National Museum of Civil War Medicine Dispensary Store
Welcome to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine Dispensary Store catalog. This
catalog is a comprehensive list of the items normally for sale at the Frederick, Maryland
location. Item prices are correct at the time of publication but are subject to change without
notice. The most recent catalog publication date is October 1, 2013.
You may place an order in two ways: you may call 301-695-1864, ext. 1006, Monday through
Friday, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST or you may send an email to store@civilwarmed.org. Please
let us know the names and quantities of the items you wish to order and a way for us to
contact you. We will check item availability, and will confirm the item prices, shipping
charges, taxes due, and the order total. We will verify payment arrangements when your
order is confirmed. Store item inquiries may also be made by calling the Museum Dispensary
Store at 301-695-1864, ext. 1001, seven days a week between 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST.
Store items are listed alphabetically in the most appropriate category and are not re-listed in
other categories although some items could be listed several times. The categories are:
NMCWM Publications
Civil War Medicine
Civil War Surgeons, Stewards and Chaplains
Women in the Civil War
African Americans in the Civil War
Civil War Hospitals
Civil War Prison Camps
Civil War Camp and Army Life
Domestic Life and the Home Front During the Civil War
Maryland in the Civil War
General Civil War Publications
Children’s Items
Collectible Items
NMCWM Publications
Bad Doctors: Military Justice Proceedings Against 622 Civil War Surgeons
By Terry Reimer and Thomas P. Lowery
$11.99, Paperback, 144 pages
Over 11,000 surgeons served in the Union army; 10,400 were well behaved. More than 600 found
themselves in trouble for embezzlement, insubordination, rape, AWOL, desertion, surliness, stealing
food, and a host of other misdeeds. One man was deemed, "Drunk, but not too drunk to operate,"
another was found hopping into the beds of women in the VD hospital, while yet another forged his own
performance reports, reporting his own excellent character. A statistical study compares their incidence
of malpractice with that of today. These remarkable stories are accompanied by full citations and
indexed by regiment.
Caleb Dorsey Baer: Frederick, Maryland’s Confederate Surgeon
Edited by F. Terry Hambrecht and Terry Reimer
$17.95, Softcover, 238 pages
One of the highlights of this book is Dr. Baer’s diary, plus three associated letters, which show the
human side to the Civil War, including the toll the war took on families. Caleb Baer was born in
Maryland and served in Missouri, both border states with divided loyalties. He served as a Confederate
Surgeon even though he came from a pro-Union family; Baer’s in-laws were pro-Confederate resulting in
division to his whole family. The book also tells of his struggle to provide care to the soldiers in need
while suffering from the same ailments and illnesses.
Death is in the Breeze: Disease during the American Civil War
By Bonnie Brice Dorwart, M.D.
$24.95, Softcover, 170 pages
Death is in the Breeze is an exploration into the diseases and treatments of the Civil War, focusing on the
illnesses that most commonly afflicted the soldiers. It includes numerous tables and illustrations to help
the reader understand the prevalence of the different diseases, their diagnostic criteria, and the
pharmaceuticals used to treat them. The book fills a large gap in our understanding of Civil War
medicine, since surgeons spent very little time dealing with wounds and the majority of their time
dealing with disease.
Diseases and Drugs of the Civil War
By Andrew Hamilton
$11.95, 25 reference cards on a ring
Taken from information provided in the National Museum of Civil War Medicine exhibits, this series of
reference cards focuses on the most common Civil War diseases and the drugs used for their treatment.
One Vast Hospital: The Civil War Hospital Sites in Frederick, Maryland after Antietam
By Terry Reimer
$24.95, Softcover, 352 pages
One Vast Hospital contains a general introduction to Civil War hospitals and staffing, a list of the doctors
and stewards at each Frederick hospital, the history of the hospital site, complete with photographs, and
a complete Hospital Patient List from after the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. The Hospital
Patient List contains nearly 10.000 individuals and includes their name, rank, regiment, company,
complaint, date of admission, date discharged from hospital, and comments. The list is a great source
for genealogists and historians.
Prologue to Change: African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era
By Dr. Robert G. Slawson
$9.98, Softcover, 52 pages
Prologue to Change is an in-depth look at African American medical practitioners before and during the
Civil War, including their medical education and their service in the Union Army. Dr. Slawson began his
search with the eight men who were generally known to have served in a medical capacity in the Union
Army. In the course of his research he discovered four previously unknown African Americans who were
surgeons during the Civil War.
NMCWM Logo Items
Letterman Institute Cap
$16.98
This baseball-style cap features the logo of the logo of the Letterman Institute, the National Museum of
Civil War Medicine’s educational leadership program. The Letterman Institute provides professional
developmental training for military, government, and private organizations by teaching the important
lessons of Civil War leadership. This attractive, red cap is durable and perfect for your Civil War outings.
NMCWM Logo Lapel Pin
$4.98
This collectible lapel pin proudly features the logo of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. The
attractive enamel pin also includes our motto, “Divided by Conflict, United by Compassion.”
NMCWM Logo Cap
$16.98
This baseball-style cap features the logo of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, as well as our
motto, “Divided by Conflict, United by Compassion.” This attractive, durable cap is available with a blue
or green bill and is perfect for your Civil War outings.
NMCWM Messenger Bag
$38.98
This durable, attractive messenger bag is embroidered with the logo of the National Museum of Civil
War Medicine. Made from thick olive green canvas and lined with cotton, it features several zipper
pockets and secure magnetic snaps. It is as comfortable to wear as it is utilitarian.
NMCWM Shot Glass
$3.98
This collectible glass shot glass is emblazoned with the logo of the National Museum of Civil War
Medicine.
Pry House Field Hospital Lapel Pin
$4.98
This collectible lapel pin proudly features a raised image of the Pry House. This attractive metal pin also
displays the name of the museum on a round, coin-like design.
Civil War Medicine
A Manual of Military Surgery
By J. Julian Chisholm, M.D.
$45.00, Hardcover, 447 pages
This is a reproduction of Confederate Surgeon J. Julian Chisolm’s manual of military surgery, which was
distributed to Confederate military doctors during the war. The book is full of detailed information on
proper procedures both in medical practices and military administration. This later edition reflects both
the lessons learned by the medical service through years of war, as well as the adaptations made to
accommodate shortages and shortcomings of the Confederate war effort.
A Medical Miscellany for Genealogists
By Dr. Jeanette L. Jerger
$22.00, Softcover, 188 pages
A Medical Miscellany is a guide to understanding the often confusing and contradictory medical
language and terminology of the 19th century and excellent resource for genealogists and other
researchers frustrated by the unfamiliar language often used in historical, medical documents.
Formatted like a dictionary, the terms are listed in alphabetical order and cross-referenced when
necessary. Besides terms related to diseases and their treatment, it also includes many terms related to
myth and magic as they weave in and out of the healing arts. European, Asian, African, and Native
American folk wisdom further complement the more mainstream medical terminology.
Antique Medical Instruments
By C. Keith Wilbur, M.D.
$14.95, Softcover, 149 pages
This book explores the history and evolution of medical instruments and equipment over the past
several centuries. Its pages are filled with many detailed and accurate illustrations of various
implements and their usage.
Civil War Medicine 1861-1865
By C. Keith Wilbur, M.D.
$14.95, Softcover, 128 pages
This is a concise and accessible volume on the narrative of Civil War medicine. It is filled with many
accurate and detailed illustrations to compliment the text, which debunks myths and details the
advances of medicine during the Civil War. This is an ideal introductory text for grade school students.
Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs
By Alfred jay Bollet, M.D.
$46.98, Hardcover, 475 pages
This is the definitive single-volume text about medicine during the American Civil War. It is required
reading for all museum volunteers and highly recommended for any enthusiast of Civil War or medical
history. Bollet discusses virtually every major topic of Civil Medicine and devotes considerable text to
dispelling many myths and explaining the significant advancements to medicine derived from the Civil
War.
Doctors in Blue: The Medical History of the Union Army in the Civil War
By George Worthington Adams
$19.95, Softcover, 253 pages
Doctors in Blue tells the story of the medical effort for the Union Army during the Civil War. The book
reveals the scope and scale of physical suffering during the war, as well as the ignorance and inefficiency
of many doctors, but also their earnestness, cooperative spirit and great scientific strides.
Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service
By H. H. Cummings
$21.95, Softcover, 339 pages
Doctors in Gray remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Confederate Army. Drawing
upon a prodigious array of sources, it paints as complete a picture as possible of the daunting task facing
those charged with caring for the sick and wounded of the Southern armies.
Gangrene and Glory: Medical Care during the American Civil War
By Frank R. Freemon
$28.98, Softcover, 254 pages
Gangrene and Glory is a medical history of the Civil War, focusing primarily on the care of battlefield
casualties. It takes a close look at the battlefield doctors in whose hands rested the lives of thousands of
Union and Confederate soldiers and the limited knowledge and technology available for their treatment.
Images of Civil War Medicine: A Photographic History
By Gordon Dammann, D.D.S. and Alfred Jay Bollet, M.D.
$34.95, Softcover, 204 pages
Images of Civil War Medicine is a collection of photographs taken during the Civil War. This exceptional
visual encyclopedia covers medical facilities, individual surgeons, and other medically related subjects,
accompanied by a text describing the main features of Civil War Medicine.
In Hospital and Camp: The Civil War Through the Eyes of its Doctors and Nurses
By Harold Elk Straubling
$21.95, Hardcover, 176 pages
In Hospital and Camp compiles eyewitness medical narratives of the Civil War from physicians and
nurses who treated soldiers during the Civil War. Accounts range from army camps on campaign to
general hospitals in the city. These accounts include writings by Louisa May Alcott and Walt Whitman,
two dedicated nurses for the Union cause.
Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War
By Margaret Humphreys
$50.00, Hardcover, 224 pages
Black soldiers in the American Civil War were far more likely to die of disease than were white soldiers,
Intensely Human explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time.
In doing so, it reveals the perspectives of mid-nineteenth-century physicians and others who were eager
to implicate the so-called innate inferiority of the black body. Utilizing evidence from the archives of the
U.S. Sanitary Commission, the book suggests the high death rate among black soldiers resulted from
malnourishment, inadequate shelter and clothing, inferior medical attention, and assignments to
hazardous environments. Few medical professionals, on either side of the conflict, were prepared to
challenge the "biological evidence" of white superiority. Despite a few sympathetic and responsible
physicians' efforts to expose the truth, the stereotype of black biological inferiority prevailed during the
war and after.
Marrow of Tragedy: The Health Crisis of the American Civil War
By Margaret Humphreys
$34.95, Hardcover, 385 pages
Author Margaret Humphreys’ careful research and masterful scholarship show the significance of
sickness in the Civil War, as well as the attempts to define and counter it by the medical practitioners of
the time. Union and Confederate governments were poorly prepared to care for the volume of
wounded and sick soldiers when the war began and struggled to provide doctoring, nursing, supplies,
food and shelter for the soldiers. The Army learned to standardize medical thought and practice while
governments and family members – especially women – mounted organized support efforts. The book
offers new perspectives, insights and reassessments that will change the way we look at the costs and
achievements of Civil War medicine.
Medical Practices in the Civil War
By Susan Provost Beller
$10.99, Softcover, 96 pages
Medical Practices in the Civil War is a brief general account of medicine that was available to Union and
Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Very accessible, it relates both the shortcomings and
incredible advances in all areas of medicine during four years of war.
Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs
By Guy R. Hasegawa, Pharm. D.
$24.95, Hardcover, 126 pages
This book focuses on a rarely mentioned aspect of the care needed by wounded men as a result of the
Civil War. It is a detailed description of the medical and administrative problems that arose during and
after the war because of the need to supply artificial limbs to soldiers and sailors. This well-researched
book highlights the crude beginning of the artificial limb program which evolved into a system that
helped many men make a new life for themselves. This is especially relevant today as we help our
‘wounded warriors’ with products and devices that enable them to have productive and active lives.
Mosquito Soldiers: Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War
By Andrew McIlwaine Bell
$29.95, Hardcover, 192 pages
Of the over 600,000 soldiers who perished in the American Civil War, at least two thirds died of disease,
including many from Malaria, Yellow Fever, and other mosquito-borne illness. Though contemporary
doctors did not appreciate the connection between these insects and disease, Mosquito Soldiers
illustrates how these diseases not only affected the health of the fighting men, but often significantly
impacted the course of many military and political events of the war.
Phantom Pain: North Carolina’s Artificial Limb Program for Confederate Veterans
By Ansley Herring Wegner
$15.98, Softcover, 261 pages
Amputations constituted roughly 75 percent of all operations performed during the Civil War. Phantom
Pain surveys amputation's place in Victorian medical science and the problems faced by disabled
veterans as they returned to civilian life. This book examines North Carolina's extensive program to
supply and fit its Confederate amputees with artificial arms and legs. North Carolina's program is
compared with those of other former Confederate states, types of artificial limbs patented during the
Civil War and its aftermath are discussed, and the responses of recipients to their new limbs are
reported. Phantom Pain includes an index to records in the North Carolina State Archives related to Civil
War amputees, artificial-limb recipients, and veterans who request commutations because they were
unable to use an artificial limb. Pictures of surgical instruments, artificial limbs, and veterans with their
prostheses illustrate the text.
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Civil War Medical Instruments (in 3 volumes)
By Gordon Dammann, D.D.S.
$9.95 each volume, Softcover, 104 pages (Vol I) 96 pages (Vol II) 130 pages (Vol III)
These three volumes focus specifically on medical instruments and equipment of the Civil War era. They
discuss the variety, details, and uses of the equipment. The pages of each volume are filled with many
detailed photographs of rare original artifacts from the Civil War.
Shook Over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War
By Eric T. Dean, Jr.
$42.00, Softcover, 352 pages
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is now considered a regular element of modern combat. Shook Over Hell
places this troubling disorder in a historical context by examining the cases of veterans of the American
Civil War. The book compares the recognition and treatment of psychological wounds in the 19th and
20th centuries.
Sick From Freedom
By Jim Downs,
$29.95, Hardcover, 264 pages
In Sick From Freedom Jim Downs reveals a new, darker, and profoundly revealing path into the history of
emancipation in the Civil War. Downs shows that achieving freedom for American slaves was a triumph,
but only through a horrible passage of disease, suffering and death. This publication examines the
medical, social, political, economic and military history of the period and paints a detailed and
disheartening portrait of man’s indifference and inhumanity to his fellow men; it is a story of a people,
of individual men, women and children “dying to be free.”
