Civil War: Books about generals

Contents: Leaders and generals -- Abraham Lincoln -- Jefferson Davis -- General Robert E. Lee -- General Ulysses S. Grant -- General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson -- General George McClelland -- Harriet Tubman -- Frederick Douglass.

Examines the life and career of the Union Civil War General most remembered for his march through Atlanta that helped the North achieve victory.

A thorough and exciting portrait of a larger-than-life commander in the Civil War.

This is a biography of the Civil War general known for his part in the disastrous battle at the Little Big Horn in 1876.

This book provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diaries which express various thoughts about the strategies, battles, personalities, and politics of generals during the Civil War.

Examines the life and career of the Union leader who fought at the battles of Stones River, Missionary Ridge, Yellow Tavern and the Shenandoah Valley.

Examines the life and career of the Confederate soldier who General Lee referred to as the "Eyes of the Army," for the information he gathered about Union troops on the battlefields.

Examines the life of the soldier who was chosen to lead the Union Army of the Potomac into the Battle of Gettysburg, one of the most important, and bloodiest, battles of the Civil War.

Examines the life and career of the respected lawyer who went on to serve as Attorney General of the United States as well as President Lincoln's Secretary of War during the Civil War.

Examines the life and career of one of the South's greatest military leaders.

Traces the life of the famous confederate general from his childhood in Virginia through his West Point education and brilliant military career to his death following the Battle of Yellow Tavern.

From Bull Run to the fall of Richmond, from Shiloh to Sherman's march through Georgia, explores the military careers and private lives of Grant and Lee. Also portrays the bloodiest and most wrenching episodes in American history

This is a biography of the Confederate general who earned the nickname "Stonewall" for standing firm in the First Battle of Manassas.

A biography of the commander of the Union forces in the Civil War, who became the eighteenth president of the United States.

A biography of William Tecumseh Sherman, one of the great Generals of the Civil War.

This book provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diaries which express the thoughts of Confederate generals as they experience the Civil War.

Examines the life and career of the General that led the Confederate Army to their first victory in 1861 at Manassas (Bull Run) and to their last victory in Bentonville in 1865.

Examines the life and career of the Union leader who served as the commander of the Army of the Potomac and the general in chief of the Union armies.

The life of the Civil War general whose controversial fame rests chiefly on the disaster at the Little Big Horn in 1876.

A biography of Ulysses Grant, from his childhood in Ohio, through his education at West Point and his career as an Army officer, to his terms as president of the United States.

Examines the life and career of this great military leader and top advisor to the Confederacy's president.

Profiles the lives and military careers of Nathan B. Forrest, William J. Hardee, Ambrose P. Hill, John B. Hood, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, George Pickett, and Jeb Stuart.

Examines the life and career of this Civil War Naval hero, for whom the United States Navy created the rank of full admiral.