misunderstanding. In Don’t Give an Inch, Emerging Civil War historians Chris Mackowski and Daniel T. Davis peel back the layers to share the real and often-overlooked stories of that fateful summer day.

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161121226X

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Grant's Last Battle

The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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Grant's Last Battle

The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

The remarkable story of how one of America’s greatest military heroes became a literary legend. The former general in chief of the Union armies during the Civil War . . . the two-term president of the United States . . . the beloved ambassador of American goodwill around the globe . . . the respected New York financier—Ulysses S. Grant—was dying. The hardscrabble man who regularly smoked twenty cigars a day had developed terminal throat cancer. Thus began Grant’s final battle—a race against his own failing health to complete his personal memoirs in an attempt to secure his family’s financial security. But the project evolved into something far more: an effort to secure the very meaning of the Civil War itself and how it would be remembered. In this maelstrom of woe, Grant refused to surrender. Putting pen to paper, the hero of Appomattox embarked on his final campaign: an effort to write his memoirs before he died. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant would cement his place as not only one of America’s greatest heroes but also as one of its most sublime literary voices. Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have recounted Grant’s battlefield exploits as historians at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, and Mackowski, as an academic, has studied Grant’s literary career. Their familiarity with the former president as a general and as a writer bring Grant’s Last Battle to life with new insight, told with the engaging prose that has become the hallmark of the Emerging Civil War Series.

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The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson

The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy's Greatest Icon

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy's Greatest Icon

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A Season of Slaughter

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 8–21, 1864

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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A Season of Slaughter

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 8–21, 1864

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

A gripping narrative of one of the Civil War’s most consequential engagements. In the spring of 1864, the newly installed Union commander Ulysses S. Grant did something none of his predecessors had done before: He threw his army against the wily, audacious Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia over and over again. At Spotsylvania Court House, the two armies shifted from stalemate in the Wilderness to slugfest in the mud. Most commonly known for the horrific twenty-two-hour hand-to-hand combat in the pouring rain at the Bloody Angle, the battle of Spotsylvania Court House actually stretched from May 8 to 21, 1864—fourteen long days of battle and maneuver. Grant, the irresistible force, hammering with his overwhelming numbers and unprecedented power, versus Lee, the immovable object, hunkered down behind the most formidable defensive works yet seen on the continent. Spotsylvania Court House represents a chess match of immeasurable stakes between two master opponents. This clash is detailed in A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May –21, 1864. A Season of Slaughter is part of the new Emerging Civil War Series offering compelling, easy-to-read overviews of some of the Civil War’s most important stories. The masterful storytelling is richly enhanced with hundreds of photos, illustrations, and maps. “[A] wonderful book for anyone interested in learning about the fighting around Spotsylvania Court House or who would like to tour the area. It is well written, easy to read, and well worth the price.” —Civil War News

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1611211492

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That Furious Struggle

Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863

By: Christopher Mackowski,Kristopher White

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That Furious Struggle

Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863

By: Christopher Mackowski,Kristopher White

Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have worked for years to compile this remarkable story of one of the war's greatest battles. escribes the series of controversial events that define this crucial battle, including General Robert E. Lee's radical decision to divide his small army--a violation of basic military rules--sending Stonewall Jackson on his famous march around the Union army flank. Jackson's death--accidentally shot by one of his own soldiers--is one of the many fascinating stories included in this definitive account of the battle of Chancellorsville. "That Furious Fire: Chancellorsville" can be enjoyed in the comfort of oneÕs living room or as a guide on the battlefield itself. It is also the tenth release in the bestselling ÒEmerging Civil War Series,Ó which offers compelling and easy-to-read overviews of some of the Civil WarÕs most important battles and issues, supported by the popular blog of the same name.

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1611212200

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That Furious Struggle

Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863

By: Christopher Mackowski,Kristopher White

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Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-4, 1863

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Stay and Fight it Out

The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield

By: Kristopher D. White,Chris Mackowski

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The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield

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Grant's Last Battle

The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

By: Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White

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The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

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Simply Murder

Simply Murder

The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson

The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson

Turning Points of the American Civil War

Turning Points of the American Civil War

Stay and Fight it Out

Stay and Fight it Out

Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front

Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front

Simply Murder

Simply Murder

Don't Give an Inch

Don't Give an Inch

Grant's Last Battle

Grant's Last Battle

The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson

The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson

A Season of Slaughter

A Season of Slaughter

That Furious Struggle

That Furious Struggle

That Furious Struggle

That Furious Struggle

Stay and Fight it Out

Stay and Fight it Out

Grant's Last Battle

Grant's Last Battle

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