The Story the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell: Sex in the Civil War
By Thomas P. Lowry, M.D.
$19.95, Softcover, 240 pages
The Story the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell is the story of sexual practices during the Civil War. Although
standard accounts of military and civilian life during the war are generally silent on the subject, this book
brings to life the flourishing, if taboo, culture of sex in the Civil War. Frequently coarse, often hilarious,
The Story the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell is nonetheless a very serious study of our Civil War forbears’
attitudes and behavior on the subject.
Years of Change and Suffering: Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine
Edited by James M. Schmidt and Guy R. Hasegawa
$19.95, Softcover, 182 pages
Years of Change and Suffering is a collection of essays, written by historians and medical professionals,
about various topics of Civil War Medicine. The authors correct many myths and misconceptions about
medicine in the period and detail many little-known, but important medical stories of the Civil War.
Civil War Surgeons, Stewards and Chaplains
Confederate Commando and Fleet Surgeon: Dr. Daniel Burr Conrad
By John Worth Lynn
$29.95, Hardcover, 197 pages
Prior to the Civil War, Dr. Daniel Conrad travelled the world as an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Navy. At
the outbreak of the Civil War, Conrad lent her services to the Confederate Navy, though for much of his
wartime career he was detached to service with armies on land. Notably, Conrad participated in the
1864 attempt to capture the USS Underwriter, and ended his Confederate career as a fleet surgeon at
Mobile Bay aboard the CSS Tennessee. Confederate Commando and Fleet Surgeon is a unique and
valuable biography highlighting the often overlooked subject of Confederate naval medicine.
Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of
Charles Todd Quintard
Edited by Sam Davis Elliott
$39.95, Hardcover, 328 pages
Trained as a physician and ordained an Episcopal priest, Charles Todd Quintard was born, raised, and
educated in the North. He migrated to the South to pursue a medical career but was inspired by the
Bishop of Tennessee to serve the Church. In 1861, Quintard joined the 1st Tennessee Infantry as its
chaplain. He kept a diary if his experiences and later penned a memoir. With thoughtful editing and
annotating, this volume combines a previously unpublished portion of the diary with Quintard's memoir.
These lively war-year remembrances shed new light on the lesser-known western theater's military,
civilian, and religious fronts.
Dr. Henry Janes: Country Doctor & Civil War Surgeon
By Janet L. Bucklew
$20.00, Softcover, 138 pages
This book recounts the service of Dr. Henry Janes as a military surgeon during the Civil War. Janes
served as Regimental Surgeon for the 3rd Vermont Infantry through several campaigns of the Army of
the Potomac. After Gettysburg, he was appointed by Dr. Jonathan Letterman to superintend hospitals
in the vicinity of the battlefield. During his service Dr. Janes was responsible for Camp Letterman
Hospital, worked briefly at a general hospital in Philadelphia, aboard the hospital ship State of Maine,
and finally ended his service as the director of Sloane General Hospital in Vermont. This book is the
remarkable story of a civilian doctor who was thrown into the confusion of military life, and made great
strides in improving the organization of the Army’s medical department and the care it provided to sick
and wounded soldiers.
Embalming Surgeons of the Civil War
James W. Lowry
$9.98, Softcover, 26 pages
This booklet is a look at the emerging practice of embalming during the Civil War. It is estimated that
from ten to forty thousand soldiers were embalmed during the Civil War and taken home for burial.
Nothing advanced mortuary science in such a short period of time as did the Civil War; it brought
improvements in embalming, caskets, grave vaults, customs, and products.
Field Surgeon at Gettysburg: A Memorial Account of the Medical Unit of the 32nd Massachusetts
Regiment (fiction)
By Clyde B. Kernek, M.D.
$11.98, Hardcover, 120 pages
Field Surgeon at Gettysburg is a fictional, but historically accurate memoir-style account of medical
operations at the Battle of Gettysburg. The book is written from the perspective of Dr. Zabdiel Boylston,
a real surgeon in the 32nd Massachusetts Regiment. The account is compelling and detailed, both in the
technical operations and medical activities in a larger scale.
He Said: Diary of a Civil War Hospital Steward
By Albert Darius Ballou
$19.95, Softcover, 206 pages
He Said….. is the auto-biography of Albert Darius Ballou who was a hospital steward for Wisconsin’s 10th
Reg’t of Volunteers during the Civil War. Ballou had no previous medical training when he joined the
army; he started out as a private and then was promoted to hospital steward. Occasionally he was
directed to be Acting Assistant Surgeon during battle. This book is comprised of his diary writings which
contain commentary about battles and life during the winter.
I Acted from Principle: The Civil War Diary of Dr. William M. McPheeters, Confederate Surgeon
Edited by Cynthia DeHaven Pitcock and Bill J. Gurley
$22.50, Softcover, 423 pages
Before the Civil War, Dr. William McPheeters was a distinguished physician in St. Louis, MO, conducting
unprecedented public-health research, forging new medical standards, and organizing the state's first
professional associations. In 1862 McPheeters fled to Confederate territory. He served as a surgeon
under Gen. Sterling Price and his Missouri forces west of the Mississippi River, treating soldiers'
diseases, malnutrition, and terrible battle wounds. It is the first known daily account by a Confederate
medical officer in the Trans-Mississippi Department. It also tells his wife's story, which included
harassment by Federal military officials, imprisonment in St. Louis, and banishment from Missouri with
the couple's two small children. The journal appears here in its complete and original form, with the
addition of the editors' full annotation and vivid introductions to each section.
Letters of a Civil War Surgeon
By Major William Watson; Edited by Paul Fatout
$18.49, Softcover, 176 pages
From September 1862 until May 1865, Major William Watson served as surgeon with the 105th
Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Over the course of three years at war, he wrote 91 letters to his
family, in which he describes his own war against death and disease. Watson gives a variety of
impressions of camp life, marches, and battles. In spite of his often acute criticisms of the Union’s
military leadership Watson never faltered in his belief in the Union cause and the ultimate outcome of
the war or in his dedication to Lincoln’s major goals. Letters of a Civil War Surgeon provides a keen
insight into the tasks and trials of a field surgeon on campaign with the Army of the Potomac.
Medical Doctors of Maryland in the C.S.A.
By Daniel D. Hartzler
$26.00, Softcover, 98 pages
This work records the careers of 208 Maryland physicians who joined the Confederacy. Three served as
surgeon-general for various Southern states and sixty-five attained the rank of surgeon. Few of these
men had previous military experience and many were wounded or killed in action while performing their
duties on the battlefield. This book also presents a picture of the Southern sentiment in Maryland,
along with medical practices of the time. Numerous illustrations and a full name index enhance the
text.
Medical Recollections of the Army of the Potomac
By Dr. Jonathan Letterman
$14.95, Softcover, 202 pages
Medical Recollections is the memoir of one of American medicine’s most important figures, Dr. Jonathan
Letterman, the father of battlefield medicine. Letterman served as Medical Director of the Army of the
Potomac from July 1862 to January 1864. During that time he reinvented medical operations in the field
and created a revolutionary system for evacuating and treating wounded soldiers quickly and
effectively. The Letterman Plan would become Federal Law by the end of the Civil War and today
remains the basis for much of battlefield, emergency, and disaster medicine around the world. Written
immediately after the war, the memoirs detail Letterman’s experiences as Medical Director and the
process by which he came to revolutionize emergency medicine.
Memoranda During the War: Civil War Journals, 1863-1865
By Walt Whitman
$9.95, Softcover, 112 pages
While searching for his wounded brother during the Civil War, Walt Whitman found his vocation as a
volunteer nurse in the military hospitals of Washington, DC. Whitman recorded the sights and sounds
he encountered: soldiers' anecdotes of recent battles and army life, their last words and final messages,
and Whitman's own reflections on the conflict's day-to-day and historical significance. His evocative,
poetic reflections offer a unique portrait of a life amid civil war.
One Surgeon’s Private War: Doctor William W. Porter of the 57th New York
Edited by John Michael Priest
$19.95, Hardcover, 158 pages
In One Surgeon’s Private War Dr. William Potter documented the history of his home unit, the 49th NY,
from its creation in August 1861 through Fredericksburg, when he transferred to the 57th NY. Potter
gives an intimate view of the war from a surgeon’s perspective, following the campaigns of the Army of
the Potomac from beginning to end. One Surgeon’s Private War is a realistic and representative account
of medical service in the Union Army.
Remember Me: Civil War Letters Home from a Hospital Steward 1862-1864
By Daniel McKinley Martin; Edited by Alan I. West
$29.95, Softcover, 342 pages
Daniel Martin was working as a druggist's clerk in Pittsburgh at the outbreak of the Civil War, and in the
spring of 1862 he traveled to Wheeling to join the Union Army. Leaving behind his young family, Daniel
spent much of the war engaged in actions throughout West Virginia. Two hundred, thirty of his letters,
his 1863 diary and a number of his possessions have survived. Daniel’s voice provides original and
important material on nineteenth century diseases, injuries and death, medicine, and the fight to
control the rugged and independently-minded western Virginia. There have been numerous collections
of letters published about the Civil War, but few from hospital stewards. Accompanied by wellresearched descriptions of diseases, medical theories, the roles of hospital stewards, and the political
and social venue of southwestern Pennsylvania, Remember Me provides Daniel’s letters the context
within which they were written.
Send for the Doctor: The Life and Times of Dr. Edward E. Stonestreet: 19th Century Physician & Civil
War Surgeon: Montgomery County, MD
By Clarence R. Hickey
$18.00, Softcover, 134 pages
Dr. Edward Stonestreet had a distinguished career as a community physician, operating a successful
practice in Rockville, Maryland for over fifty years in the late 19th century. During the Civil War, he
served two terms as a contract surgeon for the Union Army. After the war, Dr. Stonestreet helped to
found the Montgomery County Medical Society and was the county’s first Public Health Officer. From
1852 to 1903, his career bore witness to incredible advancements in science and medicine. Through
documents, photographs, and other primary sources, Send for the Doctor examines the life and career of
a dedicated caregiver and community leader.
Stirring Times: The Lives of New jersey’s First Civil War Surgeons
By Valerie M. Josephson
$20.00, Softcover, 263 pages
When President Abraham Lincoln called for seventy-five thousand militia volunteers, eight New Jersey
physicians and one pharmacist immediately stepped forward. Stirring Times profiles the fascinating lives
and stories of these nine New Jersey medical men who volunteered for duty in the aftermath of the
surrender of Fort Sumter and “medical debacle” at Bull Run (Manassas, Virginia) where the shortcomings of the Union Army Medical Department were exposed.
Surgeon in Blue: Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War Doctor Who Pioneered Battlefield Care
By Scott McGaugh
$25.95, Hardcover, 342 pages
Surgeon in Blue is the first full-length biography of surgeon Jonathan Letterman. As Medical Director of
the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War, Letterman’s innovations in battlefield
evacuation and treatment of the wounded redefined military medicine. Every time 911 is called for a
trauma incident, a patient arrives at an emergency room, a medic treats a wounded warrior, or medical
supplies are delivered to a disaster zone the legacy of Letterman’s ideas are put to use.
The Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell: A Chaplain's Story
Edited by Peter Messent and Steve Courtney
$36.98, Hardcover, 352 pages
In 1861 young Joseph Twichell cut short his seminary studies to become a Union Army chaplain in New
York's Excelsior Brigade. A middle-class New England Protestant, Twichell served for three years in a
regiment manned mostly by poor Irish American Catholics. This selection of Twichell's letters to his
Connecticut family will rank him alongside the Civil War's most literate and insightful firsthand
chroniclers of life on the road, in battle, and in camp. As a noncombatant, he at once observed and
participated in the most momentous events of the Eastern Theater. Twichell writes about politics and
slavery and the theological and cultural divide between him and his men. Most movingly, he tells of
tending the helpless, burying the dead, and counseling the despondent. Twichell’s is a fresh voice from
an underrepresented class of soldier, the army chaplain.
The Wounded River: The Civil War Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, M.D.
Edited by Peter Josyph
$37.98, Hardcover, 241 pages
The Wounded River documents the experiences of Dr. John Lauderdale as a surgeon aboard the U.S.
Army hospital ship D. A. January during the Civil War. A New York civilian contract surgeon, Lauderdale
operated on hundreds of Confederate and Union wounded throughout the war. The young doctor's
clear writing style and great compassion for his patients on both sides give great insight in the impacts of
modern warfare upon humanity. Lauderdale explains his motives for volunteering, as well as his
impressions of the D. A. January, Confederate morale, the Abolitionist cause, and black slavery.
Whitman and the Romance of Medicine
By Robert Leigh Davis
$42.98, Hardcover, 205 pages
Whitman and the Romance of Medicine is a compelling, examination of one of America's great cultural
and literary figures, detailing the literary and social significance of Walt Whitman's career as a nurse
during the American Civil War. The book examines how the concept of "convalescence" in nineteenthcentury medicine and philosophy, along with Whitman's personal war experiences, provide a crucial
point of convergence for Whitman's work as a gay and democratic writer. Analyzing Whitman's writings
during this period, along with journalistic works and correspondence, the author argues that Whitman's
hospital writings are his most persuasive account of the democratic experience. Deeply moved by the
courage and dignity of common soldiers, Whitman came to identify the Civil War hospitals with the very
essence of American democratic life, and his writing during this period includes some of his most urgent
reflections on suffering, sympathy, violence, and love.
Women in the Civil War
A Black Woman’s Civil War Memoirs
By Susie King Taylor; Edited by Patricia W. Romero and Willie Lee Rose
$12.95, Softcover, 160 pages
A Black Woman’s Civil War Memoirs was written by former slave Susie Taylor and first published in
1902. It recounts her experiences as teenage girl during the Civil War, gaining her freedom, travelling
with the Union Army, and working in the camps of the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops. This book is a rare
woman’s perspective on military life, and an even rarer insight into the culture of “contrabands” and the
USCT during the Civil War.
