Beyond the Combat

Explore the hidden histories of the American Civil War with non-fiction books focused on military medicine, the secret service, and the home front. Read harrowing accounts of prison camps in Andersonville and uncover espionage tactics in Secret Missions of the Civil War.

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Yankee Women
Yankee Women

By Elizabeth D. Leonard

Pub: 1995

Women in the Civil War
Women in the Civil War

By Mary Elizabeth Massey

Pub: 1994

Mothers of Invention
Mothers of Invention

By Drew Gilpin Faust

Pub: 1996

Daughters of the Union
Daughters of the Union

By Nina Silber

Pub: 2011

Living Hell
Living Hell

By Michael C.C. Adams

Pub: 2014

Copperheads
Copperheads

By Jennifer L. Weber

Pub: 2008

The Business of Civil War
The Business of Civil War

By Mark R. Wilson

Pub: 2010

Bitterly Divided
Bitterly Divided

By David Williams

Pub: 2008

The Armies of the Streets
The Armies of the Streets

By Adrian Cook

Pub: 2014

Behind Enemy Lines
Behind Enemy Lines

By Wilmer L. Jones

Pub: 2015

Civil War Spies Behind Enemy Lines
Civil War Spies Behind Enemy Lines

By Camilla J. Wilson

Pub: 2010

Women who spied for the Blue and the Gray
Women who spied for the Blue and the Gray

By Oscar Arvle Kinchen

Pub: 1972

Secret Missions of the Civil War
Secret Missions of the Civil War

By Philip Van Doren Stern

Pub: 2012

Our Man in Charleston
Our Man in Charleston

By Christopher Dickey

Pub: 2016

Come Retribution
Come Retribution

By William A. Tidwell

Pub: 1988

Intelligence in the Civil War
Intelligence in the Civil War

By U.S. CIA

Pub: 2016

Pinkerton's War
Pinkerton's War

By Jay Bonansinga

Pub: 2011

The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape
The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape

By Albert Deane Richardson

Pub: 2016

Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign
Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign

By Thomas J. Ryan

Pub: 2015

The Horrors of Andersonville
The Horrors of Andersonville

By Catherine Gourley

Pub: 2014

While in the Hands of the Enemy
While in the Hands of the Enemy

By Charles W. Sanders Jr.

Pub: 2005

Portals to Hell
Portals to Hell

By Lonnie R. Speer

Pub: 2005

Libby Prison Breakout
Libby Prison Breakout

By Joseph Wheelan

Pub: 2011

To Die in Chicago
To Die in Chicago

By George Levy

Pub: 1999