Thirteen essays originally written for popular historical journals detail the background, psychology, and wartime activities of such Civil War commanders as Ulysses S. Grant, William Clarke Quantrill, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Had Lee enjoyed the manpower or materiel advantages of Grant, would the South have triumphed? Had Hood possessed strength superior to Sherman's, would he still have lost their encounters in Georgia? Popular sentiment has long bowed to the military leadership of the Civil War's victorious generals a view that has been disputed by modern scholarship...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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A detailed history of the campaign provides a balanced treatment of the North's invasion of Atlanta, debunking many long-standing myths and misconceptions of the battle

Product Description: When Kansas entered the Union on the eve of the Civil War, she was poverty striken, demoralized by the drought of 1859-61, and disheartened by an economic depression. This account covers the significant era which followed, describing the political, military, social, and economic conditions of the state's first four years...read more

Assesses Johnson's effectiveness as a president and significance in American history by examining his use of presidential power, his role in Reconstruction, domestic development, and foreign affairs from 1865 to 1869