''Confederate Military History'' is a 12-volume series of books written and/or edited by former
Confederate Brigadier General
Clement A. Evans that deals with specific topics related to the military personalities, places, battles, and campaigns in various
Southern United States
The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, or simply the South) is a geographic and cultural region of the United States of America. It is between the Atlantic Ocean ...
states, including those of the
Confederacy
Confederacy or confederate may refer to:
States or communities
* Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities
* Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between ...
.
The books were first published in 1899 in
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,71 ...
, by Confederate Publishing Company. The original title was ''Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, written by distinguished men of the South.''
Several reprint editions exist, with varying numbers of volumes.
Volumes
* Volume I - Secession and Civil History of the Confederate States
** Civil History of the Confederate States by Brigadier General
Clement Evans
Brigadier-General Clement Anselm Evans (February 25, 1833 – July 2, 1911) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Afterwards, he edited a 12-volume ...
* Volume II - Maryland by Brigadier General
Bradley Johnson
Bradley Paul Johnson (born 28 April 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for EFL League One club Milton Keynes Dons.
Early life
Born in Hackney, Greater London, Johnson was a keen motorcyclist as a ...
and West Virginia by Colonel
Robert White
* Volume III - Virginia by Major
Jedediah Hotchkiss
Jedediah Hotchkiss (November 30, 1828 – January 17, 1899), known most frequently as Jed, was a teacher and the most famous cartographer and topographer of the American Civil War. His detailed and accurate maps of the Shenandoah Valley are cre ...
* Volume IV - North Carolina by
Daniel Harvey Hill Jr.
Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. (15 January 1859 – 31 July 1924) was an American educator and the third chancellor of North Carolina State University. D. H. Hill Jr. Library on NCSU's campus is named in his honor.
Early life
Hill was born on 15 Janua ...
* Volume V - South Carolina by Brigadier General
Ellison Capers
Ellison Capers (October 14, 1837 – April 22, 1908) was a Confederate States Army, Confederate general in the American Civil War, theologian, college professor and administrator from South Carolina.
Early life
Capers was the son of a Method ...
* Volume VI - Georgia by Joseph Derry
* Volume VII - Alabama by Lieutenant General
Joseph Wheeler
Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was an American military commander and politician. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and then a general in ...
and Mississippi by Colonel
Charles Hooker
Charles Edward Hooker (April 9, 1825 – January 8, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Charles E. Hooker
Born in Union, South Carolina, Hooker was raised in Laurens District, South Carolina. He attended the common sc ...
* Volume VIII - Tennessee by Lieutenant Colonel
James Porter
* Volume IX - Kentucky by Colonel J Stoddard Johnston and Missouri by Colonel
John C. Moore
* Volume X - Louisiana by John Dimitry and Arkansas by Colonel
John M. Harrell
* Volume XI - Texas by Colonel
Oran Roberts
Oran Milo Roberts (July 9, 1815May 19, 1898), was the 17th Governor of Texas from January 21, 1879, to January 16, 1883. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Roberts County, Texas, is named after him.
Early life
Roberts was born in Laurens ...
and Florida by Colonel
John Dickison
* Volume XII - Military and Post War History
** Confederate States Navy by Captain
William Parker
See also
*
Bibliography of the American Civil War
The American Civil War bibliography comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war, with more appearing each month. Authors James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier stated in 2012, " ...
References
External links
Volumes 1-12 Online at Hathi Trust Digital LibraryWorldCat Library Search
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1899 non-fiction books
History books about the American Civil War
Military history of the Confederate States of America