Civil War Memoirs and Biographies

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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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	"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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	""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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	"together with Grant Moves South, this is Bruce Catton's master work on the general who won the war"

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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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	"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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	"firery little general who fought well in both the Western and Eastern theaters of the war"

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	"interesting memoir of a man close to Sheridan in this last crucial campaign of the war"

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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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	"the hero of Little Round Top in his own words"

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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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	"a nasty little man, but a key element in the Union's victory"

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	"an insightful biography of the enigmatic Confederate president"

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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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	"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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	"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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	"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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	"once again Freeman presents a biased masterpiece; essential work on the commanders of the Army of Northern Virginia"

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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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	"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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	"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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	"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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	"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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	"the most problematic of Southern generals; he perfected the retreat"

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	"cantankerous general and father of the Lost Cause cult"