United States History Books

The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire. - Horace Walpole In late 1753, Virginia’s colonial governo...

Before the Battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland was a simple city of farms and industries. But as with any village or town touched by war, Shar...

Written by Selma to Montgomery NHT Park Ranger Theresa L. Hall, A March for All: Selma’s Voting Rights Movement shows the conviction and perseveran...

Abraham Lincoln left an indelible mark on the nation he sacrificed his life to preserve. Through this book, readers will get to know three of the s...

"Another such victory would ruin the British Army," Charles James Fox stated before the House of Commons, when news reached London of the skirmish ...

I jumped over the walls and ran for about half a mile where balls flew like hailstones and cannon roared like thunder. - Colonist Peter Brown to h...

African Americans played a crucial role in the American Civil War. By the end of the war, 10% of the Union Army was comprised of African Americans....

Part of the National Park Civil War Series. In the sleepy hamlet of Dover, Tennessee, the Confederate Fort Donelson, commanding the Cumberland Rive...

Kennesaw was the “one last mountain” between General William T. Sherman and Atlanta, Georgia. When Union troops arrived in Marietta, the “Gibraltar...

Part of the National Park Civil War Series. The Battle of Cold Harbor ended in Confederate victory after less than two weeks of battle. Confederate...

The Battles of Chattanooga were a series of skirmishes and larger battles fought from September to November of 1863 that largely centered on a sect...

The Battles for Richmond, sometimes called the Seven Days Battles, were six major battles around Richmond, Virginia during the beginning of the Ame...

Part of the National Park Civil War Series. The Wilderness and Spotsylvania operations stand among the most fascinating episodes in American milita...

"Surrender did not stop the guns, nor did it solve any profound social and emotional issues that had ignited the war," writes author Trudeau. "Yet ...

''The South Carolina officers left the fort at 3:20, warning Anderson that the bombardment --and, inevitably, civil war-- would begin in one hour.'...

In mid-1864, to circumnavigate a direct assault on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant set his...

The Confederate prison camp at Andersonville recorded 12,290 deaths within its 26-acre confines at the conclusion of the American Civil War. During...

The Second Battle of Manassas, also called The Second Battle of Bull Run, was a Confederate victory—and a blow to Union morale—fought on the same g...

After a series of trial-and-error attempts, Union soldiers finally gained control of the crucial city of Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1863. Brigadier ...

Part of the National Park Civil War Series. For Missouri, the years immediately preceding the Civil War personified its status as a border state. A...

Perhaps the most well documented but understudied gem of America’s Industrial Revolution is preserved at Springfield Armory National Historical Sit...

This book tells the story of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and of the people who fought and served during the Korean conflict from 1950 to 1953....

Who Were the Original Foodies?Beyond their legacy as revolutionaries and politicians, the Founding Fathers of America were first and foremost a gro...

This concise guidebook provides an enlightening glimpse into how African American history is preserved and interpreted in America's national parks....