Historic Civil War Novels
Caged Confederates
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Caged ConfederatesCapturing the Heart of the Confederacy Surrender didn't just bring dishonor,
A story of passion, intrigue and the fight to defend the land they love. This historical novel depicts the hard fought battles for control of the crucial waterways of the Tennessee River Valley and the South's Heartland. Flush with its first major victories, the Union Army would find itself woefully unprepared to care for the thousands of prisoners captured on the field of battle. |
T.J. Myers
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More Great Reading for the Civil War Buff
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Fort Pillow Another historic Civil War novel featuring Tennesseans and reliving the Massacre at Fort Pillow. ISBN: 0312354770 |
Forts Henry and Donelson, The Key to the Confederate Heartland The battles for Forts Donelson and Henry are well depicted in this novel - Capturing the Heart of ISBN: 0870495380 |
Confederates in the Attic Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War is a nonfiction work that does much to explain America's continuing obsession with the Civil War. ISBN: 067975833X |
To Die in Chicago, Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas 1862-65 In Caged Confederates, an historic civil war novel, part of the action takes place in Camp Douglas. ISBN: 1565543319 |
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Gettysburg This classic depicts the most well-known and epic battle of the civil war - everyone knows the name Gettysburg, but few really know the whole story... ISBN: 0618485384 |
Gods and Generals Explore the lives of General Lee, General Hancock, General Jackson and General Chamberlain as the epic Battle of Gettysburg approaches. ISBN: 1841580651 |
Gone With the Wind Civil war from the home front. This classic novel explores the lives of one family in the South as the Civil war ravages their land, their family, their friends and their lives. ISBN: 1416548947 |
North and South In the first of a trilogy, Jakes explores the period just before the breakout of the Civil War. ISBN: 0451200810 |
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Cold Mountain Cold Mountain is a Civil War novel about Inman and his desire to reunite with his love, Ada. While fighting in the Confederate army, Inman becomes disillusioned about the violence of the war and decides to return home to Black Cove Farm at Cold Mountain. He recovers from his wounds in a Virginia hospital and he leaves. He overcomes obstacles like being a deserter, to get back home to Ada. Ada left alone to manage the farm, struggles to make a living and survive the cruel raiders who prey on the community. Inman realizes that losing something you already have is worse than not getting what you want. ISBN: 0802142842 |
Terrible Swift Sword: Volume Two in the American Civil War Trilogy The key battles of the war in all theaters are depicted in this volume of a trilogy of classic Civil War stories. Catton reveals the military leadership and complexities intertwined with the political realities of the time in both the North and the South. He explores the direct involvement of both Presidents Lincoln and Davis in the conduct of the war. Catton also depicts the carnage of the war and devastation wrought on the civilian population. ISBN: 1435117182 |
A Stillness at Appomattox The Army of the Potomac Trilogy - The acclaimed Civil War classics and arguably Catton's most brilliant books, A Stillness at Appomattox won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction. Catton vividly depicts the most spectacular conflicts between Grant and Lee and account the end of hope for the Confederacy in the waning days of the Civil War. ISBN: 0385044518 |
The Killer Angels The Pulitzer prize-winning acclaimed historical novel about the three day battle of Gettysburg in the Civil War. Shaara s masterful depictions of his main characters, Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Longstreet and the Union s Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, gives the reader a 'birds-eye' view of the key decisions and actions prior to and in the battle. The story was adapted as a major feature film, 'Gettysburg,' regarded by many as an accurate account of this epic battle. ISBN: 03345348109 |
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