26 must-read civil war books like The Battle of Pickett's Mill: Along the Dead Line by Brad Butkovich

Cover of The Battle of Pickett's Mill: Along the Dead Line by Brad Butkovich

The Battle of Pickett's Mill: Along the Dead Line

By: Brad Butkovich

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Pickett's Mill documents the history this ""Dead-Line"" battle through firsthand acco…

If you liked the civil war plot in The Battle of Pickett's Mill: Along the Dead Line by Brad Butkovich , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 by Gary W. Gallagher, Jonathan M. Berkey, Keith S. Bohannon, Peter S. Carmichael, None, None, None

1. The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862

By: Gary W. Gallagher , Jonathan M. Berkey , Keith S. Bohannon , Peter S. Carmichael , None , None , None

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This volume explores the Shenandoah Valley campaign, best known for its role in establishing Thomas… read more

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Cover of Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 by John J. Fox III

2. Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg's Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865

By: John J. Fox III

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Robert E. Lee faced the most monumental crisis of his military career on the morning of April 2, 18… read more

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Cover of The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote

3. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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4. 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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Cover of Lee's Lieutenants: A Study In Command (Volume I: Manassas to Malvern Hill) by Douglas Southall Freeman

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

By: Douglas Southall Freeman

4.30

Format: None pages,

Douglas Southall Freeman. Lee's Lieutenants. 3 Volume Set. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1970… read more

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6. Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic

By: Robert K. Krick

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Using accurate background information as well as anecdotal material, eyewitness accounts, and new p… read more

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7. Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburg

By: None

4.00

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

Richard J. Sommers' Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburgpioneered the study of the Civil War … read more

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8. Jefferson the Virginian

By: Dumas Malone

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Hardcover

The first of five volumes in a full-length biography of Jefferson. read more

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9. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

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10. The Old Lion

By: Jeff Shaara

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more

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11. Quantum Radio

By: A.G. Riddle

4.12

Format: 562 pages, Kindle Edition

At CERN, a scientist has just made an incredible discovery – a breakthrough that may answer the dee… 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

12. 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 In the Shadow of the Round Tops: Longstreet's Countermarch, Johnston's Reconnaissance, and the Enduring Battles for the Memory of July 2, 1863 by Allen R. Thompson

13. In the Shadow of the Round Tops: Longstreet's Countermarch, Johnston's Reconnaissance, and the Enduring Battles for the Memory of July 2, 1863

By: Allen R. Thompson

4.00

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

Exciting new research lifts much of the fog surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg and offers a glimp… read more

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

14. 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 Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon

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

16. 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 The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi by Timothy B. Smith

17. 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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Cover of General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War by Frank P. Varney

18. General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War

By: Frank P. Varney

3.79

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

General Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered today as a war-winning general, and he certainly deserv… 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

19. 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 Pickett's Mill: Along the Dead Line by Brad Butkovich

20. The Battle of Pickett's Mill: Along the Dead Line

By: Brad Butkovich

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Pickett's Mill documents the history this ""Dead-Line"" battle through firsthand acco… read more

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

21. 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 All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862 (Civil War America) by Gerald J. Prokopowicz

22. All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862 (Civil War America)

By: Gerald J. Prokopowicz

4.08

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Despite its important role in the early years of the Civil War, the Army of the Ohio remains one of… read more

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"In the midst of a grueling all-night march on October 6, the men of the 10th Indiana demonstrated that they had not lost their high spirits. They were taking a brief midnight break, many of them slee…"

-Gerald J. Prokopowicz, All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862 (Civil War America)

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

23. 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 Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Effort to Save Atlanta (Civil War America) by Earl J. Hess

24. The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Effort to Save Atlanta (Civil War America)

By: Earl J. Hess

3.83

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherma… read more

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

25. 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

26. 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 Early Struggles for Vicksburg: The Mississippi Central Campaign and Chickasaw Bayou, October 25-December 31, 1862 (Modern War Studies) by Timothy B. Smith

27. Early Struggles for Vicksburg: The Mississippi Central Campaign and Chickasaw Bayou, October 25-December 31, 1862 (Modern War Studies)

By: Timothy B. Smith

4.44

Format: 632 pages, Hardcover

In Early Struggles for Vicksburg, Tim Smith covers the first phase of the Vicksburg campaign (Octob… read more

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Cover of General Lee's Immortals: The Battles and Campaigns of the Branch-Lane Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861–1865 by Michael Hardy

28. General Lee's Immortals: The Battles and Campaigns of the Branch-Lane Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861–1865

By: Michael Hardy

4.35

Format: 582 pages, Kindle Edition

“An absolute gem of a history” for the Confederacy’s Branch-Lane North Carolina “His clear and eng… read more

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Cover of Hood's Texas Brigade: The Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy's Most Celebrated Unit (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War) by Susannah J Ural

29. Hood's Texas Brigade: The Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy's Most Celebrated Unit (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)

By: Susannah J Ural

4.64

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One of the most effective units to fight on either side of the Civil War, the Texas Brigade of the … read more

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Cover of Soldiers from Experience: The Forging of Sherman's Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862–1863 (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War) by Eric Michael Burke

30. Soldiers from Experience: The Forging of Sherman's Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862–1863 (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)

By: Eric Michael Burke

4.50

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In Soldiers from Experience, Eric Michael Burke examines the tactical behavior and operational per… read more

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Cover of Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond (Modern War Studies) by Hampton Newsome

31. Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond (Modern War Studies)

By: Hampton Newsome

4.45

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

On June 14, 1863, US Major General John Adams Dix received the following directive from General-in-… read more

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21 must-read civil war books like In the Shadow of the Round Tops: Longstreet's Countermarch, Johnston's Reconnaissance, and the Enduring Battles for the Memory of July 2, 1863 by Allen R. Thompson

Transform Your Habits

Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg: A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History

James A. Hessler , None

4.63

Transform Your Habits

Fury On the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg

John M. Archer

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War

Charles B. Dew

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

Garry Wills

3.95

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