American Civil War Memoirs

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    • A Military History
    • By: John Keegan
    • Narrated by: Robin Sachs
    • Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 11-06-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 354 ratings
    • For the past half century, John Keegan, the greatest military historian of our time, has been returning to the scenes of America’s most bloody and wrenching war to ponder its lingering conundrums: the continuation of fighting for four years between such vastly mismatched sides....

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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 442 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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    • 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 79 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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    • The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
    • By: S. C. Gwynne
    • Narrated by: Cotter Smith
    • Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4,795 ratings
    • In April of 1862 he was merely another Confederate general with only a single battle credential in an army fighting in what seemed to be a losing cause....

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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 52 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 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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    • Robert E. Lee's Civil War and His Decision that Changed American History
    • By: Jonathan Horn
    • Narrated by: David Drummond
    • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 114 ratings
    • On the eve of the Civil War, one soldier embodied the legacy of George Washington and the hopes of a divided land....

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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 197 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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    • Lincoln's War Secretary
    • By: Walter Stahr
    • Narrated by: George Guidall
    • Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 08-17-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • Walter Stahr tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the man the president entrusted with raising the army that preserved the Union....

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    • How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
    • By: John Matteson
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 21 hrs
    • Release date: 07-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their enduring legacy for America....

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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 67 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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    • Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy
    • By: Christian B. Keller
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • The Great Partnership has the power to change how we think about Confederate strategic decision-making and the value of personal relationships among senior leaders responsible for organizational survival....

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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 13,191 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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    • A Biography of John Brown
    • By: Stephen B. Oates
    • Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
    • Length: 17 hrs
    • Release date: 10-18-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • In October 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to secure weapons and start a slave rebellion. The raid was a failure, but it galvanized the nation and sparked the Civil War....

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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 1,490 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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    • 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 148 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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