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Welcome to lesser-seen sides of the conflict, in which the author of Little Woman describes her hospital work, a colonel trains newly recruited black soldiers, and Mary Lincoln's dressmaker reports from the White House.

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Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House: Memoirs of an African-American SeamstressBehind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House: Memoirs of an African-American Seamstress 
by Elizabeth Keckley
A former slave who was a dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, Keckley witnessed the happy times as well as the tragic events that unfolded within the Lincoln White House.

Civil War Hospital SketchesCivil War Hospital Sketches 
by Louisa May Alcott
Written by the author of Little Women during the winter of 1862-63, these memoirs reveal the realities of battlefield medicine as well as the tentative first steps of women in military service.


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Army Life in a Black RegimentArmy Life in a Black Regiment
by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Union officer's lively, detailed wartime diary captures the raw humor that develops among the men in combat and paints unforgettable pictures of soldiers, routines of camp life, and southern landscapes.


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The Battle of Gettysburg: A Soldier's First-Hand AccountThe Battle of Gettysburg: A Soldier's First-Hand Account
by Frank A., Col. Haskel
Vivid eyewitness accounts of the wounded, of skirmishes, attacks and counterattacks, estimates of losses, marks of battle, and burial of the dead. 2 maps.


Our Price: $6.95

Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House: Memoirs of an African-American SeamstressBehind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House: Memoirs of an African-American Seamstress
by Elizabeth Keckley
A former slave who was a dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, Keckley witnessed the happy times as well as the tragic events that unfolded within the Lincoln White House.


Our Price: $7.95

Civil War Hospital SketchesCivil War Hospital Sketches
by Louisa May Alcott
Written by the author of Little Women during the winter of 1862-63, these memoirs reveal the realities of battlefield medicine as well as the tentative first steps of women in military service.


Our Price: $4.95

The Civil War: A Book of QuotationsThe Civil War: A Book of Quotations
by Bob Blaisdell
More than 700 quotes — arranged chronologically and divided into sections on specific topics and events — provide a running narrative by the many who lived through or died in the Civil War. Notes.


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Memoranda During the War: Civil War Journals, 1863-1865Memoranda During the War: Civil War Journals, 1863-1865
by Walt Whitman, Bob Blaisdell
While serving as a volunteer at military hospitals, the poet recorded soldiers' anecdotes of army life, their last words and final messages, and his own reflections on the Civil War.

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