Reddit reviews Rally Cry (Lost Regiment, Book 1)

I think it is out of print now, but you should be able to find used copies of The Lost Regiment series by William R. Forstchen. It is about a Civil War regiment that is transported to an alien world full of different human civilizations also brought there to be subjugated by the native inhabitants. The first book in the series, Rally Cry, is available here.

I loved Stephen Baxter's Anti Ice and his "sequel" to H.G. Wells's The Time Machine called The Time Ships (both a more "hard sci fi" take on the genre).

I'm also really digging Lindsay Buroker's novella series set in the Yukon that starts with Flash Gold (the first one is free)

Michael Coorlim's series is also quite good: And they called her Spider (and the first one is free as well).

I've not yet read Michael Moorcock's The Warlord of the Air but I hear that is also pretty excellent.

EDIT: For a kind of more out-there (but tons of fun) steampunk, check out Michael Forstchen's Lost Regiment Series (the first book is Rally Cry) about a Civil War regiment transported to an alien world where the natives raise and eat humans as cattle. The steampunk doesn't really show up until the 2nd or 3rd book, but a very engrossing series.

His son has written a Revolutionary war, Mexican/American war, and a WWI and WWII book/s.

Too bad about Turtledove, it's fun stuff. So I'm guessing William Forstchen's Rally Cry is out of the question. Too bad, this series is all kinds of awesome.

Might not be exactly what you're looking for but the Lost Regiment Series by William Forsctchen is a good read. Not high prose by any means but very enjoyable. Basically a group of Civil War folks get transported to another world and must survive by rebuilding everything and re-inventing current technology. Add to that the native top-of-the-food-chain are these roaming hordes of bad ass monsties who think of the humans as cattle, something to corral and munch on. Once the two groups start fighting each other it's all about War, who leads and how, strategy to counter an unknown enemy, the infrastructure required to maintain and successfully conduct the war, etc..

Alternative fiction like this has already been done several times and ways; it's one of my favorite genres.

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Keep up the tradition, PruFrock451!