BOOKS ON CIVIL WAR HISTORY
Dr. Earl J. Hess (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1986) is a leading author of Civil War history books and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2002. Dr. Hess's books focus on Civil War battles and campaigns, which he details with great accuracy and new insights. Called "one of the finest Civil War historians around," 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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Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign
- A Main Selection of the History Book Club
- A Main Selection of the Military Book Club
- 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 BOMC2 Online
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
- Finalist for Jefferson Davis Award, Museum of the Confederacy, 2006
Lee’s Tar Heels: The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade
- Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award, 2003
Pickett’s Charge: The Last Attack at Gettysburg
- Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History, 2002
- Winner of the James I. Robertson Literary Prize for Confederate History, 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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