Men of Fire
Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign that Decided the Civil War
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Grant, until then an obscure brigadier general with a reputation for drink, became the fighting man of the hour, earning the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant for his relentless pounding of the Confederates. But he had a match in ruthlessness in Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest, cavalry commander in the Henry and Donelson campaign, proved a counterweight to Grant: quick and nimble to the former's steady plodding, a ruthless slaveholder and future KKK Grand Wizard to Grant's abolitionism.
Hurst captures the battle of these two great men and armies in all its destructive glory.
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's acclaimed Civil War history of the complex man and controversial Union commander whose battlefield brilliance ensured the downfall of the Confederacy. Preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton narrows his focus on commander Ulysses S. Grant, whose bold tactics and relentless dedication to the Union ultimately ensured a Northern victory in the nation's bloodiest conflict.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting history with a great narration
- De Roberta Rothwell en 01-11-18
De: Bruce Catton
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Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle
- De: Kenneth W. Noe
- Narrado por: Tom Sleeker
- Duración: 17 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville, Kentucky, in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentucky soil. The climax of a campaign that began two months before in Northern Mississippi, Perryville came to be recognized as the high water mark of the western Confederacy. Some said the hard-fought battle, forever remembered by participants for its sheer savagery and for their commanders' confusion, was the worst battle of the war, losing the last chance to bring the Commonwealth into the Confederacy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pitiful narration
- De Charles en 10-22-17
De: Kenneth W. Noe
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville
- De: Shelby Foote
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 42 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,185
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,899
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 1 begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days Battles, and Antietam, but so are the smaller ones: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island Ten, New Orleans, and Monitor versus Merrimac.
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5 out of 5 stars
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OUTSTANDING! I'M PROUD TO BE A BLACK AMERICAN!!
- De The Louligan en 08-22-13
De: Shelby Foote
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Shiloh
- In Hell before Night
- De: James Lee Mcdonough
- Narrado por: Gary D. MacFadden
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Colorful, dramatic, blundering, and tragic - these are some of the adjectives that have been applied to the two-day engagement at Shiloh. This battle, which bears the biblical name meaning “place of peace,” was one of the bloodiest encounters of the Civil War. The Union colonel, whose words give the present book its title, foretold the losses when he told his men: “Fill your canteens Boys! Some of you will be in hell before night….” Fought in the early spring of 1862 on the west bank of the Mississippi state line, Shiloh was, up to that time, the biggest battle of American history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book poorly read
- De M. O'Steen en 06-08-24
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Southern Storm
- Sherman's March to the Sea
- De: Noah Andre Trudeau
- Narrado por: Eric Conger
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
Award-winning Civil War historian Noah Andre Trudeau has written a gripping, definitive new account that will stand as the last word on General William Tecumseh Sherman's epic march - a targeted strategy aimed to break not only the Confederate army but an entire society as well.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sherman's Webfeet
- De Rick en 06-23-13
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A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Volume 1
- From the Crossing of the James to the Crater
- De: A. Wilson Greene, Gary W. W. Gallagher - foreword
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 25 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Grinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg Campaign was the Civil War's longest and among its most complex. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee squared off for more than nine months in their struggle for Petersburg, the key to the Confederate capital at Richmond. Featuring some of the war's most notorious battles, the campaign played out against a backdrop of political drama and crucial fighting elsewhere, with massive costs for soldiers and civilians alike.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well documented and fills a big gap
- De Ripley en 10-29-24
De: A. Wilson Greene, y otros
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The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)
- De: Edward G. Longacre
- Narrado por: Aaron Killian
- Duración: 22 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 44
When Union and Confederate forces squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major military campaign would bring an early end to the Civil War. But when Confederate troops launched a strong counterattack, both sides realized the war would be longer and costlier than anticipated. First Bull Run, or First Manassas, set the stage for four years of bloody conflict that forever changed the political, social, and economic fabric of the nation. It also introduced the commanders, tactics, and weaponry that would define the American way of war through the turn of the twentieth century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book of this early battle
- De Bradley Behrhorst en 09-02-22
