The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Part 2: March 4, 1861 - March 26, 1864

The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: Part One: The Early Years, West Point, Mexico

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 58 mins)
• By Ulysses S. Grant
• Narrated By Peter Johnson

Combat: The Civil War

• UNABRIDGED (29 hrs and 51 mins)
• By Don Congdon, Bruce Catton
• Narrated By Joe Barrett

There are many, many studies of the Civil War. Books have been written on its economic effects, its political causes, its relationship to western expansion. But the real fascination of the war is the story of combat, men in battle. Combat: The Civil War tells this story in the words of men who actually marched into battle. We share their experiences, their fears, and their moments of bravery at Vicksburg, on board the Monitor, at Gettysburg, and at the bloody battle of Antietam. These eyewitness accounts are interspersed with brief commentaries by some of our most respected historians....

The Memoirs of William T. Sherman: Atlanta and the March to the Sea

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 24 mins)
• By William T. Sherman
• Narrated By Nelson Runger

"If the people raise a howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity-seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." These are the words of General William T. Sherman, with whom "scorched earth policy" will forever be linked. In his memoirs, the Union general describes the waning days of the American Civil War and his famous march through Georgia, culminating in the capture and burning of Atlanta. With frank, forceful words, the listener is brought to the front lines as Sherman wipes out 20,000 Confederate soldiers and sacks Atlanta - and in the process boosts Abraham Lincoln's re-election campaign.

Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

• UNABRIDGED (29 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Ulysses S. Grant
• Narrated By Robin Field
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Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant’s is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically rescued him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man told with great courage.

The Final Days of Socrates

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Plato
• Narrated By Ray Atherton, Donal Donnelly