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William C. Davis

William Charles "Jack" Davis (born 1946) is an American historian who was a professor of history at Virginia Tech and the former director of programs at that school's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. Specializing in the American Civil War, Davis has written more than 40 books on that subject and other aspects of early southern U.S. history, such as the Texas Revolution.

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American historian

Born 1946

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  • Cover of: The fighting men of the Civil War
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    Cover of edition fightingmenofciv0000davi Cover of edition fightingmenofciv0000davi_o8b9 First published in 1989 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Three Roads to the Alamo

    First published in 1999 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Civil War Journal: The Battles
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    First published in 1997 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The crucible of command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee--the war they fought, the peace they forged
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    First published in 2015 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour

    First published in 1992 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Detonation
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  • Cover of: Duel between the first ironclads
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    Cover of edition duelbetweenfirst0000davi_m8o9 First published in 1975 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol

    First published in 2007 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Civil War In Photographs

    First published in 2002 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: An honorable defeat: the last days of the Confederate government
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    Cover of edition honorabledefeatl0000davi_f6z4 First published in 2001 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Image of the War, 1861-1865: Volume I: Shadows of the Storm
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    First published in 1981 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The pirates Laffite: the treacherous world of the corsairs of the Gulf
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    Cover of edition pirateslaffitetr0000davi_u7n2 First published in 2005 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Touched by Fire: A National Historical Society Photographic Portrait of the Civil War, in Association with Civil War Times (Volume One and Two)
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    First published in 1985 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Civil War Times Illustrated: Photographic History of the Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg
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    First published in 1994 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The battlefields of the Civil War: the bloody conflict of North against South told through the stories of its great battles
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    Cover of edition battlefieldsofci0000davi_r3q1 First published in 1991 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Look away!: a history of the Confederate States of America
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    Cover of edition lookawayhistoryo00will First published in 2002 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Civil War cookbook
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    First published in 1993 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Image of the War, 1861-1865: Volume II: The Guns of '62
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    First published in 1981 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The battle of New Market
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    Cover of edition battleofnewmarke0000davi First published in 1975 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Image of War: 1861-1865: Volume IV: Fighting for Time
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    First published in 1983 — 3 editions
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American historian

Born 1946

Subjects

History, Pictorial works, Biography, Campaigns, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, United States, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army, United States. Army, Armed Forces, Generals, Politics and government, Soldiers, Civil War, 1861-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, campaigns, Confederate states of america, history, Histoire, Military life, Social aspects, Statesmen, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, pictorial works, Battlefields

Places

United States, Confederate States of America, Virginia, West (U.S.), Texas, États-Unis, 1913 Gettysburg Reunion, Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.), Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.), Gulf of Mexico, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Natchez Trace, Old Southwest, Petersburg (Va.), Richmond, Richmond (Va.), South Carolina, Texas / Unabhängigkeitskrieg, U.S., West Florida

People

Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), Davy Crockett (1786-1836), James Bowie (d. 1836), Jean Laffite, Pierre Laffite (d. 1826?), Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885), Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), William Barret Travis (1809-1836), William E. Davis (1929-)

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865, 19th century, 1861-1865, 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession), 1861-1865, Civil War, Revolution, 1835-1836, Siege, 1864-1865, 1775-1865, 1783-1865, 1803-1865, Civil War, Guerre de Sécession, 1861-1865, Siege, 1864, Spanish colony, 1784-1821

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