8 Best american civil war books like Small but Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville by Robert F. O'Neill

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Small but Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville

By: Robert F. O'Neill

4.36

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

June 1863. The American Civil War was two years old, and the U.S. Army in Virginia was in chaos. Re…

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1. The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)

By: Andrew O'Shaughnessy

4.17

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted… read more

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Cover of A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America by Stacy Schiff

2. A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

By: Stacy Schiff

3.93

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to Fran… read more

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Cover of The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command by Edwin B. Coddington

3. The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command

By: Edwin B. Coddington

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Gettyburg remains one of the most controversial military actions in America's history… read more

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4. Storm of Steel

By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more

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5. Rise of Empire (The Riyria Revelations, #3-4)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A PUPPET IS CROWNED. THE TRUE HEIR REMAINS HIDDEN. A ROGUE'S SECRET COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. War ha… read more

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6. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Suzanne Toren

7. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren

4.28

Format: 916 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more

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"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

8. For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair At Spring Hill & the Battle of Franklin

By: None

4.26

Format: None pages,

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9. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861

By: David Detzer

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In April 1861, Confederate artillery blasted Fort Sumter into surrender. Within weeks, the Confeder… read more

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10. For Whom the Bell Tolls

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Sp… read more

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11. Battle of Stones River: The Forgotten Conflict Between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of the Cumberland

By: Larry J. Daniel

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Three days of savage and bloody fighting between Confederate and Union troops at Stones River in Mi… read more

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12. In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War

By: None

3.81

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

Deserve[s] a place on every Civil War bookshelf.--New York Times Book Review "[Trulock] brings her … read more

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13. Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

THEY KILLED THE KING. THEY PINNED IT ON TWO MEN. THEY CHOSE POORLY. There's no ancient evil to defe… read more

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14. At Gettysburg; Or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle

By: Matilda Pierce Alleman

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

A touching and thrilling story of a young girl's experiences at the battle of Gettysburg, first pub… read more

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15. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West by Megan Kate Nelson

16. The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West

By: Megan Kate Nelson

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A dramatic, riveting, and deeply researched narrative account of the epic struggle for the West dur… read more

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Cover of I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign by D. Scott Hartwig

17. I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign

By: D. Scott Hartwig

4.79

Format: 984 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day of the Civil War. The memory… read more

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Cover of The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers' Struggle for Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle by Jeffry D. Wert

18. The Heart of Hell: The Soldiers' Struggle for Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle

By: Jeffry D. Wert

4.54

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The struggle over the fortified Confederate position known as Spotsylvania's Mule Shoe was without … read more

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Cover of General J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man by Edward G. Longacre

19. General J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man

By: Edward G. Longacre

4.40

Format: 504 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen years have passed since the publication of the last full-length biography of Jeb Stuart. Se… read more

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Cover of Cedar Mountain to Antietam: A Civil War Campaign History of the Union XII Corps, July–September 1862 by M. Chris Bryan

20. 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 The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781 by Jerome A. Greene

21. The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781

By: Jerome A. Greene

4.20

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781 was the single most decisive engagement of the American R… read more

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Cover of Small but Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville by Robert F. O'Neill

22. Small but Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville

By: Robert F. O'Neill

4.36

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

June 1863. The American Civil War was two years old, and the U.S. Army in Virginia was in chaos. Re… read more

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

23. 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 The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War by Hans G. Myers

24. The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War

By: Hans G. Myers

4.24

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The story of the true savior of Little Round Top at Gettysburg―a 26-year-old Harvard-educated lawye… read more

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Cover of The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston: Confederate States Army - Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863 by Richard M. McMurry

25. The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston: Confederate States Army - Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863

By: Richard M. McMurry

3.93

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was one of the original five full Confederate generals. He graduated West… read more

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Cover of The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

26. The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe

By: Kevin R.C. Gutzman

3.72

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A lively and essential chronicle of the only consecutive trio of two-term presidencies of the same … read more

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Cover of The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi: May 14, 1863 by Chris Mackowski

27. The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi: May 14, 1863

By: Chris Mackowski

4.28

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

“A comprehensive, eminently readable, lavishly illustrated, and historically accurate account” of t… read more

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Cover of Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862 by Victor Vignola

28. Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862

By: Victor Vignola

3.86

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

“The author’s new and important study concentrates on the Fair Oaks part of the battle. His researc… read more

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Cover of A Fine Opportunity Lost: Longstreet’s East Tennessee Campaign, November 1863 – April 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Ed Lowe Col. Ret.

29. A Fine Opportunity Lost: Longstreet’s East Tennessee Campaign, November 1863 – April 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Ed Lowe Col. Ret.

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Lieutenant General James Longstreet’s deployment to East Tennessee promised a chance to shine. The … read more

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Cover of The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864 by David A. Powell

30. The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864

By: David A. Powell

4.50

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

The Atlanta Campaign in 1864 was second only to Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign in Virginia fo… read more

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Cover of Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee: A Portrait of Life in a Confederate Army (Civil War America) by Larry J. Daniel

31. Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee: A Portrait of Life in a Confederate Army (Civil War America)

By: Larry J. Daniel

4.18

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

In Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee Larry Daniel offers a view from the trenches of the Confeder… read more

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15 Top history books like Small but Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville by Robert F. O'Neill

Transform Your Habits

The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)

Andrew O'Shaughnessy

4.17

Transform Your Habits

A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

Stacy Schiff

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command

Edwin B. Coddington

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Storm of Steel

Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

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24 best-selling civil war books like Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862 by Victor Vignola

Transform Your Habits

John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General

None , Stephen M. Hood

3.44

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The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

Transform Your Habits

History of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry: Vortex of Hell

Patrick A. Schroeder , Brian C. Pohanka , Cricket Bauer

3.72

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Lee's Lieutenants: A Study In Command (Volume I: Manassas to Malvern Hill)

Douglas Southall Freeman

4.30

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