The Cornfield
Antietam's Bloody Turning Point
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David A. Welker
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For generations of Americans, the word Antietam - the name of a bucolic stream in western Maryland - held the same sense of horror and carnage that the date 9/11 does for Americans today. But Antietam eclipses even this modern tragedy as America's single bloodiest day, on which 22,000 men became casualties in a war to determine our nation's future.
Antietam is forever burned into the American psyche as a battle bathed in blood that served no military purpose and brought no decisive victory. This much Americans know was true. What they didn't know was why the battle broke out at all - until now. The Cornfield: Antietam's Bloody Turning Point tells for the first time the full story of the struggle to control "the Cornfield," the action on which the costly battle of Antietam turned. Many of the firsthand accounts included in this volume have never before been revealed to modern audiences or assembled in such a comprehensive, accessible narrative.
At the same time, The Cornfield offers fresh views of the battle as a whole, arguing that two central facts doomed thousands of soldiers. This new, provocative perspective is certain to change our modern understanding of how the battle of Antietam was fought and its role in American history.
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Licensed battlefield guide James Hessler has produced the most deeply-researched, full-length biography to appear on this remarkable American icon. No individual who fought at Gettysburg was more controversial, both personally and professionally, than Major General Daniel E. Sickles. For Civil War enthusiasts who want to understand General Sickles’ scandalous life, Gettysburg’s battlefield strategies, the in-fighting within the Army of the Potomac, and the development of today’s National Park will find Sickles at Gettysburg it is a must-listen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional Book
- De Jimbo en 04-07-21
De: James A. Hessler, y otros
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Military Memoirs of a Confederate
- De: Edward Porter Alexander
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 25 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
One of the most important and objective firsthand accounts of the Civil War. Unlike some other Confederate memoirists, General Edward Porter Alexander objectively evaluated and criticized prominent Confederate officers, including Robert E. Lee. The result is a clear-eyed assessment of the bloody conflict that divided but subsequently united the nation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The first one I may exchange
- De Brian en 05-27-20
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"Lee Is Trapped, and Must Be Taken"
- Eleven Fateful Days After Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863
- De: Thomas J. Ryan, Richard R. Schaus
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
"Lee Is Trapped, and Must Be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days After Gettysburg: July 4 to July 14, 1863 focuses on the immediate aftermath of the battle of Gettysburg and addresses how Maj. Gen. George G. Meade organized and motivated his Army of the Potomac in response to President Abraham Lincoln's mandate to bring about the "literal or substantial destruction" of Gen. Robert E. Lee's retreating Army of Northern Virginia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Detailed and Well Written
- De Ezekiel Z. Conover en 04-22-21
De: Thomas J. Ryan, y otros
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Fire and Movement
- The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914
- De: Peter Hart
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Duración: 18 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 107
A remarkable story of high hopes and crushing disappointment, the campaign contains moments of sheer horror and nerve-shattering excitement; pathos and comic relief; occasional cowardice and much selfless courage - all culminating in the climax of the First Battle of Ypres. And yet, as Peter Hart shows in this gripping and revisionary look at the war's first year, for too long the British part in the 1914 campaigns has been veiled in layers of self-congratulatory myth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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stop doing accents on quotes
- De Eric en 02-01-15
De: Peter Hart
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Witness to Gettysburg
- Inside the Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War
- De: Richard Wheeler
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
Witness to Gettysburg brings the bloodiest, most crucial battle of the Civil War to life through on-the-spot eyewitness accounts. From the courageous fighting men and officers to the civilians watching as the conflict raged through their towns, from the reporters riding with the regiments to the children excited or terrified by the titanic drama unfolding before them, each account stems from personal experience and blends with the whole to create a startlingly vivid tapestry of war. In their own words, and through the eyes of their closest aides, such commanders as Robert E. Lee, Jeb Stuart, and George Meade.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So Well Read...A lesson to the Overly Dramatic
- De Charles en 08-06-13
De: Richard Wheeler
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The Seven Days
- The Emergence of Robert E. Lee and the Dawn of a Legend
- De: Clifford Dowdey
- Narrado por: Nicholas Tecosky
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 132
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 132
The Seven Days Campaign was a series of battles fought near Richmond at the end of June 1862. General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had routed General George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac. Depriving McClellan of a military decision meant the war would continue for two more years. The Seven Days depicts a critical turning point in the Civil War that would ingrain Robert E. Lee in history as one of the finest generals of all time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Seven Days:A different Title would work
- De Margaret Harley en 09-10-21
De: Clifford Dowdey
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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
- Versión completa
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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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To the Gates of Richmond
- The Peninsula Campaign
- De: Stephen Sears
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 17 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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It was the largest campaign ever attempted in the Civil War: the Peninsula campaign of 1862. General George McClellan planned to advance from Yorktown up the Virginia Peninsula and destroy the Rebel army in its own capital. But with Robert E. Lee delivering blows to the Union army, McClellan’s plan fell through at the gates of Richmond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magnificent chronicle of mismanagement
- De Triceracop en 10-08-13
De: Stephen Sears
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The Compleat Victory
- Saratoga and the American Revolution
- De: Kevin Weddle
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 18 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 52
In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion the following year and devised what they believed a war-winning strategy, sending General John Burgoyne south to rout the Americans and take Albany.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight to the tactical and strategic impacts of Saratoga.
