US Civil War
The Tinsmith
At the battle of Antietam Creek, the bloodiest single-day battle of the American Civil War, Union surgeon Anson Baird gratefully…
Freedom’s Cap: The United States Capital and the Coming of the Civil War
Freedom’s Cap is a remarkable historical narrative about the building of the nation’s capitol with a simultaneous counterpoint to the…
The Face of Heaven
When two slaves seeking shelter on Lyndel’s farm are recovered by slave hunters, she and her Amish community are confronted…
Cain at Gettysburg
In June 1863, the Confederate army, under the command of General Robert E. Lee, enters Pennsylvania to take the war…
Miss Lizzie’s War
While Richmond, Virginia suffers through the American Civil War, the wealthy Elizabeth van Lew supports the war effort—for the Union.…
A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh
Editors' choice
While Lee and McClellan spar in the Eastern theater of what has become a full-blown war, Union and Confederate forces…
The P.K. Pinkerton Mysteries: The Case of the Good-Looking Corpse
Virginia City, U.S.A., 1862. Twelve-year-old P.K. Pinkerton, Virginia City’s youngest private eye, has just taken on his first case. He…
Seahawk Burning
During the latter stages of the American Civil War, from 1863 to 1865, Captain Ralph Semmes of the C.S.S. Alabama…
May the Road Rise Up to Meet You
Ethan McOwen has lived through the period of Irish history known as “the Hunger” in 1847 County Fermanagh. He and…
A Lasting Impression
Featuring the courageous Civil War figure Adelicia Acklen, this first in a series begins with the risky romance between Adelicia’s…
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