18 Best nonfiction books like A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Mark F. Bielski

Cover of A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Mark F. Bielski

A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Mark F. Bielski

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Abraham Lincoln knew if the Union could cut off shipping to and from New Orleans, the largest expor…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Mark F. Bielski , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Our Simple Gifts: Civil War Christmas Tales by Owen Parry

1. Our Simple Gifts: Civil War Christmas Tales

By: Owen Parry

3.82

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

Offers a heartwarming array of Civil War holiday stories, from a Union officer struggling home thro… read more

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Cover of The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870-1871 by Geoffrey Wawro

2. The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870-1871

By: Geoffrey Wawro

4.23

Format: 510 pages, Hardcover

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bis… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America by David Pietrusza

3. 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America

By: David Pietrusza

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-headline true story of Harry Truman's stunning upset! Everyone knows the iconic new… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

4. Lincoln and His Generals

By: T. Harry Williams

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Evaluates Lincoln's ability as a director of war and his influence on the development of a modern c… read more

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  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2) by James Herriot

5. All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)

By: James Herriot

3.59

Format: 251 pages,

The classic multimillion copy bestseller Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herri… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. The Chattanooga Campaign

By: Timothy B. Smith , Brooks D. Simpson , Ethan S. Rafuse , Steven E. Woodworth , Charles D. Grear , None , None , None , None

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When the Confederates emerged as victors in the Chickamauga Campaign, the Union Army of the Cumberl… read more

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7. India's War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia

By: Srinath Raghavan

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

Between 1939 and 1945 India underwent extraordinary and irreversible change. Hundreds of thousands … read more

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8. 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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9. The Lost Gettysburg Address

By: David T. Dixon

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The dedication of the Gettysburg Soldier's Cemetery on November 19, 1863, was more than a way to ho… read more

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10. 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
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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

Cover of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

11. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

By: David W. Blight

4.15

Format: 888 pages, Hardcover

As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was … read more

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  • civil war
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Douglass told white northern voters that 'The blood of the slave is on your garments. You have said that slavery is better than freedom. That war is better than peace. And that cruelty is better than…"

-David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Cover of Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre

12. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

By: Ben Macintyre

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham

13. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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  • civil war
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945 by Richard Overy

14. Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945

By: Richard Overy

4.29

Format: 982 pages, Kindle Edition

'Overy has written many fine books, but Blood and Ruins is his masterpiece. It puts all previous si… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command by Kent Masterson Brown

15. 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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  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan by Mick Ryan

16. White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan

By: Mick Ryan

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This book "is entertaining, thought-provoking and quite possibly prescient. Not just an engaging ta… read more

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Cover of Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War by Roger Lowenstein

17. Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War

By: Roger Lowenstein

4.24

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From renowned journalist and master storyteller Roger Lowenstein, a revelatory financial investigat… read more

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  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe by Rachel Chrastil

18. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

By: Rachel Chrastil

3.84

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines

19. The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning

By: Ben Raines

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An NPR Best Book of the Year. The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved peop… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Carnage was Fearful: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Michael Block

20. The Carnage was Fearful: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Michael Block

4.21

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

“Profusely illustrated . . . an extraordinary and detailed account of a major battle that is often … read more

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Cover of James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War by Harold M. Knudsen

21. James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War

By: Harold M. Knudsen

4.43

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The American Civil War is often called the first “modern war.” Sandwiched between the Napoleonic Wa… read more

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • history
Cover of Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8–9, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes

22. Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8–9, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Dwight Sturtevant Hughes

4.33

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

A history of the American Civil War naval battle, the first confrontation between two Ironclads, fe… read more

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  • civil war
Cover of Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by William Lee White

23. Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: William Lee White

4.06

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

The Army of Tennessee’s grueling and costly victory against a fortified Union encampment is expertl… read more

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  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
  • civil war western theater
Cover of The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series) by Stuart W. Sanders

24. The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Civil War Sesquicentennial Series)

By: Stuart W. Sanders

3.97

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

On January 19, 1862, Confederate and Union forces clashed in the now-forgotten Battle of Mill Sprin… read more

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Cover of When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance by Michael S. Neiberg

25. When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance

By: Michael S. Neiberg

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Shocked by the fall of France in 1940, panicked US leaders rushed to back the Vichy government--a f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Science by David Hone

26. How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Science

By: David Hone

3.78

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaurs In just the past twe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Caught in the Maelstrom: The Indian Nations in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Clint Crowe

27. Caught in the Maelstrom: The Indian Nations in the Civil War, 1861-1865

By: Clint Crowe

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The sad plight of the Five Civilized Tribes the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole d… read more

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  • civil war
  • history
Cover of The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman by Brian Holden-Reid

28. The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman

By: Brian Holden-Reid

4.23

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

William Tecumseh Sherman, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole War, became one of the … read more

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  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • history
"Sherman was a warrior, not a scholar, but he thought deeply about the issues posed by war. The Marches were to Sherman fundamentally a moral expression of Union military power, even a moral equivalen…"

-Brian Holden-Reid, The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman

Cover of A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Mark F. Bielski

29. A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Mark F. Bielski

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Abraham Lincoln knew if the Union could cut off shipping to and from New Orleans, the largest expor… read more

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  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
  • civil war western theater
Cover of Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Sarah Kay Bierle

30. Call Out the Cadets: The Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series)

By: Sarah Kay Bierle

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“May God forgive me for the order,” Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge remarked as he order… read more

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  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Confederate Navy Stories by the Men Who Lived Them by Ross Glover

31. Confederate Navy Stories by the Men Who Lived Them

By: Ross Glover

4.83

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Since the end of the Civil War, historians have shoved the Confederate Navy aside as not being sign… read more

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Geoffrey Wawro

4.23

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David Pietrusza

4.00

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T. Harry Williams

3.86

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Erik Larson

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Elliot Ackerman

3.80

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Yaroslav Trofimov

4.42

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Jim Sciutto

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