- De Ace en 12-07-24
De: Kevin Weddle
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Kennesaw Mountain
- Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign
- De: Earl J. Hess
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 113
While fighting his way toward Atlanta, William T. Sherman encountered his biggest roadblock at Kennesaw Mountain, where Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee held a heavily fortified position. The opposing armies confronted each other from June 19 to July 3, 1864, and Sherman initially tried to outflank the Confederates. His men endured heavy rains, artillery duels, sniping, and a fierce battle at Kolb’s Farm before Sherman decided to attack Johnston’s position directly on June 27.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thorough and detailed.
- De MAC24211 en 09-06-20
De: Earl J. Hess
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Chancellorsville
- De: Stephen Sears
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 23 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 229
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A former editor of American Heritage, Stephen W. Sears has collected a wealth of new sources for this definitive portrait of one of the most dramatic battles of the Civil War. Using scores of letters and diaries written by soldiers from both Union and Confederate armies, Sears’ narrative history seeks to strip away the gloss of later commentary and restore the battle of Chancellorsville to its original voices.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's a Wonderful Tool
- De Drake M. Davis en 08-23-14
De: Stephen Sears
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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
- Versión completa
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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 Greatest Fury
- The Battle of New Orleans and the Rebirth of America
- De: William C. Davis
- Narrado por: David H. Lawrence XVII
- Duración: 18 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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From master historian William C. Davis, the definitive story of the Battle of New Orleans, the fight that decided the ultimate fate not only of the War of 1812 but the future course of the fledgling American republic. It was a battle that could not be won. Outnumbered farmers, merchants, backwoodsmen, smugglers, slaves, and Choctaw Indians, many of them unarmed, were up against the cream of the British army, professional soldiers who had defeated the great Napoleon and set Washington, DC, ablaze.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mispronounced names and locations
- De Anonymous User en 06-02-22
De: William C. Davis
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Sickles at Gettysburg
- The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg
- De: James A. Hessler
- Narrado por: Bob Neufeld
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Sickles at Gettysburg by licensed battlefield guide James Hessler, is the most deeply-researched, full-length biography to appear on this remarkable American icon. No individual who fought at Gettysburg was more controversial, both personally and professionally, than Major General Daniel E. Sickles. By 1863, Sickles was notorious as a disgraced former Congressman who murdered his wife’s lover on the streets of Washington and used America’s first temporary insanity defense to escape justice.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Trying to follow along
- De Lynn Greenbaum en 03-12-25
De: James A. Hessler
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Pickett's Charge
- A New Look at Gettysburg's Final Attack
- De: Phillip Thomas Tucker PhD
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 19 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 208
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 191
Pickett's Charge is a detailed analysis of one of the most iconic and defining events in American history. This book presents a much-needed fresh look, including the unvarnished truths and ugly realities, about the unforgettable story. With the luxury of hindsight, historians have long denounced the folly of Lee's attack, but this work reveals the tactical brilliance of a master plan that went awry. Special emphasis is placed on the common soldiers on both sides, especially the non-Virginia attackers outside of Pickett's Virginia Division.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worst CW book ever. Can't rate it low enough. It deserves negative 5 stars in all categories
- De rbergen en 05-10-18
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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
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 48
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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Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle
- De: Kenneth W. Noe
- Narrado por: Tom Sleeker
- Duración: 17 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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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A Worse Place than Hell
- How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
- De: John Matteson
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 21 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abraham Lincoln's government threatened to fracture, this critical moment also tested five extraordinary individuals whose lives reflect the soul of a nation. The changes they underwent led to profound repercussions in the country's law, literature, politics, and popular mythology. Taken together, their stories offer a striking restatement of what it means to be American.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Intertwining!
