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  • Joshua Chamberlain

    A Hero's Life and Legacy

    by John J Pullen ...
    From a National Book Award finalist, an "entertaining and inspiring" biography of the heroic Gettysburg commander, college president, and governor of Maine (Senator George J. Mitchell).This is a vivid account of the life of Joshua Chamberlain, whose is best known for leading a successful bayonet charge against a Confederate assault that was memorialized in the film Gettysburg—and earned ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Twentieth Maine

    by John J. Pullen ...
    This is the fascinating story of Joshua Chamberlain and his volunteer regiment, the Twentieth Maine. This classic and highly acclaimed book tells how Chamberlain and his men fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville on their way to the pivotal battle of Gettysburg. There, on July 2, 1863, at Little Round Top, they heroically saved the left flank of the Union battle line. The ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shower of Stars

    by John J. Pullen ...
    Series series Stackpole Classics
    Since 1941 the Medal of Honor has been more often awarded to dead than to living men. Of all the medals issues by the United States Government, this singular medal has had a particularly solemn glory attached to its meaning. But a look at its history reveals that, from its inception, it was steeped in controversy, with threats to its integrity swirling in from all sides.Author John. J. Pullen, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    The Twentieth Maine

    A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War

    by John J. Pullen ...
    Narrated by Barrett Whitener ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 53 min

    It was at Little Round Top that the volunteer regiment, the Twentieth Maine, with Joshua Chamberlain in command, performed one of the miracles of the Civil War and saved the left flank of the Union battle line. Outnumbered two to one, their front doubled back to the shape of a horseshoe. And with ammunition gone, the men fixed bayonets, charged, and not only broke up the Confederate attack but ... Read more

    $20.95 USD

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  • Crossroads of Freedom : Antietam

    Antietam

    by James M. McPherson ...
    Series series Pivotal Moments in American History
    The Battle of Antietam fought on September 17 1862 was the bloodiest single day in American history with more than 6000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom America's most eminent Civil War historian James M. McPherson paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle the events that led ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • The Civil War: The Final Year Told by Those Who Lived It (LOA #250)

    Edited by Aaron Dean-Sheehan ...
    Series Book 4 - Library of America: The Civil War Collection
    Featuring hundreds of first-hand writings from the American Civil War, this final installment of the highly acclaimed four-volume series traces events from March 1864 to June 1865After 150 years the Civil War still holds a central place in American history and self-understanding. It is our greatest national drama, at once heroic, tragic, and epic—our Iliad, but also our Bible, a story of sin and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • "Whip the Rebellion"

    Ulysses S. Grant's Rise to Command

    by George Walsh ...
    How the unprepossessing Ulysses S. Grant, whose military genius ultimately preserved the Union, came to the forefront in the Civil War is a story as surprising as it is compelling. Forced to resign his commission in the peacetime army for drinking, and thereafter reduced to eking out a living for himself and his family with hardscrabble jobs, at the outbreak of hostilities he suddenly found ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The American Civil War: History in an Hour

    by Kat Smutz ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The American Civil War started when eleven southern ‘slave’ states declared their independence from the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln’s Republican government were strongly against slavery and fought to abolish it and keep the country united.The American Civil War: History in an Hour gives a concise and authoritative overview of ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • U. S. Grant: The Civil War Years

    Grant Moves South and Grant Takes Command

    by Bruce Catton ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Bruce Catton's acclaimed two-book biography of complex and controversial Union commander Ulysses S. Grant.New York Times BestsellersIn these two comprehensive and engaging volumes, preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton follows the wartime movements of Ulysses S. Grant, detailing the Union commander's bold tactics and his relentless dedication to achieving ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Ulysses

    A Life of Ulysses S. Grant

    by Ronald C. White ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of A. Lincoln, a major new biography of one of America’s greatest generals—and most misunderstood presidentsWinner of the William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography • Finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book PrizeIn his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Grant Takes Command

    by Bruce Catton ...
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian's New York Times –bestselling biography of Ulysses S. Grant and his leadership during the Civil War."Lively and absorbing." — The New York Times Book ReviewThis conclusion to Bruce Catton's acclaimed history of General Grant begins in the summer of 1863. After Grant's bold and decisive triumph over the Confederate Army at Vicksburg, Pr... ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wild Rose

    Rose O'Neale Greenhow, Civil War Spy

    by Ann Blackman ...
    For sheer bravado and style, no woman in the North or South rivaled the Civil War heroine Rose O’Neale Greenhow. Fearless spy for the Confederacy, glittering Washington hostess, legendary beauty and lover, Rose Greenhow risked everything for the cause she valued more than life itself. In this superb portrait, biographer Ann Blackman tells the surprising true story of a unique woman in history.“I ... Read more

    $14.99 USD