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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...

Final Bloodshed: Hospitals and Caring for the Wounded in the Appomattox Campaign is co-authored by Chris M. Calkins and Patrick A. Schroeder. Chris Calkins, a longtime NPS historian and among the...

Final Bloodshed: Hospitals and Caring for the Wounded in the Appomattox Campaign is co-authored by Chris M. Calkins and Patrick A. Schroeder. Chris Calkins, a longtime NPS historian and among the founders of our organization, passed away the day after this final work was published on April 1, 2026, following a years-long battle with Parkinson’s disease. The book is signed in memory by Patrick Schroeder. *** Four years of war provided the armies with many improvements. By the spring of 1865,...

Be prepared to record your thoughts whenever inspiration strikes — you won't want to put down this gorgeous leather book which cradles a replaceable bound journal. Custom-crafted by master craftsman...

Be prepared to record your thoughts whenever inspiration strikes — you won't want to put down this gorgeous leather book which cradles a replaceable bound journal. Custom-crafted by master craftsman Shawn Bettinger of Stickman Leather in Seattle, Washington, this leather blank book is constructed of materials made in the U.S.A. Debossed with American Battlefield Trust on the front and “Saving Hallowed Ground” on the backHandcrafted from American Bison tanned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Features...

The Cost of War: A Visual Summary of Civil War Devastation by Garry Adelman and Chris Mackowski is offered exclusively through the American Battlefield Trust. This booklet offers a brief visual...

The Cost of War: A Visual Summary of Civil War Devastation by Garry Adelman and Chris Mackowski is offered exclusively through the American Battlefield Trust. This booklet offers a brief visual summation of the many costs of war, as shown through Civil War-era photography. Trigger warning: While the authors have avoided the most graphic images, please be aware that this piece may not be appropriate for all audiences.  *** How do you measure the cost of war? Do you measure it by the number...