Winston Groom The author of Forrest Gump recreates the brave, desperate campaign of Confederate General John Bell Hood to turn the tide of war, from the fall of Atlanta to...

Charles Frazier A soldier wounded in the Civil War, Inman turns his back on the carnage of the battlefield and begins the treacherous journey home to Cold Mountain, and to...

Noah Andre Trudeau America's Civil War raged for more than four years, the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 continue to fascinate, appall, and inspire...

Stephen W Sears The Battle of Antietam was pivotal to the course of the war. The author used newly discovered diaries and other documents to give a vivid picture this...

John Jakes The Hazards and the Mains -- the first fatal shot fired at Fort Sumter divided them irrevocably with loyalties more powerful than family ties. The young would clash...

Janis Cooke Newman May 20th. Mrs Mary Lincoln admitted today - from Chicago - Age 56 - Widow of ex-President Lincoln - declared insane by the Cook County Court May...

Allan Gurganus This epic bestseller of 99-year-old Lucy Marsden's life (from the Civil War to her equally intense domestic battles) is the kind of novel people will want to read...

Fred Mustard StewartAgainst the background of the Civil War, the tempestuous lives of Adam and Lizzie are shaped by history's forces, moving from Imperial India to London's salons and New...