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William C. Davis (1)

This page covers the author of Brother Against Brother: The War Begins.

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Rebels and Yankees

Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History

Virginia at War

Touched By Fire, A Photographic Portrait of The Civil War

The Image of War, 1861-1865

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Works by William C. Davis

Brother Against Brother: The War Begins 396 copies

Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James… 311 copies, 5 reviews

Look Away! : A History of the Confederate States of America 277 copies, 3 reviews

First Blood: Fort Sumter to Bull Run 276 copies, 1 review

The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf 265 copies, 4 reviews

An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government 251 copies, 1 review

The Blockade: Runners and Raiders 216 copies

The Fighting Men of the Civil War 206 copies

Commanders of the Civil War 201 copies

Spies, Scouts, and Raiders: Irregular Operations 200 copies

Battlefields of the Civil War 197 copies

Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour 189 copies, 1 review

Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War 186 copies, 3 reviews

Death in the Trenches: Grant at Petersburg 170 copies

Lincoln's Men: How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation 149 copies, 2 reviews

The Battle of New Market 145 copies, 2 reviews

Civil War Album: A Complete Photographic History: Fort Sumter to… 137 copies, 1 review

The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home 124 copies, 1 review

Duel Between the First Ironclads 118 copies, 1 review

Government of Our Own: The Making of the Confederacy 116 copies, 1 review

Touched by Fire: A National Historical Society Photographic Portrait of… 107 copies

The Civil War 99 copies, 1 review

The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War,… 96 copies

American Frontier: Pioneers, Settlers, and Cowboys 1800-1899 91 copies, 2 reviews

Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee--The War They… 90 copies

Virginia at War, 1862 (Editor) 90 copies, 1 review

Shadows of the Storm: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 1 81 copies

The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War,… 80 copies, 1 review

A Way Through the Wilderness: The Natchez Trace and the Civilization of… 78 copies, 1 review

The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy 78 copies, 1 review

Lone Star Rising 75 copies, 1 review

Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade… (Editor) 71 copies, 1 review

Civil War Parks: The Story Behind the Scenery (English Edition) 67 copies, 1 review

A Taste For War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray 65 copies, 1 review

Fighting for Time: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 4 (Editor) 57 copies

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War: The Soldiers, Generals,… 56 copies

The Civil War Cookbook 55 copies, 1 review

Brothers in Arms: The Lives and Experiences of the Men Who Fought the… 54 copies, 2 reviews

End of an Era: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 6 (Editor) 53 copies

Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol 52 copies

The Rogue Republic: How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in… 50 copies, 1 review

The West 45 copies

Gettysburg: The Story Behind the Scenery 44 copies

Touched By Fire, A Photographic Portrait of The Civil War, Volume One 39 copies

A Concise History of the Civil War 37 copies

Civil War Journal: The Leaders (v. 1) 37 copies

Virginia at War, 1861 (Editor) 36 copies

The Civil War Reenactors' Encyclopedia 34 copies

The Union That Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander H.… 34 copies

The Civil War in Photographs 30 copies, 1 review

The First Battle of Manassas 29 copies

The Confederate General Set of 3 Volumes 26 copies

Virginia at War, 1864 (Editor) 26 copies

Touched by Fire, A Photographic Portrait of the Civil War, Volume Two (v.… 25 copies

The Civil War: A Historical Account of America's War of Secession… 25 copies

Virginia at War, 1863 (Editor) 24 copies

The Confederate General Volume 1 Adams, Daniel W. to Cobb, Howell 23 copies

Civil War Journal: The Battles (v. 2) 23 copies

The Civil War Chronicle 22 copies

Virginia at War, 1865 (Editor) 22 copies

Deep Waters of the Proud: Vol. 1 The Imperiled Union, 1861-1865 21 copies

Civil War Journal: The Legacies (v. 3) 21 copies

Wild West Trilogy 20 copies

Battles of the Civil War 20 copies

Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire-Eater 20 copies

Stand in the Day of Battle: The Imperiled Union : 1861-1865 (The Imperiled… 18 copies

Bluegrass Confederate: The Headquarters Diary of Edward O. Guerrant 18 copies

Portraits of the Riverboats 17 copies

The Generals of the Civil War 17 copies

Frontier Skills: The Tactics and Weapons that Won the American West 16 copies

Civil War Times Civil War Album Complete 16 copies

The Confederate General Volume 3 Gordan, George to Jordan, Thomas 15 copies

The Confederate General, Volume 4 15 copies

The Soldiers of the Civil War 14 copies, 1 review

The Civil War Times Illustrated: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg (The Compact… 13 copies

Portraits of the Civil War 12 copies

The Campaign to Appomattox 11 copies

Memorabilia of the Civil War 10 copies

Illustrated Directory of the Old West 9 copies

The Confederate General Volume 5 Peck, William R. to Steele, William… 9 copies

The battlefields of the Civil War : the bloody conflict of North against… 9 copies

Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine 1981-1982 Volume 20 7 copies

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S WAR OF… 7 copies

Weapons of the Civil War 7 copies

The Confederate General, Volume 6 6 copies

Inventing Loreta Velasquez: Confederate Soldier Impersonator, Media… 6 copies

Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XVI) 5 copies

Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XV) 5 copies

SHADOWS OF THE STORM : THE IMAGE OF WAR, 1861-1865 (6 VOLS.) 5 copies

Trivia of the Civil War 4 copies

LE GRAND LIVRE DE L'OUEST AMERICAIN 3 copies

Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XVIII) 3 copies

The Imperiled Union (The Deep Waters of the Proud & Stand in the Day of… 3 copies

Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine 1980-1981 Volume 19 3 copies

Civil War Times Illustrated, Volume XII, Number 8 December 1973 2 copies

THE IMAGE OF WAR: 1861-1865 [complete set]. 2 copies

West Settling of Frontier America 2 copies

Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XI) 2 copies

La conquête de l'Ouest: Indiens, pionniers, colons, cow-boys: leur… 2 copies

The Wild West: The American Frontier, Age of The Gunfighter & The Native… 1 copy

The Civil War A Concise History Of ( Civil War Series) 1 copy

Civil War Times Illustrated: Important Battles of the Civil War 1 copy

Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XIII) 1 copy

La conquista del oeste. Pioneros, colonos y vaqueros 1800-1899 1 copy

The Commanders of the Civil War (Rebels & Yankees) by William C. Davis… 1 copy

Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine Set 1962-1982 1 copy

American History Illustrated 1978 October 1 copy

Civil War Recipes 1 copy

Historic Site Studies: Spectral Mining Camps 1 copy

The Civil War: The Commanders of the Civil War 1 copy

Civil War Times Illustrated: Volume XVIII, Number 8 1 copy

American History Illustrated 1979 August 1 copy

The Diary of a Confederate Soldier 1 copy

Civil War Times (Illustrated, Volume XIV) 1 copy

The Battle of Antietam: A Civil War Times Illustrated Special, August,… 1 copy

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Also by William C. Davis

Forward to Richmond: McClellan's Peninsular Campaign 216 copies

The Guns of '62: The Image of War, 1861-1865, Vol. 2 (Editor) 68 copies

The Monitor Chronicles (Foreword) 65 copies

From Cedar Mountain to Antietam (Stackpole) (Foreword, some editions) 50 copies, 1 review

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Davis, William Charles

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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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Sonoma State University, B.A. History 1968

Sonoma State University, M.A. History 1969

Doc. Hum. Let. Lincoln Memorial University, 1976

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Civil War Times Illustrated (editor)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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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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