American Civil War Memoirs

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    • The Classic Memoir of the Civil War by a Confederate Soldier
    • By: Sam R. Watkins
    • Narrated by: Pat Bottino
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 01-30-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 438 ratings
    • Co. Aytch is the work of a natural storyteller who balances the horror of war with his irrepressible sense of humor and his sharp eye for the lighter side of battle....

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    • A Biography
    • By: Jack Hurst
    • Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
    • Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 07-03-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 478 ratings
    • He was a fierce and controversial Civil War officer, an unschooled but brilliant cavalryman, an epic figure in America's most celebrated war....

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    • The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes
    • By: Robert Hunt Rhodes
    • Narrated by: Norman Dietz
    • Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 08-03-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
    • Here is the astonishing and eloquent diary of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, the Union soldier featured in Ken Burns' highly acclaimed PBS television documentary The Civil War....

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    • By: John Brown Gordon
    • Narrated by: Tim Getman
    • Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 07-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
    • Reminiscences of the Civil War is John Brown Gordon’s firsthand account of the war as seen through the eyes of the prominent officer. Gordon was trusted and admired by many, including Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis....

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    • The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War
    • By: Harold M. Knudsen
    • Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 12-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • Confederate Gen. James Longstreet made overlooked but profound modern contributions to the art of war. Retired Lt. Col. Harold M. Knudsen explains what Longstreet did and how he did it in James Longstreet and the American Civil War: The Confederate General Who Fought the Next War.

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    • A Biography
    • By: William E. Gienapp
    • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 10-23-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • In Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, William Gienapp provides an up-to-date and vibrant biography of the most revered figure in United States history. While the heart of the book focuses on the Civil War, Gienapp begins with a finely etched portrait of Lincoln's early life....

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    • The Heroes, Villains, Soldiers, and Civilians Who Changed America
    • By: James Robertson
    • Narrated by: Barry Press
    • Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 409 ratings
    • James Robertson explores 70 fascinating figures who shaped America during Reconstruction and beyond....

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    • A Study in Command
    • By: Kent Masterson Brown
    • Narrated by: Shawn Compton
    • Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 11-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 140 ratings
    • Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade guided his forces to victory in the Civil War's most pivotal battle. Commentators often dismiss Meade....

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    • A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
    • By: Thomas J. Dilorenzo
    • Narrated by: Charles Constant
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 522 ratings
    • But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves, Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician....

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    • The War of the Presidents
    • By: Nigel Hamilton
    • Narrated by: Rick Adamson
    • Length: 32 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • From a renowned biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance—and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union.

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    • By: Tom C. McKenney
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,150 ratings
    • A quiet, wealthy plantation owner, Jack Hinson watched the start of the Civil War with disinterest. Opposed to secession and a friend to Union and Confederate commanders alike....

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    • By: Jean Edward Smith
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 29 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 144 ratings
    • In this comprehensive biography, Jean Edward Smith reconciles conflicting assessments of Grant's life, arguing that Grant is greatly underrated as a president....

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    • John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
    • By: Michael Kauffman
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 21 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 07-12-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 111 ratings
    • In American Brutus, popular historian Michael W. Kauffman delivers a history that reads more like a best-selling novel....

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    • An American Family
    • By: Annette Gordon-Reed
    • Narrated by: Karen White
    • Length: 30 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 11-04-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 837 ratings
    • This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently....

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    • In the Service of My Country: A Life
    • By: James Lee McDonough
    • Narrated by: David Drummond
    • Length: 28 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 12-27-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,472 ratings
    • General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal....

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    • By: Larry McMurtry
    • Narrated by: Henry Strozier
    • Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 11-06-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 82 ratings
    • Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry crafts works synonymous with the grandeur and beauty of the American West....

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    • Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
    • By: Daniel Sharfstein
    • Narrated by: Joe Barrett
    • Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 04-04-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 195 ratings
    • Oliver Otis Howard thought he was a man of destiny. Chosen to lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War, the Union Army general was entrusted with the era's most crucial task....

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