Civil War Fiction

A 13-year-old child serves in the Civil War from July 1861 to June 1862. During that time, he makes friends with other children of the war, travels to places far outside his New Haven home, and has experiences he never thought possible—some exciting and some that give him nightmares. Will he get to go home and see his family again?

Abducted against his will, theater manager Matthew Scott is conscripted into the Confederate army because of his Copperhead senator father’s political leanings. Injured at Malvern Hill, Matthew is taken by the Union army to Shirley Plantation in Virginia, where he is tended by seamstress Angelina Rose, a freed slave. Given an opportunity to leave the South and start a new life for herself, Angelina remained for the sake of her sister’s orphaned twins, who are still enslaved. Will Matthew find the family for which he longs?

With his acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, Jeff Shaara expanded upon his father's Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War classic, The Killer Angels--ushering the reader through the poignant drama of this most bloody chapter in our history. Now, in Gone...

Showdown bei Alamo Der Angriff der Union naht... und die Verzweiflung bei den Konföderierten nimmt zu. Das Sonnensystem Alamo ist zum Symbol des Widerstands geworden. Undenkbar, es aufzugeben. Unmöglich, es zu verteidigen. Die ersten Widerständler fliehen, während John und seine Crew fieberhaft nach schlagkräftigen Verbündeten suchen. Da tauchen die ersten Schiffe der Union im Transitfeld auf - und der Untergang der Randwelten-Konföderation scheint besiegelt.

Die Führung der Konföderierten ist nervös: Mit einem so plötzlichen, vernichtenden Schlag des Unionsmilitärs hat niemand gerechnet. Können die Rebellen genügend Kräfte bündeln, um den Angriff abzuwehren? Bordingenieur Hobie macht einen verzweifelten Vorschlag: eine Verbrüderung mit den Peko! Die Union ist ein gemeinsamer Feind - und die Crew der Mary-Jane hat mit Sekoya eine Vermittlerin an Bord. Doch es gibt nur einen Weg, ein Bündnis mit den Peko zu schmieden - und der führt tief in feindliches Territorium... Von "Star Trek"-Autor Bernd Perplies alias Wes Andrews: Das actionreiche Bürgerkriegsepos des SF-Western-Crossovers als digitale Serie!

Es herrscht Bürgerkrieg in der Galaxis, und John Donovan und seine Crew stecken mittendrin. Bei der Befreiung eines alten Frontiersman-Kollegen erhalten sie Pläne für einen neuen Auftrag: Die mächtige Weltraum-Festung Fort Hope unterjocht einen Sektor der Randwelten-Konföderation. Ein Frontalangriff kommt nicht in Frage - und es gibt nur eine Alternative: Infiltration. Nicht nur John hat ein ganz schlechtes Gefühl bei der Sache. Doch wer sonst könnte diesen Job erledigen? Von "Star Trek"-Autor Bernd Perplies alias Wes Andrews.

Aufregung und Misstrauen bei den Konföderierten: Die Tochter eines Admirals der Unionsflotte weilt unter ihnen! Ist sie eine Verräterin? Um das Gegenteil zu beweisen, soll sie sich in einer Undercover-Mission in die Höhle des Löwen begeben. Und niemand anderes als Captain John Donovan wird sich als ihr Verlobter ausgeben. Gemeinsam reisen sie zur Unionsbasis auf dem Mond West Point - und entdecken einen Plan, der das Aus für die Konföderation bedeuten würde. Von "Star Trek"-Autor Bernd Perplies alias Wes Andrews: Das actionreiche Bürgerkriegsepos des SF-Western-Crossovers als digitale Serie!

An den Grenzen der bekannten Galaxie geht es rau zu: Seit Jahrzehnten beuten die Konzerne der Kernwelten-Union die Randwelten aus. Eine Revolte auf der Bergbaukolonie Higgins' Moon ist der Funke, der das Pulverfass entzündet... und ein einziges Wort entfaltet seine verheerende Sprengkraft: Bürgerkrieg! Mittendrin: John Donovan, Frontiersman - einer jener furchtlosen Frachterkapitäne, die ihren nicht immer ganz legalen Geschäften dort nachgehen, wo der Weltraum noch frei und wild ist.

