American Civil War Books (fiction and nonfiction)

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Vengeance and Grace: Two Roads Travelled
Vengeance and Grace: Two Roads Travelled 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Bravest Girl in Sharpsburg (White Mane Kids, #5)
The Bravest Girl in Sharpsburg (White Mane Kids, #5) 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Hidden in the Early Light
Hidden in the Early Light 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Life in the Confederate Army
Life in the Confederate Army 4.22 avg rating — 290 ratings
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Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands: Civil War on Florida's Gulf Coast, 1861-1865
Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands: Civil War on Florida's Gulf Coast, 1861-1865 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Window of Time: A Story
Window of Time: A Story 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Legacy of the Civil War
The Legacy of the Civil War 4.09 avg rating — 235 ratings
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Mists of the Blue Ridge
Mists of the Blue Ridge 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Bushwhacker: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand
Bushwhacker: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand 4.06 avg rating — 313 ratings
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Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man 4.11 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
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Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee
Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey
Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey 4.11 avg rating — 683 ratings
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Fates and Traitors
Fates and Traitors 3.82 avg rating — 3,141 ratings
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The Civil War at Sea
The Civil War at Sea 4.02 avg rating — 96 ratings
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What Caused the Civil War?: Reflections on the South and Southern History
What Caused the Civil War?: Reflections on the South and Southern History 3.66 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Shadows in the Fog: A Block Island Tale (Founding of America Series)
Shadows in the Fog: A Block Island Tale (Founding of America Series) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain
Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain 4.24 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5
Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings
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A Rebel in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (Annotated)
A Rebel in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (Annotated) 3.88 avg rating — 196 ratings
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Where Dandelions Bloom
Where Dandelions Bloom 4.35 avg rating — 936 ratings
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Salmon P. Chase: Lincoln's Vital Rival
Salmon P. Chase: Lincoln's Vital Rival 4.16 avg rating — 188 ratings
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A Soldier's Book
A Soldier's Book 3.72 avg rating — 36 ratings
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A Soldier's Secret
A Soldier's Secret 3.85 avg rating — 571 ratings
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Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War
Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War 4.01 avg rating — 1,363 ratings
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Hanging Mary
Hanging Mary 3.92 avg rating — 1,835 ratings
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Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era
Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era 4.02 avg rating — 200 ratings
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Stanton: Lincoln's Staunch Secretary of War
Stanton: Lincoln's Staunch Secretary of War 4.15 avg rating — 312 ratings
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To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerrillas of Reconstruction
To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerrillas of Reconstruction 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Rebel Wife
The Rebel Wife 3.22 avg rating — 1,445 ratings
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Gettysburg: The Graphic History of America's Most Famous Battle and the Turning Point of The Civil War
Gettysburg: The Graphic History of America's Most Famous Battle and the Turning Point of The Civil War 3.72 avg rating — 122 ratings
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General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse
General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse 4.14 avg rating — 276 ratings
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Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac
Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac 4.11 avg rating — 398 ratings
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Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour
Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour 4.06 avg rating — 279 ratings
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Unholy Fire
Unholy Fire 3.79 avg rating — 130 ratings
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Cullen Montgomery Baker, Reconstruction Desperado
Cullen Montgomery Baker, Reconstruction Desperado really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Epic Battles Of The Civil War, Volume 4: Gettysburg
Epic Battles Of The Civil War, Volume 4: Gettysburg 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings
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If It Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania
If It Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings
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A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War
A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War 4.25 avg rating — 343 ratings
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William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life
William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life 4.32 avg rating — 1,669 ratings
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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves 4.02 avg rating — 465 ratings
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Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861
Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861 3.65 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Neverhome
Neverhome 3.51 avg rating — 5,717 ratings
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Atlanta: A Portrait of the Civil War
Atlanta: A Portrait of the Civil War 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Battle of Seven Pines, May 31-June 1, 1862
The Battle of Seven Pines, May 31-June 1, 1862 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The West Point History of the Civil War (1) (The West Point History of Warfare Series)
The West Point History of the Civil War (1) (The West Point History of Warfare Series) 4.38 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America 4.15 avg rating — 1,895 ratings
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Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby
Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby 4.08 avg rating — 146 ratings
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Robert E. Lee: A Life
Robert E. Lee: A Life 4.23 avg rating — 1,145 ratings
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Byway to Danger (Spies of the Civil War #3)
Byway to Danger (Spies of the Civil War #3) 4.60 avg rating — 125 ratings
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The Confederate Privateers
The Confederate Privateers 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Battle of Allatoona Pass: Civil War Skirmish in Bartow County, Georgia (Civil War Series)
The Battle of Allatoona Pass: Civil War Skirmish in Bartow County, Georgia (Civil War Series) 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings
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General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War
General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War 4.15 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Vechten voor het beloofde land
Vechten voor het beloofde land 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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War Years with Jeb Stuart
