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“The Greatest Gun of the Ages” Lorenzo Sibert’s Forty-eight Shot Repeating Rifle 1861
$20.00This amazing firearm may have changed the length of the war of the outcome. Imagine one side having the traditional single shot rifle while the other side carried the Virginia Pacificator, which could fire 48 times without reloading. But the gun was never manufactured. Only one prototype still exists.
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A House Divided Against Itself
$16.00The account of the only two brothers in the American Civil War who fought against each other twice — Wesley and William Culp, both from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Appalachian Maple Recipes and Stories from the Mountains
$10.00More than a cookbook—it’s a love letter to the land.
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Catesby Eyewitness to the Civil War
$18.00The story of Catesby, a slave who lived at Bel Aire outside of Charles Town and was captured by John Brown during the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry. The book follows Catesby’s escape from slavery and his escapades along the way. Based on Catesby’s journals. First book of a Catesby trilogy.
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Catesby The Final Chapter
$18.00The story of Catesby, a former slave, who lives in Harpers Ferry and works at Storer College.
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Countdown to West Virginia Statehood
$12.00The true story of the formation of the state of West Virginia which became a state on June 20, 1863, in the middle of the American Civil War.
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Dennis Hart Mahan Military Tactics Instructor at West Point
$14.00Story of the teacher of nine hundred and sixty-seven Cadets who fought in the American Civil War including five hundred forty-five Civil War generals on both sides.
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Harriet Lane Original First Lady of Washington
$22.00Story of the original lady who lived in the Executive Mansion and was called the “First Lady”. She was not married to a U. S. President. She was the niece of unmarried president James Buchanan, president just prior to the American Civil War.
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I Was a Drummer Boy in the American Civil War
$14.00The story of the nephew of my great uncle who was the drummer boy for the 105th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and marched with Sherman’s army in the capture of Atlanta and Savannah in late 1864. Appropriate for students around ten years old and above.
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John Lower 103rd Pennsylvania and the Christmas Pickle Tradition
$25.00Civil War novel covering the true story of a soldier from Fryburg, Pennsylvania who developed the tradition of hiding a pickle in the Christmas tree. Lower was a prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison. 248 page, well researched book.
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Little Known Facts of the American Civil War — Book 2
$10.00Follow up from book one. This includes complete text of General Robert E. Lee’s resignation letter following the Battle of Gettysburg, information who reportedly invented baseball but actually didn’t, and a tale about a northern town that seceded from the Union during the war. You will amaze your friends with the information you will learn.
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Little Known Facts of the American Civil War — III
$10.00Third in a series of facts that will amaze even the most avid Civil War enthusiast. Did you know for instance that both the Confederates and the Union had Camel Corps? Or that Confederate President Jefferson Davis had a Black “adopted” son? Or that a girl was a Union drummer boy?