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Christmas under three flags
Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox
Through three distinct cultural windows, this book captures the warmth, wonder, and lasting traditions of nineteenth-century Christmases celebrated in Washington, Berlin, and San Antonio.
Diary of Captain John Cooke, 1794
Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Rain halts the earthworks at the Miami villages while a captain records the daily provisioning, discipline, and building of the remote frontier post that will bear the general's name.
In The Ranks: From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House: The War, as Seen and Experienced by a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac
R. E. (Robert Ekin) McBride
A young private leaves his quiet Pennsylvania village to join the Army of the Potomac, bearing witness to the grinding attrition of the Wilderness campaign, the tedium and terror of trench warfare around Petersburg, and the final, sweeping pursuit that culminates at Appomattox Court House.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 400, November 21, 1829
Various
Step into the diverse pages of an 1829 periodical, where harrowing prison cells, precocious young poets, and the candid confessions of a retired carriage unfold.
Diary of Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys
Amid terrifying naval invasions and chaotic administrative failures, a diligent civil servant records the daily anxieties of a crumbling wartime London.
Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux. Written by himself
James Hardy Vaux
A gifted clerk with an appetite for high living charts his steady descent from respectable employment into the shadowy underworld of London pickpockets and transportation to New South Wales.
Orville Southerland Cox, Pioneer of 1847
Adelia B. Cox Sidwell
The life of a master blacksmith and foundational pioneer whose hands helped shape the American West through decades of relentless road-building, agriculture, and community-founding.
Reminiscences of the Civil War
Cora Mitchel
A young girl's journey through the Civil War, from the bustling port of Apalachicola to the challenges of refugee life, reveals the resilience of a family amidst turmoil.
Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822: The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 7
Archibald Henry Grimké
A charismatic former slave organizes a sweeping underground insurrection in Charleston, transforming quiet desperation into a fierce demand for human liberty.
The Falling Flag: Evacuation of Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox
Edward M. Boykin
The final chapter of a lost cause unfolds in this stark, intimate journal of a cavalry officer’s retreat from the burning capital of the Confederacy to the quiet fields of Appomattox.
The Story of My Life
Georg Ebers
Growing up in Berlin amid artistic neighbors, royal chaplains, and revolutionary fervor, a perceptive boy absorbs the vibrant cultural and political awakening of nineteenth-century Prussia.
History of Company F, 1st Regiment, R.I. Volunteers, during the spring and summer of 1861
Charles H. Clarke
Leaving their daily trades behind at the President's urgent call, a company of Rhode Island volunteers marches off to defend a vulnerable Washington and fight at Bull Run.
Miss Ellis's Mission
Mary P. Wells (Mary Prudence Wells) Smith
HOOK A portrait of quiet, persistent devotion, this account follows one woman who, despite chronic illness, sparked a nationwide movement by mailing literature to seekers in need of a rational faith.
Arkansas Governors and United States Senators
John L. (John Lewis) Ferguson
Before statehood, territorial governors arrived from eastern states to manage a wilderness frontier. By tracing every chief executive and federal senator, this collection maps how local leadership evolved from raw appointment to enduring, self-determined governance.
Robert E. Lee: A Story and a Play
Ruth Hill
A portrait of a man shaped by Virginia and the crucible of war, this account follows a legendary general from his early life to his final days as a college president.
Memoir of Jared Sparks, LL.D
Brantz Mayer
Driven by an unyielding desire for knowledge, a poor New England carpenter’s apprentice walks hundreds of miles to earn an education, ultimately rising from deep obscurity to become Harvard’s president and the foundational editor of early American history.