Originally published in the Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. XXXVIII, No. 4 (December, 1954). Covers the background and history of the grants. Pp. 337-348. & View More...
This Livingston County book includes information on early history, businesses, County Court, City Government, Schools, Libraries, Clubs, Sports, Cemeteries, Churches, Organizations, family histories, and more. 348 pages, no index. View More...
Edward G. Longacre's book presents twelve important expeditions of both the Federal and Confederacy in various theatres of action. Indexed. 348 p. # View More...
William Watson published his account of the two years he spent evading Union gunboats and dealing with the "sharpers" who fed off the misfortunes of war. Using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he sought to write a "plain, blunt" account of "events just as they happened." Instead, he wrote a classic adventure tale whose careful description of seafaring in the 1860s gives us a glimpse into a world now closed to us. 348 p. # View More...
More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. Drew Gilpin Faust reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation, describing how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage with its belief in a benevolent God.
