Emerging Civil War: Exploring America’s Defining Conflict

Delve into the complexities of the American Civil War with the Emerging Civil War series. This series presents accessible, informative accounts of key battles and figures, perfect for history buffs and students. To expand your understanding of American military history, explore the Emerging Revolutionary War series.
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A Grand Opening Squandered
The Battle for Petersburg: June 15-18, 1864
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611217216
Pub Date: 2025-01-29
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
The Battle of Petersburg’s intense four-day clash marked a missed Union opportunity, prolonging the Civil War with dramatic consequences.May and June 1864 in Virginia witnessed some of the most brutal...
The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah
The 1864 Valley Campaign’s Battle of Cool Spring, July 17-18, 1864
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611217155
Pub Date: 2024-06-20
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
Author Jonathan Noyalas’s study offers not only a history of an overlooked engagement in the oft-contested Shenandoah Valley, but—as Pulitzer Prize finalist Brian Matthew Jordan notes in the book’s...
Glorious Courage
The Life of Confederate John Pelham in the Army of Northern Virginia
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611217469
Pub Date: 2025-05-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
“It is glorious to see such courage in one so young!”So exclaimed Confederate General Robert E. Lee on December 13, 1862, during the battle of Fredericksburg as he watched Major John Pelham fight...
A Fine Opportunity Lost
Longstreet’s East Tennessee Campaign, November 1863 – April 1864
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611216738
Pub Date: 2024-02-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
Lieutenant General James Longstreet’s deployment to East Tennessee promised a chance to shine. Reassigned to the Western Theater because of sliding fortunes there, the Old Warhorse hoped to run free with—finally—an independent command of his own.
Never Such a Campaign
The Battle of Second Manassas, August 28-August 30, 1862
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611216417
Pub Date: 2024-01-25
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
Historians Robert Orrison and Dan Welch follow Lee and Pope as they converge on ground once-bloodied just thirteen months earlier. Since then the armies had grown in size and efficiency, and combat between them would dwarf that first battle.
Stay and Fight it Out
The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611213317
Pub Date: 2023-10-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
Recounts the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the Gettysburg battle’s fateful final day.
Force of a Cyclone
The Battle of Stones River: December 31, 1862–January 2, 1863
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611216394
Pub Date: 2023-07-13
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
Authors Caroline Davis and Bert Dunkerly explore a significant turning point of the Civil War—a battle that had the highest percentage of casualties on both sides. The stakes for the Army of the Cumberland, in the wake of other Federal failures were enormous.
They Came Only to Die
The Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611216370
Pub Date: 2023-04-26
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
The November 1864 battle of Franklin left the Army of Tennessee stunned. In only a few hours, the army lost 6,000 men and a score of generals. Rather than pause, John Bell Hood marched his army north...

A Grand Opening Squandered
The Battle for Petersburg: June 15-18, 1864
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611217216
Pub Date: 2025-01-29
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah
The 1864 Valley Campaign’s Battle of Cool Spring, July 17-18, 1864
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611217155
Pub Date: 2024-06-20
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
Glorious Courage
The Life of Confederate John Pelham in the Army of Northern Virginia
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611217469
Pub Date: 2025-05-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
A Fine Opportunity Lost
Longstreet’s East Tennessee Campaign, November 1863 – April 1864
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611216738
Pub Date: 2024-02-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
Never Such a Campaign
The Battle of Second Manassas, August 28-August 30, 1862
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611216417
Pub Date: 2024-01-25
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
Stay and Fight it Out
The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611213317
Pub Date: 2023-10-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
Force of a Cyclone
The Battle of Stones River: December 31, 1862–January 2, 1863
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611216394
Pub Date: 2023-07-13
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages
They Came Only to Die
The Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781611216370
Pub Date: 2023-04-26
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Savas Beatie
192 Pages