Civil War Essentials

1.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era 4.40 avg rating — 33,176 ratings
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Civil War: a Narrative
Civil War: a Narrative 4.53 avg rating — 8,028 ratings
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The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War
The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War 4.37 avg rating — 466 ratings
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The American Heritage New History of the Civil War
The American Heritage New History of the Civil War 4.18 avg rating — 134 ratings
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Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War
Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War 4.16 avg rating — 4,119 ratings
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 196,295 ratings
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The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South 4.18 avg rating — 2,342 ratings
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Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life
Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life 4.04 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
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The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac, 1861-1865
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac, 1861-1865
by: E.B. Long
4.40 avg rating — 62 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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Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla
Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla 4.15 avg rating — 297 ratings
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General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West
General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West 4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind: the Authorized Edition with a New Preface
Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind: the Authorized Edition with a New Preface 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Sherman: A Soldier's Passion For Order
Sherman: A Soldier's Passion For Order 4.06 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War 4.10 avg rating — 24,892 ratings
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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War 4.07 avg rating — 2,570 ratings
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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume 2
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume 2 4.28 avg rating — 675 ratings
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The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby
The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby 4.13 avg rating — 602 ratings
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The Memoirs Of General William T. Sherman
The Memoirs Of General William T. Sherman 4.17 avg rating — 2,204 ratings
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From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America
From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 3.95 avg rating — 1,053 ratings
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Lincoln
Lincoln 4.19 avg rating — 48,076 ratings
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The Chickamauga Campaign (Volume 2) (Civil War Campaigns in the West)
The Chickamauga Campaign (Volume 2) (Civil War Campaigns in the West) 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Jennie Wade: A Girl from Gettysburg (Founding of America Series)
Jennie Wade: A Girl from Gettysburg (Founding of America Series) 4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War
Major General George H. Sharpe and the Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings
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A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital: Vol 2
A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital: Vol 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Send for the Doctor: The Life and Times of Dr. Edward E. Stonestreet
Send for the Doctor: The Life and Times of Dr. Edward E. Stonestreet 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861
The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861 4.18 avg rating — 2,418 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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Antietam - Waking the Fury (Founding of America Series)
Antietam - Waking the Fury (Founding of America Series) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Causes of the Civil War: The Political, Cultural, Economic and Territorial Disputes between North and South
The Causes of the Civil War: The Political, Cultural, Economic and Territorial Disputes between North and South 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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1861: The Civil War Awakening
1861: The Civil War Awakening 4.06 avg rating — 6,097 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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The Story of a Border City During the Civil War
The Story of a Border City During the Civil War it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Life in the Confederate Army
Life in the Confederate Army 4.22 avg rating — 290 ratings
30.
Bedford Forrest: and His Critter Company (Southern Classics Series)
Bedford Forrest: and His Critter Company (Southern Classics Series) 4.11 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War
Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War 4.12 avg rating — 89 ratings
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The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox: Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan, and Their Brothers
The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox: Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan, and Their Brothers 4.13 avg rating — 1,102 ratings
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Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory 4.14 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
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Andersonville: The Long Journey Home
Andersonville: The Long Journey Home 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
36.
Civil War St. Louis
Civil War St. Louis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 34 ratings
36.
Rebel Private: Front and Rear
Rebel Private: Front and Rear 3.93 avg rating — 415 ratings
36.
