Books by William Davis

  • New! Virginia at War, 1861, ed. (with James I. Robertson Jr.). The University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
  • The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf. Harcourt, 2005.
  • Lone Star Rising: The Revolutionary Birth of the Texas Republic. Free Press, New York, 2004. Named among the "Best of 2004" by Book World Raves in The Washington Post.
  • Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire-eater. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, 2001.
  • An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government. Harcourt,
    New York, 2001.
  • The Union that Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 2001.
  • A Fire-Eater Remembers: The Confederate Memoir of Robert Barnwell Rhett,
    ed. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, 2000.
  • Bluegrass Confederate: The Headquarters Diary of Edward O. Guerrant, ed.
    (with Meredith L. Swentor). Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1999.
  • Portraits of the Civil War. Salamander Books, London, 1999.
  • Lincoln's Men: How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation.
    Free Press, New York, 1999.
  • Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis. HarperCollins, New York, 1998.
  • Civil War Journal: The Battles, ed. (with Brian Pohanka and Don Troiani). Rutledge
    Hill Press, Nashville, 1998.
  • Civil War Journal: The Leaders, ed. (with Brian Pohanka and Don Troiani). Rutledge
    Hill Press, Nashville, 1997.
  • The Cause Lost. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 1996.
  • Brothers in Arms. Salamander Books, London, 1995.
  • A Way Through the Wilderness: The Natchez Trace and the Civilization of the
    Old Southern Frontier    .     HarperCollins, New York, 1995.
  • The West (with Joseph G. Rosa). Salamander Books, London, 1994.
  • "A Government of Our Own": The Making of the Confederacy. Free Press, New
    York, 1994.
  • Concise History of the Civil War. Eastern Acorn Press, Conshohocken, 1994.
  • Civil War Cookbook. Colour Library Books, Godalming, UK, 1993.
  • The American Frontier: Pioneers, Settlers & Cowboys, l800-l899. Salamander Books, London, 1992; Smithmark, New York, 1992.
  • The Confederate General, ed. (six volumes). National Historical Society, Harrisburg,
    Pa., 1990-1991.

The Civil War Library
  • Battles of the Civil War. Mallard Press, New York, 1991; Colour Library Books,
    Godalming, UK, 1991.
  • Memorabilia of the Civil War. Mallard Press, New York, 1991; Colour Library Books, Godalming, UK, 1991.
  • Weapons of the Civil War. Mallard Press, New York, 1991; Colour Library Books, Godalming, UK, 1991.
  • Generals of the Civil War. Mallard Press, New York, 1991; Colour Library Books, Godalming, UK, 1993.
  • Soldiers of the Civil War. Mallard Press, New York, 1993; Colour Library Books, Godalming, UK, 1993.
  • Trivia of the Civil War. Mallard Press, 1993; Colour Library Books, Godalming, UK,
    1993.
  • Jefferson Davis, The Man and His Hour. HarperCollins, New York, 1991.
  • Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, ed. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, 1990.
  • Battlefields of the Civil War. Salamander Books, London, 1991; Smithmark, New
    York, 1991.
  • Commanders of the Civil War. Salamander Books, London, 1990; W.H. Smith, New
    York, 1990.
  • Fighting Men of the Civil War. Salamander Books, London, 1989; W.H. Smith, New
    York, 1989.
  • Death in the Trenches. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Va., 1986.
  • Spies, Scouts, and Raiders. (Ghost written) Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Va., 1986.
  • Touched by Fire: A Photographic Portrait of the Civil War, ed. (two volumes).
    Little, Brown, Boston, 1985-1986.
  • Civil War Parks, The Story Behind the Scenery. KC Publications, Las Vegas, 1984.
  • Gettysburg, The Story Behind the Scenery. KC Publications, Las Vegas, 1983.
  • First Blood. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Va., 1983.
  • Brother Against Brother. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Va., 1983.
  • The Image of War, 1861-1865, ed. Doubleday, New York.
  • Shadows of the Storm. Volume One, 1981.
  • The Guns of '62. Volume Two, 1982.
  • The Embattled Confederacy. Volume Three, 1982.
  • Fighting for Time. Volume Four, 1983.
  • The South Besieged. Volume Five, 1983.
  • The End of an Era. Volume Six, 1984.
  • The Imperiled Union. Doubleday, New York.
  • The Deep Waters of the Proud. Volume One, 1982.
  • Stand in the Day of Battle. Volume Two, 1983.
  • The Orphan Brigade. Doubleday, New York, 1980.
  • Battle at Bull Run. Doubleday, New York, 1977.
  • Duel Between the First Ironclads. Doubleday, New York, 1975.
  • The Battle of New Market. Doubleday, New York, 1975.
  • Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. Louisiana State University Press,
    Baton Rouge, 1974.

Contributions to Anthologies, etc.
  • Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg, and the Civil War. Savas, Mason City, IA, 1999.
  • Chapter in Gary Gallagher, ed., Lee the General. University of Nebraska Press,
    Lincoln, 1996.
  • Introduction to The Civil War Times Photographic History of the Civil War
    (two vols.). Black Dog & Leventhal, New York, 1994.
  • Articles in Leonard W. Levy and Louis Fisher, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Presidency. Simon & Schuster, New York, l993.
  • Articles in Richard N. Current, ed., Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. Simon &
    Schuster, New York, 1993.
  • Chapter in The Way of the Warrior. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Va., 1993.
  • Chapter in Roman J. Heleniak and Lawrence L. Hewitt, eds., Leadership During
    the Civil War    .     White Mane, Baltimore, 1992.
  • Chapter in Francis H. Kennedy, ed. The Civil War Battlefield Guide. Houghton
    Mifflin, Boston, 1990.
  • Foreword for The Civil War Wall Chart. Publications International, Ltd., Chicago,
    1990.
  • Editorial consultant for Great Battles of the Civil War. Publications International,
    Ltd., Chicago, 1989.
  • Articles in Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War. Harper &
    Row, New York, 1986.
  • Civil War chapter in Above and Beyond: The Congressional Medal of Honor.
    Boston Publishing Co., Boston, 1985.
  • One chapter in Rebels Resurgent. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Va., 1985.
  • Introduction to new edition of Paul M. Angle, A Pictorial History of the Civil War
    Years    .     Doubleday, New York, 1980.
  • Articles in Dictionary of American Military Biography. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 1984.
  • Articles in Encyclopedia of Southern History. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1979.
  • Introduction to new edition of Ed Porter Thompson, History of the Orphan Brigade. Morningside Press, Dayton, 1974.