Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell

Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell: The Battle of Secessionville, June 16, 1862 By James A. Morgan   Savas Beatie, 2022 192 pp.; 150 images: 10 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-601-1 Click here to order                                         […]

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Dreams of Victory

Dreams of Victory: General P. G. T. Beauregard in the Civil War By Sean Michael Chick   Savas Beatie, 2022 192 pp.; 150 images: 10 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-521-2 Click here to order *    *     * About the Book Few Civil War generals attracted as much debate and controversy as Pierre Gustav Toutant […]

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The Carnage Was Fearful

The Carnage Was Fearful: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 By Michael E. Block Savas Beatie, 2022 192 pp.; 150 images: 9 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-441-3 Click here to order *    *     * About the Book In early August 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson took to the field with his […]

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A Grand Opening Squandered

A Grand Opening Squandered: The Battle for Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864 by Sean Michael Chick Savas Beatie, 2025 192 pp.; 100 images; 10 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-721-6 Click here to order *    *     * About the book May and June 1864 in Virginia witnessed some of the most brutal and bloody fighting of […]

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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 *    *   […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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