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Step into a nation divided, where battlefield thunder, whispered legends, political fire, and private grief collide in the defining struggle of American history. This bookshelf gathers memoirs, speeches, fiction, poetry, and firsthand sketches that bring the Civil War to life from the halls of power to the hospital ward and the front lines. Here, courage and chaos march side by side—and every voice carries the weight of a country being torn apart and remade.

by Richard Taylor

by Thomas Nelson Page

by James Longstreet

by Winston Churchill

by Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas) Wilson

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Louisa May Alcott

by John Alexander Logan

by Stephen Crane

by Abraham Lincoln

by John Alexander Logan

by Eugenia Dunlap Potts

by Oliver Optic, Edward Stratemeyer

by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

by Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt

by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

by John Alexander Logan

by Stephen Crane

by Ambrose Bierce

by Walt Whitman

by Jr. John Fox

by Abraham Lincoln

by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

by Herman Melville

by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

by Fannie A. Beers

by Charles Egbert Craddock

by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

by J. B. (John Beauchamp) Jones

by Ephraim Douglass Adams

by T. C. (Thomas Cooper) De Leon

by John Alexander Logan

by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

by George Washington Cable

by G. F. R. (George Francis Robert) Henderson

by Dudley Landon Vaill

by J. (John) Wilkinson

by Wayne Whipple

by Mary Johnston

by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

by Andre Norton

by John G. (John George) Nicolay

by John McElroy

by Abraham Lincoln

by Oliver Optic

by Jr. Thomas Dixon

by Philip Henry Sheridan

by Frederick Phisterer

by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

by Charles Egbert Craddock

by William Wood

by John Alexander Logan

by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson

by Philip Henry Sheridan

by Edward Duffy

by Edward Payson Roe

by Samuel R. (Samuel Rush) Watkins

by William Wells Brown

by Abraham Lincoln

by John Esten Cooke

by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

by Herman Melville

by Oliver Optic

by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock

by Abraham Lincoln

by Philip Henry Sheridan

by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

by George T. Ulmer

by Edward Payson Roe

by Dolly Sumner Lunt

by John McElroy

by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

by Theodore Reichardt

by John M. (John Mullin) Batten

by Winston Churchill

by Abraham Lincoln

by Robert E. (Robert Edward) Lee

by John Hay, John G. (John George) Nicolay

by L. P. (Linus Pierpont) Brockett, Mary C. Vaughan

by A. (Alonzo) Cooper

by Willard W. Glazier

by Edward Bellamy

by Charles Carleton Coffin

by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

by Basil Wilson Duke

by Leander Stillwell

by Walt Whitman

by D. A. (David Augustus) Dickert

by Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson) Cox

by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence

by Oliver Optic

by Austin Bishop

by Philip Henry Sheridan