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United States CIVIL War (1850-1877) Books

Books selected for readers looking for united states civil war period (1850-1877) books.

60 booksApril 2, 2026

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1. The Civil War (a Step Into History)
Steven Otfinoski
Fits this list for its focus on civil and states.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era (U.S.)
2. The Fiery Trial
Eric Foner
Fits this list for its focus on civil and period.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
3. The Demon of Unrest
Erik Larson
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
4. The Civil War
DK, D.K. Publishing
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
5. Hymns of the Republic
S. C. Gwynne, Robert Petkoff
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
6. Lincoln's Peace
Michael Vorenberg
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
7. An Extraordinary Union
Alyssa Cole
Fits this list for its focus on civil and states.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era YA
8. Silent Cavalry
Howell Raines
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
9. Brought Forth on This Continent
Harold Holzer
Fits this list for its focus on civil and states.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
10. Unexpected Bravery
A.J. Schenkman
Fits this list for its focus on civil and states.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
11. The Civil War
Bruce Catton
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
12. Battles of the American Civil War
Catherine Clinton
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era (U.S.)
13. Midnight on the Potomac
Scott Ellsworth
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
14. Wide Awake
Jon Grinspan
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
15. 1861
Jay Winik
Fits this list for its focus on war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
16. A Day in September
Stephen Budiansky
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
17. The Republic for Which It Stands
Richard White, Noah Michael Levine
Fits this list for its focus on civil and states.
Shelf signal: 19th-Century America
18. Battle Cry of Freedom
James M. McPherson
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
19. Reconstruction Updated Edition
Eric Foner
Fits this list for its focus on 1877 and civil.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
20. Three Roads to Gettysburg
Tim McGrath
Fits this list for its focus on civil and war.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
21. The Civil War: a Narrative - 3 Volume Box Set
Shelby Foote
Fits this list for its focus on civil and states.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
22. The Civil War (a True Book: the Civil War)
Peter Benoit
Fits this list for its focus on civil and states.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era (U.S.)
23. Decision in the Heartland
Steven E. Woodworth
Fits this list for its focus on civil and states.
Shelf signal: Civil War Era
24. Confederate Sympathies
Andrew Donnelly
Fits this list for its focus on civil and states.
Shelf signal: Gender Identity in Literature