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STRAPS: THE EVOLUTION OF U.S. ARMY SHOULDER STRAPS BY DR. HOWARD G. LANHAM

STRAPS: THE EVOLUTION OF U.S. ARMY SHOULDER STRAPS BY DR. HOWARD G. LANHAM

Originally $27.95, now just $20.00. Brand new copies, softcover, 210 pp.  8 ½” x 11”, numerous b&w photos & illustrations. Published 1988. This extensively researched and documented book… (2024-20). Learn More »

GETTYSBURG IN COLOR: VOLUME 2 – THE WHEATFIELD TO FALLING WATERS

GETTYSBURG IN COLOR: VOLUME 2 – THE WHEATFIELD TO FALLING WATERS

Brennan, Patrick, and Dylan Brennan. 2023. Savas Beatie. Hardcover, 218 glossy pages. Numerous maps, photos, illustrations. Patrick Brennan, a long-time student of the Civil War, published author, and… (ST501219). Learn More »

“IF WE ARE STRIKING FOR PENNSYLVANIA”: THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC MARCH TO GETTYSBURG – VOLUME 2: JUNE 23 – 30, 1863

“IF WE ARE STRIKING FOR PENNSYLVANIA”: THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC MARCH TO GETTYSBURG – VOLUME 2: JUNE 23 – 30, 1863

Mingus, Sr., Scott L. and Eric J. Wittenberg. Savas Beatie, May 2023.  Hardcover w/dustjacket; 24 maps, 75 images, 432 pp. Award-winning authors Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg are back… (ST501217). Learn More »

“IF WE ARE STRIKING FOR PENNSYLVANIA”: THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC MARCH TO GETTYSBURG – VOLUME 1: JUNE 3 – 21, 1863

“IF WE ARE STRIKING FOR PENNSYLVANIA”: THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC MARCH TO GETTYSBURG – VOLUME 1: JUNE 3 – 21, 1863

Mingus, Sr., Scott L. and Eric J. Wittenberg. Savas Beatie, Sept 2022.  Hardcover w/dustjacket; 20 maps, 50 images, 432 pp. Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg, the authors of more than forty… (ST501216). Learn More »

“OVER A WIDE, HOT . . . CRIMSON PLAIN” – THE STRUGGLE FOR THE BLISS FARM AT GETTYSBURG

“OVER A WIDE, HOT . . . CRIMSON PLAIN” – THE STRUGGLE FOR THE BLISS FARM AT GETTYSBURG

Christ, Elwood. Originally published in 1993; 2023 reprint from Savas Beatie.  Softcover, 220 pages. Few visitors to the Gettysburg battlefield take note of the peculiar grassy rise in the fields… (ST501215). Learn More »

GETTYSBURG’S PEACH ORCHARD: LONGSTREET, SICKLES, AND THE BLOODY FIGHT FOR THE “COMMANDING GROUND” ALONG THE EMMITSBURG ROAD

GETTYSBURG’S PEACH ORCHARD: LONGSTREET, SICKLES, AND THE BLOODY FIGHT FOR THE “COMMANDING GROUND” ALONG THE EMMITSBURG ROAD

Hessler, James A. and Britt C. Isenberg. 2023, Savas Beattie. Softcover, 416 pp.  54 images, 26 maps. More books have been written about the battle of Gettysburg than any other engagement of the… (ST501213). Learn More »

GETTYSBURG'S CONFEDERATE DEAD

GETTYSBURG'S CONFEDERATE DEAD

Coco, Gregory A.  Reprinted by Savas Beatie, 2022.  Softcover, 128 pages. At least 10,000 Union and Confederates soldiers lost their lives as a result of the Battle of Gettysburg. Visitors and… (ST501200). Learn More »

ON THE BLOODSTAINED FIELD: HUMAN INTEREST STORIES OF THE CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

ON THE BLOODSTAINED FIELD: HUMAN INTEREST STORIES OF THE CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

Coco, Gregory A.  Reprinted by Savas Beatie, 2022.  Softcover, 128 pages. On The Bloodstained Field presents nearly 300 compelling human-interest stories from the Battle of Gettysburg that are so… (ST501202). Learn More »

KILLED IN ACTION: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE LAST MOMENTS OF 100 UNION SOLDIERS WHO DIED AT GETTYSBURG

KILLED IN ACTION: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE LAST MOMENTS OF 100 UNION SOLDIERS WHO DIED AT GETTYSBURG

Coco, Gregory A.  Reprinted by Savas Beatie, 2022.  Softcover, 129 pages. At least 10,000 soldiers were killed or mortally wounded in the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. More than 5,000 of these… (ST501199). Learn More »

