15 Best history books like Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac by Frank Wilkeson

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Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac

By: Frank Wilkeson

4.10

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

Who beside the enlisted men can tell how the fierce Confederates looked and fought behind their ear…

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Cover of The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) by Michael Shaara

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

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

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  • historical
  • american history
  • american civil war
  • civil war
"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

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2. Old Soldier Sahib: Old Soldier Sahib

By: Frank Richards

4.24

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Here, in the author's own words, is the story of his life as a British soldier in India during the … read more

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  • history
Cover of Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life by John Davis Billings, William L. Shea

3. Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life

By: John Davis Billings , William L. Shea

4.04

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

Most histories of the Civil War focus on battles and top brass. Hardtack and Coffee is one of the f… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • civil war
  • american civil war
Cover of Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

4. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Ken… read more

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  • historical
  • american history
  • biography
  • history

5. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots

By: David Fisher

3.60

Format: 212 pages,

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6. Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence

By: John Ferling

4.02

Format: 293 pages,

In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Fer… read more

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7. Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution

By: None

4.54

Format: 253 pages,

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Cover of Watergate: A New History by Garrett M. Graff

8. Watergate: A New History

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.49

Format: 832 pages, Hardcover

From Garrett​ Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more

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  • historical
  • american history
  • history
Cover of My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas  Hamilton

9. My Sixty Years on the Plains: Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting

By: William Thomas Hamilton

4.17

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

Of course I knew how to scalp, and soon accomplished the feat, much to his satisfaction, for he sai… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Bushwhacker: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand by Samuel S. Hildebrand

10. Bushwhacker: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand

By: Samuel S. Hildebrand

4.08

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Bushwhackers in the American Civil War operated as guerrillas, outside the normal chain of military… read more

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

11. 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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  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • history
Cover of A Rebel in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (Annotated) by John H. Lewis

12. A Rebel in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (Annotated)

By: John H. Lewis

3.89

Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition

This 2020 edition contains newly uncovered details about the author and others mentioned in the nar… read more

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13. That Devil Forrest: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest

By: John Allan Wyeth

4.14

Format: 586 pages, Kindle Edition

Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of twelve children, born to a poor blacksmith and his wife in Bedfor… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
Cover of Reminiscences of the Civil War by John B. Gordon

14. Reminiscences of the Civil War

By: John B. Gordon

4.22

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

John B. Gordon, by the end of the Civil War, had become one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted general… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
Cover of Sparta: A History from Beginning to End (Ancient Civilizations) by Hourly History

15. Sparta: A History from Beginning to End (Ancient Civilizations)

By: Hourly History

4.12

Format: 62 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable history of Sparta...Free BONUS Inside!Many of the city-states of Ancient Gr… read more

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  • historical
  • history
Cover of Ypres, 1917: A Personal Account (Full Pack — A Private’s War) by NORMAN GLADDEN

16. Ypres, 1917: A Personal Account (Full Pack — A Private’s War)

By: NORMAN GLADDEN

4.26

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

An enthralling eyewitness account of the bloody battle of Passchendaele. Perfect for fans of Lyn Ma… read more

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  • history
Cover of Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac by Frank Wilkeson

17. Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac

By: Frank Wilkeson

4.10

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

Who beside the enlisted men can tell how the fierce Confederates looked and fought behind their ear… read more

Similar categories in Frank Wilkeson's Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac book and Frank Wilkeson's Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • civil war
  • american civil war
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18. Life in the Confederate Army

By: William Watson

4.21

Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1861 a Scotsman living in Louisiana took up the Confederate Flag. William Watson presents a nar… read more

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  • american civil war
  • history
  • biography
  • civil war
Cover of A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier by Frederick Law Olmsted

19. A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier

By: Frederick Law Olmsted

3.96

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1856 Frederick Law Olmsted began a journey into the heart of Texas. His account of the Lone Sta… read more

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  • historical
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
"The hot, soggy breath of the approaching summer was extremely depressing"

-Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier

"The forest was dense, and filled with all manner of vines and rank undergrowth; the road was a vague opening, where obstructing trees had been felled, the stumps and rotten trunks remaining. Across a…"

-Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier

"As for Judy, the terrier, the wet country had proved for her a great relief. Her ulcerated paws had been carefully covered with moccasins, and, from the beginning of the marshy country, daily improve…"

-Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier

"The horses, reluctant and excited from the first, become furious and wild. At the next shoal-personal nastiness being past consideration-we dismount, at knee-deep, to give them a moment's rest, shift…"

-Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey through Texas: Or a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier

Cover of A Diary of Battle: The Personal Journals Of Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, 1861-1865 by Charles S. Wainwright

20. A Diary of Battle: The Personal Journals Of Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, 1861-1865

By: Charles S. Wainwright

4.48

Format: 564 pages, Paperback

When Colonel Charles S. Wainwright (1826–1907), later a brevet brigadier general, was commissioned … read more

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  • civil war
  • history
Cover of Three Years and a Day: 1862-1865 (Abridged, Annotated) by Stephen Millett Thompson

21. Three Years and a Day: 1862-1865 (Abridged, Annotated)

By: Stephen Millett Thompson

4.19

Format: 818 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the thousands of regimental histories, Civil War diaries, and Civil War letters, this volume … read more

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7 best-selling historical books like Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac by Frank Wilkeson

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

Michael Shaara

4.33

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Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life

John Davis Billings , William L. Shea

4.04

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Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

4.17

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Watergate: A New History

Garrett M. Graff

4.49

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21 Top history books like Reminiscences of the Civil War by John B. Gordon

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From Manassas To Appomattox

James Longstreet

3.95

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Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life

John Davis Billings , William L. Shea

4.04

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The Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee , Robert E. Lee

3.16

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Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman

William T. Sherman , Charles Royster

3.83

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