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83) Shenandoah
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Civil War battle series volume 8
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English
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Shenandoah is the eighth book in a series of historical novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one Southern family. The last half of 1863 has taken a toll on the Brannon family, but a Christmas lull in the fighting brings home Mac and Will as well as Titus, the son believed to have been killed in the war. Though his return is joyous news, Titus is devastated when he finds his wife remarried and pregnant. In his bitterness, he...
84) Ulysses S. Grant
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English
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A biography of the commander of the Union forces in the Civil War who became the eighteenth president of the United States.
85) Ulysses S. Grant
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"This series provides comprehensive information on the presidents of the United States and places each within his historical and cultural context; it also explores the formative events of his times and how he responds"--Provided by publisher.
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Battle hymn cycle volume 5
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English
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A great war nears its end. Robert E. Lee makes a desperate, dramatic gamble. It fails. Ulysses S. Grant moves. Veteran armies clash around Petersburg, Virginia, as Grant seeks to surround Lee and Lee makes a skillful withdrawal in the night. Richmond falls. Each day brings new combat and more casualties, as Lee's exhausted, hungry troops race to preserve the Confederacy. But Grant does not intend to let Lee escape ... In one of the most thrilling...
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A House Divided is an exciting introduction to two of the most fascinating players in the American Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant was gruff and sloppy, the son of a hardworking but uneducated man opposed to slavery. Robert E. Lee, a slave owner himself, was a polite, aristocratic Virginia gentleman who descended from the Revolutionary War hero "Light-Horse Harry." Both men studied at West Point but developed very different tactics-Lee proved to be a...
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"Ulysses S. Grant: An Album offers fresh insights, both visual and written, into one of American History's most important generals and presidents. Here, McFeely uses newspapers, portraits, photographs, paintings, sketches, and cartoons to examine and illuminate Grant, both the private man and the public figure."
"What emerges is not only a narratively engaging text but also a portrait as full and detailed as the many photographs taken over the course...
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