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

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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…

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1. Washington's Crossing

By: David Hackett Fischer

4.15

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A power… read more

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"Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again."

-David Hackett Fischer, Washington's Crossing

"Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning."

-David Hackett Fischer, Washington's Crossing

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2. Fury On the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg

By: John M. Archer

3.90

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

The odd grassy mound between the long ridges south of Gettysburg might arose the curiosity of a vis… read more

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  • civil war
Cover of A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780 by Carl P. Borick

3. A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780

By: Carl P. Borick

4.00

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

In 1779, Sir Henry Clinton and more than eight thousand British troops left the waters of New York … read more

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

5. 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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  • history
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6. Gettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill

By: Harry W. Pfanz

4.09

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

In this companion to his celebrated earlier book, Gettysburg--The Second Day, Harry Pfanz provides … read more

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  • american civil war
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7. 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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8. Flags of Our Fathers

By: James D. Bradley , Ron Powers

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Captures the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag … read more

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9. Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History

By: Saul David

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of one of the greatest Special Forces missions ever, the Raid of Entebbe, by… read more

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10. 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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11. The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg's Forgotten History: Immigrants, Women, and African Americans in the Civil War's Defining Battle

By: None

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Hardcover

Gettysburg has been written about and studied in great detail over the last 140 years, but there ar… read more

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12. Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

By: Carol Leonnig

4.24

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassina… read more

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  • history
Cover of Robert E. Lee: A Life by Allen C. Guelzo

13. Robert E. Lee: A Life

By: Allen C. Guelzo

4.25

Format: 588 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion comes a sweeping, intimate biography of … read more

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  • american civil war
  • history
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14. Enough

By: Cassidy Hutchinson

4.31

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more

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Cover of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr.

15. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

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  • american civil war
  • history
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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  • american civil war
  • history
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

17. 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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  • civil war
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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  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon

19. 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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  • american civil war
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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 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 Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History by Joe Pappalardo

21. Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

By: Joe Pappalardo

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Joe Pappalardo's Inferno tells the true story of the men who flew the deadliest missions of World W… read more

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  • history
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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  • american civil war
  • history
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

23. 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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  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

24. 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 “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.

25. “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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Cover of Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War by Tom McMillan

26. Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War

By: Tom McMillan

4.40

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

In a war of brother versus brother, theirs has become the most famous broken Union general Winfiel… read more

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Cover of Henry Knox's Noble Train: The Story of a Boston Bookseller's Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution by William Hazelgrove

27. Henry Knox's Noble Train: The Story of a Boston Bookseller's Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution

By: William Hazelgrove

4.03

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

The inspiring story of a little-known hero's pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War During … read more

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Cover of Stay and Fight it Out: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield (Emerging Civil War Series) by Kristopher D. White

28. Stay and Fight it Out: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Kristopher D. White

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

July 1, 1863, had gone poorly for the Union army's XI Corps. Shattered in battle north of the Penns… read more

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Cover of A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House by Jonathan W. White

29. A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House

By: Jonathan W. White

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The forgotten but essential story of how President Lincoln welcomed African Americans to his White … read more

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Cover of Montreal, City of Secrets: Confederate Operations in Montreal During the American Civil War by Barry Sheehy

30. Montreal, City of Secrets: Confederate Operations in Montreal During the American Civil War

By: Barry Sheehy

3.67

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

During the American Civil War, the Confederate government’s largest foreign secret service base was… read more

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Cover of Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II by Stephen R. Taaffe

31. Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II

By: Stephen R. Taaffe

4.00

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The Marine Corps covered itself in glory in World War II with victories over the Japanese in hard-f… read more

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

Transform Your Habits

Fury On the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg

John M. Archer

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Gettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill

Harry W. Pfanz

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Robert E. Lee: A Life

Allen C. Guelzo

4.25

Transform Your Habits

On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

David McCullough

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon

Peter Ames Carlin

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Martin Van Buren

Ted Widmer , Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

4.18

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