16 best-selling civil war books like Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle by John Michael Priest

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Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle

By: John Michael Priest

4.18

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

On September 13, 1862, in a field near Frederick, Maryland, four Union soldiers hit the jack-pot. T…

If you liked the civil war plot in Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle by John Michael Priest , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Maps of First Bull Run: An Atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas) Campaign, including the Battle of Ball's Bluff, June-October 1861

By: Bradley M. Gottfried

4.40

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Bradley M. Gottfried’s The Maps of First Bull An Atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas) Campaign, … read more

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
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2. 1776

By: David McCullough

4.09

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more

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  • history
  • war
"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"

-David McCullough, 1776

"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."

-David McCullough, 1776

"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."

-David McCullough, 1776

"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"

-David McCullough, 1776

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3. The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864

By: Gordon C. Rhea

4.37

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderne… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
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4. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

By: Ian Fleming

3.63

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more

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"Don't lose faith in your stars."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

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5. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

By: Stephen W. Sears

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Combining brilliant military analysis with rich narrative history, Landscape Turned Red is the defi… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
"Even as McClellan conferred with his superiors, sounds of renewed battle came from the direction of Chantilly, a country estate a few miles north of Centreville and on the flank of Pope’s army."

-Stephen W. Sears, Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

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6. April 1865: The Month That Saved America

By: Jay Winik

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for gu… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history

7. Chancellorsville

By: Stephen W. Sears

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sears describes the series of controversial events that define this crucial battle, including Gener… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Chancellorsville 1863: The Souls of the Brave by Ernest B. Furgurson

8. Chancellorsville 1863: The Souls of the Brave

By: Ernest B. Furgurson

4.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

For 130 years historians and military strategists have been obsessed by the battle of Chancellorsvi… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
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9. Mr. Lincoln's Army

By: Bruce Catton

3.48

Format: 93 pages,

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam by James M. McPherson

10. Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam

By: James M. McPherson

3.20

Format: 144 pages,

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history

11. Gettysburg July 1

By: David G. Martin

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The most detailed regimental level account ever written of the critical and often overlooked first … read more

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • history
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12. Black Hawk Down

By: Mark Bowden

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market … read more

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  • history
  • war

13. Gettysburg--The First Day

By: Harry W. Pfanz

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

For good reason, the second and third days of the Battle of Gettysburg have received the lion's sha… read more

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14. The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union

By: Bell Irvin Wiley

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

The Life of Billy Yank is a frank, intimate, and warm study of the Union soldier by one of the most… read more

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Cover of The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) by Mario Puzo, Peter Bart, Robert Thompson

15. The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

By: Mario Puzo , Peter Bart , Robert Thompson

4.39

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The Godfather—the epic tale of crime and betrayal that became a global phenomenon. Almost fifty … read more

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"Life is so beautiful"

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

16. The Civil War in the American West

By: Alvin M. Josephy Jr.

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

This riveting work of scholarship by the acclaimed author of The Patriot Chiefs recounts the often … read more

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17. Gettysburg

By: Stephen W. Sears

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A masterful, single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original sourc… read more

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18. Shiloh, 1862

By: Winston Groom

4.71

Format: None pages,

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19. Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas

By: John J. Hennessy

3.62

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

"This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. … read more

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20. To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign

By: Stephen W. Sears

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This is a history of the largest and bloodiest campaign of the American Civil War - one in which a … read more

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21. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

By: Ian Fleming

3.74

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more

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"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

Cover of The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury

22. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

By: Bob Drury

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more

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  • history
  • war
Cover of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

23. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

By: Rick Atkinson

4.43

Format: 776 pages, Hardcover

In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more

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  • history
  • war
Cover of Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy by Donald L. Miller

24. Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

By: Donald L. Miller

4.41

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing story of the longest and most decisive military campaign of the Civil War in Vicksb… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle by John Michael Priest

25. Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle

By: John Michael Priest

4.18

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

On September 13, 1862, in a field near Frederick, Maryland, four Union soldiers hit the jack-pot. T… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Gettysburg's Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the "Commanding Ground" Along the Emmitsburg Road by James A. Hessler

26. Gettysburg's Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the "Commanding Ground" Along the Emmitsburg Road

By: James A. Hessler

4.52

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

A “fascinating illumination of little-known accounts and personalities” by two experts on the Battl… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi by Timothy B. Smith

27. The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi

By: Timothy B. Smith

4.51

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Benjamin Grierson's Union cavalry thrust through Mississippi is one of the most well-known operatio… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr.

28. Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863

By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Finalist - U.S. Army Heritage Foundation's 2011 Distinguished Writing Award. The Gettysburg Campai… read more

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
Cover of A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg: The Aftermath of a Battle by Gregory A. Coco

29. A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg: The Aftermath of a Battle

By: Gregory A. Coco

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) was the largest battle fought on the American continent. Remarkably few… read more

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  • civil war
  • history
  • war
Cover of Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg by James A. Hessler

30. Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg

By: James A. Hessler

4.15

Format: 505 pages, Kindle Edition

FINALIST, 2009, ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARDWINNER, 2009, THE BACHELDER-CODD… read more

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  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Valley Forge by Bob Drury

31. Valley Forge

By: Bob Drury

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 return w… read more

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  • history
  • war

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4.23

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