title: Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters: 956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others
author: Myron J. Smith Jr.
description: "Full of fascinating personal details...complete with an exhaustive bibliography, this rich resource will inform scholars and entertain Civil War buffs"--<i>Library Journal</i>; "this comprehensive A-Z biographical encyclopedia is the culmination of the author's notable contributions over 40 years to Civil War maritime literature...meticulously researched profiles...a useful resource for anyone interested in the Civil War...highly recommended"--<i>Choice</i>; "if it sailed on the brown water of America's Western rives during the Civil War and flew the Stars and Stripes of the Union Navy, Myron Smith more than likely knows about it"--<i>America's Civil War</i>; "I highly recommend this book as a valuable research tool"--<i>Civil War News</i>; "impressive...valuable"--<i>Strategy Page</i>; "impressive...a valuable reference for anyone working the Civil War"--<i>The NYMAS Review</i>; "excellent"--<i>Blue &amp; Gray Magazine</i>; "will help orient you to the people, both high and low, who shaped this critical part of the war's crucial events...an essential research tool"--<i>FGS Forum</i>; "valuable reference source...highly recommended"--<i>American Library Association</i>; "this work fills an obvious gap in the historiography concerning the Civil War"--<i>ARBA</i>.
zlib_text: Civil War General and 
  Western Legend 
  
  AGG-UXX) 
  CtfXL 
  
  George 
  ARMSTRONG 
  Custer 
  
  Other titles in Historical American Biographies 
  Alexander Graham Bell 
  Inventor and Teacher 
  ISBN 0-7660-1096-1 
  Andrew Carnegie 
  Steel King and 
  Friend to Libraries 
  ISBN 0-7660-1212-3 
  Annie Oakley 
  Legendary Sharpshooter 
  ISBN 0-7660-1012-0 
  Benjamin Franklin 
  Founding Father and 
  Inventor 
  ISBN 0-89490-784-0 
  Billy the Kid 
  Outlaw of the Wild West 
  ISBN 0-7660-1091-0 
  Buffalo Bill Cody 
  Western Legend 
  ISBN 0-7660-1015-5 
  Clara Barton 
  Civil War Nurse 
  ISBN 0-89490-778-6 
  Daniel Boone 
  Frontier Legend 
  ISBN 0-7660-1256-5 
  Dolley Madison 
  Courageous First Lady 
  ISBN 0-7660-1092-9 
  George Armstrong Custer 
  Civil War General and 
  Western Legend 
  ISBN 0-7660-1255-7 
  Jane Addams 
  Nobel Prize Winner and 
  Founder of Hull House 
  ISBN 0-7660-1094-5 
  Jeb Stuart 
  Confederate Cavalry General 
  ISBN 0-7660-1013-9 
  Jefferson Davis 
  President of the Confederacy 
  ISBN 0-7660-1064-3 
  Jesse James 
  Legendary Outlaw 