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Flags of the Civil War

Product Description: The regimental, battery, or company set of colors was more than simply a unit designation, it was the very symbol of the regiment - it was its heart. Fiercely defended in action, where they flew in the center of the line, they drew relentless enemy fire upon their bearer...read more

By Gerry Embleton (illustrator), Philip Katcher and Rick Scollins (illustrator)

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9780785833840 | Chartwell Books, February 10, 2016, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: The regimental, battery, or company set of colors was more than simply a unit designation, it was the very symbol of the regiment - it was its heart.

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9781841761732 | Osprey Pub Co, July 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Covers the complete history of Regimental, State and Volunteer flags for both Union and Confederate forces.

The American Civil War: Day by Day

Product Description: The American Civil War was a turning point in the evolution of the world's most successful nation and, as such, is profusely studied beyond the US as well as within it. The war accounted for 650,000 lives and this is just one of a myriad of statistics that accompany such major events: this excellent reference work provides all the data required for a complete study of the action and does so in a logical, compact and convenient style...read more

By Philip Katcher

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9781862273603 | Tempus Pub Ltd, September 28, 2007, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The American Civil War was a turning point in the evolution of the world's most successful nation and, as such, is profusely studied beyond the US as well as within it.

Robert E. Lee

Product Description: Robert Edward Lee was born to be a military leader. His father was leader of George Washington's light cavalry in the War of Independence, and Robert himself was a prize pupil at West Point military academy. After successes in the Mexican war he became commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and then led it to both success and ultimate failure during the testing campaigns of the Civil War...read more

By Philip Katcher

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9781857533774 | Brasseys Uk Ltd, May 1, 2004, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Robert Edward Lee was born to be a military leader.

Gettysburg 1863

Product Description: More words have been written about this battle than almost any other, perhaps with the exception of Waterloo but here, as with other titles in this series, a mid-length study of 50,000 words is provided, with pertinent illustrations and maps, at a price to suit all readers - historians, researchers, students and battlefield visitors...read more

By Philip Katcher

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9781857533194 | Brasseys Uk Ltd, December 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: More words have been written about this battle than almost any other, perhaps with the exception of Waterloo but here, as with other titles in this series, a mid-length study of 50,000 words is provided, with pertinent illustrations and maps, at a price to suit all readers - historians, researchers, students and battlefield visitors.

American Civil War Commanders: Confederate Leaders in the West

Product Description: Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In the Western theater of war the Confederacy had the misfortune to face, with inferior resources, some of the outstanding Union leaders early in their careers...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841763194 | Osprey Pub Co, October 1, 2003, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

The Army of Northern Virginia: Lee's Army in the American Civil War 1861-1865

By Philip Katcher

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Miscellaneous:

9780203491010 | Routledge, September 18, 2003, cover price $140.00

Sharpshooters of the Civil War

Product Description: Book by Katcher, Philip R. N.

By Philip Katcher and Stephen Walsh (illustrator)

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9781410901118 | Heinemann/Raintree, June 1, 2003, cover price $34.29 | About this edition: Book by Katcher, Philip R.

Civil War State Troops

Looks at the various army uniforms of each state during the Civil War.

By Philip Katcher and Ronald Volstad (illustrator)

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9781410901217 | Heinemann/Raintree, June 1, 2003, cover price $32.86 | About this edition: Looks at the various army uniforms of each state during the Civil War.

Union Cavalrymen of the Civil War

Product Description: Book by Katcher, Philip R. N.

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781410901156 | Heinemann/Raintree, June 1, 2003, cover price $34.29 | About this edition: Book by Katcher, Philip R.

Civil War Union Troops

Looks at the uniforms and standard equipment of both soldiers and officers of various regiments in the Union Army during the Civil War.

By Philip Katcher and Ronald Volstad (illustrator)

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9781410901194 | Heinemann/Raintree, June 1, 2003, cover price $32.86 | About this edition: Looks at the uniforms and standard equipment of both soldiers and officers of various regiments in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Union Flags of the Civil War

Provides a look at the Union flags of the Civil War and the importance of these flags, and includes photographs and illustrations.

By Philip Katcher and Richard Scollins (illustrator)

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9781410901231 | Heinemann/Raintree, May 1, 2003, cover price $32.86 | About this edition: Provides a look at the Union flags of the Civil War and the importance of these flags, and includes photographs and illustrations.

The American Civil War

By Philip Katcher

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9781857533965 | Brasseys Uk Ltd, March 1, 2003, cover price $29.95

Great Gambles of the Civil War

The roar of cannons at Gettysburg, the death and destruction at Manassas, the vicious fighting at Vicksburg -- critical battles won by a daring gamble. Combining elements of famous actions that have kept historians riveted for years, with lesser known incidents that still hold incredible drama, sheds light on how baffles were won -- and lost.

