The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders
By: Gene M. Thorp
4.45
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The discovery of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on Septembe…
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1. The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864
By: Gordon C. Rhea
4.37
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderne… read more
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2. 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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"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
3. Sherman: A Soldier's Passion For Order
By: John F. Marszalek
4.06
Format: 635 pages, Hardcover
A biography of William Tecumseh Sherman. read more
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4. The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
By: Shelby Foote
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our histor… read more
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6. 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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7. Days of Glory: The Army of the Cumberland, 1861-1865
By: Larry J. Daniel
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A potent fighting force that changed the course of the Civil War, the Army of the Cumberland was th… read more
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8. The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock
By: Francis Augustin O'Reilly
3.64
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
The battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862 involved hundreds of thousands of men; pro… read more
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9. Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War
By: George B. Kirsch
3.69
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. Whil… read more
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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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11. Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.41
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
"[O'Brian's] Aubrey-Maturin series, 20 novels of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars, is a master… read more
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"You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack."-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
"They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the true notes acting as their milestones. On the poop ab…"-Patrick O'Brian, Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
12. The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
By: Patrick O'Brian
4.41
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
An essential of the truly gripping book for the narrative addict is the creation of a whole, solidl… read more
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"At one time Stephen had been marooned on a bare rock in the South Atlantic, and his only drink was the warm rainwater that remained in the guano-filled hollows. It had been more disagreeable than Mrs…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
"...looking angrily at the wombat: and a moment later, 'Come now, Stephen, this is coming it pretty high: your brute is eating my hat.' 'So he is, too,' said Dr. Maturin. 'But do not be perturbed, Jac…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
"You are a reasonably civil, complaisant creature on dry land,' said Stephen, 'but the moment you are afloat you become pragmatical and absolute, a bashaw - do this, do that, gluppit the prawling stra…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
"Stephen Maturin sipped his scalding coffee, the right Mocha berry, brought back from Arabia Felix in the pilgrim dhows, and considered. He was naturally a reserved and even a secretive man: his illeg…"-Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
13. The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of The Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign, Including the Battle of South Mountain, September 2 - 20, 1862
By: Bradley M. Gottfried
3.71
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign is the eagerly awaited compani… read more
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14. 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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15. The Civil War, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian
By: Shelby Foote
3.55
Format: None pages, Paperback
A narrative history of the American Civil War, which covers not only the battles and the troop move… read more
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16. 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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17. 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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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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"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
19. 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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20. 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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21. Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
By: Ty Seidule
4.42
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty… read more
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"When we identify our history, we can change the narrative."-Ty Seidule, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
"Whenever Lee made a decision regarding enslaved people he chose profit over human decency."-Ty Seidule, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
"History is always changing. We link the past to our conception of the present and we always have."-Ty Seidule, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
"When people have no political outlet nor means of changing a racist society, rioting is their only voice."-Ty Seidule, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
22. "Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863
By: Thomas J. Ryan
4.08
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF THE EDWIN C. BEARSS SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AWARDCountless books have examined the battle of G… read more
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23. I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign
By: D. Scott Hartwig
4.79
Format: 984 pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day of the Civil War. The memory… read more
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24. Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command
By: Kent Masterson Brown
4.57
Format: 475 pages, Hardcover
Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fir… read more
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25. Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863
By: David A. Powell
4.29
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
“The definitive account of Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans’ operational masterpiece—the almost… read more
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26. "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863
By: Scott L. Mingus Sr.
4.46
Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition
Award-winning authors Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg are back with the second and final… read more
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27. A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army
By: Brian Matthew Jordan
3.78
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a pathbreaking history of the Civil War centered on a regiment of i… read more
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28. “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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29. Gettysburg: The Story of the Battle with Maps
By: The Editors of Stackpole Books
4.37
Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition
70 color maps and insightful text tell the hour-by-hour story of the 3-day Battle of Gettysburg. read more
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30. The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders
By: Gene M. Thorp
4.45
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The discovery of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on Septembe… read more
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31. Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam
By: Alexander B. Rossino
4.75
Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition
The loss of Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders No. 191 is one of the Civil War’s enduring mysteries. In… read more
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