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 439 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 479 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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    • 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 112 ratings
    • In American Brutus, popular historian Michael W. Kauffman delivers a history that reads more like a best-selling novel....

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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 410 ratings
    • James Robertson explores 70 fascinating figures who shaped America during Reconstruction and beyond....

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    • A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
    • By: Erik Larson
    • Narrated by: Will Patton, Erik Larson
    • Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,155 ratings
    • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two....

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    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
    • Length: 48 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 13,098 ratings
    • Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant....

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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 838 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 1,473 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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    • The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
    • By: Cate Lineberry
    • Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 229 ratings
    • Facing death rather than enslavement - a story of one man's triumphant choice and ultimate rise to national hero....

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    • The Man and His Hour
    • By: William C. Davis
    • Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
    • Length: 30 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 149 ratings
    • This book paints a vivid picture of Jefferson Davis as a multifaceted, often charismatic man who mirrored the turbulent times in which he lived and who stood solidly for the South that he loved....

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    • The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America
    • By: Scott Ellsworth
    • Length: 10 hrs
    • Release date: 07-15-25
    • Language: English
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    • From the author of The Ground Breaking, longlisted for the National Book Award, comes a riveting saga of the last year of the Civil War—and a revealing new account of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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    • Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
    • By: Eric Foner
    • Narrated by: Norman Dietz
    • Length: 18 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 520 ratings
    • In this landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, Eric Foner gives us the definitive history of Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery in America.....

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