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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes

8 best books like All for the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes (Robert Hunt Rhodes): Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt, A. Lincoln, Jefferson and the Rights of Man, Mary Chesnut: A Diary From Dixie, Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution, A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin, In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War, Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power

Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
AuthorDavid McCullough
ISBN0671447548
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as a masterpiece by Newsday, it also won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography. Now with...
A. Lincoln
AuthorRonald C. White Jr.
ISBN1400064996

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 
NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARD

Everyone wants to define the man who...
Jefferson and the Rights of Man
AuthorDumas Malone
ISBN0316544736
The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President...
Mary Chesnut: A Diary From Dixie
AuthorMary Boykin Chesnut
ISBN0517182661
This original diary of the wife of Confederate General James Chestnut, Jr., who was also an aide to President Jefferson Davis, provides an eyewitness narrative of all the years of the war. Period photographs illustrate this you-are-there account of the daily lives and tribulations of all who suffered...
Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution
AuthorMark Puls
ISBN1403984271
Here is a compelling portrait of the Revolutionary War general whose skills as an engineer and artilleryman played a key role in all of George Washington's battles including the Siege of Boston (where his use of cannons at Dorchester Heights won back the city) and the Battle of Trenton (where he was...
A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin
AuthorJoseph Plumb Martin
ISBN0451528115
A Great Veteran's Day Read

I started a much longer review, but there is not enough that can be said about this, and, saying too much tends to water down the overall impact. So, I'll keep it short and to the point, as much as i am able to anyway.

The autobiographical story of Joseph Plumb Martin...
In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War
AuthorAlice Rains Trulock
ISBN0807849804
Deserve[s] a place on every Civil War bookshelf.--New York Times Book Review

"[Trulock] brings her subject alive and escorts him through a brilliant career. One can easily say that the definitive work on Joshua Chamberlain has now been done.--James Robertson, Richmond Times-Dispatch

"An...
Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power
AuthorRichard J. Carwardine
ISBN1400044561
An original and deeply insightful biography of Abraham Lincoln, already awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize.

As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to being the greatest of our presidents. But the story of his rise...
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