CONFEDERATES KILLED IN ACTION AT GETTYSBURG

CONFEDERATES KILLED IN ACTION AT GETTYSBURG

Coco, Gregory A.  Re-printed by Savas Beatie, 2022. Softcover, 144 pages.  Nearly 4,700 Confederate soldiers are known to have died as a result of the Battle of Gettysburg. Confederates Killed in… (ST501204). Learn More »

THE CONFEDERATE DETECTIVE SERVICE

THE CONFEDERATE DETECTIVE SERVICE

Hundley, Ransom N.  2022. Softcover, 258 pages.  8" X10". The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when South Carolina Militia bombarded Fort Sumpter with artillery. Just seven days later,… (ST501207). Learn More »

DUTY AND DISHONOR – THE CONFEDERATE DETECTIVE SERVICE

DUTY AND DISHONOR – THE CONFEDERATE DETECTIVE SERVICE

Hundley, Ransom N.  2022.  Softcover, 131 pages. 6”X9”. This book represents a previously unpublished study by which we attempt to evaluate the legacies of Confederate Detectives Theodore… (ST501206). Learn More »

WHITE HOUSE RENOVATION SOUVENIRS

WHITE HOUSE RENOVATION SOUVENIRS

Smith, Wayne. Glade Valley History Press, published March 2022. Hardback, full color. 8.5 x 11”.  200 pages; 300+ photos. The building that is home to the Presidents has gone through tremendous… (ST501197). Learn More »

DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MILITARY GOODS DEALERS AND MAKERS, 1785-1915 (VOLUME 1, COMBINED EDITION)

DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MILITARY GOODS DEALERS AND MAKERS, 1785-1915 (VOLUME 1, COMBINED EDITION)

Bruce S. Bazelon and William F. McGuinn. Mowbray Publishing, 1999.. Hardcover, 419 pages. 75+ b&w photos/illustrations. A comprehensive listing and discussion of the makers and suppliers of… (ST501196). Learn More »

A DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MILITARY GOODS DEALERS AND MAKERS, 1775-1950, VOLUME 2

A DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MILITARY GOODS DEALERS AND MAKERS, 1775-1950, VOLUME 2

Bruce C. Bazelon & William F. McGuinn. Published by the authors. 1st edition hardcover. 617 pp. The long-awaited companion to the widely acclaimed Directory of American Military Good Dealers &… (ST501145). Learn More »

LINCOLN COMES TO GETTYSBURG – THE CREATION OF THE SOLDIERS’ NATIONAL CEMETERY AND LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

LINCOLN COMES TO GETTYSBURG – THE CREATION OF THE SOLDIERS’ NATIONAL CEMETERY AND LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

Newly published in July 2021, from Savas Beatie’s Emerging Civil War Series. Written by Bradley M. Gottfried and Linda I. Gottfried, Foreword by Doug Douds.  Softcover, 192 pg, 10 maps, 180… (ST501194). Learn More »

OUR STORY: THE LIVES AND LEGACY OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN BATTERY B FIRST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY

OUR STORY: THE LIVES AND LEGACY OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN BATTERY B FIRST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY

Written by Stephen Evangelista. Softcover, 7”x10”, 232 pages. Full color illustrations and photographs. This newly published book takes a close look at the individual lives of the brave and heroic… (ST501189). Learn More »

HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: GETTYSBURG, BOOK 2

HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: GETTYSBURG, BOOK 2

Fritz, James J. 2019: Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA. Softcover, 8 ½” x 11”, 276 pp., full-color illustrations. This brief history of Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA, and its environs, is also a… (ST501187). Learn More »

“CAPTURED & COLLECTED” – CONFEDERATE REISSUED FIREARMS

“CAPTURED & COLLECTED” – CONFEDERATE REISSUED FIREARMS

Knott, USN (ret.), Capt. Steven W. Published by The Horse Soldier, 2019. Softcover, 80 pp., heavily illustrated with color photographs. This monograph examines the Confederate system used to recover,… (ST501179). Learn More »

THE CONFEDERATE ENFIELD - NEW REVISED EDITION

THE CONFEDERATE ENFIELD - NEW REVISED EDITION

***NEWLY REVISED EDITION, JUST ARRIVED FROM THE PRINTER!***   Written by Capt. Steven W. Knott, USN (Ret).  Softcover, 54 pages. Contains minor corrections from the first edition, as well as a new… (ST501177). Learn More »


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THE ONLY KNOWN WIDMANN 1840 CAVALRY OFFICER’S SABER: DATED 1844

This is a unique opportunity to acquire a one-of-a-kind U.S. cavalry officer’s saber. Frederick W. Widmann emigrated to the U.S. in 1816 and set up business in Philadelphia as a die-sinker and sword-mounter using imported sword blades by 1825.… (870-279). Learn More »

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