Battle Hymn Cycle Series

5 primary works • 5 total works
New York Times bestselling author Ralph Peters's award-winning, historical military fiction series, The Battle Hymn Cycle, chronicles the major battles of the American Civil War as Union and Confederate, North and South, Blue and Gray, engage in the nation's most devastating conflict.



"Surpasses Michael Shaara's classic The Killer Angels... A brill…

Book 1

Cain at Gettysburg
4.17
· 1790 Ratings · 196 Reviews · published 2012 · 21 editions

Two mighty armies blunder toward each othe…

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Book 2

Hell or Richmond: A Novel
4.29
· 687 Ratings · 84 Reviews · published 2013 · 17 editions
Between May 5 and June 3, 1864, the Union and Conf…
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Book 3

Valley of the Shadow
4.32
· 508 Ratings · 60 Reviews · published 2015 · 14 editions
Winner of the 2015 Boyd Award for Literary Excelle…
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Book 4

The Damned of Petersburg
4.21
· 341 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2016 · 9 editions
GLORY TURNED GRIM…

…and warfare changed forever. As…
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Book 5

Judgment at Appomattox
4.57
· 296 Ratings · 31 Reviews · 6 editions
The ferocious final weeks of the Civil War come al…
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