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• Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff, 1775-2013 (Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 2013), by William Gardner Bell
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • PDF at army.mil
• Kenneth N. Walker: Airpower's Untempered Crusader (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1997), by Martha Byrd (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• Airmen and Air Theory: A Review of the Sources (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2001), by Phillip S. Meilinger
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust
• They Served Here: Thirty-Three Maxwell Men (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1999), by Jeffrey C. Benton (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• Dwight David Eisenhower: The Centennial (1990), by United States Army (illustrated HTML at US Army CMH)
• The First of Men: A Life of George Washington (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c1988), by John E. Ferling (PDF at Tennessee)
• Eisenhower's Legacy: The Report of the Legacy Committee on Dwight David Eisenhower's Military Achievements, Presidential Accomplishments, and Lifetime of Public Service (2003), by Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Committee (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• The Quest: Haywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1999), by Charles Griffith (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• The Life of General Francis Marion, by M. L. Weems (Gutenberg text)
• Stories About General Warren, In Relation to the Fifth of March Massacre, and the Battle of Bunker Hill (Boston: J. Loring, 1835), by Rebecca Warren Brown (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The True George Washington (10th edition, without illustrations; 1896), by Paul Leicester Ford (Gutenberg text)
• From Manassas to Appomatox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1960), by James Longstreet, ed. by James I. Robertson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Complete Life of Gen. George A. Custer (New York: Sheldon and Company, 1876), by Frederick Whittaker (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Life of Nathanael Greene, Major-General in the Army of the Revolution, ed. by William Gilmore Simms (page images at MOA)
• Some Memories of a Soldier (New York and London: The Century Co., c1928), by Hugh Lenox Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Campaigning With Grant, by Horace Porter (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
• From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1896), by James Longstreet
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (second edition, revised; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1903), by James Longstreet
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson, by His Widow, Mary Anna Jackson (Louisville, KY: Prentice Press, Courier-Journal Job Print. Co., c1895), by Mary Anna Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
• My Story (Washington: The author, 1918), by Anson Mills, ed. by C. H. Claudy (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, by Philip Henry Sheridan (Gutenberg text)
• Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles (Chicago: Werner, 1896), by Nelson Appleton Miles (page images at Wisconsin)
• Stories about General Warren, in relation to the fifth of March massacre, and the battle of Bunker Hill. By a Lady of Boston. (Boston, J. Loring, 1835), by Rebecca Warren Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Israel Putnam, major-general in the Army of the American Revolution / compiled from the best authorities by William Cutter. (New York : G.F. Cooledge, 1850, c1846), by William Cutter (page images at HathiTrust)
• General Grant : memorial address : delivered at the Grant memorial services held in the Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, Cal., August 8, 1885 ... / by C.H. Fowler. (San Francisco : Methodist Book Depository, 1885), by Charles Henry Fowler (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the Border with Crook, by John Gregory Bourke (Gutenberg ebook)
• Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals, by Ulysses S. Grant, John Alexander Logan, Philip Henry Sheridan, and William T. Sherman, ed. by David Widger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold, by Jared Sparks (Gutenberg ebook)
• Stories about General Warren, in relation to the fifth of March massacre, and the battle of Bunker Hill, by Rebecca Warren Brown (Gutenberg ebook)
• Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records, by Helen Dortch Longstreet (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Story of General Pershing, by Everett T. Tomlinson (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions, by John Marshall, ed. by David Widger (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor: An Address, by Abraham Lincoln, ed. by William E. Barton (Gutenberg ebook)
• George Washington, by Calista McCabe Courtenay (Gutenberg ebook)
• Forty-Six Years in the Army, by John McAllister Schofield (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War: which Established the Independence of his Country and First: President of the United States, by John Marshall (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War: which Established the Independence of his Country and First: President of the United States, by John Marshall (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War: which Established the Independence of his Country and First: President of the United States, by John Marshall (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War: which Established the Independence of his Country and First: President of the United States, by John Marshall (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War: which Established the Independence of his Country and First: President of the United States, by John Marshall (Gutenberg ebook)

