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Listopia > Lawyer's votes on the list Civil War Novels (6 Books)
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The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
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"There is none better that captures the heroism even in the face of futility."
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The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War
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"Bahr sets you down in the middle of the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. John Bell Hood orders the "Pickett's Charge" of the Western Theater of the War, tactics he rebuffed at Gettysburg. Howard Bahr has the ability to break your heart through the eyes of young Bushrod Carter and his companions."
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Andersonville
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"Kantor, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1956 for this novel, questions the responsibility for the horrific conditions under which Federal prisoners lived at a prisoner of war camp under the command of Henry Wirz. A demon deserving to hang? "
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The Red Badge of Courage
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"The iconic American Classic. Perhaps the first piece of literature to be read in the long literary shelf generated by the American Civil War."
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Cold Mountain
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"What was the war like on the home front? The brutality of the home guard. The story of a man who knew when to quit when an entrenched government refused to recognize the end. Haunting."
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Coal Black Horse
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"What is left on the field after the Battle of Gettysburg? One boys' quest to find his father and bring him home before July 3, 1863, comes too late. Memorable. Unforgettable."
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