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William C. Davis (1)

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William C. Davis is a retired history professor who taught at Virginia Tech. An acclaimed expert on the Civil War, he has served on a number of advisory boards, including the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; the American Battlefield Trust; the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia; the National Park Service; and the Lincoln Prize and Pulitzer Prize nominating juries.
— biography from The Greatest Fury: The Battle for New Orleans and the Rebirth of America
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Works by William C. Davis
Brother against Brother 481 copies
Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James… 359 copies, 5 reviews
Look Away! : A History of the Confederate States of America 319 copies, 3 reviews
First Blood: Fort Sumter to Bull Run 315 copies, 1 review
The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf 297 copies, 4 reviews
An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government 293 copies, 2 reviews
The Blockade: Runners and Raiders 260 copies
Commanders of the Civil War 252 copies
Battlefields of the Civil War 239 copies
The Fighting Men of the Civil War 236 copies
Spies, Scouts, and Raiders: Irregular Operations 233 copies
Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour 214 copies, 1 review
Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War 213 copies, 3 reviews
Death in the Trenches: Grant at Petersburg 203 copies
Lincoln's Men: How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation 167 copies, 2 reviews
The Battle of New Market 160 copies, 2 reviews
Civil War Album: A Complete Photographic History: Fort Sumter to… 151 copies, 1 review
The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home 142 copies, 1 review
Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee--The War They… 137 copies, 1 review
Duel Between the First Ironclads 137 copies, 1 review
Government of Our Own: The Making of the Confederacy 129 copies, 1 review
Touched by Fire: A National Historical Society Photographic Portrait of… 127 copies
Don Troiani's Civil War (Foreword) 123 copies
American Frontier: Pioneers, Settlers, and Cowboys 1800-1899 115 copies, 2 reviews
The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War,… 108 copies
The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy 104 copies, 2 reviews
Virginia at War, 1862 (Editor) 103 copies, 1 review
The Civil War 96 copies, 1 review
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade… (Editor) 91 copies, 1 review
A Way Through the Wilderness: The Natchez Trace and the Civilization of… 90 copies, 1 review
The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War,… 89 copies, 1 review
Lone Star Rising 88 copies, 1 review
Shadows of the Storm: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 1 76 copies
Civil War Parks: The Story Behind the Scenery (English Edition) 75 copies, 1 review
A Taste For War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray 73 copies, 1 review
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War: The Soldiers, Generals,… 69 copies
Brothers in Arms: The Lives and Experiences of the Men Who Fought the… 66 copies, 2 reviews
Fighting for Time: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 4 (Editor) 63 copies
Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol 61 copies
The Civil War Cookbook 60 copies, 1 review
End of an Era: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 6 (Editor) 57 copies
The Rogue Republic: How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in… 57 copies, 1 review
Gettysburg: The Story Behind the Scenery 56 copies
The West: From Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee : The Turbulent Story of… 54 copies, 1 review
Touched By Fire, A Photographic Portrait of The Civil War, Volume One 46 copies
Civil War Journal, Vol. 1: The Leaders 46 copies
Virginia at War, 1861 (Editor) 45 copies
A Concise History of the Civil War 43 copies
The Greatest Fury: The Battle for New Orleans and the Rebirth of America 42 copies
The Union That Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander H.… 42 copies
The Civil War Reenactors' Encyclopedia 38 copies
The Civil War in Photographs 34 copies, 1 review
The First Battle of Manassas 33 copies, 2 reviews
Virginia at War, 1864 (Editor) 30 copies
Touched by Fire, A Photographic Portrait of the Civil War, Volume Two (v.… 30 copies
Virginia at War, 1863 (Editor) 30 copies
The Civil War: A Historical Account of America's War of Secession… 30 copies
The Civil War Chronicle 29 copies
Civil War Journal, Vol. 2: The Battles 29 copies
Image of War 1861-1865. (6 Vol. set.). 28 copies
The battlefields of the Civil War : the bloody conflict of North against… 28 copies
Virginia at War, 1865 (Editor) 27 copies
Deep Waters of the Proud: Vol. 1 The Imperiled Union, 1861-1865 26 copies
The Confederate General Set of 3 Volumes 26 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine 1962-1963 Volume 01 (Editor) 25 copies
Battles of the Civil War 25 copies
The Confederate General Volume 1 Adams, Daniel W. to Cobb, Howell 24 copies
Civil War Journal, Vol. 3: The Legacies 23 copies
The Generals of the Civil War 23 copies
Wild West Trilogy 23 copies
Stand in the Day of Battle: The Imperiled Union : 1861-1865 (The Imperiled… 23 copies
Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire-Eater 22 copies
Bluegrass Confederate: The Headquarters Diary of Edward O. Guerrant 21 copies
Portraits of the Riverboats 19 copies
Civil War Times Civil War Album Complete 19 copies
Frontier Skills: The Tactics and Weapons that Won the American West 19 copies
The Soldiers of the Civil War 18 copies, 1 review
