16 Best civil war books like Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 1: Classic Essays on America's Civil War (Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi) by Lawrence Lee Hewitt

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Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 1: Classic Essays on America's Civil War (Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi)

By: Lawrence Lee Hewitt

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This collection brings together some of the best previously published essays on Confederate command…

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Cover of Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics by Gary W. Gallagher, Charles P. Roland

1. Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics

By: Gary W. Gallagher , Charles P. Roland

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

" With a new foreword by Gary W. Gallagher Selected as one of the best one hundred books ever writt… read more

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2. Rethinking Shiloh: Myth and Memory

By: Timothy B. Smith

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ulysses S. Grant once remarked that the Battle of Shiloh "has been perhaps less understood, or, to … read more

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3. Stonewall in the Valley: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Spring 1862

By: None

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

The Valley Campaign conducted by Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson has long fascinated those … read more

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4. Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864

By: Hampton Newsome

4.20

Format: None pages,

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5. The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864

By: John Horn

3.56

Format: 259 pages,

The nine-month siege of Petersburg was the longest continuous operation of the American Civil War. … read more

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6. Failure in the Saddle: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joe Wheeler, and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign

By: David A. Powell

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

WINNER, 2010, RICHARD HARWELL AWARD, GIVEN BY THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE OF ATLANTA Confederate cava… read more

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7. Valley Thunder

By: None

3.71

Format: 76 pages, ebook

Charles R. Knight's Valley Thunder is the first full-length account in more than three decades to e… read more

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8. To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign

By: Stephen W. Sears

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This is a history of the largest and bloodiest campaign of the American Civil War - one in which a … read more

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9. 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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10. General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior

By: James I. Robertson Jr.

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson but whose achievements … read more

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11. The Iron Dice of Battle: Albert Sidney Johnston and the Civil War in the West

By: Timothy B. Smith

4.48

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Killed in action at the bloody Battle of Shiloh, Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston stands … read more

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12. 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 Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation (Modern War Studies) by Timothy B. Smith

13. Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation (Modern War Studies)

By: Timothy B. Smith

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In the spring of 1862, there was no more important place in the western Confederacy-perhaps in all … read more

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Cover of Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson (Modern War Studies) by Timothy B. Smith

14. Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson (Modern War Studies)

By: Timothy B. Smith

4.44

Format: 513 pages, Hardcover

When General Ulysses S. Grant targeted Forts Henry and Donelson, he penetrated the Confederacy at o… read more

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15. P.G.T. Beauregard: Napoleon in Gray

By: T. Harry Williams

4.02

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

First published in 1955 to wide acclaim, T. Harry Williams’ P. G. T. Beauregard is universally rega… read more

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16. Combined Operations in the Civil War

By: Rowena Reed

3.86

Format: 491 pages, Hardcover

In his introduction John D. Milligan considers Reed's provocative thesis that General George B. McC… read more

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Cover of Leonidas Polk: Warrior Bishop of the Confederacy by Huston Horn

17. Leonidas Polk: Warrior Bishop of the Confederacy

By: Huston Horn

4.20

Format: 600 pages, Hardcover

Leonidas Polk was a graduate of West Point who resigned his commission to enter the Episcopal pries… read more

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18. Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 1: Classic Essays on America's Civil War (Confederate Generals in the Trans-Mississippi)

By: Lawrence Lee Hewitt

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This collection brings together some of the best previously published essays on Confederate command… read more

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Cover of Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla by Thomas Goodrich

19. Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla

By: Thomas Goodrich

4.15

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

The first-ever biography of the perpetrator of the Centralia and Baxter Springs Massacres, as well … 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

20. 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 Miserable Little Conglomeration: A Social History of the Port Hudson Campaign (Voices of the Civil War) by Christopher Thrasher

21. Miserable Little Conglomeration: A Social History of the Port Hudson Campaign (Voices of the Civil War)

By: Christopher Thrasher

4.67

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

While Vicksburg and Gettysburg tend to receive the most attention among Civil War battles, it is Po… read more

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Cover of Race to the Potomac: Lee and Meade After Gettysburg, July 4–14, 1863 (Emerging Civil War) by Bradley M. Gottfried

22. Race to the Potomac: Lee and Meade After Gettysburg, July 4–14, 1863 (Emerging Civil War)

By: Bradley M. Gottfried

4.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Even before the guns fell silent at Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee was preparing for the arduous task of… read more

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Cover of Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862 by Kendall D. Gott

23. Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862

By: Kendall D. Gott

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Selected as Honorable Mention for the 2004 Albert Castel Book Award. With the collapse of the Co… read more

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

24. 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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25. Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee: A Portrait of Life in a Confederate Army (Civil War America)

By: Larry J. Daniel

4.18

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

In Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee Larry Daniel offers a view from the trenches of the Confeder… read more

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13 Best history books like P.G.T. Beauregard: Napoleon in Gray by T. Harry Williams

Transform Your Habits

Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg: The Battles for Brinkerhoffs Ridge and East Cavalry Field, July 2-3, 1863

Eric J. Wittenberg

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

Stephen W. Sears

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby

None , John Singleton Mosby

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

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