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Lincoln's Lieutenants
- The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
- De: Stephen W. Sears
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 32 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 172
The high command of the Army of the Potomac was a changeable, often dysfunctional band of brothers, going through the fires of war under seven commanding generals in three years, until Grant came east in 1864. The men in charge all too frequently appeared to be fighting against the administration in Washington instead of for it, increasingly cast as political pawns facing down a vindictive congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, but not what I thought
- De Paul S. en 08-10-17
De: Stephen W. Sears
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Bust Hell Wide Open
- The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest
- De: Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 961
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 860
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 856
The legacy of General Nathan Bedford Forrest is deeply divisive. Best known for being accused of war crimes at the Battle of Fort Pillow and for his role as first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan - an organization he later denounced - Forrest has often been studied as a military figure, but never before studied as a fascinating individual who wrestled with the complex issues of his violent times. Bust Hell Wide Open is a comprehensive portrait of Nathan Bedford Forrest as a man: his achievements, failings, reflections, and regrets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a superb and concise biography
- De Damian en 03-30-17
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General George Washington
- A Military Life
- De: Edward G. Lengel
- Narrado por: Jack Garrett
- Duración: 20 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
This comprehensive military biography of George Washington entertainingly examines Washington's capacity as a military leader. Acclaimed historian Edward G. Lengel, an associate editor of the University of Virginia's Papers of George Washington project, bases this engrossing work on the most extensive collection of Washington's personal correspondence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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an embarassment of richs about the Revolution
- De D. Littman en 07-03-05
De: Edward G. Lengel
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On to Petersburg
- Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864
- De: Gordon C. Rhea
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 16 h y 21 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 58
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On to Petersburg follows the Union army's movement to the James River, the military response from the Confederates, and the initial assault on Petersburg, which Rhea suggests marked the true end of the Overland Campaign. Beginning his account in the immediate aftermath of Grant's three-day attack on Confederate troops at Cold Harbor, Rhea argues that the Union general's primary goal was not - as often supposed - to take Richmond, but rather to destroy Lee's army by closing off its retreat routes and disrupting its supply chain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important to understanding the Overland Campaign
- De Jimbo en 12-29-19
De: Gordon C. Rhea
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Grant and Sherman
- The Friendship That Won the Civil War
- De: Charles Bracelen Flood
- Narrado por: Charles Bracelen Flood
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
"We were as brothers," William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship with Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about their victorious partnership and the deep friendship that made it possible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb History
- De Brad LaMorgese en 01-24-11
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Shiloh, 1862
- De: Winston Groom
- Narrado por: Eric G. Dove
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 194
SHILOH, 1862 - The Battle of Shiloh, fought in the wilderness of southern Tennessee in April 1862, marked a violent crossroads in the Civil War. What began as a surprise attack by Confederate troops on a Union stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi River Valley became a bloody two-day conflict that would eerily foretell the brutal reality of the next three years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absorbing story of the hell of Shiloh
- De 9S en 02-04-13
De: Winston Groom
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1777
- Tipping Point at Saratoga
- De: Dean Snow
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 14 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 119
In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in upstate New York was to separate rebellious New England from the other colonies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Interesting & Factual
- De ThatGuyOutWest en 06-08-18
De: Dean Snow
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Bloody Spring
- Forty Days That Sealed the Confederacy's Fate
- De: Joseph Wheelan
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 330
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 302
In the spring of 1864, Robert E. Lee faced a new adversary: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Named commander of all Union armies in March, Grant quickly went on the offensive against Lee in Virginia. On May 4th, Grant's army struck hard across the Rapidan River into north central Virginia, with Lee's army contesting every mile. They fought for 40 days until, finally, the Union army crossed the James River and began the siege of Petersburg. The campaign cost 90,000 men - the largest loss the war had seen.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Skip this! Get Catton's Stillness at Appomattox
- De BVerité en 10-19-14
De: Joseph Wheelan
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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