The Civil War Times Illustrated: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg (The Compact… 16 copies
Portraits of the Civil War 16 copies
The Confederate General Volume 3 Gordan, George to Jordan, Thomas 15 copies
Illustrated Directory of the Old West 15 copies
The Confederate General, Volume 4 15 copies
Memorabilia of the Civil War 14 copies
The Campaign to Appomattox 12 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine 1981-1982 Volume 20 9 copies
Weapons of the Civil War 9 copies
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S WAR OF… 9 copies
The Confederate General Volume 5 Peck, William R. to Steele, William… 9 copies
Trivia of the Civil War 8 copies
Inventing Loreta Velasquez: Confederate Soldier Impersonator, Media… 8 copies
The Confederate General, Volume 6 6 copies
Civil War Times 6 copies
Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XV) 5 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated Volume XVII (1978-1979) (Editor) 5 copies
Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XVI) 5 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine 1969-1970 Volume 08 5 copies
The Civil War - 3 Volume Set In Slipcase - The Fighting Men Of The Civil… 5 copies
The Imperiled Union (The Deep Waters of the Proud & Stand in the Day of… 4 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated, Volume XII, Number 8 December 1973 3 copies
Rebels and Yankees: Fighting Men of the Civil War, The Battlefields of the… 3 copies
Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XVIII) 3 copies
LE GRAND LIVRE DE L'OUEST AMERICAIN 3 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine 1980-1981 Volume 19 3 copies
Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XI) 3 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated: Volume XXV, Number 6 2 copies
The Whartons' War: The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C.… 2 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated: Volume XVIII, Number 8 2 copies
West Settling of Frontier America 2 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated: Volume XXVII, Number 2 2 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated: Volume XXVII, Number 6 2 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated: Volume XXVII, Number 9 2 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated (Battle of Antietam Special Issue) 2 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated: Volume XXVII, Number 4 2 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated: Volume XXVII, Number 3 2 copies
Civil War Times Illustrated: Volume XXVII, Number 1 2 copies
Ci9vil War Times Illustrated December 1988 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated February 1978 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated July 1978 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated May 1978 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated June 1978 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated October 1978 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated 1985 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated, Volume XII, Number 5 August 1973 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated January 1978 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated April 1978 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated 1972 1 copy
Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XIV) 1 copy
Civil War Recipes 1 copy
Historic Site Studies: Spectral Mining Camps 1 copy
American History Illustrated 1979 August 1 copy
American History Illustrated 1978 October 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine Set 1962-1982 1 copy
The Wild West: The American Frontier, Age of The Gunfighter & The Native… 1 copy
The Battle of Antietam: A Civil War Times Illustrated Special, August,… 1 copy
A special issue from Civil War Times Illustrated First Manassas, Volume… 1 copy
Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XIII) 1 copy
The Civil War A Concise History Of ( Civil War Series) 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated, Volume XVII, Number 9, Volume XVIII Numbers… 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated, Volume XIII, Number 5, August 1974 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated, Volume XIX, Number 5, August 1980 1 copy
Civil War Times Illustrated: Important Battles of the Civil War 1 copy
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Canonical name
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Davis, William Charles
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Date of birth
1946
Date of death
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Gender
male
Nationality
USA
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Cause of death
Places of residence
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Education
Sonoma State University, B.A. History 1968
Sonoma State University, M.A. History 1969
Doc. Hum. Let. Lincoln Memorial University, 1976
Occupations
historian
Relationships
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Organizations
Civil War Times Illustrated (editor)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Awards and honors
Jefferson Davis Award (3)
T. Harry Williams Memorial Award
Bell I. Wiley Prize
Fletcher Pratt Award
Phi Alpha Theta Award
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William C. Davis is the recipient of three Jefferson Davis Awards as well as the T. Harry Williams Award, Bell I. Wiley Award, Fletcher Pratt Award, Phi Alpha Theta Award, and Harry S Truman Award. He lives in Pennsylvania, barely fifty miles form the battlefields of Gettysburg. [from The Cause Lost (1996)]

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