12 Top civil war books like To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Robert Orrison

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To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Robert Orrison

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“The present seems to be the most propitious time since the commencement of the war for the Confede…

If you liked the civil war plot in To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Robert Orrison , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Ryan Quint

4.37

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In early July 1864, a quickly patched together force of outnumbered Union soldiers under the comman… read more

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2. Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a … read more

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"Anyone who has ever canoed on the upper Missouri River knows what a welcome sight a grove of cottonoods can be. They provide shade, shelter, and fuel. For Indian ponies, they provide food. For the Co…"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

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3. Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863

By: William Lee White

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

The battle of Chickamauga brought an early fall to the Georgia countryside in 1863, where men fell … read more

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4. The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of The Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign, Including the Battle of South Mountain, September 2 - 20, 1862

By: Bradley M. Gottfried

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign is the eagerly awaited compani… read more

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5. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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6. Twelve Years a Slave

By: Solomon Northup

3.58

Format: None pages, ebook

A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starrin… read more

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7. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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8. Five Days in November

By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Meshare the stories behind the five infam… read more

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9. Red Winter (Jack Ryan #22)

By: Marc Cameron

4.30

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

"In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the tr… read more

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10. The 9th Man (Luke Daniels #1)

By: Steve Berry

4.28

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

From  New York Times  bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series comes a thrilling, action-pack… read more

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11. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

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12. Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth

By: Bryan Burrough

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths,… read more

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13. Tom Clancy Act of Defiance

By: Brian Andrews

4.65

Format: 559 pages, Kindle Edition

When a Russian superweapon is let loose under the waves, it's up to President Jack Ryan to find a c… read more

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14. The Last Kingdom (Cotton Malone, #17)

By: Steve Berry

4.10

Format: 451 pages, Hardcover

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author, Steve Berry, comes the latest Cotton Malone adve… read more

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15. Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America

By: Jared Cohen

4.12

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. A… read more

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16. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

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17. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

By: Tom Clavin

3.67

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more

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18. Chain of Command (Jack Ryan #21)

By: Marc Cameron

4.43

Format: 509 pages, Kindle Edition

The United States has stared down many threats with President Jack Ryan at the helm, but what if he… read more

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19. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

By: Elizabeth Varon

4.15

Format: 516 pages, ebook

An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more

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"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

Cover of To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Robert Orrison

20. To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Robert Orrison

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“The present seems to be the most propitious time since the commencement of the war for the Confede… read more

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Cover of Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell: The Battle of Seccessionville, June 16, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by James A. Morgan

21. Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell: The Battle of Seccessionville, June 16, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: James A. Morgan

4.00

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The small, curiously named village of Secessionville, just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, w… read more

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Cover of The Carnage was Fearful: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Michael Block

22. The Carnage was Fearful: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Michael Block

4.21

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

“Profusely illustrated . . . an extraordinary and detailed account of a major battle that is often … read more

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23. Cedar Mountain to Antietam: A Civil War Campaign History of the Union XII Corps, July–September 1862

By: M. Chris Bryan

4.50

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

This history of the Union XII Corps “skillfully weaves firsthand accounts into a compelling story a… read more

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Cover of Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by William Lee White

24. Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: William Lee White

4.06

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

The Army of Tennessee’s grueling and costly victory against a fortified Union encampment is expertl… read more

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25. The Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War: Historians Tackle the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities

By: Chris Mackowski

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

“What If . . . ?” Every Civil War armchair general asks the question. Possibilities unfold. Disappo… read more

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Cover of The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series) by Stuart W. Sanders

26. The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series)

By: Stuart W. Sanders

3.97

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

On January 19, 1862, Confederate and Union forces clashed in the now-forgotten Battle of Mill Sprin… read more

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Cover of John Brown's Raid: Harpers Ferry and the Coming of the Civil War, October 16-18, 1859 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Jon-Erik M. Gilot

27. John Brown's Raid: Harpers Ferry and the Coming of the Civil War, October 16-18, 1859 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Jon-Erik M. Gilot

4.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The first shot of the American Civil War was not fired on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Caro… read more

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28. Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River: December 31, 1862–January 2, 1863 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Caroline Ann Davis

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

All of Middle Tennessee held its breath when the new year dawned in 1863. One day earlier on Decem… read more

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29. That Field of Blood: The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Daniel Vermilya

4.38

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

September 17, 1862—one of the most consequential days in the history of the United States—was a mom… read more

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Cover of A Little Short of Boats: The Civil War Battles of Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21 - 22, 1861 by James A. Morgan III

30. A Little Short of Boats: The Civil War Battles of Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21 - 22, 1861

By: James A. Morgan III

4.06

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

"[P]erhaps a small demonstration on your part would have the effect to move them," wrote Army of th… read more

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Cover of Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Gregory A. Mertz

31. Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Gregory A. Mertz

3.97

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"Attack at daylight and whip them" —that was the Confederate plan on the morning of April 6, 1862. … read more

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8 Best civil war books like A Little Short of Boats: The Civil War Battles of Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21 - 22, 1861 by James A. Morgan III

Transform Your Habits

The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

Michael Shaara

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

Ryan Quint

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863

William Lee White

3.74

Transform Your Habits

"The Devil's to Pay": John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour.

Eric J. Wittenberg

5.00

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