by Jeff Shaara
First published 1999
Storm clouds gather as Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson prepares for war, while Union officer Winfield Scott Hancock and college professor Joshua Chamberlain face their own calls to duty. The trilogy spans the entire Civil War through the eyes of its greatest military minds. At Gettysburg, Chamberlain holds Little Round Top against impossible odds while Lee and his generals fight for the Confederacy's survival during four brutal days that will determine America's fate. As the conflict enters its final phase, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant engage in a deadly chess match across Virginia's battlefields. These complicated men, each carrying the weight of their causes and the burden of command, drive their armies toward the inevitable confrontation that will end at Appomattox. The trilogy captures the personal struggles behind the grand strategy, revealing how individual courage and flawed humanity shaped the nation's bloodiest conflict.
Genres: american-civil-war, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: America, Appomattox, Gettysburg, Little Round Top, Virginia
Period: Civil War
Paperback · Ballantine Books