973.7: The American Civil War (2023)

This collection spotlights books, published in the last 10 years, that discuss the American Civil War which lasted from 1861 to 1865. Books featured in this collection will discuss causes of the war, notable battles, and important figures from both the Union and Confederate sides.

Updated June 16, 2023
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1

Bill O'Reilly's Legends & lies. The Civil War
Fisher, David
Paper Book
The next installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American history. From the birth of the...

2

Capital dames : the Civil War and the women of Washington, 1848-1868
Roberts, Cokie
Paper Book
In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its...

3

City of sedition : the history of New York during the Civil War
Strausbaugh, John
Paper Book
In a single definitive narrative, City of Sedition tells the spellbinding story of the huge-and hugely conflicted-role New York City played in the Civil War. No city was more of a help to Abraham Lincoln and the Union war effort, or more of a hindrance. No city raised more...

4

Crucible of commmand : Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee -- the war they fought, the peace they forged
Davis, William C.
Audiobook

5

Embattled rebel : Jefferson Davis as commander in chief
McPherson, James M.
Paper Book
From the Pulitzer Prize - winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy History has not been kind to Jefferson Davis. His cause went down in disastrous defeat and left the South impoverished for generations. If...

6

The fall of the house of Dixie : the Civil War and the social revolution that transformed the South
Levine, Bruce C.
Paper Book
In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it,...

7

Heroines of Mercy Street : the real nurses of the Civil War
Toler, Pamela D.
Paper Book
A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy...

8

Liar, temptress, soldier, spy : four women undercover in the Civil War
Abbott, Karen
Paper Book
Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today), tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War. Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating yet...

9

The Lincoln conspiracy : the secret plot to kill America's 16th president--and why it failed
Meltzer, Brad
Paper Book
Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch, the bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy, which covers the secret plot against George Washington, now turn their attention to a little-known, but true story about a failed assassination attempt on the sixteenth president in The Lincoln Conspiracy<...

10

Robert E. Lee and me : a Southerner's reckoning with the myth of the lost cause
Seidule, Ty
Paper Book
"Ty Seidule scorches us with the truth and rivets us with his fierce sense of moral urgency." --Ron Chernow In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and...

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