The Artillery of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry
The Artillery of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy: Guerrilla Warfare in the West, 1861–1865 (Guerilla Warfare in the West, 1861-1865)
Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy: Guerrilla Warfare in the West, 1861–1865 (Guerilla Warfare in the West, 1861-1865) 3.77 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829-1877
Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829-1877 4.15 avg rating — 152 ratings
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The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War
The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War 3.55 avg rating — 571 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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Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography
Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography 4.03 avg rating — 615 ratings
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A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War
A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War 4.14 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Appomattox: The Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia
Appomattox: The Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia 4.23 avg rating — 390 ratings
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Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War
Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War 4.11 avg rating — 123 ratings
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I Rode With Stonewall: Being Chiefly The War Experiences of the Youngest Member of Jackson's Staff from John Brown's Raid to the Hanging of Mrs. Surratt
I Rode With Stonewall: Being Chiefly The War Experiences of the Youngest Member of Jackson's Staff from John Brown's Raid to the Hanging of Mrs. Surratt 4.30 avg rating — 187 ratings
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Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 4.31 avg rating — 396 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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Civil War Sites: The Official Guide To The Civil War Discovery Trail
Civil War Sites: The Official Guide To The Civil War Discovery Trail 3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery 4.18 avg rating — 6,498 ratings
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That Devil Forrest: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest
That Devil Forrest: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest 4.15 avg rating — 442 ratings
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Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Vicksburg 1863
Vicksburg 1863 4.12 avg rating — 1,114 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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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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Reminiscences of the Civil War
Reminiscences of the Civil War 4.26 avg rating — 270 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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To My Best Girl: Courage, Honor, and Love in the Civil War: The Inspiring Life Stories of Rufus Dawes and Mary Gates
To My Best Girl: Courage, Honor, and Love in the Civil War: The Inspiring Life Stories of Rufus Dawes and Mary Gates 4.53 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction
Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction 3.88 avg rating — 118 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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Gender Matters: Race, Class and Sexuality in the Nineteenth-Century South
Gender Matters: Race, Class and Sexuality in the Nineteenth-Century South 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War 4.18 avg rating — 50,557 ratings
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Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865
Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865 3.74 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Passing of Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac
The Passing of Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac 4.13 avg rating — 1,012 ratings
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Three Years With Quantrell: A True Story Told By His Scout
Three Years With Quantrell: A True Story Told By His Scout 3.98 avg rating — 561 ratings
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Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil War
Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil War 3.57 avg rating — 93 ratings
72.
Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border
Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border 3.41 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Slavery Was Not the Cause of the War Between the States: The Irrefutable Argument.
Slavery Was Not the Cause of the War Between the States: The Irrefutable Argument. 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume I, 1862
Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume I, 1862 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume II, 1863
Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume II, 1863 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume III, January-August 1864
Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume III, January-August 1864 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War 4.01 avg rating — 6,382 ratings
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Bushwhackers and Broken Hearts: Letters from Missouri during the Civil War
Bushwhackers and Broken Hearts: Letters from Missouri during the Civil War 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson 4.28 avg rating — 8,559 ratings
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Bushwhacker: A Story of Missouri's Most Famous Desperado
Bushwhacker: A Story of Missouri's Most Famous Desperado 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre
Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre 4.06 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Women of Missouri in the Civil War
Women of Missouri in the Civil War 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Homefront in Civil War Missouri
The Homefront in Civil War Missouri 3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign
The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign 4.24 avg rating — 348 ratings
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Great Britain and the American Civil War
Great Britain and the American Civil War 3.54 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863
Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln 3.94 avg rating — 418 ratings
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Secession: The Formation of the Confederate States of America and the Start of the Civil War
Secession: The Formation of the Confederate States of America and the Start of the Civil War 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Battle of Chickamauga (Civil War series)
The Battle of Chickamauga (Civil War series) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Campaign for Fort Donelson (Civil War Series)
Campaign for Fort Donelson (Civil War Series) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Siege of Petersburg (National Park Civil War Series)
The Siege of Petersburg (National Park Civil War Series) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War: The Soldiers, Generals, Weapons, and Battles of the Civil War
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War: The Soldiers, Generals, Weapons, and Battles of the Civil War 3.82 avg rating — 17 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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The Civil War in the Smokies
The Civil War in the Smokies 3.30 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Civil War In Tennessee
Civil War In Tennessee 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service
Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service 3.94 avg rating — 34 ratings
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CIVIL WAR UP CLOSE, THE, Thousands of Curious, Obscure, and Fascinating Facts
CIVIL WAR UP CLOSE, THE, Thousands of Curious, Obscure, and Fascinating Facts 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil War
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil War 3.44 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Civil War Trivia and Fact Book: Unusual and Often Overlooked Facts About America's Civil War
Civil War Trivia and Fact Book: Unusual and Often Overlooked Facts About America's Civil War 3.47 avg rating — 85 ratings
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