War Years with Jeb Stuart 4.24 avg rating — 233 ratings
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Avenue of Betrayal (Spies of the Civil War, #1)
Avenue of Betrayal (Spies of the Civil War, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 105 ratings
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One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment
One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment 4.01 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Photographic History of the Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg ,The Civil War Times
Photographic History of the Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg ,The Civil War Times 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Reminiscences of the Civil War
Reminiscences of the Civil War 4.26 avg rating — 270 ratings
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Grant
Grant 4.03 avg rating — 12,934 ratings
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Streams of Courage (Spies of the Civil War #4)
Streams of Courage (Spies of the Civil War #4) 4.53 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Weep No More
Weep No More 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Centennial History of the Civil War Trilogy
The Centennial History of the Civil War Trilogy 4.57 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Photographic History of The Civil War: Vicksburg to Appomattox
Photographic History of The Civil War: Vicksburg to Appomattox 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers: Four Years with the Iron Brigade
Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers: Four Years with the Iron Brigade 4.48 avg rating — 237 ratings
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom 4.17 avg rating — 12,342 ratings
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Eagles on Their Buttons: A Black Infantry Regiment in the Civil War
Eagles on Their Buttons: A Black Infantry Regiment in the Civil War 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660
The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660 3.43 avg rating — 712 ratings
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The Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, Stillness of Appomattox. Three Volumes
The Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, Stillness of Appomattox. Three Volumes 4.48 avg rating — 461 ratings
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Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee
Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee 4.16 avg rating — 2,054 ratings
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The Border Outlaws: An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Most Noted Bandits of Ancient Or Modern Times: The Younger Brothers, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Comrades In Crime
The Border Outlaws: An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Most Noted Bandits of Ancient Or Modern Times: The Younger Brothers, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Comrades In Crime 3.95 avg rating — 362 ratings
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Superman: A Nation Divided
Superman: A Nation Divided 3.23 avg rating — 100 ratings
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The Sands of Pride
The Sands of Pride 3.77 avg rating — 65 ratings
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A Diary From Dixie & The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865
A Diary From Dixie & The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865 3.92 avg rating — 1,349 ratings
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From Flag to Flag: A Woman's Adventures and Experiences in the South During the War, in Mexico, and in Cuba
From Flag to Flag: A Woman's Adventures and Experiences in the South During the War, in Mexico, and in Cuba 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A Diary from Dixie / As written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut, / Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, / and afterward ... the Confederate Army:
A Diary from Dixie / As written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut, / Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, / and afterward ... the Confederate Army: 3.92 avg rating — 1,349 ratings
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The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865
The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865 3.99 avg rating — 402 ratings
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A Southern Woman's Story
A Southern Woman's Story 4.02 avg rating — 179 ratings
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A Distant Flame: A Novel
A Distant Flame: A Novel 4.27 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Ten Years on a Georgia Plantation Since the War (1883)
Ten Years on a Georgia Plantation Since the War (1883) 4.20 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Man Who Would Not Be Washington: Robert E. Lee's Civil War and His Decision That Changed American History
The Man Who Would Not Be Washington: Robert E. Lee's Civil War and His Decision That Changed American History 3.90 avg rating — 550 ratings
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"What Shall We Do with the Negro?": Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War America
"What Shall We Do with the Negro?": Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War America 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts
The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts 3.59 avg rating — 392 ratings
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Civil War Adventure (Dover Graphic Novels)
Civil War Adventure (Dover Graphic Novels) 3.70 avg rating — 44 ratings
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A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War
A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War 3.97 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Those Courageous Women of the Civil War
Those Courageous Women of the Civil War 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Southern Woman's Story: Life in Confederate Richmond
Southern Woman's Story: Life in Confederate Richmond 4.02 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Diary of a Refugee
Diary of a Refugee really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A Southern Woman's War Time Reminiscences (1905)
A Southern Woman's War Time Reminiscences (1905) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Daria Solves a Mystery: The Civil War in Ohio (1862) (Sisters in Time #12)
Daria Solves a Mystery: The Civil War in Ohio (1862) (Sisters in Time #12) 3.97 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War
Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War 4.11 avg rating — 626 ratings
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My Cave Life in Vicksburg: With Letters of Trial and Travel (Applewood Books)
My Cave Life in Vicksburg: With Letters of Trial and Travel (Applewood Books) 3.84 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Lee at the Alamo
Lee at the Alamo 3.85 avg rating — 299 ratings
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The Indians in the Civil War
The Indians in the Civil War 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Mark Twain's Civil War
Mark Twain's Civil War 3.80 avg rating — 60 ratings
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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes 4.16 avg rating — 866 ratings
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A Woman's Wartime Journal An account of the passage over a Georgia plantation of Sherman's army on the march to the sea, as recorded in the diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt
A Woman's Wartime Journal An account of the passage over a Georgia plantation of Sherman's army on the march to the sea, as recorded in the diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt 3.88 avg rating — 85 ratings
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God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers: A True Civil War Christmas Story
God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers: A True Civil War Christmas Story 3.46 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War 4.10 avg rating — 1,387 ratings
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Conquering the Valley
Conquering the Valley 4.03 avg rating — 58 ratings
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One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4-14, 1863
One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4-14, 1863 4.08 avg rating — 107 ratings
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