• Lorenz on Leadership: Lessons on Effectively Leading People, Teams, and Organizations (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2012), by Stephen R. Lorenz (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• Our Standard-Bearer; Or, The Life of General Uysses S. Grant, by Oliver Optic, illust. by Samuel Smith Kilburn and Thomas Nast (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving: For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools, by Washington Irving (Gutenberg ebook)

• War Memoirs: Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War Between the States (Civil War centennial series; Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, c1960), by Jubal Anderson Early, ed. by Frank E. Vandiver, contrib. by R. H. Early (page images at HathiTrust)
• Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War Between the States (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1912), by Jubal Anderson Early, ed. by R. H. Early
  • illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

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• Eisenhower as Strategist: The Coherent Use of Military Power in War and Peace (1993), by Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at armywarcollege.edu)
• Statement of military services of Brigadier General John C. Starkweather, of Wisconsin, since the 4th of March, 1861. (Milwaukee [Wis.] : Daily Sentinel Print, [1864]), by John C. Starkweather (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American generals from the founding of the republic to the present time, (Boston, H. Wentworth, 1852), by John Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American generals, from the founding of the republic to the present time, (Hartford, Case, Tiffany & company, 1850), by John Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
• Washington and the generals of the American revolution. (Philadelphia, E. Meeks, [c1885]), by Rufus W. Griswold (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American generals, from the founding of the republic to the present time, (Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley, 1848), by John Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
• The generals of the continental line in the revolutionary war, by Simon Gratz. (Philadelphia, 1903), by Simon Gratz (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Nathanael Greene, major-general in the army of the Revolution / edited by W. Gilmore Simms. (New York : George F. Cooledge & Bro., c1849), by William Gilmore Simms (page images at HathiTrust)
• American military biography; containing the lives and characters of the officers of the Revolution, who were most distinguished in achieving our national independence. Also, the life of Gilbert Motier La Fayette, major-general in the Continental Army ... (Cincinnati, Published for E. Walters, Printed at the Chronicle office, 1830), by Amos Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Honors to a hero : proceedings attending the unveiling and presentation of a portrait of General Emerson H. Liscum, colonel of the Ninth Infantry, U.S.A. and brigadier general of volunteers, in the hall of the Vermont House of Representatives, October 23, 1902. ([Montpelier : General Assembly, 1902]), by Vermont. General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea ... By Henry Davenport Northrop. (Philadelphia, National publishing co., [1891]), by Henry Davenport Northrop (page images at HathiTrust)
• Major General Anthony Wayne, third general-in-chief of the United States Army since the adoption of the Constitution / by Brev. Maj. Gen. J. Watts de Peyster. (Lancaster, Pa. : Steinman & Hensel, printers, 1886), by J. Watts De Peyster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorandum relative to the general officers in the armies of the United States during the Civil war--1861-1865. (Washington, Govt. print. off., 1908), by United States. Military secretary's dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorandum relative to the general officers in the armies of the United States during the civil war, 1861-1865. ([Washington, Gov't print. off., 1906]), by United States. Military secretary's dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Correspondence between General W. T. Sherman, U.S. army, and Major General W. S. Hancock, U.S. army, &c., &c. ([n.p.] Saint Paul, 1871), by Winfield Scott Hancock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grant and Sherman; (New York, E. B. Treat & co.;, 1866), by J. T. Headley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our army in the great rebellion. Heroes and battles of the war 1861-65. By Hon. J.T. Headly ... Comprising an authentic account of battles and sieges, adventures and incidents, including biographies of the prominent generals who were instrumental in bringing the civil war to a triumphant close ... (New York, E. B. Treat; Chicago, Patriotic publishing co., 1891), by J. T. Headley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal Recollections of Distinguished Generals, by William Franklin Gore Shanks (Gutenberg ebook)

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