- De Peter H. Christensen en 09-02-21
De: John Matteson
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Meade at Gettysburg
- A Study in Command
- De: Kent Masterson Brown
- Narrado por: Shawn Compton
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 141
Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade guided his forces to victory in the Civil War's most pivotal battle. Commentators often dismiss Meade when discussing the great leaders of the Civil War. But in this long-anticipated book, Kent Masterson Brown draws on an expansive archive to reappraise Meade's leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Book
- De Taylor Boulet en 04-14-22
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The Coming Fury
- The Centennial History of the Civil War, Volume 1
- De: Bruce Catton
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 20 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 810
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 714
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 709
> The New York Times hailed this trilogy as “one of the greatest historical accomplishments of our time”. With stunning detail and insights, America’s foremost Civil War historian recreates the war from its opening months to its final, bloody end. Each volume delivers a complete listening experience. The Coming Fury (Volume 1) covers the split Democratic Convention in the spring of 1860 to the first battle of Bull Run.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History As It Should Be
- De Bryan en 07-19-11
De: Bruce Catton
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This Hallowed Ground
- A History of the Civil War
- De: Bruce Catton
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 18 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 147
This audiobook is the classic one-volume history of the American Civil War by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton. Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Catton blends a gripping narrative with deep, yet unassuming, scholarship to bring the war alive in an almost novelistic way. It is this gift for narrative that led contemporary critics to compare this book to War and Peace, and call it a "modern Iliad." Now over 50 years old, This Hallowed Ground remains one of the best-loved and admired general Civil War books.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still one of the best!
- De Homer en 04-21-19
De: Bruce Catton
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To the Gates of Richmond
- The Peninsula Campaign
- De: Stephen Sears
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 17 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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It was the largest campaign ever attempted in the Civil War: the Peninsula campaign of 1862. General George McClellan planned to advance from Yorktown up the Virginia Peninsula and destroy the Rebel army in its own capital. But with Robert E. Lee delivering blows to the Union army, McClellan’s plan fell through at the gates of Richmond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magnificent chronicle of mismanagement
- De Triceracop en 10-08-13
De: Stephen Sears
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Voices from the Confederacy
- True Civil War Stories from the Men and Women of the Old South
- De: Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
- Narrado por: J. Rodney Turner
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12
They say history is written by the victors. In the case of the Civil War, that's largely true. But historian Samuel Mitcham brings the Southern point of view to life in Voices from the Confederacy. In it, you will learn about the heroic, the scoundrels, the clever, the vanquished, and the hungry. Rich or poor, black or white, Voices from the Confederacy shares hundreds of poignant and revealing moments during the war between the states.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoying
- De Anonymous User en 07-07-24
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A Worse Place than Hell
- How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
- De: John Matteson
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 21 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abraham Lincoln's government threatened to fracture, this critical moment also tested five extraordinary individuals whose lives reflect the soul of a nation. The changes they underwent led to profound repercussions in the country's law, literature, politics, and popular mythology. Taken together, their stories offer a striking restatement of what it means to be American.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Intertwining!
