BOOKS ON CIVIL WAR HISTORY
Dr. Earl J. Hess (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1986) is a leading author of military histories of the Civil War. Dr. Hess's books offer new insights on Civil War battles and campaigns, and also focus on thematic topics such as the use of weapons, tactics, and transportation in the Civil War. He has been called "the premier military historian of the Civil War" (Samuel J. Watson, author of Jackson's Sword) and his work has garnered praise for its "combination of adroit writing, high intelligence, and well-reasoned but unabashed judgments" (Mark Grimsley, author of The Hard Hand of War). Readers will find that his books offer perspectives on both the Union and Confederate experience, and also reveal the driving motivations of combat soldiers, whether serving under Grant or Lee.
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July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta
Civil War Torpedoes and the Global Development of Landmine Warfare
Civil War Field Artillery: Promise and Performance on the Battlefield
Animal Histories of the Civil War Era (Editor and Author of Three Essays)
The Oxford Handbook of the American Civil War (Co-Editor and Author of Five Essays)
Storming Vicksburg: Grant, Pemberton, and the Battles of May 19-22, 1863
Civil War Supply and Strategy: Feeding Men and Moving Armies
- Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award (Institutional/Functional History), 2020
Fighting for Atlanta: Tactics, Terrain, and Trenches in the Civil War
The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Effort to Save Atlanta
- A Selection of the History Book Club
- A Selection of the Military Book Club
- A Selection of the Library of Science
- A Selection of the Literary Guild and Bookburst
- Audiobook by Tantor Media
Civil War Logistics: A Study of Military Transportation
- Winner of the Eugene Feit Award in Civil War Studies by the New York Military Affairs Symposium, 2017
Braxton Bragg: The Most Hated Man of the Confederacy
- Winner of the Richard Barksdale Harwell Book Award, 2017
- Finalist, Army Historical Foundation, 2016
- A Selection of the History Book Club
- Audiobook by Tantor Media
The Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta
- A Selection of the History Book Club
- A Selection of the Military Book Club
- A Selection of the Scientific American Book Club
- A Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club
- Audiobook by Blackstone Audio
Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness
- Winner of the Tom Watson Brown Book Award, Society of Civil War Historians, 2016
- Finalist, Lincoln Prize, 2016
Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign
- A Main Selection of the History Book Club
- A Main Selection of the Military Book Club
- Audiobook by Blackstone Audio
The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee
The Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi
- A Main Selection of the History Book Club
- A Selection of the Military Book Club and Book-of-the-Month Club
Lincoln Memorial University and the Shaping of Appalachia
Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg
In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat
- Winner of the Richard Barksdale Harwell Book Award, 2010
- Finalist for Peter Seaborg Award, 2010
The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth
- A Selection of the Military Book Club
- A Selection of the History Book Club
- Finalist for Peter Seaborg Award, 2009
Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign
- A Selection of the Military Book Club
Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge & Prairie Grove: A Battlefield Guide with a Section on Wire Road
- A Volume in the series This Hallowed Ground: Guides to Civil War Battlefields
Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864
Lee’s Tar Heels: The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade
Pickett’s Charge: The Last Attack at Gettysburg
- Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History, 2002
- Winner of the James I. Robertson Literary Prize, 2002
- A Selection of the Military Book Club
- A Selection of the History Book Club
Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River
- A Volume in the Great Campaigns of the Civil War Series
The Union Soldier in Battle: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat
- Winner of the first annual U.S. Civil War Center's Book of the Year Award, 1997
- A Selection of the Military Book Club
Liberty, Virtue, and Progress: Northerners and Their War for the Union
Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West
- A Selection of the History Book Club
- A Selection of the Book of the Month Club
Author Email: earl@love-and-learning.info
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