18 must-read history books like The Battle of South Mountain (Civil War Series) by John David Hoptak

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The Battle of South Mountain (Civil War Series)

By: John David Hoptak

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Join historian John Hoptak as he narrates the critical Battle of South Mountain, long overshadowed …

If you liked the history plot in The Battle of South Mountain (Civil War Series) by John David Hoptak , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • history
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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2. 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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  • civil war
  • american 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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3. Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg (Crown Journeys)

By: James M. McPherson

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • history
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4. 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
  • 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

5. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

By: James L. Swanson

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through … read more

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  • civil war
  • history
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6. Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam

By: James M. McPherson

3.20

Format: 144 pages,

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • history
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7. West Virginia and the Civil War: Mountaineers Are Always Free

By: Mark A. Snell

1.00

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The only state born as a result of the Civil War, West Virginia was the most divided state in the n… read more

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  • american civil war
  • history
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8. Robert Redford: The Biography

By: Michael Feeney Callan , Mark Deakins

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Audio CD

The long-anticipated biography of Robert Redford. Among the most widely admired Hollywood stars of … read more

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  • history

9. Glory Road

By: Bruce Catton

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Volume II of The Army of the Potomac The critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer 1… read more

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • history
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10. 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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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • history

11. Upton and the Army

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book is a biography on Emory Upton's career from a commissioned second lieutenant in the Fifth… read more

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12. Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain

By: Martha Sherrill

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

How one man's consuming passion for dogs saved a legendary breed from extinction and led him to a d… read more

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13. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.22

Format: None pages,

The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more

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14. The Dawn's Early Light

By: Walter Lord

3.60

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Walter Lord--author of such best-sellers as A Night to Rememberand A Day of Infamy--brings to life … read more

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15. 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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16. A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America

By: James Horn

3.55

Format: 320 pages,

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17. The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America

By: Scott Weidensaul

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frontier: the word carries the inevitable scent of the West. But before Custer or Lewis and Clark, … read more

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18. 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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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • history
"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

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19. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • history
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20. Trafalgar

By: Nicholas Best

4.51

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

Two hundred years ago Napoleon Bonaparte planned to lead his Grande Armée to Britain, the only coun… read more

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

21. 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
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22. 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
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23. The Cornfield: Antietam's Bloody Turning Point

By: David A. Welker

4.27

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Antietam. For generations of Americans this word--the name of a bucolic stream in western Maryland-… read more

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • history
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24. Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug

By: Augustine Sedgewick

3.59

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The epic story of how coffee connected and divided the modern world Coffee is an indispensable p… read more

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  • history
"Історична батьківщина рослини, яка по-ботанічному називається Coffea arabica, — Ефіопія. Просто в XVI–XVII століттях кавою монопольно торгували арабські купці з єменського узбережжя Червоного моря, а…"

-Augustine Sedgewick, Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug

"...means the destruction of our nation just as surely as it meant the destruction of Egypt and Rome and Spain and Germany and all the other nations who came to measure their greatness by their materi…"

-Augustine Sedgewick, Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug

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25. The Civil War at Perryville: Battling for the Bluegrass (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series)

By: Christopher L. Kolakowski

3.78

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

A comprehensive history of the bloody Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, featuring over sixty historic… read more

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  • civil war
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26. The Battle of Pea Ridge: The Civil War Fight for the Ozarks (Civil War Series)

By: James R. Knight

4.04

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

After months of reverses, the Union army was going on the offensive in the spring of 1862 as Genera… read more

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  • american civil war
  • history
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27. The Battle of South Mountain (Civil War Series)

By: John David Hoptak

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Join historian John Hoptak as he narrates the critical Battle of South Mountain, long overshadowed … read more

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  • american civil war
  • history
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28. Big Bethel: The First Battle

By: John V. Quarstein

3.88

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The battle at Big Bethel Church, known as the Civil War's first land battle, was a baptism of fire … read more

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  • civil war
Cover of “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania”: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg - Volume 1: June 3–22, 1863 by Scott L. Mingus Sr.

29. “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania”: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg - Volume 1: June 3–22, 1863

By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.

4.51

Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition

Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg, the authors of more than forty Civil War books, have on… read more

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Along the Ramparts of the Tetons: The Saga of Jackson Hole, Wyoming by Robert B. Betts

30. Along the Ramparts of the Tetons: The Saga of Jackson Hole, Wyoming

By: Robert B. Betts

4.15

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

The magnificent valley of Jackson Hole at the base of the soaring Teton Range has long been a stage… read more

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31. Faces of Union Soldiers at South Mountain and Harpers Ferry (Civil War Series)

By: Joseph Stahl

3.75

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The first Confederate invasion of the North in the fall of 1862 led to a series of engagements know… read more

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17 must-read civil war books like The Battle of South Mountain (Civil War Series) by John David Hoptak

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

Michael Shaara

4.33

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Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg (Crown Journeys)

James M. McPherson

4.19

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Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

Stephen W. Sears

4.23

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James L. Swanson

3.78

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Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

4.11

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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

Annie Jacobsen

3.69

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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Sebastian Junger

3.50

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Shelby Foote

3.41

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