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The Dr. & Mrs. James W. Eaton Book Collection
LB2003.007

Introduction: 

Provenance:  Dr. and Mrs. James W. Eaton donated these books in 2003

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes for a small fee.  Permission to publish materials from this collection must be obtained from the Director of Library/Archives.

Sallie E. Loy processed these papers in 2003

Size: One library shelf

Arrangement:

The Time Life Civil War Series containing 28 volumes. 

The Civil War Box Set of Rebels & Yankees containing 3 volumes.

Description: The Dr. and Mrs. James W. Eaton book collection consists of The Time Life Civil War Series containing 28 volumes.  They were published in the 1980s and sold via book club subscription only.  Each book features a highly detailed hard cover with photo, and on the inside, glossy pages of information, illustrations, maps, and reproduction of actual Civil War photographs and paintings.  Volume 28 is the Master Index to the series.

This collection also contains a Civil War Box Set of Rebels & Yankees, three volumes, published by Salamander Books Limited of London, England.

The Dr. & Mrs. James W. Eaton Book Collection
(The Time Life Civil War Series – 28 Volumes)

Book Shelf Section	Book Shelf Number	Contents
2	4	Battles For Atlanta  - Sherman Moves East
2	4	Brother Against Brother – The War Begins
2	4	Confederate Ordeal – The Southern Home Front
2	4	Death In The Trenches – Grant at Petersburg
2	4	Decoying The Yanks – Jackson’s Valley Campaign
2	4	First Blood – Fort Sumter to Bull Run
2	4	Forward To Richmond – McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign
2	4	Gettysburg – The Confederate High Tide
2	4	Lee Takes Command – From Seven Days to Second Bull Run
2	4	Pursuit To Appomattox – The Last Battles
2	4	Rebels Resurgent – Fredericksburg To Chancellorsville
2	4	Sherman’s March – Atlanta to the Sea
2	4	Spies, Scouts and Raiders – Irregular Operations
2	4	Tenting Tonight – The Soldier’s Life
2	4	The Assassination – Death of the President
2	4	The Blockade – Runners and Raiders
2	4	The Bloodiest Day – The Battle of Antietam
2	4	The Coastal War – Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande
2	4	The Fight For Chattanooga – Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge
2	4	The Killing Ground – Wilderness to Cold Harbor
2	4	The Nation Reunited – War’s Aftermath
2	4	The Road To Shiloh – Early Battles in the West
2	4	The Shenandoah In Flames – The Valley Campaign of 1864
2	4	The Struggle For Tennessee – Tupelo to Stones River
2	4	Twenty Million Yankees – The Northern Home Front
2	4	War On The Frontier – The Trans-Mississippi West
2	4	War On The Mississippi – Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign
2	4	Master Index – An Illustrated Guide

The Dr. & Mrs. James W. Eaton Book Collection
(The Civil War Box Set – Rebels & Yankees - 3 Volumes published by Salamander Books Limited, London, England)

Book Shelf Section	Book Shelf Number	Contents
2	4	The Battlefields Of The Civil War
2	4	The Commanders Of The Civil War
2	4	The Fighting Men Of The Civil War