The Aftermath of Battle
“After the battle, what did they do with all the bodies?” — common question from battlefield visitors The Aftermath of Battle: The Burial of the Civil War Dead by Meg Groeling Savas Beatie, 2015 192 pp.; 211 images ISBN: 978-1-61121-189-4 Click here to order Also available in Audiobook! Click here to order * * […]
Read more...All the Fighting They Want
“Let us give these southern fellows all the fighting they want and when they are tired we can tell them we are just warming to the work.” — Sherman to Grant, August 7, 1864 All the Fighting They Want: The Atlanta Campaign from Peachtree Creek to the City’s Surrender, July 18-September 2, 1864 Savas Beatie, […]
Read more...All Hell Can’t Stop Them
All Hell Can’t Stop Them: The Battles for Chattanooga: Missionary Ridge and Ringgold. November 24 – 27, 1863 by David A. Powell Savas Beatie, 2019 192 pp.; 120 images; 8 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-413-0 Click here to order * * * About the Book To many of the Federal soldiers watching the Stars […]
Read more...Attack at Daylight and Whip Them
Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6 – 7, 1862 by Gregory A. Mertz Savas Beatie, 2019 192 pp.; 166 images; 17 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-313-3 Click here to order Also available in Audiobook! Click here to order * * * About the Book Attack at daylight and […]
Read more...Battle Above the Clouds
“I have gained a great victory and there is none to share the laurels with me. But Oh! How dear it has cost me. My dear beloved boy is the sacrifice.” —John W. Geary, in a letter to his wife, November 2, 1863 The Battle above the Clouds: Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the […]
Read more...Bloody Autumn
“In pushing up the Shenandoah Valley . . . it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite the enemy to return. Take all provisions, forage, and stock wanted for the use of your command; such as cannot be consumed, destroy.” — Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan Bloody Autumn: […]
Read more...Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale
“We had no time to pause for thought of dread or danger. We were in the very jaws of the monster.” — Lt. Col. Benjamin F. Sawyer 24th Alabama Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863 by William Lee White Savas Beatie, 2013 192 pp.; 244 images, 8 maps ISBN-13: 978-1-61121-158-0 […]
Read more...Calamity in Carolina
“Concentrate all available forces and stop Sherman.” — Robert E. Lee to Joseph E. Johnston, February 22, 1865 Calamity in Carolina: The Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville by Daniel T. Davis and Phillip S. Greenwalt Savas Beatie, 2015 168 pp.; 148 images, 8 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-245-7 Click here to order * * * […]
Read more...Call Out the Cadets
Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 by Sarah Kay Bierle Savas Beatie, 2019 192 pp.; 180 images; 10 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-469-7 Click here to order Also available in Audiobook! Click here to order * * * About the Book “May God forgive me for the order,” […]
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