-
This stainless steel beverage holder bears the National Confederate Museum logo. Copper insulated with double wall construction allows drinks to stay cold for up to 24 hours and hot drinks up to 6 hours. Converts from a can coozie to a tumbler simply by changing the screw-on lid. BPA free. Handwash recommended.
-
The commander of the three-hundred-wagon Union supply train never expected a large ragtag group of Texans and Native Americans to attack during the dark of night. But Brigadier Generals Richard Gano and Stand Watie defeated the unsuspecting Federals in the early morning hours of September 19, 1864, at Cabin Creek in the Cherokee nation. The legendary Watie, the only Native American general on either side, planned details of the raid for months. His preparation paid off--the Confederate troops captured wagons with supplies that would be worth more than $75 million today.
-
The author explores the personality of this iron-willed commander & brilliant tactician & gives us colorful profiles of the men who served under him. This is the most complete & compelling account to date of the fighting unit so hated by Grant that he ordered any captured Ranger to be summarily executed without trail.
-
Leonidas Polk is one of the most fascinating figures of the Civil War. Consecrated as a bishop of the Episcopal Church and commissioned as a general into the Confederate army, Polk’s life in both spheres blended into a unique historical composite. Polk was a man with deep religious convictions but equally committed to the Confederate cause. He baptized soldiers on the eve of bloody battles, administered last rites and even presided over officers’ weddings, all while leading his soldiers into battle.
-
Gumps! Wharf Lice! Ditch Hunters! Though it’s reasonably clear that those terms are insults, few people today have any idea what they mean. Like much of the language used in the 1860’s, these expressions have vanished from everyday speech. This comprehensive volume will delight the historian, the writer, and the reenactor. Now in paperback.