📚 Civil War Lot: Longstreet, Chickamauga, Forrest, Gettysburg - FREE Shipping
n 📚 An outstanding and genuinely rare 4-book Civil War military history bundle gathering four landmark and highly collectible titles on some of the most dramatic battles, campaigns, and commanders of the American Civil War — presented in what appears to be a matching decorative reprint series format with distinctive marbled endpapers and uniform binding design. This is an exceptional find for serious Civil War collectors, military historians, battlefield enthusiasts, and students of the War Between the States seeking authoritative primary and secondary accounts of the conflict's most pivotal engagements. These are not mass-market paperbacks — this appears to be a quality reprint series of the kind produced by specialty Civil War publishers such as Broadfoot or Morningside, which are actively collected by Civil War library builders and command premium prices among serious enthusiasts. A collection of this specific focus and apparent quality is rarely found together outside of a dedicated Civil War library.
Books Included in This Lot (as shown in photo):
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From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by Gen. James Longstreet, CSA — The authoritative and essential first-person memoir of General James Longstreet — Robert E. Lee's "Old War Horse" and one of the most important and controversial commanders of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia — covering the full sweep of the Eastern Theater from First Bull Run through Appomattox in vivid personal detail. One of the most important primary source memoirs of the Civil War and essential reading for any serious student of the conflict.
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Chickamauga: Bloody Battle in the West by Glenn Tucker — The authoritative and deeply researched narrative history of the Battle of Chickamauga — September 1863 — one of the bloodiest and most dramatic battles of the entire Civil War, in which Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg shattered the Union Army of the Cumberland and sent it reeling back to Chattanooga. Tucker's account remains the definitive popular history of this pivotal Western Theater engagement and is widely considered a classic of Civil War historiography.
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"First With the Most" Forrest: Nathan Bedford Forrest by Robert Selph Henry — The landmark biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest — the Confederate cavalry genius whom both William T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant acknowledged as the most dangerous and gifted military commander produced by either side in the Civil War. Robert Selph Henry's biography remains one of the most respected and readable accounts of Forrest's extraordinary military career and is essential reading for students of Civil War cavalry operations and the Western Theater.
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The Attack and Defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 by Oliver Willcox Norton — A detailed and authoritative primary source account of the pivotal struggle for Little Round Top on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg — one of the most dramatic and consequential engagements of the entire war — written by a participant who served with the Army of the Potomac. An invaluable firsthand account for Gettysburg students and Civil War battlefield historians.