By Philip Katcher

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9780785815907 | Castle, March 1, 2003, cover price $9.99

9781854093080 | Arms & Armour, August 1, 1996, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The roar of cannons at Gettysburg, the death and destruction at Manassas, the vicious fighting at Vicksburg -- critical battles won by a daring gamble.

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9780304351985 | Cassell, May 1, 2000, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: In war, every decision is a matter of life and death: take a gamble and you may succeed gloriously.

American Civil War Commanders (3): Union Leaders in the West

Product Description: Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals â and three of those were over 70 years of age and veterans of the Napoleonic period...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841763217 | Osprey Pub Co, March 1, 2003, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

American Civil War Commanders (2): Confederate Leaders in the East

Product Description: Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The generals who led the brigades, divisions, corps and armies of the Confederacy were very largely products of the same professional backgrounds as their opponents in Union blue - indeed, many of them were former West Point classmates and brother officers in the pre-war US Army, who had served together on the frontier or in the Mexican War...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841763187 | Osprey Pub Co, December 1, 2002, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Sharpshooters of the American Civil War 1861-65

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By Philip Katcher and Stephen Walsh (illustrator)

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9781841764634 | Osprey Pub Co, November 1, 2002, cover price $18.95

Confederate Cavalryman 1861-65

Product Description: The southerner of the mid-19th century had been bred to ride horses. In addition the period southerner had long been used to handling firearms, through hunting for pleasure, food or simply for sport. The combination of these factors promised that when the southern states began to secede in December 1860, the cavalry would be a major combat arm...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Gerry Embleton (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841763811 | Osprey Pub Co, August 1, 2002, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The southerner of the mid-19th century had been bred to ride horses.

American Civil War Commanders(1): Union Leaders in the East

Product Description: Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals - and only one of them was not a septuagenarian veteran of the War of 1812...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841763200 | Osprey Pub Co, April 1, 2002, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

American Civil War Artillery 1861-65: Field And Heavy Artillery

Product Description: Perhaps the most influential arm of either army in the prosecution of the American Civil War, the artillery of both sides grew to be highly professional organizations. Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American ordnance placed an emphasis on its 'Heavy Artillery' mounted in coastal defenses, while their 'Field Artillery' units were assigned across the fighting fronts...read more

By Tony Bryan (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841764511 | Osprey Pub Co, August 25, 2001, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Perhaps the most influential arm of either army in the prosecution of the American Civil War, the artillery of both sides grew to be highly professional organizations.

Confederate Artilleryman: 1861-65

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By Philip Katcher and Bill Younghusband (illustrator)

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9781841763002 | Osprey Pub Co, August 1, 2001, cover price $18.95

American Civil War Artillery, 1861-1865 (2): Heavy Artillery

Product Description: Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American ordnance and engineers placed an emphasis on heavy artillery mounted in coastal defences. The Union army organised its 'Heavy Artillery' into separate regiments, uniformed and equipped differently...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Tony Bryan (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841762197 | Osprey Pub Co, July 1, 2001, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American ordnance and engineers placed an emphasis on heavy artillery mounted in coastal defences.

Union Cavalryman 1861-1865

By Richard Hook and Philip Katcher

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9781841762579 | Osprey Pub Co, March 1, 2001, cover price $16.95

American Civil War Artillery 1861-65: Field Artillery

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By Philip Katcher

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9781841762180 | Osprey Pub Co, January 1, 2001, cover price $17.95

Lethal Glory: Dramatic Defeats of the Civil War

Product Description: What makes a battle a disaster for "both sides? 15 examples, culled from Civil War annals, provide a wrenching answer to that question. These engagements saw some of the largest losses of life during the conflict. . .all to very little effect...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Philip Katcher

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9781854092397 | Arms & Armour, April 1, 1995, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This text recreates 15 major defeats suffered during the American Civil War in a narrative which is intended to be of interest to the general reader whilst retaining accuracy and validity for historians.

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9780304351312 | Cassell, March 1, 1999, cover price $9.95 | also contains Assessment of the Nuclear Programs of Iran and North Korea | About this edition: What makes a battle a disaster for "both sides?

9781854093783 | Arms & Armour, September 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: What makes a battle a disaster for "both sides?

U.S. Infantry Equipments, 1775-1910

Product Description: The development of US Army infantry equipment has been a story of trial and error, of adopting new designs to meet new problems. It was not until 1910 that a whole system of equipment, including everything from the waist belts to the canteens to the cartridge-carriers to the haversack, was officially adopted...read more

By Philip Katcher

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9780850459364 | Osprey Pub Co, January 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The development of US Army infantry equipment has been a story of trial and error, of adopting new designs to meet new problems.

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