Civil War from The FW Collections

Many illustrations with valuable prints. tlanta Campaign, in the American Civil War, an important series of battles in Georgia (May–September 1864) that eventually cut off a main Confederate supply centre and influenced the Federal presidential election of 1864. By the end of 1863, with Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, firmly under the control of the North, Atlanta, an important Confederate railroad,… Read more about this item

Battle of Bull Run: July, 1861 Gen. Blenkers Brigade Covering the Retreat, Aponzo Chappel, Johson and FryPubli George Virtue: London & New York (1885) Page: 8 x 10.5"; Image: 5.5 x 725" On velum Condition: Excellent Purchased in the 1980s from the retired archivist for the Nebraska ETV network

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy lithograph,1866, Johnson Fry and Co.NY Steel engraving from the original painting by Chappel in possession of publishers 8 x 10.5" page size: 5.5 x 7.5" Condition Excellent Purchased in the 1980s from the retired archivist for the Nebraska ETV network

Civil War Battle Flags , 13th ILL, 24 Mich,8th Mo, 1st Minn, 2nd Mich,7th NY Page: 8 x 10" Image: 4.5 x 7" Purchased in the 1980s from the retired archivist for the Nebraska ETV network

Civil War Battle Flags, Vermont Brigade,11th Conn, HQ Guidon Old VT Brigade, Gen Sedgewick 6th corps Page: 8 x 10"; mat cutout: 4.5 x 10" Purchased in the 1980s from the retired archivist for the Nebraska ETV network

Civil War Battle Flags, 78th Ohio,78thPenn,32 Indiana.9thKentucky129th Ill,18thNY Page: 8 x 10"; mat cutout: 4.5 x 10" Purchased in the 1980s from the retired archivist for the Nebraska ETV network

Civil War Battle Flags, New Hampshire Connecticut 4.75 x 7 mat cutout 8 x 10" mat dimensions Purchased from retired archivist Nebraska Educational TV Condition: Good

New York: Bonanza Books., 1966. Condition:near fine 334 pages. Hard Covers. red cloth with black on binding with gilt lettering on spine. Dust Jacket Very Good+. Clipped Some wear to DJ with 1/2 inch tear on top near spine, Pages fine. B&W plates throughout. ISBN 10: 0517002590 ISBN 13: 9780517002599.Previous owner bookplate inside front cover Photographs, O'Sullivan, Civil War,… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940, 1940. First Edition. Number 341 of a limited edition of 520 numbered and signed by Willa Cather. Only 498 of the 520 Limited Edition were offered for sale. Fine copy in Dust Jacket, Slipcase not present. Book was printed on Rives Liampre All-Rag Paper. Each copy signed by the Author. Cather's Last Novel. … Read more about this item

Privately Published available by subscription only., Washington, D.C, 1898. Hardcover. Mammoth, heavy and bulky folio nicely illustrated with hundreds of original engravings including 7 massive foldouts depicting battles, vistas, and rural scenes during the American Civil War. In depth descriptions of skirmishes, battles and the aftermath. Plus impressive portraiture and background of those remembered men on both sides of… Read more about this item

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 1985. Hard Back. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition:as new 139 Pages. As new book with flawless interior text and photograph pages. Dust jacket price 28.95 is NOT clipped. For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His late-nineteenth-century images from western Nebraska constitute the most extensive photographic… Read more about this item

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 1985. Hard Back. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition:as new 139 Pages. As new book with flawless interior text and photograph pages. Dust jacket price 28.95 is NOT clipped. For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His late-nineteenth-century images from western Nebraska constitute the most extensive photographic… Read more about this item

True stories of unusual happenings during the American Civil War. Civil War Curiosities uncovers those unusual persons, attitudes, and events that take you beyond a textbook understanding of the Civil War. A collection of fascinating anecdotes and colorful stories, this book covers a wide variety of subjects, including "newfangled" weapons that changed the nature of war, the press' outrageous… Read more about this item

The Blue and the Gray, A Graphic History of the Army of the Potomac and that of Northern Virginia, Including the Brilliant Engagements of these Forces from 1861 to 1865... A Complete Roster of the Two Great Armies, and Twenty Full Page Maps. By Rev. Theodore Gerrish and Rec. John S. Hutchinson, with Introduction by Colonel Augustus C. Hamlin, … Read more about this item

O.H. Oldroyd. . 1901. Cloth, octavo, xviii and 305 pp. Foldout map attached at rear, in good shape. This edition was limited to 250 copies . This is recorded as 175. 305 pages. Illustrated with photos. Cardstock engraved plate of Lincoln and fold-out map are present. . Limited 1st Edition. 1901. Osborn Oldroyd (1842-1930) was one of the great collectors… Read more about this item

LECTURES on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery As Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery In the United States with the Duties of Masters to Slaves. William A Smith DD, President of Randolph-Macon College And Professor Of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy Edited by Thomas O Summers, DD Stevenson and Evans 1856, Nashville, Tenn Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the… Read more about this item