An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman,
153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-1864
Edited by Lauren Cook Burgess
$14.95, Softcover, 128 pages
Written shortly after she left home in 1862, Rosetta Wakeman’s letters provide a rare glimpse of what
life was like for a woman fighting as a common soldier in the Civil War under the guise of a man. The
letters (the only such correspondence known to exist) tell of army life in the defenses of Washington,
D.C. and on the march and in battle during the 1864 Louisiana Red River Campaign. In them, Wakeman
expresses her determination to perform honorably the duty required of a soldier, and her pride in being
able to “drill just as well as any man” in her regiment. Although Wakeman did not survive the war, her
letters remain as a firsthand look at the personality and character of a woman who defied convention to
take a man’s place in the Union Army.
A Southern Woman’s Story
By Phoebe Yates Pember; Edited by George C. Rable
$17.98, Softcover, 112 pages
First published in 1879, A Southern Woman’s Story chronicles Phoebe Pember's experiences as matron
of the Confederate Chimborazo Hospital from November 1862 until the fall of Richmond in April 1865.
No dilettante's romance or saccharine Lost Cause tale, it is a remarkably frank treatment of Confederate
social and medical history. Long an important source in Confederate history, it is also a valuable book
for students and scholars of women's history and the social history of the Civil War.
A Vast Army of Women: Maine’s Uncounted Forces in the American Civil War
By Lynda L. Sudlow
$24.95, Hardcover, 272 pages
A Vast Army of Women is a detailed and revealing exploration of the role played by women of Maine
and their organizations in the Civil War. Sudlow spent most of a decade gathering the names of Maine
woman involved in the war. The book includes over seventy biographical sketches. The description of
women-run organizations for relief is a revealing model for how women from all Northern states
endeavored to support the war effort.
A Woman Doctor’s Civil War: Esther Hill Hawks’ Diary
Edited by Gerald Schwartz
$21.98, Softcover, 289 pages
A Woman Doctor’s Civil War is the diary of Esther Hill Hawks , who went south during the Civil War to
minister to black Union troops and newly freed slaves as both a teacher and a doctor. She kept a diary
and described the South she saw - conquered but still proud. Unlike more romantic portraits of the Civil
War South, Hawks’ subjects are liberated slaves and hungry children, swaggering carpetbaggers,
occupation troops far from home, and zealous missionaries. Remarkably frank, Esther Hill Hawks’ story
is an insightful portrait of the Civil War South.
A Woman of Honor: Dr. Mary E. Walker and the Civil War
By Mercedes Graf
$9.95, Softcover, 112 pages
Woman of Honor is the story of Dr. Mary Walker, the only female doctor to receive a commission as
a surgeon in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a woman, Walker struggled to be
accepted and compensated in the same manner as her male counterparts. Throughout the war she
served steadfastly and was captured and held for a time as a prisoner of war. After the war, Walker was
active in many benevolent and progressive causes; she gave lectures, attended suffragette meetings,
and wrote articles on health and dress reform. She believed that “Congress should assign women to
duty in the Army with compensation, as well as colored men”, averring that “patriotism has no sex.”
A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War
By Stephen B. Oates
$23.95, Softcover, 527 pages
When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton was determined to serve, becoming a soldier, a nurse, and a
one-woman relief agency operating in the heart of the conflict. With no institutional affiliation or
official government appointment, but impelled by a sense of duty, she made her way to the front lines
and the heat of battle. Committed to healing soldiers' spirits as well as their bodies, she served not only
as nurse and relief worker, but as surrogate mother, sister, wife, or sweetheart to thousands of sick,
wounded, and dying men. Although Barton went on to become the founder and first president of the
American Red Cross, the accomplishment for which she is best known, A Woman of Valor argues that
her experience in the Civil War was her most extraordinary achievement.
Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero
By Kate Clifford Larson
$14.95, Softcover, 402 pages
Harriet Tubman is one of the most well-known figures in the history of the American anti-slavery
movement. Born a slave, she embarked on a perilous journey of self-liberation, and then, having won
her own freedom, returned again and again to liberate family and friends, tapping into the Underground
Railroad. Yet despite her success, her celebrity, her close ties with Northern politicians and abolitionists,
Tubman suffered crushing physical pain and emotional setbacks. Bound for the Promised Land draws
from a trove of documents and sources, as well extensive genealogical research, to strip away myths
and misconceptions and reveal a new understanding of Tubman’s life as an abolitionist, Civil War spy,
and civil rights activist.
Busy Hands: Images of the Family in the Northern Civil War Effort
By Patricia L. Richard
$29.98, Hardcover, 335 pages
Busy Hands focuses on middle-class women's contributions to the Northern Civil War effort. It shows
how women utilized their power as moral agents to shape the way men survived the ravages of war.
Busy Hands investigates the ways in which white and African American women used images of family
and domestic life in their relief efforts to counter the effects of prostitution, gambling, profanity, and
drinking, threatening men's postwar civilian fitness. Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs of Civil
War nurses, sanitary workers, soldiers, and the soldiers' aid societies, Richard develops a new
perspective on domestic influence on the war, as women sought to save soldiers from the dangers of
the military world.
Charity Afire: Civil War Trilogy (Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
By Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.
$27.00, Softcover, 3 volumes, 38 pages (MD), 44 pages (PA), 37 pages (VA)
Charity Afire is the story of the Daughters of Charity, an organization of American Catholic Sisters, and
their active role in humanitarian efforts during the Civil War. By 1861 the Daughters of Charity already
had more than thirty years of experience in American healthcare, having served in three public and
twelve Catholic hospitals. The Sisters served at more than sixty sites in fifteen states during the Civil
War and rendered nursing care and spiritual assistance to victims from both the Union and Confederate
Armies. Charity Afire focuses on the role played by these sisters in the Eastern Theater of the War in
three volumes, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Civil War Women: They Made a Difference: Vol. I
By Cynthia Vogel
$24.95, Softcover, 150 pages
Civil War Women focuses on the critical social turning point for American women in the Civil War. The
book features 78 women who played an important role in the events of the Civil War, from abolitionism
and the Underground Railroad, to medical pioneers and social reformers, to battlefield heroines. At no
other time in American history were women’s lives so dramatically changes as during the Civil War.
Women became more independent, self-sufficient, and confident in their abilities and their role in
American society.
Civil War Women: They Made a Difference: Vol. II
By Cynthia Vogel
$27.95, Softcover, 150 pages
This second volume of Civil War Women continues the theme of highlighting women of diverse
backgrounds who made a significant impact in society during the American Civil War. The second
volume features an additional 72 women whose stories are significant in the evolution of American
society during the 1860s.
Confederate Women
Edited by Mauriel Phillips Joslyn
$16.49, Softcover, 176 pages
Confederate Women in an anthology of ten historical and biographical essays focuses on women's roles
in the Confederacy during the Civil War. Using archival research and, often, excerpts from real women's
own letters and diaries, these essays reveal true stories of heroism. Each chapter focuses on a different
woman and the part she played in the conflict, from Charlotte S. Branch, whose three sons went off to
fight; to Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who was a soldier herself; to Ella K. Newsom Trader, who served as a
nurse.
Dearest of Captains: A Biography of Sally Louisa Tompkins
By Keppel Hagerman
$5.00, Softcover, 85 pages
Sally Louisa Tompkins was the only woman to be openly commissioned an officer in either army during
the Civil War. Following the First Battle of Manassas, she established Robertson Hospital in Richmond,
Virginia for wounded Confederate soldiers. Written as a narrative poem, Dearest of Captains traces the
life of Tompkins in three parts. Often called the “Florence Nightingale of the Confederacy,” Sally
Tompkins is a significant heroine of American military medicine.
Dear Masters: Extracts from Accounts by Sister Nurses
By Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.
$25.00, Softcover, 187 pages
Dear Masters highlights the story of the Daughters of Charity, an organization of American Catholic
Sisters, based in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and their active role in humanitarian efforts during the Civil
War. By 1861 the Daughters of Charity already had more than thirty years of experience in American
healthcare, having served in three public and twelve Catholic hospitals. The Sisters served at more than
sixty sites in fifteen states during the Civil War and rendered nursing care and spiritual assistance to
victims from both the Union and Confederate Armies.
Enlightened Charity: The Holistic Nursing Care, Education, and Advices Concerning the Sick of Sister
Matilda Coskery, 1799-1870
By Martha M. Libster, PhD, RN and Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.
$29.95, Softcover, 528 pages
Enlightened Charity documents the pioneering work of American Sisters of Charity nurses in the 19th
century who sustained a centuries-old holistic healing tradition of their French predecessors in caring for
the poor, sick, and mentally ill. It provides an intimate portrait of one Sister in particular, Sister-Nurse
Matilda Coskery, who during her 39-year nursing career from 1831 until 1870, partnered with medical
consultants to create hospitals, clinical training programs for medical students, treatment programs, and
standards of nursing care which earned her the distinction by physicians, nurses, and the public as an
"oracle" in nursing care, particularly of the mentally ill. Sister Matilda documented her expertise in a
textbook titled "Advices Concerning the Sick." The book pre-dated Notes On Nursing by Florence
Nightingale, and is published here in its entirety for the first time. Enlightened Charity repeals the myths
about early nurses and documents why Sister Matilda and the Sisters of Charity were models for
professional nursing in the nineteenth century.
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People
By Sarah Bradford
$12.95, Softcover, 156 pages
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People was originally published in 1886. It is the biography of a
former slave who returned to become active on the Underground Railroad, more successful than any
other person of her time in liberating African-Americans from slavery. The book was based on a
collection of essays, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, compiled by Sarah Bradford and published in
1869. Profits from both books went to Tubman, who, in turn, housed and cared for indigents until her
death in 1913.
Hospital Sketches - Louisa May Alcott
By Louisa May Alcott
$4.95, Softcover, 80 pages
Before Little Women brought her wider fame, Alcott achieved recognition for her accounts of her work
as a volunteer nurse in an army hospital. Written during the winter of 1862-63, her lively dispatches
revealed the desperate realities of battlefield medicine as well as the tentative first steps of women in
military service.
Letters of a Civil War Nurse – Cornelia Hancock 1863 - 1865
Edited by Henrietta Stratton Jaquette
$13.95, Softcover, 172 pages
Letters of a Civil War Nurse offers readers a historically accurate picture of the conditions faced by
nurses in the hospitals, in contraband camps, and on the battlefield. Called the “Florence Nightingale of
America,” Hancock, a young Quaker nurse, worked tirelessly to relieve the suffering of wounded and
diseased soldiers and black refugees. Her letters are clear and colorful, witty, unsentimental, and full of
indignation, which combine to provide a valuable account of the Civil War.
Ministering Angel: The Reminiscences of Harriet A. Dada, a Union Army Nurse in the Civil War
By Edmund J, Raus, Jr.
$7.95, Softcover, 64 pages
This booklet tells the story of Harriet Dada, one of the estimated 3,200 Union Army nurses who served
during the Civil War. She was one of the few nurses who wrote down her experiences. Although she did
not keep a journal, she used her saved letters to write short biographical sketches for the book
Woman’s Work in the Civil War, published in 1867. In 1884 she wrote a ten-part series of articles,
published in the National Tribune newspaper under the heading “Ministering Angels”, which is the basis
of this booklet.
My Name is Mary Sutter: A Novel (fiction)
By Robin Oliveira
$15.00, Softcover, 384 pages
This novel follows the fictional Mary Sutter, a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who
dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine,
and eager to run away from her recent heartbreak, Mary leaves home and travels to Washington, D.C.
to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Under the guidance of William Stipp and James Blevens two surgeons who fall unwittingly in love with Mary's courage, will, and stubbornness in the face of
suffering - and resisting her mother's pleas to return home to help with the birth of her twin sister's
baby, Mary pursues her medical career in the desperately overwhelmed hospitals of the capital.
Not Frail Flowers: Six Civil War Nurses who Made a Difference
By Linda Estupinan Snook, M.Ed.
$23.00, Softcover, 120 pages
Not Frail Flowers examines six Civil War nurses who made a significant difference not only to the
wounded and dying soldiers they cared for, but also in the overall service they provided to their country
and the nursing profession in general. Each woman is considered a great trailblazer, opening up many
opportunities in the medical field for women in generations to follow.
Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War
By Mary Gardner Holland
$19.95, Softcover, 266 pages
During the Civil War more than five thousand women served the Union cause as nurses. In 1895, Mary
Gardner Holland collected the stories of one hundred veterans, and they are reprinted here for the first
time. Poignant pictures of war’s hardships and horrors personalize the Civil War from the perspective of
the women veterans and the well-written accounts provide much valuable information.
Pearls of Blue and Gray: Women of the Civil War
By Kimberly J. Largent
$19.95, Softcover, 198 pages
Pearls of Blue and Gray chronicles the lives of many women on both sides of the Civil War, giving the
reader an understanding of who they were, exactly what they did, and why they did it. Biographical
portraits range from medical innovators like Clara Barton and Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, to women
soldiers like Jennie Hodgers, to social figures like Harriet Beecher Stowe and Varina Davis. This is a
perfect book for someone looking to know more about the often under-appreciated but critical role
played by women during the Civil War.
Short Stories - Louisa May Alcott
By Louisa May Alcott
$2.00, Softcover, 64 pages
This collection of five poignant short stories contains two pieces from Hospital Sketches, “Obtaining
Supplies” and “A Night.” Also included are “My Contraband,” a gripping tale of vengeance involving a
Civil War nurse, her Confederate patient and his former slave; “Happy Women,” a fictionalized essay
about four “spinsters”; and “How I Went Out to Service,” an autobiographical sketch of a young
woman’s undaunted pursuit of financial independence.
The Civil War Diary of Martha Abernathy: Wife of Dr. C. C. Abernathy of Pulaski, Tennessee
Edited by Elizabeth Paisley Dargan
$22.50, Softcover, 142 pages
Martha Abernathy, wife of Confederate Surgeon C. C. Abernathy, faithfully kept a detailed diary
throughout the Civil War. She recorded such topics as her husband’s military career, their written
correspondence, life in enemy-occupied Pulaski, Tennessee, and her own struggles with religious faith.
Included in the appendix are records of Dr. Abernathy’s service. As a whole, the book gives a vivid
history of a surgeon and his family in the Civil War.