- De Peter H. Christensen en 09-02-21
De: John Matteson
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Meade at Gettysburg
- A Study in Command
- De: Kent Masterson Brown
- Narrado por: Shawn Compton
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 141
Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade guided his forces to victory in the Civil War's most pivotal battle. Commentators often dismiss Meade when discussing the great leaders of the Civil War. But in this long-anticipated book, Kent Masterson Brown draws on an expansive archive to reappraise Meade's leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Book
- De Taylor Boulet en 04-14-22
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The Coming Fury
- The Centennial History of the Civil War, Volume 1
- De: Bruce Catton
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 20 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 810
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 714
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 709
> The New York Times hailed this trilogy as “one of the greatest historical accomplishments of our time”. With stunning detail and insights, America’s foremost Civil War historian recreates the war from its opening months to its final, bloody end. Each volume delivers a complete listening experience. The Coming Fury (Volume 1) covers the split Democratic Convention in the spring of 1860 to the first battle of Bull Run.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History As It Should Be
- De Bryan en 07-19-11
De: Bruce Catton
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This Hallowed Ground
- A History of the Civil War
- De: Bruce Catton
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 18 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 147
This audiobook is the classic one-volume history of the American Civil War by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton. Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Catton blends a gripping narrative with deep, yet unassuming, scholarship to bring the war alive in an almost novelistic way. It is this gift for narrative that led contemporary critics to compare this book to War and Peace, and call it a "modern Iliad." Now over 50 years old, This Hallowed Ground remains one of the best-loved and admired general Civil War books.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still one of the best!
- De Homer en 04-21-19
De: Bruce Catton
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To the Gates of Richmond
- The Peninsula Campaign
- De: Stephen Sears
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 17 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 155
It was the largest campaign ever attempted in the Civil War: the Peninsula campaign of 1862. General George McClellan planned to advance from Yorktown up the Virginia Peninsula and destroy the Rebel army in its own capital. But with Robert E. Lee delivering blows to the Union army, McClellan’s plan fell through at the gates of Richmond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magnificent chronicle of mismanagement
- De Triceracop en 10-08-13
De: Stephen Sears
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Voices from the Confederacy
- True Civil War Stories from the Men and Women of the Old South
- De: Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
- Narrado por: J. Rodney Turner
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12
They say history is written by the victors. In the case of the Civil War, that's largely true. But historian Samuel Mitcham brings the Southern point of view to life in Voices from the Confederacy. In it, you will learn about the heroic, the scoundrels, the clever, the vanquished, and the hungry. Rich or poor, black or white, Voices from the Confederacy shares hundreds of poignant and revealing moments during the war between the states.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoying
- De Anonymous User en 07-07-24
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To Antietam Creek
- The Maryland Campaign of September 1862
- De: D. Scott Hartwig
- Narrado por: Danny Holt
- Duración: 37 h y 19 m
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A richly detailed account of the hard-fought campaign that led to Antietam Creek and changed the course of the Civil War. In early September 1862, thousands of Union soldiers huddled within the defenses of Washington, disorganized and discouraged from their recent defeat at Second Manassas.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Learn how to pronounce military terms please!!
- De Kenneth M. en 12-31-24
De: D. Scott Hartwig
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The Great Partnership
- Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy
- De: Christian B. Keller
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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The Great Partnership has the power to change how we think about Confederate strategic decision-making and the value of personal relationships among senior leaders responsible for organizational survival. Those relationships in the Confederate high command were particularly critical for victory, especially the one that existed between the two great Army of Northern Virginia generals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No real surprises
- De Mike in NC en 12-29-19
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The Impending Crisis
- America Before the Civil War: 1848-1861
- De: David M. Potter, Don E. Fehrenbacher
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 22 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 585
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 497
David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is the definitive history of antebellum America. Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern secession.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Slog for Sure
- De Brux en 04-13-17
De: David M. Potter, y otros
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Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War
- De: Tim Rowland
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 5 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War is an entertaining look at the Civil War stories that don’t get told, and the misadventures you haven’t read about in history books. Share in all the humorous and strange events that took place behind the scenes of some of the most famous Civil War moments.
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4 out of 5 stars
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INTERESTING & FUNNY
- De The Louligan en 08-01-14
De: Tim Rowland
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Pickett's Charge
- A New Look at Gettysburg's Final Attack
- De: Phillip Thomas Tucker PhD
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 19 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 208
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 191
Pickett's Charge is a detailed analysis of one of the most iconic and defining events in American history. This book presents a much-needed fresh look, including the unvarnished truths and ugly realities, about the unforgettable story. With the luxury of hindsight, historians have long denounced the folly of Lee's attack, but this work reveals the tactical brilliance of a master plan that went awry. Special emphasis is placed on the common soldiers on both sides, especially the non-Virginia attackers outside of Pickett's Virginia Division.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worst CW book ever. Can't rate it low enough. It deserves negative 5 stars in all categories
- De rbergen en 05-10-18
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Shiloh
- A Novel
- De: Shelby Foote
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 4 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 210
This fictional recreation of the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 is a stunning work of imaginative history, from Shelby Foote, beloved historian of the Civil War. Shiloh conveys not only the bloody choreography of Union and Confederate troops through the woods near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, but the inner movements of the combatants' hearts and minds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great so detailed
- De chris calabrese en 05-06-19
De: Shelby Foote
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Sherman's March
- The First Full-Length Narrative of General William T. Sherman's Devastating March Through Georgia and the Carolinas
- De: Burke Davis
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 11 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
In November 1864, just days after the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln, General William T. Sherman vowed to "make Georgia howl." The hero of Shiloh and his 65,000 Federal troops destroyed the great city of Atlanta, captured Savannah, and cut a wide swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas on their way to Virginia. A scorched-earth campaign that continues to haunt the Southern imagination, Sherman's "March to the Sea" and ensuing drive north was a crucial turning point in the War between the States.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This is fiction, not history.
