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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
By Herman Melville
Length4h 40m
About this audiobook
The bloody scars of the American Civil War are laid bare in this visceral collection of poetic reflections. Melville captures the chaos of the battlefield and the somber silence of the aftermath with haunting clarity. It is a profound exploration of national trauma and the heavy price of reconciliation in a fractured land.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length4 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Misgivings.
26The Armies of the Wilderness.
2The Conflict of Convictions.[1]
27On the Photograph of a Corps Commander.
3Apathy and Enthusiasm.
28The Swamp Angel.[11]
4The March into Virginia,
29The Battle for the Bay.
5Lyon.
30Sheridan at Cedar Creek.
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6Ball’s Bluff.
31In the Prison Pen.
7Dupont’s Round Fight.
32The College Colonel.
8The Stone Fleet.[2]
33The Eagle of the Blue.[12]
9Donelson.
34A Dirge for McPherson,[13]
10The Cumberland.
35At the Cannon’s Mouth.
11In the Turret.
36The March to the Sea.
12The Temeraire.[3]
37The Frenzy in the Wake.[14]
13A Utilitarian View of the Monitors Fight.
38The Fall of Richmond.
14Shiloh.
39The Surrender at Appomattox.
15The Battle for the Mississipppi.
40A Canticle:
16Malvern Hill.
41The Martyr.
17The Victor of Antietam.[5]
42“The Coming Storm:”
18Battle of Stone River, Tennessee.
43Rebel Color-bearers at Shiloh:[16]
19Running the Batteries,
44The Muster:[17]
20Stonewall Jackson.
45Aurora-Borealis.
21Stonewall Jackson.
46The Released Rebel Prisoner.[18]
22Gettysburg.
47A Grave near Petersburg, Virginia.[19]
23The House-top.
48“Formerly a Slave.”
24Look-out Mountain.
49The Apparition.
25Chattanooga.
50Magnanimity Baffled.
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