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American Civil War eBooks

The Battle of Bull Run, by General B. T. Beauregard. Book 1 of the American Civil War Series. Confederate General B. T. Beauregard recounts the first major encounter between the untested Confederacy and the Federal troops. This ebook includes letters subsequently submitted to the editor addressing Beauregard's account; as well as others. Also includes troop strengths for both sides reported by the Adjutants-General.

Operations of the Western Flotilla, by Commander Henry Walke. Book 2 of the American Civil War Series. These accounts were written by Commander Henry Walke, the commander of the Union iron clad Carondelet, which along with several gun boats under the command of Flag-Officer Andrew Hull Foote raised havoc with the Confederate river forces along the Kentucky and Tenessee rivers. Includes accounts of the capture of Fort Donelson and the fall of Island Number Ten.

Clash of the Iron Clads, by Commander John Taylor Wood. Book 3 of the American Civil War Series.This ebook combines three factual, eye-witness accounts from three different view points of the first encounters between the Monitor and Merrimac; John Taylor Wood, the Commander of the Merrimac and Samuel Dana Greene, the only executive officer the Monitor had and a Confederate officer watching from shore. On March 8, 1862, this naval battle between iron clads changed the navies of the world forever.

Opening the Lower Mississippi, by David Porter. Book 4 of the American Civil War Series. David D. Porter, commander of the Powhatan, details his plan for the flotilla, commanded by Admiral Farragut, which executed the plan, led to the destruction of New Orleans and retaking control of the Lower Mississippi by Federal forces on up the river to Memphis. Also includes Admiral Farragut's report to Washington on the capture of New Orleans.

The Shiloh Campaign, by Ulysses S. Grant. Book 5 of the American Civil War Series. Grant gives an account of this critical battle. Until it was fought, he "believed that the rebellion would collapse suddenly and soon if a decisive victory could be gained over any of its armies." The Shiloh Campaign changed that thinking.