Civil War Memoirs and Biographies

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Education in Violence: The Life of George H. Thomas and the History of the Army of the Cumberland
1.  Education in Violence: The Life of George H. Thomas and the History of the Army of the Cumberland by Francis F. McKinney
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  "the best and most underrated general the Union had; a man far ahead of his times, and one who truly understood honor"
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years & the War Years (Library of the Presidents)
2.  Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years & the War Years (Library of the Presidents) by Carl Sandburg
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  "without Lincoln, the war would not have come when it did, and without him, the Union would surely have lost; the essential man of the Civil War"
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Ulysses S. Grant : Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant / Selected Letters, 1839-1865 (Library of America)
3.  Ulysses S. Grant : Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant / Selected Letters, 1839-1865 (Library of America) by Ulysses Simpson Grant
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  ""I can not spare him, he fights." thus said Lincoln of the man who finally brought home victory; the finest American memoir ever"
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Grant Takes Command
4.  Grant Takes Command by Bruce Catton
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  "together with Grant Moves South, this is Bruce Catton's master work on the general who won the war"
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Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman (Library of America)
5.  Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman (Library of America) by William Tecumseh Sherman
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  ""War is cruelty, you cannot refine it." thus said the man who invented modern warfare, the most controversial of all Civil War generals"
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Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American
6.  Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart
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  "only slightly dated, and definitely slanted, this book is still a great read and a facsinating treatment of this most controversial of generals"
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Personal Memoirs Of P. H. Sheridan
7.  Personal Memoirs Of P. H. Sheridan by Philip Henry Sheridan
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  "firery little general who fought well in both the Western and Eastern theaters of the war"
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With Sheridan in the Final Campaign Against Lee
8.  With Sheridan in the Final Campaign Against Lee by Frederick C. Newhall
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  "interesting memoir of a man close to Sheridan in this last crucial campaign of the war"
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George B. Mcclellan: The Young Napoleon
9.  George B. Mcclellan: The Young Napoleon by Stephen W. Sears
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  "Little Mac - the greatest potential, the biggest ego, and the greatest disappointment of all the Union generals"
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"Bayonet! Forward": My Civil War Reminiscences
10.  "Bayonet! Forward": My Civil War Reminiscences by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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  "the hero of Little Round Top in his own words"
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The Passing of Armies: An Account Of The Final Campaign Of The Army Of The Potomac
11.  The Passing of Armies: An Account Of The Final Campaign Of The Army Of The Potomac by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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  "outstanding first hand account of the last days of the Civil War from the hero of Little Round Top"
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Stanton: Lincoln's Secretary of War
12.  Stanton: Lincoln's Secretary of War by Fletcher Pratt
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  "a nasty little man, but a key element in the Union's victory"
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Jefferson Davis: His Rise and Fall (Southern Classics Series)
13.  Jefferson Davis: His Rise and Fall (Southern Classics Series) by Allen Tate
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  "an insightful biography of the enigmatic Confederate president"
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Lee
14.  Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman
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  "though a full blown hagiography, Freeman's work is still the best written book on Lee; despite its bias, most of the history is sound"
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The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society
15.  The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society by Thomas Lawrence Connelly
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  "read along with Freeman's Lee for a more balanced portrait of the man; also good insight into the cult of the Lost Cause"
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From Manassas to Appomattox: General James Longstreet
16.  From Manassas to Appomattox: General James Longstreet by James Longstreet
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  "a great general, reviled by lesser men (Jubal Early) for committing the ultimate sin against the Lost Cause - critizing Saint Robert Lee"
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Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History
17.  Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History by William Garrett Piston
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  "fine treatment of one of the Civil War's most forward thinking generals, and the reasons that he was reviled by the romantics of the Lost Cause"
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Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command
18.  Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command by Douglas Southall Freeman
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  "once again Freeman presents a biased masterpiece; essential work on the commanders of the Army of Northern Virginia"
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Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend
19.  Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend by James I. Robertson
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  "it is hard to find a book on Jackson where he is not more archtype than man, but this is considered the definative work on the South's great fallen hero"
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I Rode with Stonewall
20.  I Rode with Stonewall by Henry Kyd Douglas
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  "my favorite Confederate memoir; as almost all biographies of Stonewall Jackson are hagiographies, this book may give the best insight available on the man as he was"
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Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War (Modern War Studies)
21.  Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War (Modern War Studies) by Craig L. Symonds
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  "the most brilliant general in the Army of Tennesse; had he been promoted to its command, the war might have gone very differently"
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Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography
22.  Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography by Jack Hurst
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  "Shelby Foote calls Forrest the only genius, other than Lincoln, that the Civil War produced; perhaps the best general the South had"
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Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander
23.  Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander by Edward Porter Alexander
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  "a suprisingly personal and honest memoir from one who knew all the primary figures in the Army of Northern Virginia; great reading"
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Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography (Norton Paperback)
24.  Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography (Norton Paperback) by Craig L. Symonds
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  "the most problematic of Southern generals; he perfected the retreat"
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Jubal: The Life and Times of General Jubal A. Early, C S A, Defender of the Lost Cause
25.  Jubal: The Life and Times of General Jubal A. Early, C S A, Defender of the Lost Cause by Charles C. Osborne
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  "cantankerous general and father of the Lost Cause cult"
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