An den Grenzen der bekannten Galaxie geht es rau zu: Seit Jahrzehnten beuten die Konzerne der Kernwelten-Union die Randwelten aus. Eine Revolte auf der Bergbaukolonie Higgins' Moon ist der Funke, der das Pulverfass entzündet... und ein einziges Wort entfaltet seine verheerende Sprengkraft: Bürgerkrieg! Mittendrin: John Donovan, Frontiersman - einer jener furchtlosen Frachterkapitäne, die ihren nicht immer ganz legalen Geschäften dort nachgehen, wo der Weltraum noch frei und wild ist.

This intensely dramatic and moving novel has remained a best-selling classic since it was first published in 1852. The slaves Eliza and George make a desperate bid to escape to Canada, while Uncle Tom is sold to two successive and very different owners. Abraham Lincoln himself acknowledged the role played by this seminal text in the Civil War, the aim of which was (in part) to emancipate the slaves of the southern states.

Please allow me to introduce you to, For Generations to Come, an epic historical novel of the 500-year saga that took the Knauss family from 1546 Hessian Germany to America, and the generations that followed them in the United States to the present day. For Generations to Come covers 10 generations of the Knauss family, trusting the Lord to direct their path and keep them and their family safe. Fleeing from religious persecution and warring enemies, they left Germania and sailed to the New World.

For two days in the year 1862, the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War held theatre in Southern Tennessee - a patch of land called Shiloh. Thousands of soldiers on both sides of the conflict lost their lives, and tens of thousands more were badly injured. For twin brothers Henry and William, infantry soldiers in the Confederate Army, the battle held more than the horrors of war. It was a portal to something beyond mankind, where demons tread and angels fly, where the spilling of blood brings not only death, but eternal damnation.

Jed Whittington was 16 years old when the Civil War broke out. He was tired of his boring existence on his family farm, the war gave Jed the opportunity to leave home and fight for the Union. Follow Jed as he finds himself as a man through love, anger, loss, and pain.

The year is 1853, and Princess Elisabeth “Sisi” of Bavaria has been very clear: She will wait for the head-over-heels love the poets speak of, or she will have no love at all. Just because her older sister, Helene, is eagerly heeding their mother’s advice and preparing to marry Emperor...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women, a historical novel about three women’s lives on a California island On a tiny, desolate, windswept island off the coast of Southern California, two families, one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s, come to start new lives and pursue...

Uneasiness permeated Chattanooga where Mary Beth Roper grew up. Every conversation she overheard is heated, yet her banker-father was hesitant to reveal the facts. Will Tennessee secede and force them into a war? She was an adult and demanded he tell her the truth, yet she feared the heated politics she’d seen. Then she learned a rogue customer threatened their bank. Somehow, she must find a way to work with Peter Chandler, her father’s partner, even though she can’t bear to be near him. As she unraveled an impossible puzzle, she learned to value her faith.

For those of you who want to experience the War Between the States in one sitting, this is the book for you. Brother Against Brother is a collection of six Civil War short stories and two excerpts from both Union and Confederate points of view. This collection gives listeners many different perspectives: drummer boys, brave-hearted soldiers, a prisoner of war, and even a young lady waiting at home for the war to end. Through every word, feel their terror, determination, pain, relief, and joy.

Dramatic, lyrical, and beautiful, O Captain, My Captain tells the story of one of America’s greatest poets and how he was inspired by one of America’s greatest presidents.

Follow John Henry and his friends of Holmes Brigade as they battle an invasion from outer space which has the energy to summon killer insects. Witness the might of the space orb as it is used by the Confederacy to power an underwater vessel of destruction. The Union will not be safe until the river is rid of the infernal device. Can John Henry and his pards defeat the evil from the heavens and the terror of the river?

In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, Emma Edmonds cropped her hair, donned men's clothing, and enlisted in the Union Army. Everyone, even her fellow soldiers, thought she was a man. But Emma wanted to do more. When she heard a key Union spy had been captured and executed, she volunteered to take his place. Soon she was a cunning master of disguise, risking discovery and death at every turn. Emma had fooled her own army, but could she keep her secret behind rebel lines?