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An incredible story, as well as excellent historical detailing and insight into the eastern theatre of the war in virginia. First editions of the authors authoritative text on the civil war. The killer angels is a powerful work of historical fiction based on the battle of gettysburg. Civil war union surgical manuals and medical books. Best american civil war books fiction and nonfiction books about or set during the american civil war. We wanted to include a variety of volumes to appeal to many different tastes. Civil war overviews by brett schulte on july 21, 2008 8 comments this is the first of hopefully many blog entries for beginning civil war readers about civil war books they might like to read. Or, use the form below to search the inventory of all booksellers who specialize. Authors who bring the civil war battles and civil war timeline to life. Although it lacks in military detail, as one might expect of a onevolume narrative history of the civil war, this book is.
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