Books

It is the mission of the American Battlefield Trust to preserve America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educate the public about what happened there, and why it matters. America’s Hallowed Ground: A...

It is the mission of the American Battlefield Trust to preserve America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educate the public about what happened there, and why it matters. America’s Hallowed Ground: A Personal Battlefield Journal features 20 “must see” battlefields from the Civil War, the War of 1812, and the American Revolutionary War. Use your personal journal to check off the battlefields you’ve visited and to make plans to see the others. Share your experiences with family and friends and the...

​Get the complete collection of the American Battlefield Trust's map books. This three-volume set — featuring more than 200 expertly created and historian-reviewed maps — includes the following...

​Get the complete collection of the American Battlefield Trust's map books. This three-volume set — featuring more than 200 expertly created and historian-reviewed maps — includes the following titles:- Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater (Volume 1)- Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater (Volume 2)- Battle Maps of the American Revolution (Volume 3)The American Battlefield Trust and its members have preserved more than 55,000 acres of battlefield land across 150...

For the first time in book form, we have collected the maps of some of the most iconic battles of the Revolutionary War. Follow the course of the war, from Lexington & Concord to the British...

For the first time in book form, we have collected the maps of some of the most iconic battles of the Revolutionary War. Follow the course of the war, from Lexington & Concord to the British surrender at Yorktown, utilizing this unparalleled collection of maps of the major actions of the American Revolution. Featuring 120 pages with 65 full-color, highly detailed maps and expert battle commentary, this volume makes a great addition any battlefield enthusiast's bookshelf. The American...

“I just love those maps that you guys send to me.” It is a sentiment that we hear often, referencing one of our cornerstone initiatives — a quest to accurately and dynamically map the battlefields...

“I just love those maps that you guys send to me.” It is a sentiment that we hear often, referencing one of our cornerstone initiatives — a quest to accurately and dynamically map the battlefields of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and the American Civil War. The American Battlefield Trust and its members have preserved more than 54,000 acres of battlefield land across 150 battlefields, in 24 states. Other than physically walking across the hallowed ground that we have saved together, the...

Our new Civil War map collection is here! Battlefield Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater brings together the Trust's maps of iconic battles of the Civil War’s Western Theater into a single...

Our new Civil War map collection is here! Battlefield Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater brings together the Trust's maps of iconic battles of the Civil War’s Western Theater into a single volume. Follow the major action of the "War in the West" as it unfolded using this unparalleled collection of maps. Featuring 112 pages of 70+ full-color, highly detailed maps and expert battle commentary, this volume makes a great addition any battlefield enthusiast's bookshelf. Together, we've...

The road to Gettysburg began at Brandy Station on June 9, 1863 during the American Civil War (1861-1865). However, the cavalry clash in Culpeper County, Virginia, counts for more than just the...

The road to Gettysburg began at Brandy Station on June 9, 1863 during the American Civil War (1861-1865). However, the cavalry clash in Culpeper County, Virginia, counts for more than just the opening round of Lee's second invasion of the North. The battle showed both sides that the Federal cavalry had now come of age, that Blue and Gray horsemen were now equal in ability. Early in the morning on June 9, Pleasanton launched his men, split into two divisions, across the Rappahannock at...

Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777 by Michael C. Harris is the first full-length study of this pivotal engagement based upon...

Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777 by Michael C. Harris is the first full-length study of this pivotal engagement based upon primary source materials and a complete understanding of the battlefield's topography. The campaign pitted Gen. Sir WIlliam Home against Gen. George Washington's army in one of the the largest battles of the war. The bitter fighting on Birmingham Hill drove the Americans from the field, but their...

The American Civil War remains the country's national epic, having changed the fledgling "Union" into the "United States." The scars of that devastating internecine conflict have long since...

The American Civil War remains the country's national epic, having changed the fledgling "Union" into the "United States." The scars of that devastating internecine conflict have long since disappeared, but there remains a seemingly insatiable desire to learn more of the circumstances and the detail of the war. This beautifully illustrated book provides that detail, particularly in regard to the tactical deployment of forces in the field and the fighting methods employed by the infantry,...

“Decisions at Stones River: The Sixteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle” introduces readers to critical decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders. Matt Spruill and Lee Spruill...

“Decisions at Stones River: The Sixteen Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle” introduces readers to critical decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders. Matt Spruill and Lee Spruill examine the decisions that shaped the way the campaign and battle unfolded. Rather than offering a history of the Battle of Stones River, the Spruills focus on the critical decisions, those decisions that had a major impact on both Federal and Confederate forces in shaping the progression of the...

Intended for a general readership, “Decisions of the 1862 Kentucky Campaign: The Twenty-Seven Critical Decisions That Defined the Operation” by Lawrence K. Peterson introduces readers to critical...

Intended for a general readership, “Decisions of the 1862 Kentucky Campaign: The Twenty-Seven Critical Decisions That Defined the Operation” by Lawrence K. Peterson introduces readers to critical decisions made by both Union and Confederate commanders who faced harrowing situations and attempted to achieve strategic and tactical victories. Like the other books in the University of Tennessee Press’s Command Decisions in America’s Civil War series, this manuscript contains maps, photographs, and...

Collected journals of soldier Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath kept during the American civil war. Straight from the family attic to your hands, Dignity of Duty contains the never before shared, presciently...

Collected journals of soldier Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath kept during the American civil war. Straight from the family attic to your hands, Dignity of Duty contains the never before shared, presciently detailed primary source accounts of Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath as he serves in and witnesses an unprecedent span of American history in the Civil War, Reconstruction period, building of the American west, and Spanish American War. With an introduction by military historian Carlo D'Este and...

The story of how private citizens headlined the efforts to preserve American Civil War Battlefields. Over the course of thirty years, a good idea and hard work of dedicated history lovers evolved...

The story of how private citizens headlined the efforts to preserve American Civil War Battlefields. Over the course of thirty years, a good idea and hard work of dedicated history lovers evolved into a movement that has saved more than 45,000 acres of historical land from developers — more than 70 square mile of American Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Civil War battlefields. Fighting the Second Civil War: A History of Battlefield Preservation and the Emergence of the Civil War Trust, by Bob...