The Journal of Women’s Civil War History: From Home Front to the Front Lines
Edited by Eileen Conklin
$14.98, Softcover, 192 pages
From Home Front to the Front Lines is a collection of academic essays on the subject of women in the
Civil War, including both overviews and individual biographies. The contributors highlight women on
both sides of the conflict, figures who are our foremothers and mentors who exemplify that which
comes to the forefront when a way of life is threaten and a people are in danger.
The Mysterious Private Thompson: The Double Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War Soldier
By Laura Leedy Gansler
$19.95, Softcover, 272 pages
The Mysterious Private Thompson tells the remarkable story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who disguised
herself as a man and fought for her country at a time of war. Drawing on Edmonds's journals and those
of the men she served with, this volume recreates Edmonds’s experience in some of the bloodiest
battles of the Civil War, including the First and the Second Battles of Bull Run, the Peninsula Campaign,
and the Battle of Fredericksburg, during which she served with distinction. After contracting malaria,
rather than risk detection by a military doctor, “Franklin Thompson” disappeared and was marked as a
deserter. Twenty years later, having resumed her female identity, Edmonds emerged from obscurity to
fight for her pension and reunite with her former comrades, who had not known their brother-in-arms
was a woman.
They Fought like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War
By Deanne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook
$16.95, Softcover, 304 pages
They Fought like Demons is a lively and authoritative book that opens a hitherto neglected chapter of
Civil War history, telling the stories of hundreds of women who adopted male disguise and fought as
soldiers. It explores their reasons for enlisting; their experiences in combat, and the way they were seen
by their fellow soldiers and the American public. Impeccably researched and narrated with verve and
wit, They Fought like Demons is a major addition to our understanding of the Civil War era.
This Birth Place of Souls: The Civil War Nursing Diary of Harriet Eaton
Edited by Jane E. Schultz
$74.00, Hardcover, 352 pages
After the battle of Antietam, Harriet Eaton traveled to Virginia from her home in Portland, Maine, to
care for soldiers in the Army of the Potomac. As nurse and provisionary, Eaton tended wounded men
and those with smallpox and diphtheria during two tours of duty. Published here for the first time, the
uncensored diary is a rarity among medical accounts of the war, showing Eaton to be an astute observer
of human nature and not as straight-laced as we might have thought. This edition includes an extensive
introduction by the editor, transcriptions of relevant letters and newspaper articles, and a
comprehensive biographical dictionary of the people mentioned in the diary.
To Bind Up the Wounds: Catholic Sister Nurses in the U.S. Civil War
By Sister Mary Denis Maher
$18.95, Softcover, 200 pages,
To Bind Up the Wounds focuses on the nearly 600 sisters from 12 different Catholic orders who nursed
wounded and sick Union and Confederate soldiers between 1860 and 1865. Drawing on archival
sources and personal papers, it gives a detailed account of their experiences: how they were called into
service, where they served, what duties they performed, how they looked on their mission, and how
they were viewed by those who worked with them. While other women were prohibited by custom
from nursing outside the home, Catholic sisters had established the practice of caring for the sick in the
community and providing nursing care during epidemics and other public crises; their assistance was
sought by Union and Confederate authorities. The book examines the impact of their work in both
modifying negative pre-Civil War attitudes towards Catholics and sisters and in paving the way for the
development of a nursing profession outside the Catholic orders.
Women at Gettysburg 1863 Revisited
By Eileen F. Conklin
$29.95, Softcover, 478 pages
This book tells the story of 40 women who served on the field of Gettysburg both during and after the
battle. These army matrons, Christian and Sanitary Commission workers, State agents, laundresses,
nurses, vivandieres, soldiers, and civilians represented states from Maine to Louisiana. Included are the
three female recipients of the Kearny Cross.
Women on the Civil War Battlefront
By Richard H. Hall
$40.98, Hardcover, 397 pages
During the Civil War women did more than keep the home fires burning. Women on the Civil War
Battlefront is an accurate and up-to-date survey available of women who were determined to serve
their nation in that time of crisis. Drawing on a wealth of regimental histories, newspaper archives, and
a host of previously unreported accounts, this book shows that women served in more capacities and in
greater number-perhaps several thousand-than has previously been known. They served in the infantry,
cavalry, and artillery and as spies, scouts, saboteurs, smugglers, and frontline nurses. From all walks of
life, they followed husbands and lovers into battle, often in male disguise that remained undiscovered
until they were wounded (or gave birth), and endured the same hardships and dangers as did their male
counterparts. It authenticates many previously undocumented reports while debunking myths and
exposing previously published errors about the subject. The book also includes a biographical directory
of nearly 400 women participants and dozens of Civil War documents attesting to women's role in the
war.
African Americans in the Civil War
African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album
By Ronald S. Coddington
$29.95, Hardcover, 338 pages
African American Faces of the Civil War presents a look into the fascinating lives of African Americans,
particularly black men, and draws conclusions about the meaning of race and citizenship in midnineteenth century America. The cartes de visite portraits of African American men, who served as
soldiers or who acted as servants to the officers in the Union and Confederate armies or rendered their
services outside of the army is complimented by well-researched biographical profiles that tell their
stories.
After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans
By Donald R. Shaffer
$40.98, Hardcover, 281 pages
The heroics of black Union soldiers in the Civil War have been justly celebrated, but their postwar lives
largely neglected. After the Glory illuminates an obscure part of African American history, revealing
black veterans' valiant but often frustrating efforts to secure true autonomy and equality as civilians.
The book chronicles the postwar transition of black veterans from the Union army, as well as their
subsequent life patterns, political involvement, family and marital life, experiences with social welfare,
comradeship with other veterans, and memories of the war itself. Like other African Americans, black
veterans fought fiercely against disenfranchisement and Jim Crow, but were better equipped to do so
than most other African Americans. They carried a sense of pride instilled by their military service that
made them better prepared to confront racism and discrimination and more respected in their own
communities. They also had nearly equal access to military pensions, financial resources available to few
other blacks, and even found acceptance among white Union veterans in the Grand Army of the
Republic fraternity.
African American Soldier in the Civil War: USCT 1862-66
By Mark Lardas; Illustrated by Peter Dennis
$18.95, Softcover, 64 pages
Approximately 200,000 African Americans fought for the Union during the Civil War. Initially, many
white soldiers doubted their bravery and skill; they were soon proved wrong. Through fascinating firsthand accounts, this title examines the journey of the African American from slave to soldier to free man,
ultimately providing a fascinating insight into the impact that these brave men had on the war and how
it influenced their lives thereafter. The pages of this volume are filled with many original images and
modern, colorful illustrations of the USCT.
Black Confederates
Edited by Charles Kelly Barrow, J. H. Segars, and R. B. Rosenburg
$19.98, Softcover, 208 pages
Neither Confederate history nor black studies can afford to ignore the efforts of black Americans who
gave their active, or even active support to the Confederacy, This seemingly contradictory behavior
reveals and underscores the terrible complexity of the War Between the States. This volume contains
correspondence, military records, narrative reminiscences, newspaper accounts, and more from these
brave men who served what they considered their country.
Black Southerners in Confederate Armies: A Collection of Historical Accounts
Edited by Charles Kelly Barrow and J. H. Segars
$20.98, Softcover, 240 pages
Historians remain in disagreement over the number of Black Southerners who served the Confederacy
and the significance of their military contributions. Nevertheless, official records, newspaper articles,
veterans’ accounts, and other surviving reliable documents suggest that large numbers of slaves and
freed men served as southern allies - and, in some instances, as soldiers and sailor. for the Confederacy.
For modern readers, this seems like a paradox that contradicts what we understand about the Civil War
and the South.
Freedom’s Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War
Edited by Donald Yacovone
$21.95, Softcover, 570 pages
Freedom’s Journey gathers together the stirring testimonies of African Americans who experienced the
Civil War, including slaves who endured their last years of servitude, soldiers who fought for the
freedom of their brethren and for equal rights, and reporters who covered the defeat of their
oppressors. These voices include abolitionist Frederick Douglass on the meaning of the war; Martin R.
Delany on his meeting with Lincoln to gain permission to raise an army of African Americans; Susie King
Taylor on her life as laundress and nurse to a Union regiment in the deep South; Elizabeth Keckley, Mary
Todd Lincoln's seamstress, on Abraham Lincoln's journey to Richmond after its fall; Elijah P. Marrs on
rising from slave to Union sergeant while fighting for his freedom in Kentucky; letters from black soldiers
to black newspapers; and much more. Each testimony is presented unabridged, and supplemented with
introductions and notes that provide rich context.
What this Cruel War is Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War
By Chandra Manning
$26.95, Hardcover, 368 pages
What this Cruel War is Over is a vivid account of why Union and Confederate soldiers identified slavery
as the root of the war, how the conflict changed troops’ ideas about slavery, and what those changing
ideas meant for the war and the nation. Using letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers, the book
follows soldiers into camps and hospitals and on marches and battlefields to better understand their
thoughts about what they were doing and why. This is a spectacularly nuanced and intricate study of a
complex and fundamental issue of the war. Its perspectives are fair, balanced, and thorough, often
reaching surprising or uncomfortable conclusions.
Civil War Hospitals
A Prototype of a Confederate Hospital Center in Lynchburg, Virginia
By Peter W. Houck
$16.98, Softcover, 228 pages
During the Civil War there were some forty Southern towns distant from the Confederate capital where
military hospitals opened to treat sick and wounded soldiers. These were places of medical innovation,
pathos, tenderness, romances, and many unsung men and women. One of these hospital-towns, the city
of Lynchburg, Virginia, stands out as a prototype of the Confederate medical center. This colorful book is
rich with images, original texts, and primary sources from medical operations in wartime Lynchburg.
A Sanctuary for the Wounded: The Civil War Hospital at Christ Lutheran Church, Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania
Edited by Hilda C. Koontz
$16.95, Softcover, 92 pages
When the Battle of Gettysburg raged in July of 1863, seemingly every building in the region was turned
into a hospital. One of those hospitals was housed in Christ Lutheran Church, just west of the town
square on Chambersburg Street in Gettysburg. Townspeople, volunteers from afar, physicians,
clergy, men and women, young and old, all worked valiantly to bring healing and peace from the midst
of chaos. A Sanctuary for the Wounded is a brief collection of essays telling the story of the church
during and after the battle when it served as a hospital for wounded men of both sides.
A Vast Sea of Misery: A History and Guide to the Union and Confederate Field Hospitals at Gettysburg,
July 1 - November 20, 1863
By Gregory A. Coco
$24.95, Softcover, 224 pages
A Vast Sea of Misery is a detailed survey of 160 hospitals that cropped up around the town of
Gettysburg following the battle. When the armies cleared out, they left behind nearly 21,000 wounded
men in tiny hamlet of 2,400 civilians. The suffering lay in churches, public buildings, private homes,
farmhouses, barns, outbuildings, and any conceivable shelter; they were tended by a host of surgeons,
nurses, and benevolent citizens who travelled to Gettysburg. Wounded soldier would remain in the
town for over four months, placing a great burden on the community and compounding the devastation
wrought by three days of combat.
Confederate Hospitals on the Move: Samuel H. Stout and the Army of Tennessee
By Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein
$16.98, Softcover, 236 pages
Confederate Hospitals on the Move tells the story of one innovative Confederate doctor and his
successful administration of more than sixty mobile military hospitals that served behind the
transient battle lines of the western theater. Drawing on an impressive collection of hospital
records saved during his tenure as medical director of hospitals for the Army of Tennessee, the
book describes how Stout established and oversaw some the most adaptable, efficient, and welladministered hospitals in the Confederacy.
Dim and Flaring Lamps: Antietam Hospitals
By John Schildt
$12.00, Softcover, 68 pages
Dim and Flaring Lamps is a study some of the dozens of hospitals which were established on the
Antietam Battlefield in the wake of the bloodiest day in American history. The book offers a small
glimpse into the appearance, location, and activities of the hospitals and doctors tasked with treating
the many thousands of wounded soldiers in both armies.
Hospital Days, Reminiscence of a Civil War Nurse
By Jane Stuart Woolsey
$14.95, Softcover, 137 pages
In 1868, Jane Woolsey wrote the story of her service as Superintendent of Nurses at the Fairfax
Seminary Hospital during the Civil War. In this compelling memoir, she gives insights into the role of
women during the nation’s greatest conflict and the beginning of the nursing profession.
Richmond’s Wartime Hospitals
By Rebecca Barbour Calcutt
$24.95, Hardcover, 244 pages
While medical science made several advances during the Civil War, the doctors and hospitals on the
Southern states faced overwhelming casualties with few supplies and inadequate personnel. Citing more
than fifty facilities in Virginia’s capital, Richmond’s Wartime Hospitals illustrates how exhausted
resources rapidly defeated Southern doctors’ heroic efforts. This thoroughly researched study includes
staff records and other rare archival material that survived the destruction of the fall of Richmond in
1865.
Two Confederate Hospitals and their Patients: Atlanta to Opelika
By Jack D. Welsh
$39.98, Hardcover, 183 pages; Includes a CD-ROM
Two Confederate Hospitals is a detailed study of a pair of hospitals operating throughout the Deep South
from 1862 to 1865. The work draws from an impressive collection of primary sources, uncommon in
surviving Confederate medical records, show the effects of limited resources and personnel, forced
relocation, and a crumbling Southern infrastructure on the operation Confederate military hospitals.
Two Confederate Hospitals is a fascinating and well-researched book filled with original texts and
statistics throughout. Included in this book is a CD-ROM of the complete patient listings of more than
18,000 patients.
Civil War Prison Camps
Andersonville: The Last Depot
By William Marvel
$39.98, Hardcover, 350 pages
Between February 1864 and April 1865, 41,000 Union prisoners of war were taken to the stockade at
Anderson Station, Georgia, where nearly one-third died. Most contemporary accounts placed the blame
for the tragedy squarely on the shoulders of the Confederates who administered the prison or on a
conspiracy of higher-ranking officers. This revisionist account provides a comprehensive history of
Andersonville Prison and the conditions within. Based on diverse and reliable primary sources, the
analysis exonerates Confederate officials from charges of deliberate extermination.
Elmira: Death Camp of the North
By Michael Horigan
$19.95, Softcover, 256 pages
The Civil War prison camp at Elmira, New York, opened on July 6, 1864, and closed the following July.
During that single year, almost 3,000 Confederate prisoners died. The prison's death rate of nearly 25
percent was the highest of any camp in the North, compared to an average death rate of just over 11
percent in all Northern camps and about 15 percent in the South. Drawing on ten years of research, this
book traces the story of the North’s deadliest prison camp.
