by Duane A. Smith (1989)
In 1861, Colorado was a newly named territory. Four years later it was forever changed, by the Civil War that had been raging back East and by its own development and the evolution of mining. The Colorado that emerged in the spring of 1865 was no longer the frontier that had found itself in a war. That frontier, that time, that way of life, all had passed. This is the story of Colorado and its people during the years of the Civil War, 1861-1865. It is not, however, a military history. Using original sources ranging from letters, diaries, journals, and reminiscences to government reports and newspaper stories, the book captures an important period in Colorado's mining, political, and economic development. -- from book jacket.
Joseph T. Glatthaar
In his famous "March to the Sea" in 1864 and 1865 General William Sherman effectively ended the Civil War and at the same time introduced the devastating concept of "total war." Joseph T. Glatthaar presents here a lively and dramatic account of this terrifying and terrifyingly effective sweep throught the South from an entirely new perspective: through the eyes of the common soldier. - Jacket flap.
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compiled with a foreword by Ernest Jerome Hopkins
Contains: One of the missing -- A baffled ambuscade -- The affair at Coulter's Notch -- A son of the gods -- One kind of officer -- A tough tussle -- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Chickamauga -- The coup de grâce -- One officer, one man -- The story of a conscience -- Parker Adderson, philosopher -- An affair of outposts -- Jupiter Doke, brigadier-general -- A horseman in the sky -- The mocking-bird -- George Thurston -- Killed at Resaca -- Three and one are one -- Two military executions -- The major's tale -- A resumed identity -- A man with two lives -- The other lodgers -- A bivouac of the dead
Dee Brown
Detailed accounts of the 14 most important battles fought in the West, including the Battle of Wilson's Creek and the Battle of Westport.
Frank P. Slaughter
Echoes of Distant Thunder shows us the war in stunning detail through the eyes of a twenty year old farm boy turned artillery soldier. On the bloody fields of Chickamauga Will Castor’s artillery battery is over-run by the enemy in fierce hand-to-hand combat, every member of his gun crew, including his best friend are killed and his final violent act of compassion will haunt him for the rest of his life. Caught behind enemy lines with a broken leg and unable to walk, he makes a pact with a war weary Confederate deserter and ends up falling in love with his former enemy’s beautiful sister. Historical events firmly anchor the story in place as Will, wounded in body and in mind moves from the battlefield to one crisis after another. Along the way he struggles with guilt, alcoholism and failed relationships.