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History49
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Historical Fiction32
Military Fiction15
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
James M. McPherson
4.41 average rating, · 34.8k ratings
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The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
Shelby Foote
4.44 average rating, · 13.9k ratings
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April 1865: The Month That Saved America
Jay Winik
4.16 average rating, · 12.6k ratings
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The Civil War: A Narrative
Shelby Foote
4.53 average rating, · 8.1k ratings
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The Civil War, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian
Shelby Foote
4.54 average rating, · 7.8k ratings
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The Civil War, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox
Shelby Foote
4.55 average rating, · 7.6k ratings
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A Stillness at Appomattox
Bruce Catton
4.38 average rating, · 6.7k ratings
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Gettysburg
Stephen W. Sears
4.37 average rating, · 5.2k ratings
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Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
Stephen W. Sears
4.24 average rating, · 4.8k ratings
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The Civil War: An Illustrated History
Geoffrey C. Ward
4.28 average rating, · 4k ratings
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Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
Allen C. Guelzo
4.30 average rating, · 3.2k ratings
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Mr. Lincoln's Army
Bruce Catton
4.34 average rating, · 3.1k ratings
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The Coming Fury
Bruce Catton
4.34 average rating, · 2.9k ratings
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War
James M. McPherson
4.02 average rating, · 3k ratings
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Glory Road
Bruce Catton
4.44 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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Chancellorsville
Stephen W. Sears
4.30 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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Stonewall Jackson : The Man, the Soldier, the Legend
James I. Robertson Jr.
4.28 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
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Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
S.C. Gwynne
4.35 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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Never Call Retreat
Bruce Catton
4.38 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery
Robert M. Poole
4.27 average rating, · 2.1k ratings
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Terrible Swift Sword
Bruce Catton
4.39 average rating, · 2k ratings
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The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command
Edwin B. Coddington
4.29 average rating, · 1.6k ratings
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This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War
Bruce Catton
4.40 average rating, · 1.5k ratings
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To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign
Stephen W. Sears
4.25 average rating, · 1.3k ratings
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