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10 Best civil war history books of 2026
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VintageThe Civil War: A Narrative - 3 Volume Box Set
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National GeographicEyewitness to the Civil War: The Complete History from Secession to Reconstruction
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Atlantic Monthly PressThe Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations
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CrownThe Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
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RANDOM HOUSE GROUPThe Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
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DuttonMidnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America
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Countryman PressThe Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide: More than 500 Sites from Gettysburg to Vicksburg
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Random HouseOn Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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MarinerThe Civil War (American Heritage Books)
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SkyhorseStrange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War