Fresh Fish: A Civil War Prisoner’s Story
By E. Lynn Miller
$19.95, Softcover, 148 pages
Fresh Fish is the story of Private Isaac Moore Gregory of the 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry. Gregory
was captured in skirmishing near Jane Lew, West Virginia in 1862 and imprisoned in several northern
prison camps throughout the war. The book gives a vivid and detailed account of life for Confederate
prisoners and evolving conditions in prison camps throughout the Civil War.
Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War
By Lonnie R. Speer
$21.95, Softcover, 442 pages
Drawing on scores of previously unpublished firsthand accounts, Portals to Hell presents the prisoners’
experiences in great detail and from an impartial perspective. The first comprehensive study of all major
prisons of both the North and the South, this chronicle analyzes the many complexities of the
relationships among prisoners, guards, commandants, and government leaders.
To Die in Chicago: Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas 1862-65
By George Levy
$32.98, Hardcover, 445 pages
To Die in Chicago is an exhaustive and detailed study of the largest of Union prison camps, and Camp
Douglas in particular. This study exposes the purposeful brutality practiced by the Federal government
during the Civil War. The shame of Camp Douglas, and other northern prisons was that the Union
government could have provided food, shelter, clothing and medical care for their Confederate
prisoners, but didn’t. The bureaucratic mismanagement of the Northern prison system which led to the
inexcusable death of thousands of Confederate prisoners is revealed in this scholarly documentation.
Yanks, Rebels, Rats, & Rations: Scratching for Food in Civil War Prison Camps
By Patricia B. Mitchell
$5.98, Softcover, 40 pages
This brief volume describes Civil War prison life with an emphasis on food. Diaries and recollections
illustrate the diet and deprivation of incarcerated soldiers; they show that the topics of most interest to
prisoners were the weather, their health, the prospects of exchange or parole, and their rations. This
book also includes recipes for preparing “care package” foods: those breads, cakes, and other edibles
which were sent to the languishing prisoners.
Civil War Camp and Army Life
Civil War Camp Life: Sutlers, Sex and Scoundrels
By Gloria Sananes Stein
$19.99, Softcover, 120 pages
Civil War Camp Life is the story of army life in camp and on the move, where the average soldier spent
the vast majority of his days in military service. On both sides, soldiers not only faced an enemy, but
waged a personal battle for comfort and survival. They foraged for food and often stole what they could.
Those who could supplemented meager rations through travelling sutlers at exorbitant prices. Between
battles, soldiers,, played games and many stooped to excessive gambling, heavy drinking, and acts of
mischief.. Prostitution thrived, and venereal disease was rampant. While the Civil War united the nation,
freed the dispossessed from slavery and gradually moved the country closer to a higher ideal, it was
fought by common people with the basic needs a desires of everyday life.
Confederate Camp Cooking
By Patricia B. Mitchell
$5.98, Softcover, 37 pages
This brief book explores the lifestyle of the Confederate Army soldiers, with emphasis on the foods they
ate during the Civil War. Included in the book are documented quotations, historical background
information, authentic recipes of the period, and commemorative recipes, to help the reader get a taste
of army life.
Confederate Soldier of the American Civil War: A visual reference
By Denis Hambucken and Chris Benedette
$9.95, Softcover, 72 pages
This book provides a glimpse of the lives, weapons, and equipment of the Confederate soldiers through
a collection of artifacts and exacting reproductions.
Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life
By John D. Billings
$18.95, Softcover, 434 pages
Originally published in 1887, Hardtack and Coffee became an immediate bestseller and remains a
definitive volume of the Civil War soldier’s experience. Its author, John Billings, served as an artillerist in
the Army of the Potomac. Writing from his own experience, he tells the story of how the Civil War
soldier was recruited, provisioned, and disciplined. Billings includes detailed chapters on virtually every
subject of enlisted life, from food, clothing, shelter and hygiene, to the military discipline, personal
pastimes, and unsung branches of the service. Hardtack and Coffee is a crucial volume for the library of
any Civil War enthusiast.
Life During the Civil War
By David A. Norris
$9.95, Softcover, 96 pages
Life During The Civil War looks beyond the major battles and famous generals of the Civil War. In-depth
and informative articles examine what Americans of the 1860s saw, heard and felt, while serving in the
army or navy, or while enduring the social changes of life on the home front during the war years. From
these articles that highlight large and small aspects of everyday life, the reader will gain a better
understanding of how average Americans experienced the Civil War, a central event of the nation's
history.
No Soap, No Pay, Diarrhea, Dysentery & Desertion: A Composite Diary of the Last 16 Months of the
Confederacy from 1864 to 1865
Edited by Jeff Toalson
$29.95, Softcover, 514 pages
No Soap, No Pay, Diarrhea, Dysentery & Desertion is a groundbreaking study of life during the final
sixteen months of the Confederacy. Through personal accounts from more than two hundred seventy
soldiers, farmers, clerks, surgeons, sailors, chaplains, farm girls, nurses, nuns, merchants, teachers and
wives, it is a compilation that is remarkable in its simplicity and stunning in its scope. These soldiers and
civilians wrote remarkable letters and kept astonishing diaries and journals. They discussed disease,
slavery, inflation, religion, desertion, blockade running, and their never-ending hope that the war would
be over before their loved ones died. As in all wars, these are the people who suffer the most—and
glory is hard to find amid lice, dysentery, starvation, and death. No Soap, No Pay, Diarrhea, Dysentery &
Desertion opens vistas to a side of the war with which most are only mildly familiar.
Union Army Camp Cooking 1861-1865
By Patricia B. Mitchell
$5.98, Softcover, 40 pages
This is a brief book about camp cooking by common soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil
War. Included in the book are documented quotations, historical background information, authentic
recipes of the period, and commemorative recipes, to help the reader get a taste of army life.
Union Soldier of the American Civil War: A visual reference
By Denis Hambucken and Chris Benedette
$9.95, Softcover, 70 pages
This book provides a glimpse of the lives, weapons, and equipment of the Union soldiers through a
collection of artifacts and exacting reproductions.
Domestic Life and the Home Front During the Civil War
1861 Life in the Shenandoah Valley: A Compilation of the Journal of Siram Peter Henkel, the Letter
Collection of Caspar Coiner Henkel, M. D., and the Daily Dispatch of Richmond, Virginia
Edited by Elsie Renalds Newcomer and Janet Renalds Ramsey
$20.00, Softcover, 352 pages
1861 Life in the Shenandoah Valley is a compilation of three primary sources which combine to offer a
fascinating portrait of a Southern community at the outbreak of war. Siram Henkel kept a detailed
journal of daily farm and mill operations from the 1830’s to the 1870s. His account of the first year of
the Civil War reveals how the transition from peace to war affected his community and town. Dr. Caspar
Henkel’s letters richly document the character of the Shenandoah and Augusta County young people as
they embodied a spirit of adventure followed by the agony of loss. The range of news topics from the
Daily Dispatch includes the capture of Harpers Ferry, the Battle of Manassas, and many other events.
1862 Life in the Shenandoah Valley: A Compilation of the Journal of Siram Peter Henkel, the Letter
Collection of Caspar Coiner Henkel, M. D., and the Daily Dispatch of Richmond, Virginia
Edited by Elsie Renalds Newcomer and Janet Renalds Ramsey
$20.00, Softcover, 344 pages
1862 Life in the Shenandoah Valley is a sequel to the 1861 compilation of three primary sources which
combine to offer a fascinating portrait of a Southern community during the second year of the war.
Siram Henkel’s account of the second year of the Civil War, along with Dr. Caspar Henkel’s letters and
the news of the Daily Dispatch reveal how the military campaigns crossed paths with civilian life.
1863 Life in the Shenandoah Valley: A Compilation of the Journal of Siram Peter Henkel, the Letter
Collection of Caspar Coiner Henkel, M. D., and the Daily Dispatch of Richmond, Virginia
Edited by Elsie Renalds Newcomer and Janet Renalds Ramsey
$20.00, Softcover, 340 pages
1863 Life in the Shenandoah Valley is the third in a series of publications that reveal how the military
campaigns of the Civil War crossed paths with civilian life. The book is a compilation of three primary
sources - Siram Henkel’s account of the third year of the Civil War, along with Dr. Caspar Henkel’s
letters and the news of the Daily Dispatch - which combine to offer a fascinating portrait of a Southern
community during the third year of the war.
Arnold’s Medical Companion for Young Men
By J. L. Arnold, M. D.
$15.98, Softcover, 242 pages
This facsimile reprint of an 1856 personal health guide describes itself as: “containing the laws of
physiology and health and a history of every disease; its cause, prevention, and cure; also, a special
lecture on organic generation; its philosophy, singularities, and derangements; containing many strange
and useful facts on the subject of procreation.” While billed as guide to all aspects of health for young
men, it is in large part a euphemistically titled educational text on sex, sexually transmitted disease, and
reproduction, all taboo subject in polite Victorian society.
Civil War Plants and Herbs
By Patricia B. Mitchell
$5.98, Softcover, 40 pages
This book examines the many ways that soldiers and citizens utilized plants during the Civil War. As the
conflict intensified, the citizenry of both sides scrambled for resources. Creative plant-derived
alternatives for traditional food, clothing, household products, and pharmaceutical supplies were sought
and developed. The South, especially, turned to the land for help as the Union blockade tightened and
fields and orchards were being laid to waste.
Confederate Receipt Book
Introduction by Patricia B. Mitchell
$5.98, Softcover, 27 pages
This booklet, originally published in 1863, offered “a compilation of over one hundred receipts (recipes),
adapted to the times.” Published by West & Johnson of Richmond, Virginia, the book promised “to
present to the public in a form capable of preservation and easy reference many valuable receipts…” It
also included general “hints” for housekeeping and Civil War camp life, with many of the food recipes
utilizing substitute ingredients since wartime trade prohibitions made the acquisition of everyday goods
difficult. Although most of the recipes and remedies should not be tried today, they offer a glimpse into
the hardships faced by all during the Civil War.
Ersatz in the Confederacy: Shortages and Substitutes on the Southern Homefront
By Mary Elizabeth Massey
$16.98, Softcover, 272 pages
“Ersatz” is a word referring to improvised and inferior substitutions. First published in 1952, Ersatz in
the Confederacy remains the definitive study of the South’s desperate struggle to overcome critical
shortages of food, medicine, clothing, household goods, farming supplies, and tools during the Civil War.
It carefully documents the ingenuity of the Confederates as they coped with shortages of essential
goods and commodities that previously had been imported for the North or Europe. The book is filled
with ingenious, surprising, and sometimes unsettling improvisations made by Southerners facing
adversity. Ersatz in the Confederacy concludes that despite Southern resourcefulness, the war was lost
not on the battlefields, but in the home front battle against scarcity and deprivation.
Foods in the South During the Mid-Nineteenth Century
By Virginia Mescher
$7.49, Softcover, 22 pages
This booklet is a discussion of the foods common to the American South in the mid- nineteenth
century. A great many questions are asked about food in history, but there are very few resources and
references available. Though it does not include recipes, known at the time as "receipts,” the
information in this booklet is a valuable guide in performing historic interpretation and in choosing types
of foods typical of those found on the early Southern table.
Herbal Medicines of the Civil War
By Jim Long
$6.95, Softcover. 36 pages
Civil War doctors were not all surgeons. Many were local country doctors and folk healers who were
brought into the war to help with the wounded. Herbs and plants played an enormous part in medicine
of the 1800s and this is a look at the plants that were used for healing. You will find a listing of medicinal
plants used during the Civil War, along with terms and information. This is a valuable reference for
anyone interested in historical plant medicine.
It Will Do No Harm to Try It: The Home Remedies Diary of Elias Slagle, 1859.
Edited by Jim Long
$9.95, Softcover, 68 pages
The home remedies diary of Elias Slagle was begun in 1853 and records herb and plant formulas for folk
remedies throughout the Civil War and to the end of the 1800s. Slagle lived in Ohio and Pennsylvania,
serving in the Navy during the Civil War, then moved west to Texas and Kansas. His formulas were
recorded verbatim from doctors and folk healers of the day and give a fascinating look into life and
lifestyles in the 1800s. From a "sure cure" for rattlesnake bite to pimples on children (using beef tallow
and tar!) this is a fascinating look into plants and remedies of the early frontier. Jim Long has edited the
original diary and added information about the plants and materials, making this an intriguing book for
historians, herb and plant people, and Civil War buffs.
The American Cattle Doctor
By G. H. Dadd, M.D.
$19.95, Softcover, 362 pages
The American Cattle Doctor is an 1851 classic containing the necessary information so that “Every Man
can be his Own Cattle Doctor.” Included is information fir preserving health and curing the diseases of
oxen, cows, sheep, and swine, with a great variety of individual recipes and valuable information in
reference to farm and dairy management. Even for those not agriculturally inclined, this is an enjoyable
read and insightful portrait of American Antebellum life. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1851 edition.
The Domestic Physician
By Marlin Gardner and Benjamin H. Aylworth
$12.95, Softcover, 144 pages
The Domestic Physician is a comprehensive 1836 guide and reference that helped frontier families use
herbs to treat everything from colds, fever and backaches to cancer, rheumatism and herpes. Today it is
a fascinating view into medical history and a catalog of home remedies from days gone by. This is a
facsimile reprint of the 1836 edition.
The Family Nurse
By Lydia Maria Child
$12.95, Softcover, 156 pages
The Family Nurse, first published in 1837, is a guide to hope health from Lydia Maria Child, one of the
nineteenth century’s most popular domestic advisors and ardent feminists. In The Family Nurse, her
down-to-earth advice to pre-Civil War families stands as an American classic of home health care. This is
a facsimile reprinting of the 1837 edition.
The Mother’s Book
By Lydia Maria Child
$12.95, Hardcover, 180 pages
The Mothers Book was originally published in 1831. Its author, Lydia Maria Child, had already received
acclaim as a novelist and the author of popular book of domestic advice, The American Frugal
Housewife. The Mother’s Book provides readers of the 21st century with a comprehensive view of
childhood and motherhood nearly two centuries ago. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1831 edition.
