The Civil War in the East
Explore the pivotal battles and key figures of the Civil War in the East with our curated list of top books. Dive into detailed accounts and expert analyses of this historic conflict.
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All for the Union
by Elisha Hunt Rhodes
All for the Union is the eloquent and moving diary of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, featured throughout Ken Burns' PBS documentary The Civil War. Rhodes enlisted into the Union Army as a private in 1861 and left it four years later as a twenty-three-year-old colonel after fighting hard and honorably in battles from Bull Run to Appomattox. Anyone who heard these diaries excerpted in The Civil War will recognize his accounts of those campaigns, which remain outstanding for their clarity and detail. Most of all, Rhodes's words reveal the motivation of a common Yankee foot soldier, an otherwise ordinary young man who endured the rigors of combat and exhausting marches, short rations, fear, and homesickness for a salary of $13 a month and the satisfaction of giving "all for the union."
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The Civil War Trilogy
by Michael Shaara
Presents a collection of three novels that present a fictionalized account of the battles of the Civil War.
