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Book Sources: Harper's Ferry & John Brown

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The Capture and Execution of John Brown by Elijah Avey
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A Correct History of the John Brown Invasion at Harper's Ferry West Va., Oct. 17, 1859 by John H. Zittle
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Compiled by the late Capt. John H. Zittle ... who was an eye-witness to many of the occurrences, and edited and published by his widow.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass; David W. Blight (Editor)
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E449 .D749 2003

ISBN: 9780312257378

Publication Date: 2002-12-25
John Brown and his Men by Richard J. Hinton
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The John Brown Invasion; An Authentic history of the Harper's Ferry Tragedy by Thomas Drew
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The Life, Trial, and Execution of Captain John Brown
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The Life and Letters of Capt. John Brown by Richard D. Webb
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The Life and Letters of John Brown by F.B. Sanborn
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Liberator of Kansas and Martyr of Virginia
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I saw It by Samuel Vanderlip Leech
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Report [of] the Select committee of the Senate appointed to inquire by United States Senate
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The tribunal : responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid by John Stauffer (Editor); Zoe Trodd (Editor)
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E451 .T75 2012

ISBN: 0674048857

Publication Date: 2012-10-31
A Voice from Harper's Ferry by Osborne Perry Anderson
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A Voice from Harper's Ferry. A Narrative of Events at Harper's Ferry
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with Incidents Prior and Subsequent to its Capture by Captain Brown and his Men.

Book Sources: Appomattox

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The Falling Flag by Edward M. Boykin
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Evacuation of Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox
2nd version
From Bull Run to Appomattox; A Boy's View by L. W. Hopkins
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L. W. Hopkins of Genl. J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry, 6th Virginia regiment, C. S. A.
From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America by Longstreet, James, 1821-1904.
Call Number: View Online - Hathi Trust - Boca Raton General Collection E470 .L85 1960

Publication Date: 1960
Meade's Headquarters, 1863 to 1865 by Theodore Lyman; George R. Agassiz (Editor)
Call Number: View Online - Hathi Trust - Special Collections (Non-circulating) E601 .L98 1922

ISBN: 9780836955828

Publication Date: 1977-06-01

Book Sources: Bull Run/Manassas

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"The good hand of our God upon us." by George D. Armstrong
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A thanksgiving sermon preached on occasion of the victory of Manassas, July 21st, 1861, in the Presbyterian church, Norfolk, Va. (1861)
Five Months in Rebeldom by W.H. Merrell
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Or, Notes from the Diary of a Bull Run prisoner, at Richmond
Also on MICRO LAC 40035
From Bull Run to Appomattox; A Boy's View by L. W. Hopkins
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L. W. Hopkins of Genl. J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry, 6th Virginia regiment, C. S. A.
How Bull Run battle was Lost ; The Ball's Bluff Massacre by Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
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Department of the West-- Fremont (1863)
Official Reports of Generals Johnston and Beauregard of the Battle of Manassas, July 21st, 1861 by Confederate States of America
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Report (1863) volume 1 by Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
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Report (1863) volume 2 by Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
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Report (1863) volume 3 by Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
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What I saw at Bull Run by Edwin Shepard Barrett
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Book Sources: Gettysburg

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"Gettysburg" : Selected Readings
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At Gettysburg by Tillie Pierce Alleman
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Or what a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle; a True Narrative
The Battle of Gettysburg by Frank Aretas Haskell
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Second Version also available
The Battle of Gettysburg by Jesse Bowman Young
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ISBN: 0965092623

A Comprehensive Narrative, by Jesse Bowman Young, an officer in the campaign; with maps, plans & illustrations.
Haskell of Gettysburg his life and Civil War papers by Frank L. Byrne (Editor); Andrew T. Weaver (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780873383868

Publication Date: 1989-06-15
Report on the Operations of the Sanitary Commission by John Hancock Douglas
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During and after the Battles at Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863
Sketch of the Battles of Gettysburg by Theodore Ditterline
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Tactics at Gettysburg by A. T. Cowell
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As Described by Participants in the Battle

Book Sources: Battle of New Market

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Battle of New Market, Va., May 15th, 1864 by John S. Wise
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An address repeated by John S. Wise, Esq., a cadet in the Corps of 1864, before the professors, officers and cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, in the hall of the Dialectic Society, May 13th, 1882.
The Battle of New Market by William C. Davis
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ISBN: 0811705765

Publication Date: 1993-02-01
Letters of a New Market cadet by Stanard, Beverly, 1845-1864.; Turner, Robert Kean, 1926- joint editor.; Barrett, John Gilchrist, ed.; Barrett, John Gilchrist.; Turner, Robert K.
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E601 .S785 1961

Publication Date: 1961

Book Sources: Shiloh

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Official Reports of Battles by Confederate States of America
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Personal Reminiscences Three Weeks Prior, During, and Ten Days After the Battle of Shiloh by Jacob H. Smith
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Shiloh, or, the Tennessee campaign of 1862 by Thomas Worthington
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written especially for the Army of the Tennessee in 1862 by a comrade on that battle-field and a West-Point graduate of 1827.
Sir Henry Morton Stanley Confederate by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes (Editor)
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E605 .S82 2000

ISBN: 0807125873

Publication Date: 2000-09-01
War Memoranda Cheat river to the Tennessee, 1861-1862 by Charles Whittlesey
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The U. S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Shiloh by Jay Luvaas (Editor); Leonard Fullenkamp (Editor); Stephen Bowman (Editor)
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E473.54 .G85 1996

ISBN: 0700607838

Publication Date: 1996-10-10

Book Sources: Ironclads

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An Eye-Witness Account of the Battle by Samuel Dana Greene
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Between the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (formerly U.S.S. Merrimack) on March 9th, 1862/
Ironclads and Big Guns of the Confederacy by John M. Brooke; George M. Brooke (Editor)
Call Number: E467.1 .B76 2002

ISBN: 1570034184

Publication Date: 2002-03-30
Miscellaneous Papers, 1672-1865 by R. A Brock
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Now first printed from the manuscript in the collections of the Virginia historical society; comprising charter of the Royal African company, 1672; report on the Huguenot settlement, 1700; Papers of George Gilmer, of "Pen Park," 1775-1778; Orderly book of Capt. George Stubblefield, 1776; career of the iron-clad Virginia, 1862; memorial of Johnson's Island, 1862-4; Beales' cav. brigade parole, 1865.
The Description of the Fight between the Monitor and Merrimac by Richard S. Collum
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on the 9th of March, 1862
The Monitor and the Merrimac; Both sides of the Story by J. L. Worden et al.
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Told by Lieut. J. L. Worden, U.S.N., Lieut. Greene, U.S.N., of the Monitor, and H. Ashton Ramsay, C.S.N., chief engineer of the Merrimac.
The Original United States Warship "Monitor" by William S. Wells
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Copies of correspondence between the late Cornelius S. Bushnell; Captain John Ericsson and Hon. Gideon Welles; Together with a brief sketch of Mr. Bushnell's life; Records showing how the plans of the Monitor ...
The Hunley by Mark K. Ragan
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E599.H4 R35 1999

ISBN: 1886391432

Publication Date: 1999-08-01