The Southern Gardener and Receipt Book
By Phineas Thornton
$24.95, Softcover, 414 pages
The Southern Gardener contains directions for gardening, along with valuable recipes, instructions for
the preservation of fruits, and formulas for curing diseases. It was first self-published in 1839 by
shopkeeper and postmaster Phineas Thornton of Camden, South Carolina. Because he sold gardening
supplies and was the center of all communication in the fast-growing town, Thornton was able to write
down the recipes, cures, and advice used and needed by rural Southerners of the day. Not until long
after the Civil War did other gardening, cooking, and advice books supersede this Southern classic. This
is a facsimile reprinting of the 1845 edition.
Maryland in the Civil War
Answering the Call: The Organization and Recruiting of the Potomac home Brigade Maryland
Volunteers Summer and Fall, 1861
By Keith O. Gary
$24.95, Softcover, 308 pages
Answering the Call follows the assembly of the Potomac Home Brigade, a unit of infantry and cavalry
regiments from Maryland, organized for local service on the contentious border along the Potomac
River. The book is filled with original documents and is rich with primary documents relating to the
founding of the Potomac Home Brigade.
Antietam Farmsteads
By Kevin M. Walker
$10.00, Softcover, 144 pages
Antietam Farmsteads is a farmstead-by-farmstead look at the Battle of Antietam. Written by the park’s
chief of cultural resources, the book explores eleven significant properties on the battlefield, including
the Pry House, detailing the early history, architecture, historical residents, and fighting which took
place at each farmstead. This is an essential addition to the library of any Antietam scholar.
Antietam in 3-D
Edited By Bob Zeller, John J. Richter and Garry E. Adelman
$14.95, Softcover Magazine, 44 pages
A fascinating magazine style publication featuring page after page of 3-D Antietam images, accompanied
by a pair of 3-D glasses.
Antietam: The Lost Order
By Donald R. Jermann
$27.98, Hardcover, 320 pages
The Lost Order tells the story of how the Confederate Army lost and the Union recovered a copy of
Robert E. Lee’s battle plan, Special Order 191. The find greatly alter the movements of both armies
during the campaign and prompted Union commander George McClellan to declare, "If I can't beat
Bobby Lee with this piece of paper, I will be willing to go home!" Although many books have been
written about the battle of Antietam, this is the first devoted exclusively to the lost order that resulted
in Lee's failed invasion. With as much emphasis given to human foibles as to troop movements, this
book will appeal to a wide audience beyond Civil War devotees.
Antietam Then and Now
By Garry Adelman and Timothy H. Smith
$9.95, Softcover, 54 pages
Antietam Then and Now takes historical photographs of the Antietam battlefield, from the Civil War
through the 20th century, and lines them up with modern views of the landscape. It is a captivating
portrait of the emergence of America’s best-preserved battlefield, and a surprising look at how the
scenery has changed or remained consistent through the centuries.
Antietam Through the Years
By John W. Schildt
$19.95, Softcover, 132 pages
Antietam Through the Years tells the story of Antietam Battlefield since the battle. The book explores
the changing landscape, commemorations and anniversaries, the growth and struggles of preserving a
pristine battlefield. It offers a very unique but insightful perspective for studying a Civil War battlefield
and its place in changing times.
Baltimore during the Civil War
By Scott Sumpter Sheads and Daniel Carroll Toomey
$24.95, Hardcover, 217 pages
Authored by two leading historians of Maryland in the Civil War, Baltimore during the Civil War tells the
story of the nation’s fourth largest city. Baltimore was a vital port, rail hub, and commercial center and
its residents were fiercely split in their loyalties, with many of Maryland’s leading Unionists and
Secessionists calling Baltimore home.
Baltimore in the Civil War: The Pratt Street Riot and a City Occupied
By Harry A. Ezratty
$19.99, Softcover, 128 pages
On April 19, 1861, the first blood of the Civil War was spilled in the streets of Baltimore. Union forces
were attacked by angry Southern sympathizers, and responded with lethal volleys. Four soldiers and
twelve Baltimoreans were left dead. Marylanders unsuccessfully attempted to further cut ties with the
North by sabotaging roads, bridges and telegraph lines. In response, Lincoln declared martial law and
withheld habeas corpus in much of the state. The book relates the events of that day and their impact
on the rest of the war, when Baltimore became a city occupied.
Battle of West Frederick, July 7, 1864: Prelude to Battle of Monocacy
By Joseph V. Collins
$19.99, Softcover, 332 pages
The Battle of West Frederick details the little-known events that occurred prior to the “Battle that Saved
Washington” and provides insight into the struggles faced by Union troops when Gen. Jubal Early’s
Confederate troops invaded Maryland in the summer of 1864. The writing of this book was prompted by
genealogical research of the author’s brother and focuses on the Third Maryland Potomac Home
Brigade, who participated in the Battle of West Frederick.
Civil War Maryland: Stories from the Old Line State
By Richard P. Cox
$19.99, Softcover, 160 pages
By the time the American Civil War began, the agrarian, slave-owning South and the rapidly
industrializing North had become almost two separate nations. As a border state with ties to both the
Union and the Confederacy, Maryland and its people played a unique role in the war. This series of
essays on Maryland's involvement in the conflict and its aftermath highlights some of the personalities
and events that make Maryland's Civil War stories unusual and compelling.
Drums Along the Antietam
By John W. Schildt
$18.95, Softcover, 322 pages
The community around the Antietam Creek is steeped with history, not just from the bloody battle of
September 1862, but for centuries before and after the Civil War. Drums Along the Antietam details the
long and diverse history of Antietam from the pre-colonial days of the Catawba and Delaware Indian
peoples, through the wars and settlement by Europeans in the 18th century, to the continued strength
and relevance of the place after the Civil War.
Frederick in the Civil War: Battle and Honor in the Spired City
By John W. Schildt
$19.99, Softcover, 160 pages
Just south of the Mason-Dixon line, Frederick, Maryland, was poised at the crossroads of the Civil War.
Here, Confederate troops passed west to the Battles of Antietam and south to Monocacy, and Union
troops passed north en route to Gettysburg and south to raid the resources of the Shenandoah Valley.
Heroes and villains were made in the spired city, from Dame Barbara Fritchie, who is said to have defied
General Jackson, and the local doctors and nurses who cared for thousands of wounded soldiers to
General Jubal Early, who threatened to put the town to the torch.
Hagerstown in the Civil War
By Stephen R. Bockmiller
$21.99, Softcover, 128 pages
Wedged strategically between the Mason-Dixon Line and the Potomac River, Hagerstown was destined
to play a significant role in the Civil War. A diverse community, most residents gravitated toward the
blue while some sided with the gray. Slavery was not a major presence in western Maryland, yet some
local residents owned slaves along this route on the Underground Railroad. The intriguing story of
Hagerstown during the Civil War is captured in this volume of vintage photographs, portraits, drawings,
and other illustrations. Learn the stories of participants, both local and from across the country, whose
wartime experiences in Hagerstown forever affected them.
Last Chance for Victory
By Brett W. Spaulding
$10.00, Softcover, 222 pages
This publication, written by an Interpretive Park Ranger at Monocacy National Battlefield, provides an
overview of the Confederate’s third invasion into northern territory as well as an in depth description of
the Battle of Monocacy. Supplemented with many illustrations, 40 maps, troop movements and battle
details, this publication provides a comprehensive look at the Confederate attempt to capture the Union
capital of Washington, D.C.
Maryland Voices of the Civil War
Edited by Charles W. Mitchell
$40.00, Hardcover, 568 pages
No state better exemplified the vital role of a border state than Maryland—where the passage of time
has not dampened debates over issues such as the alleged right of secession and executive power
versus civil liberties in wartime. Maryland Voices of the Civil War draws upon hundreds of letters,
diaries, and period newspapers, many previously unpublished, to portray the passions of a wide variety
of people—merchants, slaves, soldiers, politicians, freedmen, women, clergy, slave owners, civic
leaders, and children who were caught in the emotional vise of war. The book illuminates the human
complexities of the Civil War era and the political realignment that enabled Marylanders to abolish
slavery in their state before the end of the war.
The Battle of Antietam: The Bloodiest Day
By Ted Alexander
$19.99, Softcover, 192 pages
Chief Historian at Antietam National Battlefield, Ted Alexander’s latest volume on the Battle of Antietam
offers a concise and fresh account of the battle from various perspectives. It incorporates some original
scholarship as well clear and helpful maps by Steven Stanley.
The Battle of Monocacy
Produced by the staff at the Monocacy Battlefield and published by the Western Maryland Interpretive
Association
$8.00, Softcover, 48 pages
This publication provides a concise easy-to-read description of the battle. It also includes a section
featuring the Union and Confederate officers involved in the battle, as well as information about
anniversary reunions and monuments, and the formation of the Battlefield Park.
The Battle of South Mountain
By John David Hoptak
$21.99, Softcover, 224 pages
The Battle of South Mountain is a concise and clear history of one of the war’s important, yet
overshadowed battle. The book details the sharp and bloody fights which took place at three separate
passes on South Mountain as the Confederate Army fought for time to consolidate its forces and
challenge the Union Army at Sharpsburg. Though it is often overshadowed by the scale of carnage at
Antietam, The Battle of South Mountain involved over nearly 40,000 Union and Confederate troops and
resulted in over 5,000 casualties.
The Bivouacs of the Dead
By Steven R. Stotelmyer
$23.98, Softcover, 160 pages
Bivouacs of the Dead reveals the aftermath of the bloodiest single day in American history, illustrating
the concern and indifference shown by the burial details toward both friend and foe alike. The book is
not only a collection of human interest stories about those killed in action, but a comprehensive
description of the burial process that could apply to any major Civil War battle. Bivouacs of the Dead
also details the establishment of the National Cemetery at Antietam and Confederate cemeteries in
Hagerstown, Frederick, and Shepherdstown along with a complete roster of those buried there.
The Civil War in Maryland
By Daniel Carroll Toomey
$19.95, Hardcover, 190 pages
The Civil War in Maryland is a day-by-day chronology of the war as it occurred in The Old Line State.
Some minor, some momentous, every event completes the story of Maryland, a state divided in
geography and politics on the borderline of America’s deadliest conflict.
The War Came By Train: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad During the Civil War
By Daniel Carroll Toomey
$35.00, Hardcover, 292 pages
The War Came By Train is a highly detailed yet readable history of America’s most famous railroad
during the Civil War. The author blends the overall strategy and political aims of that time period with
the battles, raids and daily operational challenges of a Civil War railroad. He introduces an array of little
known personalities who worked for, attacked, defended or travelled on the B&O Railroad. He also
shows in numerous instances how the railroad and the telegraph combined to conquer time and
distance on the battlefield and ushered in the era of modern warfare with the introduction of armored
railcars, hospital trains, and large scale troop movements.
Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign
By Kathleen A. Ernst
$24.95, Softcover, 320 pages
Too Afraid to Cry explores the terrible toll exacted upon the civilian population of Maryland as the
Antietam Campaign of 1862 raged through their communities. While the fighting left over 23,000
soldiers killed, wounded, or missing, the armies soon moved, leaving the local population in the
smoldering aftermath. These Marylanders endured not only the carnage of war, including shattered
homes and businesses, but also a divided community in which the lines between soldier and civilian,
friend and foe, were blurred like never before.
Union Veterans’ Organizations in Maryland
By Daniel Carroll Toomey
$14.98, Softcover, 64 pages
This concise volume traces the history of the various interwoven organizations for Maryland’s Union
Army veterans and their families. The men who fought in the Civil War would never cease to be veterans
and their service in the war would continue to play an active and important role in their postwar lives
and in their involvement within the community. This book is rich with photographs of the ribbons,
medals, and regalia of these once powerful veterans groups.
Until Antietam: The Life and Letters of Major General Israel B. Richardson, U.S. Army
By John C. Mason
$29.95, Hardcover, 256 pages
Because General Israel Richardson was mortally wounded during the Battle of Antietam he never had
the opportunity to draft his memoirs. Until Antietam offers the closest thing possible to that. The book is
a carefully crafted biography of Richardson, drawing heavily upon his own letters and personal writings.
General Civil War Publications
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
By James McPherson
$19.95, Softcover, 952
Battle Cry of Freedom is without question the definitive one-volume history of the Civil War. Renown
historian and author James McPherson provides a fast-paced narrative that fully integrates the political,
social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the
ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts
the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War, moving into a masterful chronicle of the war
itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering by each side, the politics, and the personalities. This is an
absolutely critical addition to any Civil War library.
Brady’s Civil War: A Collection of Memorable Civil War Images Photographed by Mathew Brady and
His AssistantsBy Webb Garrison
$24.95, Hardcover, 256 pages
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, this is a fascinating collection of superb Civil War
images by the premier photographer of the conflict – the first war to be comprehensively photodocumented. More than 275 dramatic photographs depicting battlefields, weapons, officers and troops,
the sick and wounded, and the utter devastation of war are included.
Brothers ‘til Death: The Civil War Letters of William, Thomas, and Maggie Jones 1861-1865
Edited by Richard Trimbles
$42.49, Hardcover, 304 pages
Brothers 'til Death is a collection of over 100 letters written mostly between two Irish brothers serving in
the 48th New York Volunteer regiment, Thomas and William Jones, and their sister Maggie, a school
teacher from New Jersey. The letters are filled with emotions, patriotic ebullience from 1861 through
the dismal conclusions of 1865. The letters also contain opinions on the 1864 election, the Emancipation
Proclamation, the Florida expedition, the siege of Petersburg, life in a New York City hospital ward
(Thomas Jones was wounded and lost an arm in the assault on Battery Wagner, made famous in the
movie Glory), and on Lincoln's death. Brothers 'til Death offers insights into a forgotten theater of the
war, giving new dimensions to what life was like for Irish soldiers fighting for the Union along the
coastline of the South.
Calamity at Chancellorsville: The wounding and Death of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
By Mathew W. Lively
$27.50, Hardcover, 191 pages
Calamity at Chancellorsville: The wounding and Death of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is the
first full-length examination of Jackson’s final days. The author utilizes extensive primary source material
and a firm understanding of the area to re-examine the gripping story of the final days of one of the
Confederacy’s greatest generals, and how Southerners came to view Jackson’s death during and after
the conflict.