- De Anonymous User en 11-25-19
De: Burke Davis
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I Dread the Thought of the Place
- The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign
- De: D. Scott Hartwig
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 47 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4
The memory of the Battle of Antietam was so haunting that when, nine months later, Major Rufus Dawes learned another Antietam battle might be on the horizon, he wrote, "I hope not, I dread the thought of the place." In this definitive account, historian D. Scott Hartwig chronicles the single bloodiest day in American history, which resulted in 23,000 casualties.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Small but evident Southern slant
- De Visual accent en 03-03-25
De: D. Scott Hartwig
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The Dead and Those About to Die
- D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach
- De: John C. McManus
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 816
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 740
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 744
A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach - acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, First Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to accomplish one of the most challenging and deadly missions ever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Detailed Account of D-Day
- De Pamela Dale Foster en 07-04-14
De: John C. McManus
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George Washington
- The Wonder of the Age
- De: John Rhodehamel
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Washington's writings and a curator of the great man's original papers, John Rhodehamel has established himself as an authority of our nation's preeminent founding father. Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man - who first achieved fame in his early twenties - is inextricably bound to his mythic status.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected for an unabridged book
- De David Osborne Jr. en 04-13-17
De: John Rhodehamel
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Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard
- Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the “Commanding Ground” Along the Emmitsburg Road
- De: James A. Hessler, Britt C. Isenberg
- Narrado por: Bob Neufeld
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Licensed battlefield guide James Hessler has produced the most deeply-researched, full-length biography to appear on this remarkable American icon. No individual who fought at Gettysburg was more controversial, both personally and professionally, than Major General Daniel E. Sickles. For Civil War enthusiasts who want to understand General Sickles’ scandalous life, Gettysburg’s battlefield strategies, the in-fighting within the Army of the Potomac, and the development of today’s National Park will find Sickles at Gettysburg it is a must-listen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional Book
- De Jimbo en 04-07-21
De: James A. Hessler, y otros
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Mr. Lincoln's Army
- De: Bruce Catton
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 17 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 249
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 247
A magnificent history of the opening years of the Civil War by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton. The first book in Bruce Catton's Pulitzer Prize-winning Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Mr. Lincoln's Army is a riveting history of the early years of the Civil War, when a fledgling Union Army took its stumbling first steps under the command of the controversial general George McClellan.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very poor reader with great material
- De L Day en 07-28-16
De: Bruce Catton
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Cornfield
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- Subway
- 10-10-24
Detailed research and critical analysis
Very detailed recounting of the center of the worst fighting in America. Especially noteworthy critical analysis of leadership on both sides, revealing failures of judgment, inflexibility, and timidity at the highest levels, particularly on the part of McClellan. Well read. Recommended.
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- KIndle Customer
- 02-19-25
The Cornfield
Awesome story! Can’t wait to go and visit the cornfield! Long live Abe Lincoln and Grant!
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- Rodney W. Schmisseur
- 02-03-23
Antietam - everything before the bridge
An interesting and worthwhile addition to the Antietam library. More than just the clash of arms in the cornfield itself.
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- Amanda Tyler
- 04-07-24
Micro history at its finest
Loved the detailed description of the fighting in the Cornfield. Book great help to my study of the battle, ancestor in 5th LA.
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- Anthony W. Baugher
- 07-10-23
Better understanding ….
of what took place on that day. It will help with my visit to the battlefield.
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