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America Victorious: Lesser-Known Campaigns and Commanders That Helped Win American Independence, written by Tom Hand, shares engaging stories of some of the lesser-known men who fought our country’s...

America Victorious: Lesser-Known Campaigns and Commanders That Helped Win American Independence, written by Tom Hand, shares engaging stories of some of the lesser-known men who fought our country’s battles in countless places across our young nation.  From the Minutemen who fired the “shot heard round the world” at Lexington and Concord, to Nathanael Greene’s exploits in the southern theater, to George Rogers Clark’s conquest of the Illinois and Ohio Country, the book is filled with...

Tom Hand’s An American Triumph: America’s Founding Era Through the Lives of Ben Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams masterfully blends the personal experiences and historic milestones of...

Tom Hand’s An American Triumph: America’s Founding Era Through the Lives of Ben Franklin, George Washington, and John Adams masterfully blends the personal experiences and historic milestones of these three Founding Fathers into an engaging narrative written for the everyday American. Through a collection of captivating stories from Ben Franklin’s birth in 1706 to the passing of John Adams on July 4, 1826, An American Triumph focuses on the momentous events where...

This bundle is unavailable until a new edition of The Maps of the American Revolution (Vol. 3) is released. Please consider Battle Maps Bundle - Civil War Lovers in the interim if you'd like to...

This bundle is unavailable until a new edition of The Maps of the American Revolution (Vol. 3) is released. Please consider Battle Maps Bundle - Civil War Lovers in the interim if you'd like to bundle our other three map books. --> Get the complete collection of the American Battlefield Trust's map books. This four-volume set — featuring more than 250 expertly created and historian-reviewed maps — includes the following titles:Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater (Volume...

For our Civil War lovers, get the complete collection of the American Battlefield Trust's Civil War map books. This three-volume set — featuring more than 180 expertly created and historian-reviewed...

For our Civil War lovers, get the complete collection of the American Battlefield Trust's Civil War map books. This three-volume set — featuring more than 180 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 Civil War: The Gettysburg Campaign (Volume 4) Note: This bundle does not include Battle Maps of the...

Now, in time for America’s 250th anniversary, we’ve updated our popular Revolutionary War volume to include even more maps. Follow the course of the war, from Lexington & Concord to the British...

Now, in time for America’s 250th anniversary, we’ve updated our popular Revolutionary War volume to include even more maps. 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 150 pages with 80 full-color, highly detailed maps and expert battle commentary covering more than 50 pivotal sites, this volume makes a great addition any battlefield...

“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 nearly 61,000 acres of battlefield land across 160 battlefields, in 25 states. Other than physically walking across the hallowed ground that we have saved together, the best...

For the first time in book form, we have collected dozens of maps — 46 to be exact — detailing the actions of the Civil War’s most famous campaign into one book! With Volume 4 of our Battle Maps of...

For the first time in book form, we have collected dozens of maps — 46 to be exact — detailing the actions of the Civil War’s most famous campaign into one book! With Volume 4 of our Battle Maps of the Civil War Series in hand, follow the course of the Gettysburg Campaign from the banks of the Rappahannock River to the three-day struggle in Pennsylvania to the Confederate retreat across the Potomac River. Discover the action at the nearly 1,300 acres at Gettysburg the American Battlefield...

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...

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 preserved nearly 61,000 acres of battlefield...

Robert “Bobby” E.L. Krick’s The Battle of Gaines’s Mill — the culmination of a legendary career’s worth of studying the sources and walking the ground — not only stands as the definitive work about...

Robert “Bobby” E.L. Krick’s The Battle of Gaines’s Mill — the culmination of a legendary career’s worth of studying the sources and walking the ground — not only stands as the definitive work about one of the Seven Days’ most astounding battles, it is a masterclass in historical inquiry, examination, and evaluation by one of our finest military historians. Please note: This listing is only for Volume Two of the two-volume work. --- The Second Summer of the Civil War in Virginia found the...

Robert “Bobby” E.L. Krick’s The Battle of Gaines’s Mill — the culmination of a legendary career’s worth of studying the sources and walking the ground — not only stands as the definitive work about...

Robert “Bobby” E.L. Krick’s The Battle of Gaines’s Mill — the culmination of a legendary career’s worth of studying the sources and walking the ground — not only stands as the definitive work about one of the Seven Days’ most astounding battles, it is a masterclass in historical inquiry, examination, and evaluation by one of our finest military historians. Please note: This listing is only for Volume One of the two-volume work. --- The Second Summer of the Civil War in Virginia found the...

Some of the most compelling photographs of the Civil War were taken on battlefield land saved by the American Battlefield Trust. Discover the power of place that preservation work seeks to capture...

Some of the most compelling photographs of the Civil War were taken on battlefield land saved by the American Battlefield Trust. Discover the power of place that preservation work seeks to capture in Battlefields in Focus: Hallowed Ground Through the Camera Lens, written by Garry Adelman, the Trust’s Chief Historian, and Bob Zeller, the president of The Center for Civil War Photography. This volume features dozens of these vintage photos along with modern battlefield photographs taken by...

“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...