Civil War Almanac
By John C. Fredriksen
$25.95, Softcover, 858 pages
Civil War Almanac contains a detailed, day-to-day chronology of the events of the war, as well as a
dictionary of biographical profiles of leading military and political figures involved in the conflict. The
almanac also includes numerous illustrations and maps, an appendix, and extensive bibliography for
further research.
Civil War Collector’s Encyclopedia: Arms, Uniforms and Equipment of the Union and Confederacy
By Francis A. Lord
$24.95, Softcover, 376 pages
The Civil War Collector’s Encyclopedia comprehensively covers virtually everything an interested reader
would want to know about Civil War arms, uniforms, and equipment. It is indispensable for identifying
and describing the use of more than 800 items. Over 350 rare photographs and drawings depict a vast
array of articles from military issue to unique, homemade treasures.
Civil War Fandex: Family Field Guide
By Fred W. Kiger
$9.50, Softcover, 98 reference pages (approximately 10” by 3 1/2”)
The Civil War Fandex is an easily held reference guide to the highlights of the Civil War, featuring three
main sections: Background, Profiles, and Battles and Campaigns. The wide variety of topics in the
Background section includes the causes of the war, prisons and prisoners, women, the common soldier,
and much more. The Profiles section features all the well-known participants of the war and the Battles
and Campaigns section provides 21 summaries of the most important conflicts.
Dear Eagle: The Civil War Correspondence of Stephen H. Bogardus, Jr. to the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle
Edited by Joel Craig
$14.95, Softcover, 132 pages
Corporal Stephen H. Bogardus, Jr. was a member of Company C in the famed 5th New York Infantry.
Dear Eagle is the collection of his letters to the hometown newspaper, the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle,
during his service in the Civil War. His detailed accounts provided readers back home with a first-hand
account of the war through the eyes of one of their own. This correspondence, written by a talented and
articulate young soldier, is a moving, and sometimes humorous, conversational account of life for the
Northern soldier.
Divided Christmas: Four Years of Civil War Yuletides
By Patricia B. Mitchell
$5.98, Softcover, 37 pages
This booklet tells the story of how the Civil War impacted the lives of all – Northerners, Southerners,
soldiers, hospital staff and patients - and includes a wide variety of recipes as it chronicles the years
from 1861 through 1864.
Eyewitness to the Civil War: The Complete History from Secession to Reconstruction
By Neil Kagan and Stephen G. Hyslop
$40.00, Hardcover, 416 pages
Eyewitness to the Civil War is an informed, well-illustrated overview for general-interest readers and a
superb resource for serious buffs, produced by National Geographic. It includes a dramatic narrative
packed with eyewitness accounts and hundreds of rare photographs, artifacts, and period illustrations.
Evocative sidebars, detailed maps, and timelines add to the reference-ready quality of the text. From
John Brown's raid to Reconstruction, Eyewitness to the Civil War presents a clear, comprehensive
discussion that addresses every military, political, and social aspect of this crucial period.
Faces of the Civil War: An Album of Union Soldiers and their Stories
By Ronald S. Coddington
$29.98, Hardcover, 280 pages
Faces of the Civil War, presents 77 cartes de visite portraits of Union soldiers from the author’s
collection and tells their stories during and after the war. The soldiers portrayed were wealthy and poor,
educated and unschooled, native-born and immigrant, urban and rural; all were volunteers. Their
personal stories reveal a tremendous diversity in their experience of war: many served with distinction;
some were captured; some never saw combat while others saw little else. The lives of those who
survived the war were even more disparate. While some made successful transitions back to civilian life,
others suffered permanent physical and mental disabilities, too often wrecking families and careers.
Faces of the Confederacy: An Album of Southern Soldiers and their Stories
By Ronald S. Coddington
$31.95, Hardcover, 288 pages
Faces of the Confederacy presents a variety of cartes de visite portraits of Confederate soldiers,
complimented by biographical profiles that tell their stories during and after the war. The author has
brought new life to the soldiers, reminding us that each haunting face belonged to a real person who
lived, served, and died many years ago. The thoroughly researched story of each individual widens our
understanding of the Confederate war experiences that might otherwise have been lost to history.
Field Surgeon at Gettysburg: A memorial Account of the Medical Unit of the 32nd Massachusetts
Regiment
By Clyde B. Kernek, M.D.
$11.98, Hardcover, 120 pages
Field Surgeon at Gettysburg is a fictional, but historically accurate memoir-style account of medical
operations at the Battle of Gettysburg. The book is written from the perspective of Dr. Zabdiel Boylston,
a real surgeon in the 32nd Massachusetts Regiment. The account is compelling and detailed, both in the
technical operations and medical activities in a larger scale.
For Honor, Flag, and Family: Civil War Major General Samuel W. Crawford, 1827-1892
By Richard Wagner
$19.95, Softcover, 350 pages
General Samuel Wylie Crawford served in the United States Army from Fort Sumter through
Appomattox, fighting in the major battles in the Eastern Theater of the war, though his initial
background was in medicine. Enlisting in the United States Army in 1850, he served as an assistant
surgeon in various posts. In addition to his medical duties at Fort Sumter, Crawford also commanded a
battery. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1862. Although severely wounded at Antietam,
Crawford recovered to lead the Pennsylvania Reserves at the Battle of Gettysburg. For Honor, Flag, and
Family shows the depth of compassion and the complexity of character of Samuel Crawford. While
serving at Fort Sumter, he eloquently delivered his lifelong motto: "I must sustain with honor my flag
and the reputation of the name I bear."
From a True Soldier and Son: The Civil War Letters of William C. H. Reeder
Edited by Carolyn and Jack Reeder
$17.95, Softcover, 236 pages
William Reeder served for three years in the 20th Indiana Infantry. His letters tell of battles at the front,
as well as life in camp. They also describe aspects of the war that are less well known, including an eyewitness report of the Virginia wreaking havoc on the Union’s blockading vessels the day before her duel
with the Monitor, living through a hurricane while occupying Hatteras Island, being detailed to New York
City in the aftermath of the draft riots, and months spent at Columbia Hospital in Washington, first as a
patient, then as an assistant to the medical staff. Carefully researched commentary helps place his
experience in the context of the Civil War as a whole, and the text is enhanced by photographs,
illustrations, and clearly drawn maps.
Ghosts and Legends of Frederick County
ByTimothy L. Cannon and Nancy F. Whitmore
$5.95, Softcover, 73 pages
Published in 1979, this is a collection of accounts of Frederick County, Maryland haunted houses, South
Mountain legends, strange creatures, Civil War ghosts, interesting folklore and much more.
Honoring the Civil War Dead: Commemoration and the Problem of Reconciliation
By John R. Neff
$40.98, Hardcover, 328 pages
By the end of the Civil War, fatalities from that conflict had far exceeded previous American experience,
devastating families and communities alike. Commemorating the 620,000 lives lost was persistent
obstacle to reuniting the nation, as every memorial compelled painful recollections of the
war. Commemoration-from private mourning to the often extravagant public remembrances
exemplified in cemeteries, monuments, and Memorial Day observances-provided Americans the
quintessential forum for engaging the war's meaning. The process of reconciliation that has been so
much the focus of recent literature neglects the persistent reluctance of both Northerners and
Southerners to "forgive and forget," especially where their war dead were concerned.
Imboden’s Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign
By Steve French
$19.95, Softcover, 260 pages
Imboden’s Brigade follows the Confederate cavalry brigade during the summer of 1863. While the
brigade did not directly fight at Gettysburg, their service as guard and reconnaissance for the Army of
Northern Virginia was vital throughout the campaign. As Lee prepared his retreat from Pennsylvania
Imboden was charged with protecting the Confederate ambulance train. Though fiercely attacked by a
superior force of union cavalry at Williamsport, MD, Imboden’s small brigade “gallantly repulsed” the
enemy and allowed thousands of wounded Confederate soldier’s safe return to Virginia.
Last Words of the Civil War: The Moment of Sacrifice
By Gary Radison
$17.95, Softcover, 216 pages
Last Words of the Civil War presents the dying words of 400 different participants in the Civil War. Each
anecdote is a glimpse of a person coming to terms with mortality as a result of the war. The subjects
range from the famous to the obscure, but each with their own significance and insight.
Lincoln and Medicine
By Glenna R. Schroeder- Lein
$19.95, Hardcover, 128 pages
This publication presents a fresh investigation into the medical history of our 16th President and his
family as it examines many of the controversial claims regarding Lincoln’s mental and physical health as
well as his assassination, and offers convincing conclusions. The author takes a captivating look at the
medical conditions of Lincoln’s wife and children as well as the president’s connections with the medical
field during the years of the Civil War.
Mr. Lincoln’s Cameraman: Mathew B. Brady
By Roy Meredith
$27.95, Softcover, 368 pages
Mathew Brady, one of the earliest war photographers, was official photographer for the Union Army in
the Civil War. With his assistants and his horse-drawn photographic wagon, Brady accompanied the
troops and recorded the war firsthand. Brady was much in demand by statesmen celebrities as well.
Reproduced here are over 300 Brady photos reproduced directly from original negatives, along with
informative commentary.
More Strange Tales of the Civil War
By Michael Sanders
$9.95, Softcover, 154 pages
Following upon the popularity of Strange Tales of the Civil War, More Strange Tales of the Civil War
presents readers with more predictions, coincidences, medical oddities, and other bizarre events of the
Civil War. Some humorous, some eerie, these curious anecdotes associated with the Civil War are sure
to entertain.
No Place for Little Boys: Civil War Letters of a Union Soldier
By Peleg Bradford, Jr.; Edited by Melissa MacCrae and Maureen Bradford
$15.98, Softcover, 120 pages
No Place for Little Boys is a collection of Civil War letters written by Peleg Bradford, a twenty-one-yearold Union solider from Carmel, Maine. His letters to family and friends at home give great details of a
typical soldier’s experience in garrison, camp, the battlefield, and eventually, hospital. Bradford’s letters
are particularly revealing of the emotional hardships placed upon families during the war and the close
ties of family and friends separated by strife. Many of his letters are a feature throughout the exhibits at
the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
Perryville Under Fire: The Aftermath of Kentucky’s Largest Civil War Battle
By Stuart W. Sanders
$19.99, Softcover, 160 pages
The 1862 Battle of Perryville was the largest battle fought in Kentucky during the Civil War. It deeply
impacted the community and surrounding towns. With more than 7,500 casualties, armies were
unprepared for the enormous tasks of burying the dead, caring for the wounded and rebuilding
infrastructure. Instead, this arduous duty fell to the battered locals. Perryville Under Fire is the first indepth look at how residents dealt with the chaos of the battle and rebuilt their town from the rubble
left over.
Riding with Stuart: Reminiscences of an Aide-de-Camp
By Theodore Stanford Garnett; edited by Robert J. Trout
$24.95, Hardcover, 136 pages
Theodore Garnett served briefly on the staff of Confederate General JEB Stuart until his mortal
wounding at Yellow Tavern in May 1864. Garnett’s narrative is vivid and exciting, filled with detail about
staff life and dangerous moments under fire and behind enemy lines. Garnett’s brief account covers the
lesser known last months of Stuart’s military career.
September Suspense, Lincoln’s Union in Peril
By Dennis E. Frye
$27.95, Hardcover, 292 pages
This publication, written by the nationally recognized Chief Historian at Harper’s Ferry National
Historical Park, tells the story of one of America’s darkest months – September 1862 – through the
thoughts and words of the people who were living at that time.
Strange Tales of the Civil War
By Michael Sanders
$9.95, Softcover, 150 pages
Strange Tales of the Civil War provides readers with a collection of omens, predictions, dreams, and
other inexplicable events of the Civil War. Some humorous, some eerie, these curious anecdotes
associated with the Civil War are sure to entertain.
Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War
Edited by Aaron Sheehan-Dean
$29.95, Hardcover, 272 pages
Struggle for a Vast Future seeks to reach an understanding of the origins of this landmark conflict and its
place in the history of modern society and warfare. The major themes of the war are examined by the
world's leading American Civil War experts, including the innovation of warfare, the role of women and
ethnic origins, espionage and the extraordinary leaders and personalities that shaped the future of the
United States. The conflict is also brought to life through superb photographs and illustrations.
The 1862 Army Officer’s Pocket Companion: A Manual for Staff Officers in the Field
By William P. Craighill
$19.95, Hardcover, 320 pages
This amazingly complete book describes in crisp text all the information commanders and staff officers
need to know about "how the army works." Includes command organization and administration;
principles of employment of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and signal; logistics (ordinance,
quartermaster, transportation, subsistence, and medical); movement of armies; camps and bivouacs;
reconnaissance and patrols; order of battle for attack, defense, siege, and retreat; and use of field
fortifications, obstacles, spies, and agents. Also included is information on promotions, courts-martial,
military honors, and even cooking and the design and use of field ovens.
The 1863 Laws of War: Articles of War, General Orders No. 100, Army Regulations
By the U.S. War Department
$19.95, Hardcover, 196 pages
The Articles of War were normative rules covering military duty and punishments allowed for violations.
The Lieber Code was a new and profound law for the conduct of armies in the field, to include humane
treatment of prisoners and protection of property and civilians. It had a profound effect on the
evolution of the laws of land warfare in use today. Army Regulations, on the other hand, dealt with the
administration and management of the army-from personnel assignments to supply and recruiting
operations-all three sets of rules were used by both the Union and Confederate armies.
The 1865 Customs of Service for Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers: A Handbook for the Rank
and File of the Army
By Augustus V. Kautz
$16.95, Hardcover, 304 pages
This was the Civil War soldier's "how-to" guide to military duties in garrison and in the field. It covers of
all ranks and services: infantry, cavalry, artillery, ordnance, quartermaster, signal, saddlers, hospital
stewards, cooks, bands, as well as spies, pickets, expressmen, and special forces. There is much quaint
yet practical advice on survival, cooking and nutrition, pay, punishment, prisoners of war, and many
long-extinct soldier skills. Composed at the end of the war, this is a description not just how things were
supposed be done, but how they actually were.
