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  • Unconditional Surrender

    Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War

    by Curt Fields, Chris Mackowski ...
    Series series Emerging Civil War Series
    His friends called him “Sam.” His wife called him “Lyss” or “Victor.” His initials inspired a nickname tied to one of his greatest battlefield triumphs: “Unconditional Surrender Grant.” He quietly told his brother in April of 1861, while walking home after a recruiting meeting in Galena, Illinois, “I am in to do all I can.” And so he did. The unassuming Grant never expected to play a significant ... Read more

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  • Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War

    by David Fisher ...
    Series series Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
    From The New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American history.From the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy’s first convention, the Underground Railroad to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg to the assassination of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Lee

    A Biography

    by Clifford Dowdey ...
    General Robert E. Lee is well known as a major figure in the Civil War. However, by removing Lee from the delimiting frame of the Civil War and placing him in the context of the Republic's total history, Dowdey shows the "eternal relevance" of this tragic figure to the American heritage. With access to hundreds of personal letters, Dowdey brings fresh insights into Lee's background and personal ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Hymns of the Republic

    The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War

    by S. C. Gwynne ...
    From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes “a masterwork of history” (Lawrence Wright, author of God Save Texas), the spellbinding, epic account of the last year of the Civil War.The fourth and final year of the Civil War offers one of the most compelling narratives and one of history’s great turning points. Now, Pulitzer Prize ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Shiloh, 1862

    by Winston Groom ...
    A main selection in History Book-of-the-Month Club and alternate selection in Military Book-of-the-Month Club. In the spring of 1862, many Americans still believed that the Civil War, "would be over by Christmas." The previous summer in Virginia, Bull Run, with nearly 5,000 casualties, had been shocking, but suddenly came word from a far away place in the wildernesses of Southwest Tennessee of an ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Grant and Sherman

    The Friendship That Won the Civil War

    by Charles Bracelen Flood ...
    This dual Civil War biography presents "[a] powerful and illuminating study of a military collaboration that won the war for the Union" (Josiah Bunting III, Washington Post)."We were as brothers," William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship to Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Lincoln's Greatest Journey

    Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24–April 8, 1865

    by Noah Andre Trudeau ...
    From a New York Times–bestselling author, "a vivid account of Lincoln's sixteen days at the front in Virginia" (James McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom).March 1865: The United States was at a crossroads and, truth be told, Abraham Lincoln was a sick man. I am very unwell, he confided to a close acquaintance. A vast and terrible civil war was winding down, leaving ... Read more

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  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Civil War, 3rd Edition

    An In-Depth Look at the Dramatic Course of This Conflict

    by Alan Axelrod Ph.D. ...
    A battle ready guide to the deadliest war in American historyCompletely revised for the Sesquicentennial, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Civil War, Third Edition is a comprehensive overview of America's bloodiest war. From the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to Lee's surrender at Appomattox, this book embodies the latest scholarship, offering fascinating stories of the men and women who ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War

    by H. W. Crocker III ...
    The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War is a joyful, myth-busting, rebel yell that shatters today’s Leftist and demeaning stereotypes about the South and the Civil War. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Curiosities of the Civil War

    Strange Stories, Infamous Characters & Bizarre Events

    by Webb Garrison ...
    Civil War buffs, be warned: Webb Garrison's Curiosities of the Civil War may catch you off guard.Packed with obscurities and bizarre anecdotes, it spills over with specifics you've likely never heard. Debated, reenacted, and analyzed, the Civil War has been the subject of countless books, films, and scholarly research—many of them quite repetitious. This nuanced perspective on the war provides a ... Read more

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  • Commanders of the Civil War

    Brief Biographies of Selected Generals and Statesmen in the Conflict of the War Between the States

    by George A Scott ...
    Entering the service on either side at various ranks and from all walks of life, thousands of men commanded as officers over the course of the Civil War. Some rose meteorically to high rank, while others ended their service considerably lower than their initial commission. The select group of forty-four commanders included in this book all served at the highest ranks and have been included for ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Master of War

    The Life of General George H. Thomas

    by Benson Bobrick ...
    In this revelatory, dynamic biography, one of our finest historians, Benson Bobrick, profiles George H. Thomas, arguing that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to write his memoirs, his reputation has been largely shaped by others, most notably Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, two generals with whom Thomas served and who, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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