- Whisper My Name, A Novel. New York: Rinehart, 1949.
- The Ragged Ones. New York: Rinehart, 1951.
- Yorktown. New York: Rinehart, 1952.
- They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lt. General T.J. Jackson, C.S.A. New York: Rinehart, 1954.
- Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War. New York: Rinehart, 1956.
- Roberta E. Lee: The Sad But Almost True Story of the Rabbit Who Longed to Be Prettier Than Scarlett O’Hara or Anybody Else. Winston-Salem, NC : John F. Blair, 1956.
- Jeb Stuart, the Last Cavalier. New York: Rinehart, 1957.
- To Appomattox, Nine April Days, 1865. New York: Rinehart, 1959.
- Our Incredible Civil War. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960.
- America’s First Army. Williamsburg, Va. : Colonial Williamsburg, Distributed by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
- The Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign. Philadelphia, Pa. : Lippincott, 1962.
- Marine! The Life of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller, USMC (ret.). Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown, 1962.
- Appomattox: Closing Struggle of the Civil War. New York, NY : Harper & Row, 1963.
- The Summer Land. New York: Random House, 1965.
- Rebel Raider: A Biography of Admiral Semmes. [With Evangeline Davis]. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott, 1966.
- The Billy Mitchell Affair. New York: Random House, 1967.
- A Williamsburg Galaxy. Williamsburg, Va. : Colonial Williamsburg; distributed by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
- The World of Currier & Ives. [With Roy King]. New York: Random House, 1968.
- The Billy Mitchell Story. Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Book Company, 1969.
- Get Yamamoto. New York: Random House, 1969.
- Yorktown: The Winning of American Independence. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.
- The Campaign that Won America: the Story of Yorktown. New York: Dial Press, 1970.
- Getting to Know Jamestown. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1971.
- Getting to Know Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1971.
- Heroes of the American Revolution. New York: Random House, 1971.
- Amelia Earhart. New York: Putnam, 1972.
- Biography of a Leaf. New York: Putnam, 1972.
- Biography of a King Snake. New York: Putnam, 1975.
- George Washington and the American Revolution. New York: Random House, 1975.
- Three for Revolution. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
- Black Heroes of the American Revolution. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.
- Runaway Balloon: The Last Flight of Confederate Air Force One. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1976.
- Biography of a Fish Hawk. New York: Putnam, 1977.
- Old Hickory: A Life of Andrew Jackson. New York: Dial, 1977.
- Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1978.
- Sherman’s March. New York: Random House, 1980.
- A Fierce Personal Pride: The Story of Mount Hope Finishing Company and Its Founding Family. Butner, N.C. : Mount Hope Finishing Company, 1981.
- Bassett Hall: The Williamsburg Home of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. [With Bland Blackford and Patricia A. Hurdle]. Williamsburg, VA : Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1984.
- The Long Surrender. New York: Random House, 1985.
- The Southern Railway: Road of the Innovators. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985.
- War Bird: The Life and Times of Elliott White Springs. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987.