The 1865 Customs of Service for Officers of the Army: A Handbook of the Duties of Each Grade
Lieutenant to Lieut.-General
By Augustus V. Kautz
$16.95, Hardcover, 384 pages
A companion to The 1865 Customs of Service for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers, this volume
describes the duties of each commissioned officer rank in garrison and on the field of battle and reveals
lessons learned from the Civil War. This publication discusses military tactics of armies; administrative
duties; special and general staffs; and duties of commanders of companies, regiments, brigades,
divisions, and Army corps. It contains surprisingly accurate forecasts on the changed roles of infantry,
cavalry, and artillery-as they existed in 1865. Composed at the end of the war, this is a description not
just how things were supposed be done, but how they actually were.
The Ideals Guide to American Civil War Places
By Julie Shively
$22.00, Softcover, 272 pages
Part history and part travel, The Ideals Guide to American Civil War Places presents updated listings to
battlefields, cemeteries, museums, and related historical sites to coincide with the 150th anniversary of
the beginning of the Civil War. Today, many Civil War battlefields remain intact and commemorate our
nation's tumultuous past. Civil War buffs, with the aid of this book, can walk the battlefields of Shiloh,
Vicksburg, and Gettysburg, visit the museum of Virginia, Florida and Tennessee, view antiquated
weapons and historical medical devices, and kneel at the graves of those who fought and died.
Organized by state and illustrated with full-color photos, this book will satisfy the curiosity of history
enthusiasts and travelers alike.
The Journey Through Hallowed Ground: The Official Guide to Where America Happened
By David Edwin Lillard
$20.00, Softcover, 288 pages
The Journey Through Hallowed Ground follows modern Route 15, the Old Carolina Road, from
Gettysburg, PA to Monticello, VA - 175 miles of more history than any road in America. Along the way
are six Presidential homes, the largest collection of Civil War battlefields in the country, historic sites
from Colonial times, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, as well as sites from Native American
and African American history, including the Underground Railroad. The route also includes two World
Heritage sites and numerous scenic rivers, roads, and landscapes, 13 National Parks, and much more.
With descriptions of more than 100 sites along the 175 mile journey, the book contains a full-color map
of the corridor, county-by-county guides, and Create Your Own Journey: 10-15 customized itineraries
based on fun themes for families, romantic getaways, educational excursions, and countryside tourism.
The New Civil War Handbook: Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages
By Mark Hughes
$14.95, Softcover, 144 pages
The New Civil War Handbook is a complete up-to-date guide for American Civil War enthusiasts of all
ages. It uses clear and concise writing, tables, charts, and more than 100 photographs to trace the
history of the war from the beginning of the conflict through Reconstruction. Coverage includes battles
and campaigns, the common soldier, technology, weapons, women and minorities at war, hospitals,
prisons, generals, the naval war, artillery, and much more. It also includes a section about the Civil War
online, including popular blog sites and other Internet resources. Civil War buffs will find it an invaluable
quick reference guide.
The Red Badge of Courage (fiction)
By Stephen Crane
$3.00, Softcover, 100 pages
First published in 1895 The Red Badge of Courage tells the story of a young soldier caught up in an
unnamed Civil War battle who is motivated by fear, cowardice and egotism. In his struggle to find
reality amid the chaos of war the young man also discovers courage, humility and, perhaps, wisdom.
The book was widely praised by experienced soldiers for its recreation of the sights, sounds and sense of
actual combat. This small masterpiece set the pattern for the treatment of war in modern literature and
continues to rank as an enduring landmark of American fiction.
The Scoundrel and the Spy (fiction)
By John H. Frye
$26.00, Softcover, 309 pages
This novel tells the story of three young people caught up in the intrigue of Richmond as it struggles
through the Union onslaught of 1862. The story explores the sometimes conflicting roles of loyalty to
country and loyalty to oneself.
The Shrivers’ Story: Eyewitnesses to the Battle of Gettysburg
By Nancie W. Gudmestad
$19.95, Softcover, 120 pages
The Shrivers’ Story is the true story of one family who called Gettysburg “home” in 1863. It depicts how
not only this battle but the Civil War itself dramatically changed the Shrivers’ lives forever. The story of
George and Hettie Shriver, although certainly fascinating and unique in its own way, is more typical of
the average citizen’s, and by extension, provides a fuller picture of the overall civilian experience itself.
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
By Drew Gilpin Faust
$16.95, Softcover, 346 pages
More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of
today's population would be six million. This Republic of Suffering reveals the ways that death on such a
scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation, describing how the survivors managed
on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage
with its belief in a benevolent God. Throughout, the voices of soldiers and their families, of statesmen,
generals, preachers, poets, surgeons, nurses, northerners and southerners come together to give us a
vivid understanding of the Civil War's most fundamental and widely shared reality.
Tracing Your Civil War Ancestors
By David A. Norris
$9.95, Magazine, 82 pages
This volume, published in glossy magazine format, is an introductory guide to beginning the genealogical
work or discovering your Civil War ancestors. This is a guide to various sources that help in uncovering
the identity and service of your family members during the Civil War. For those without genealogy
experience, this is a great way to get started exploring your family history in the 1860s.
We Were Marching on Christmas Day: A History of Christmas During the Civil War
By Kevin Rawlings
$29.95, Hardcover, 167 pages
Christmas was as important to Americans in the 19th century as it is to us today. Most of the modern
traditions and practices associated with the celebration of Christmas began in the mid-1800s. This book,
filled with many images and anecdotes, relates the experiences of soldier and civilians on both sides of
the Civil War at Christmas.
Children’s Items
B is for Battle Cry: A Civil War Alphabet
By Patricia Bauer
$17.95, Hardcover, 40 pages
B is for Battle Cry brings to life historic battles (Antietam and Gettysburg), renowned leaders (Abraham
Lincoln and Robert E. Lee), inventions (ironclad ship and Gatling gun), and inspiring events and
documents (the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation), one letter a time. Each page
features original painted illustrations by David Geister.
Battles of the Civil War Playing Cards
$3.98
This is a standard deck of 52 playing cards, but each card features historic images of famous battles from
the American Civil War
Civil War Activity Kit
$21.99
This activity kit is filled with coloring books, paper dolls, reading material and more for young children
interested in the Civil war.
Civil War Leaders Ruler
$2.25
This standard 12-inch ruler features portraits of famous leaders from the Civil War.
Civil War Women Ruler
$2.25
This standard 12-inch ruler features portraits of famous women from the Civil War.
Confederate Currency - Set A
$1.98
When the South seceded to form the Confederate States of America, they printed their own money This
set includes reproductions of original Confederate notes from the Civil War. This set includes:
- $100 Virginia note from 1862
- $100 Mississippi note from 1862
- $5 South Carolina note from 1862
- $1 North Carolina note from 1862
- $1 Arkansas note from 1862
- $100 Georgia note from 1864
Confederate Currency - Set B
$1.98
When the South seceded to form the Confederate States of America, they printed their own money This
set includes reproductions of original Confederate notes from the Civil War. This set includes:
- $500 Confederate States note from 1864
- $100 Louisiana note from 1863
- $5 Texas note from 1862
- $2 Tennessee note from 1863
- $1 Florida note from 1863
- $100 Alabama note from 1864
Confederate Currency - Set C
$1.98
When the South seceded to form the Confederate States of America, they printed their own money This
set includes reproductions of original Confederate notes from the Civil War. This set includes:
- $20 Confederate States note from 1861
- $10 Confederate States note from 1861
- $50 Confederate States note from 1861
- $1000 Confederate States note from 1861
- $1 Confederate States note from 1864
- $5 Confederate States note from 1864
Confederate Currency - Set D
$1.98
When the South seceded to form the Confederate States of America, they printed their own money This
set includes reproductions of original Confederate notes from the Civil War. This set includes:
- 50 cent Georgia note from 1863
- 75 cent North Carolina note from 1863
- 10 cent Tennessee note form 1861
- 30 cent Virginia note from 1862
- 25 cent Alabama note from 1863
- 15 cent Couth Carolina note from 1863
- 25 cent Florida note from 1863
Drumbeat: The Story of a Civil War Drummer Boy (fiction)
By Robert J. Trout
$16.95, Softcover, 196 pages
Twelve-year-old Caleb Johnson is left behind when his father and older brother march off to war. He
wants to go with them but must stay at home and care for his mother and the farm. When his best
friend, Johnny, comes home injured, he teaches Caleb to be a drummer, and before long, Caleb leaves
home to take Johnny s place. He follows the army to a place called Gettysburg where he faces his
greatest fears. Forced to work in the hospitals at Gettysburg, Caleb slowly comes to trust his captors
only to face what he believes to be betrayal at the hands of the man he has come to trust most.
Game of Graces
$19.99
Graces was a popular children’s game of the 18th and 19th centuries. This kit includes all you need to play
at home.
If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War (fiction)
By Kay Moore
$6.99, Softcover, 64 pages
This book is written to educate children about life for many different Americans during the Civil War. It
gives children an idea of what it was like to live at the time of the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Lili’s Gift: A Civil War Healer’s Story (fiction)
By Phyllis Hall Haislip
$8.95, Softcover, 204 pages
Twelve-year-old Lili has an unwanted gift, the power to heal. She doesn't understand her gift and it
keeps getting her into trouble. Her father is missing and presumed dead at the Civil War Battle of the
Wilderness in 1864. Lili's mother cannot support the family on the meager wages of a seamstress and
entrusts Lili and her brother to a Philadelphia orphanage. After a daring escape, they follow their
father's trail to Clara Barton's "flying hospital" on the battlefield at Petersburg, Virginia, and from there
into the besieged city. In Petersburg, Lili must come to terms with her healing gift.
Professor Noggin’s Civil War Card Game
$9.98
Professor Noggin’s Civil War Card Game combines trivia, true or false, and multiple choice questions to
encourage children to learn about the American Civil War. It creates interaction and promotes
interaction between players, with easy and hard levels to keep kids interested and challenged while
having fun.
The Civil War Book of Games, Puzzles, and Things to Do
By Hugh and Judy Gowan, and Joe Campbell
$6.95, Softcover, 36 pages
This book is full of mazes, crossword puzzles, word searches, and other puzzles and games themed in
the Civil War.
United States Currency Set from the Civil War
$1.98
This set includes facsimile reproduction currency printed by northern banks during the Civil War. The set
includes:
- $1 Pennsylvania note from 1865
- $1 Illinois note from 1861
- $1.50 Washington, DC note from 1862
- $1 New York note from 1862
- $2 Maine note from 1861
- $1 Nebraska note from 1863
When Brother Fought Brother: The American Civil War
By Carole Marsh
$5.95, Softcover, 132 pages
Wen Brother Fought Brother tells the story of the Civil War in a manner that is easily understood by
children. It explores the various aspects of the war in a straight-forward and interesting fashion.
Who Would Not Be a Soldier!: The Boys of the 20th Maine (historical fiction)
By Valerie M. Josephson
$15.00, Softcover, 198 pages
Who Would Not Be a Soldier! is a children’s novel about the famed 20th Maine Regiment in the Civil
War. It brings to life many of the men who served as heroes in that regiment of the Union Army. It
explores their lives at home, their patriotism, and their time in the Civil War.
Collectible Items
1857 Napoleon Cannon - Brass Desktop Model
$19.95
The 12 lb. Napoleon cannon was one of the most popular cannons used on both sides during the Civil
War. This moving miniature model is perfect for your desktop.
1860-61 Parrott Cannon - Brass Desktop Model
$25.00
The versatile Parrott cannon, able to fire loads from 10 to 300 pounds, was one of the most widely used
cannons used during the Civil War. This moving miniature model is perfect for your desktop.
1861 Confederate Soldiers Prayer Book
$3.98, 58 pages
This is a facsimile reproduction of an 1861 prayer book published for the Confederate cause in
Charleston, SC. It contains prayers for issues relevant to the Confederate cause, as well as many hymns
of the period.
1861 Union Soldiers Prayer Book
$3.98, 64 pages
This is a facsimile reproduction of an 1861 prayer book, printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and
distributed to Union soldier is in the Civil War. It is filled with bible passages, specially-written prayers,
and hymns of the period.
Antietam National Battlefield Topographic Map
$9.98
This durable topographic map of the Antietam Battlefield is a useful tool in touring and studying the
terrain. The map features all monuments, markers, and tablets, as well as Civil War era farm and
hospital sites. Also included are basic troop movements, casualty charts, and a complete Union and
Confederate order of battle. This folding map is made from waterproof material and is tear-resistant.
Confederate Belt Buckle
$3.00
This replica belt buckle is the same style as those worn by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. This
buckle is designed for modern use and is compatible with modern belts. It is a stylish way to display your
Civil War Confederate pride in everyday appearance.
Conservation Resources for Art and Antiques
By the Washington Conservation Guild
$18.95, Softcover, 264 pages
This book is designed to assist collectors, small museums, historical societies, antique dealers, and
others seeking preservation and conservation services. It includes information on how, when, and why
to consult a conservator and how controlling the environment can greatly extend the life of your
collection. Chapters written by practicing conservators describe the nature of different objects which
might be found in various collections. This handy reference also includes a directory of conservators in
the Washington, D.C. area and an extensive glossary of conservation and archival material suppliers.
Civil War Table Runners and Throws
$100.00 - Throw - 84 x 58 inches
$40.00 - Large Table Runner - 18 x 60 inches
$20.00 - Small Table Runner - 18 x 30 inches
The striped design of these table runners and throws was inspired by a blanket found with a
Confederate soldier who fell at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas in 1862. The warp in the blanket was
cotton and the weft was wool, just as these are. The sheep’s wool in these handmade items is
harvested from animals that are raised locally in Frederick County, MD.
Lincoln Bandages
$5.25
A collectible metal tin containing 20 Abraham Lincoln Bandages. Each of these whimsical standard-size
bandages have a picture of Lincoln and are sure to make you smile as well as help heal your wound!
Skeleton Pens
$3.50 each, $9.50 set of three
These collectible whimsical pens look like skeletal bones; the three different styles are a spine, a femur,
and a finger.
Union Belt Buckle
$3.00
This replica belt buckle is the same style as those worn by Union soldiers during the Civil War. This
buckle is designed for modern use and is compatible with modern belts. It is a stylish way to display your
Civil War Union pride in everyday appearance.
Yankee Doodle Decals
$4.95 small, $6.00 large
These vinyl decals are inspired by the people stickers popular on family cars. These stickers are intended
to announce your enthusiasm for the Civil War for any and all sundry to see. They are designed for
application on automobile windows but can be applied to any smooth unpainted surface. They are made
locally in Frederick County, Maryland.