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GPO Honors Civil War Anniversary.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. To help commemorate this monumental occasion in American history, the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) is offering for sale several publications highlighting important battles and events during the Civil War.

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Appomattox Court House: Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Virginia

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center, Division of Publications

Description: Tells the story of Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, which ended the Civil War, and the battles fought in the days before it. Also contains essays on events leading up to the Civil War and the implications of Appomattox for the post-Civil War generation, and a tourist's guide to the park.

Year/Pages: 2002: 129 p.; ill.

Price: $17.00 Add To Cart

The Army Medical Department, 1818-1865 (Paperback)

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: Discusses medical activities in the U.S. Army from the inception of the modern Army Medical Department through the Civil War, with emphasis both on medical service in the far West and on clinical, scientific, and organizational advances.

Year/Pages: 1987: 371 p.; ill.

Price: $26.50 Add To Cart

Battle of Ball's Bluff

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: Discusses a battle which took place in Virginia on Oct. 20, 1861. The disastrous defeat of the Union forces resulted in the death of a United States senator, the arrest of a Union general, and the creation of a congressional oversight committee that would keep senior Union commanders looking over their shoulders for the remainder of the war. Includes Selected Biographical Sketches.

Year/Pages: 2001: 92 p.; ill.

Price: $8.00 Add To Cart

Battle of Antietam

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: Describes the battle on 17 September 1862 when nearly 70,000 Federal troops actually engaged in the battle, nearly 13,000 were killed, wounded, or missing; the approximately 35,000 Confederates engaged lost almost as many. General McClellan's indecision allowed General Lee to withdraw to the safety of the Virginia shore.

Year/Pages: 2006: 111 p.; ill.

Price: $13.00 Add To Cart

Battle of New Market

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: Discusses a Civil War battle which was fought in 1864 in Virginia and won by the Confederate forces. Describes twelve sites which were important to the battle and which may be explored at the site through guided tours. Includes maps and sepia photographs.

Year/Pages: 1988: 60 p.; ill.

Price: $3.75 Add To Cart

Battle of Second Manassas: Self-Guided Tour

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: 3d in a series of booklets on American battlefields intended to help soldiers use the past to enhance their understanding of the United States Army's future. Examines the Battle of Second Manassas in the form of a tour which goes to twelve locations important to aspects of the battle. Stops on the tour have been selected to help the visitor see the battle developing.

Year/Pages: 1990: 76 p.; ill.

Price: $1.50 Add To Cart

Civil War at a Glance

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service

Description: This folder, organized yearly through maps and chronologies, shows the course of the war from Fort Sumter in 1861 to Appomattox Court House and beyond in 1865. Also describes the two principal theaters in which the major military operations took place: Eastern and Western theaters. Sold in packages of 100 copies only.

Year/Pages: 1995: Folder; ill.

Price: $70.00 Add To Cart

Clara Barton: Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: Clara Barton is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross. However, her efforts in aiding the wounded during the Civil War helped develop nursing as a skilled profession during that time. This publication describes the life and times of Clara Barton. It also provides a guide to the Clara Barton National Historic Site and related National Park Service sites.

Year/Pages: 1998: 80 p.; ill.

Price: $12.50 Add To Cart

Fort Sumter: Anvil of War

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: Describes the Confederate defenses of 1863-65 which kept Federal land and naval forces at bay for 587 days.

Year/Pages: 1984: 64 p.; ill.

Price: $4.50 Add To Cart

Fredericksburg Battlefields: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, Virginia

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: Describes the Civil War battles fought in the Fredericksburg, Virginia area, and the condition of those battlefields today.

Year/Pages: 2000: 96 p.; ill.

Price: $14.00 Add To Cart

Gettysburg National Military Park

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service

Description: Tells the story of the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. Describes the establishment of a cemetery at Gettysburg and the genesis of the Gettysburg Address. Also includes reproductions of 12 battle paintings by F. D. Briscoe.

Year/Pages: 1962: 64 p.; ill. revised ed. 1992-repr.

Price: $13.00 Add To Cart

U.S.S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat, Comprising A Narrative of Her Wartime Adventures and an Account of Her Raising in 1964

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service

Description: Historical narrative on the activities of the U.S.S. Cairo which was sunk in the Yazoo River by a Confederate torpedo in Dec. 1862. Also discusses the thousands of priceless artifacts found within her.

Year/Pages: 1971: 56 p.; ill. 2011-repr.

Price: $9.00 Add To Cart

The Battle of Cedar Creek: Self Guided Tour

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: Discusses how Union General Philip H. Sheridan rallied his men to turn defeat into victory on 19 October 1864.

Year/Pages: 1990: 45 p.; ill.

Price: $3.75 Add To Cart

Underground Railroad

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the Civil War became a war to help abolish slavery. This publication describes the many ways that blacks took to escape slavery in the southern United States.

Year/Pages: 1997: 88 p.; ill.

Price: $10.00 Add To Cart

Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service

Description: Describes Fort Pulaski and the role it played during the Civil War defending the entrance into Savannah harbor. Also includes information on how to reach the fort and other related seacoast fortifications in the National Park Service.

Year/Pages: 1954: 55 p.; ill. 2004-repr.

Price: $7.00 Add To Cart

Vicksburg and the Opening of the Mississippi River, 1862-63

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: Describes the 14 month defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi by Confederate forces and the 47 day siege of Vicksburg by Union naval and land forces, which led to the complete opening of the Mississippi River.

Year/Pages: 1986: 80 p.; ill.

Price: $8.00

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