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20 “Civil War Personalities” Books Now Available

Four years ago I wrote the first volume in my series, “Civil War Personalities: 50 At a Time,” which was entitled CIVIL WAR TRAILBLAZERS AND TROUBLEMAKERS. It was a collection of four page biographies of people from Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth to Frederick Douglas and Harriet Tubman. 

Late in 2023, I published the 20th, CIVIL WAR NEW YORKERS. Again, short bios and photos of people like Dan Sickles and Ely Parker to William Seward and Mary Walker. 

Other books in the series have focused on other states, ,e.g. Ohioans, Virginians, Missourians, Pennsylvanians, and the people of the Low Country (southeast coast). Others have focused on specific topics, e.g. CIVIL WAR POLITICAL GENERALS, CIVIL WAR WEST POINTERS FIRST AND LAST, AND CIVIL WAR BAPTISM OF FIRE AT FIRST BULL RUN.

Altogether, the books represent nearly 1000 biographies of Civil War personalities, with a reference to further, more in-depth reading about each personality. 

Here is a link to a page which lists all of the books, summarizes what is in them, and provides information about purchases. I hope you will enjoy them, and I would be pleased to get your thoughts about them and this series. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L478G1F?binding=paperback&qid=1701614088&sr=1-3&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk

“CIVIL WAR NEW YORKERS” now available

The 20th book in my series, “Civil War Personalities, 50 At a Time,” has now been published in both Kindle and paperback formats.

With this book, my series now consists of nearly 1000 short biographies of significant Civil War figures (it’s less than 1000 because I have included some people, e.g. Mary Walker in “Civil War Women” and “Civil War New Yorkers,” in more than one volume).

New York’s influence and power were enormous in that era, and so was that of its people. I’ve included a representative few on the cover: Alonzo Cushing, hero of Gettysburg; Matthew Brady, pioneer of photography; Thomas Meagher, Immigrant General; William Seward, Secretary of State; Thomas Nast, pioneer of political cartooning; Ely Parker, Seneca leader and Union General; Horace Greeley, Leading Journalist; Dan Sickles, Rogue Union General; and Mary Walker, the only woman to win the Medal of Honor.

The book is available at