16 must-read civil war books like "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr.

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"If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863

By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.

4.46

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning authors Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg are back with the second and final…

If you liked the civil war plot in "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr. , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage by Noah Andre Trudeau

1. Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage

By: Noah Andre Trudeau

4.20

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

America's Civil War raged for more than four years, but it is the three days of fighting in the Pen… read more

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Cover of The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote

2. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of "The Devil's to Pay": John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour. by Eric J. Wittenberg

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

By: Eric J. Wittenberg

5.00

Format: None pages,

Although many books on Gettysburg have addressed the role played by Brig. Gen. John Buford and his … read more

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Cover of To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 by D. Scott Hartwig

4. To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862

By: D. Scott Hartwig

4.00

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

In September 1862 the Federal army huddled within the defenses of Washington, disorganized and disc… read more

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5. Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign

By: Peter Cozzens

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

One of the most intriguing and storied episodes of the Civil War, the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campai… read more

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6. Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1943-1945: Red Steamroller

By: Robert Forczyk

3.50

Format: 519 pages,

By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht s panzer armies gradually… read more

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7. 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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8. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

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9. Grant

By: Ron Chernow

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more

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10. This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga

By: Peter Cozzens

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When North and South met among the desolate mountains of northwestern Georgia in 1863, they began o… read more

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11. The Civil War as a Theological Crisis

By: Mark A. Noll

4.18

Format: 578 pages, Hardcover

Viewing the Civil War as a major turning point in American religious thought, Mark A. Noll examines… read more

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

12. 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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Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

13. 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 Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins

14. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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Cover of First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20) by Craig Johnson

15. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

By: Craig Johnson

4.37

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more

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Cover of All Roads Led to Gettysburg: A New Look at the Civil War's Pivotal Battle by Troy D Harman

16. All Roads Led to Gettysburg: A New Look at the Civil War's Pivotal Battle

By: Troy D Harman

3.78

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. Genera… 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 Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command by Kent Masterson Brown

18. Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command

By: Kent Masterson Brown

4.57

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fir… read more

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Cover of The Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion by John C. McManus

19. The Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion

By: John C. McManus

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Impressively researched, engrossing, lightning quick, and filled with human sorrow and elation, Joh… read more

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

20. 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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Cover of Riding the Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic by Anthony Almojera

21. Riding the Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic

By: Anthony Almojera

3.84

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The education of a New York City EMS worker, whose tales of tragedy and transcendence over a single… read more

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22. A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation

By: John Matteson

4.21

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and… read more

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Cover of The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies by Peter S. Carmichael

23. The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies

By: Peter S. Carmichael

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the co… read more

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Cover of "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr.

24. "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863

By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.

4.46

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning authors Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg are back with the second and final… read more

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Cover of The Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War: Historians Tackle the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities by Chris Mackowski

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 On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea

26. On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864

By: Gordon C. Rhea

4.42

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

On to Petersburg is the final book in Gordon Rhea’s five-volume history of the Overland Campaign, a… read more

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Cover of Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home to Fight as Confederate Soldiers by Tom McMillan

27. Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home to Fight as Confederate Soldiers

By: Tom McMillan

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Gettysburg Rebels is the gripping true story of five young men who grew up in Gettysburg, moved sou… read more

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Cover of The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders by Gene M. Thorp

28. The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders

By: Gene M. Thorp

4.45

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The discovery of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on Septembe… read more

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Cover of Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War by Allen C. Guelzo

29. Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War

By: Allen C. Guelzo

4.62

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The voices of those who witnessed the Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath with their own eyes – … read more

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Cover of Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway by N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

30. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

4.45

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more

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Cover of Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam by Alexander B. Rossino

31. Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam

By: Alexander B. Rossino

4.75

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

The loss of Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders No. 191 is one of the Civil War’s enduring mysteries. In… read more

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14 best-selling american civil war books like "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr.

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Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage

Noah Andre Trudeau

4.20

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The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

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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To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862

D. Scott Hartwig

4.00

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Richard M. Connaughton

3.78

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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3.86

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Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley

Sally M. Walker

3.83

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Shelby Foote

3.41

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