Last Road North

“I thought my men were invincible.” – Gen. Robert E. Lee Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign Savas Beatie, 2016 192 pp; 150 images, 17 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-243-3 Click here to order *     *     * About the Book: A string of battlefield victories through 1862 had culminated in the […]

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Let Us Die Like Men

Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 by William Lee White Savas Beatie, 2019 192 pp.; 198 images; 12 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-296-9 Click here to order Also available in Audiobook! Click here to order *    *     * About the Book John Bell Hood had done his job […]

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Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg

Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg: The Creation of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by Bradley M. Gottfried and Linda I. Gottfried Savas Beatie, 2021 ISBN:978-1-61121-559-5 Specs:180 images, 10 maps, 192 pp. Click here to order *    *     * About the Book Almost 8,000 dead dotted the fields of Gettysburg after the […]

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A Long and Bloody Task

“The approach of warm weather told us that our work for the summer would soon commence, but I do not think anyone had a thought that the task would prove so long and bloody.”— diary of Sgt. James Litton Cooper, 20th Tennessee, spring 1864 A Long and Bloody Task: The Atlanta Campaign from Dalton through […]

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The Most Desperate Acts of Gallantry

The Most Desperate Acts of Gallantry: George A. Custer in the Civil War by Daniel T. Davis Savas Beatie, 2019 192 pp.; 165 images; 7 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-411-6 Click here to order Also available in Audiobook! Click here to order *    *     * On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer […]

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A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy

“The Mississippi River is the backbone of the Rebellion; it is the key to the whole situation.” – Abraham Lincoln A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 by Mark F. Bielski Savas Beatie, 2021 ISBN:978-1-61121-489-5 eISBN:978-1-61121-490-1 Specs:150 images, 10 maps, 192 pp Click here to order *    *     […]

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No Turning Back

“Well, if you see the President, tell him from me that, whatever happens, there will be no turning back.” — Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant May 5, 1864 No Turning Back: A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4-June 13, 1864 by Robert M. Dunkerly, Donald C. Pfanz, and […]

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Out Flew the Sabres

“Out flew the sabres, and most handsomely they were used.” –Brig. Gen. John Buford Out Flew the Sabres: The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863  Savas Beatie, 2016 192 pp.; 150 images, 8 maps ISBN: 978-1-61121-256-3 Click here to order *     *     * About the Book: One day. Fourteen hours. Twelve thousand […]

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Passing Through the Fire

Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War by Brian F. Swartz Savas Beatie, 2021 ISBN:978-1-61121-561-8 Specs:180 images, 10 maps, 192 pp. Click here to order *    *     * About the Book As the brigade he commanded attacked a Confederate battery on a hill outside Petersburg in July 1864, a […]

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