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Last Updated:11/15/2006
Eastern Battles (listed in date order)
| The Battle of Bull Run (1st. Manassas) by William C. Davis - Not yet reviewed | |||||||||||||
| To the Gates of Richmond : The Peninsula Campaign
by Stephen W Sears - 3 1/2 Stars Good study of the Peninsula Campaign. | |||||||||||||
| Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain by Robert K. Krick - 4 Stars The definitive study on the Cedar Mountain. | |||||||||||||
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Return to Bull Run : The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas
by John J. Hennessy - 4 Stars The best book written on the Battle of 2nd Manassas. | |||||||||||||
| Antietam - The Soldier's Battle by John Priest - 4 Stars An excellent minute by minute study of the battle from a soldier's view point - Combat as it was! | |||||||||||||
| Antietam - Essays on the 1862 Maryland Campaign by Gary W. Gallagher - 4 Stars The book expands on the background and resulting battle of the Maryland campaign. | |||||||||||||
| Chancellorsville, 1863:The Souls of the Brave by Ernest Furguson - 3 1/2 stars An excellent study on the Battle of Chancellorsville | |||||||||||||
Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!
by George C. Rable - not yet reviewed
| The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock
by Francis Augustin O'Reilly - 4 stars | A detailed study of one of the most lopsided battles during the War Between States. The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock by Gary W. Gallagher - 4 Stars | The book expands on the background and the battle of the Fredericksburg. Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign by Scott Bowden - 4 Stars | The best study of the battle to date. Gettysburg -The First Day by Harry W. Pfnaz - 2 1/2 Stars | A good study on the first day Gettysburg - The Second Day by Harry W. Pfnaz - 2 1/2 Stars | A good study on the second day Pickett's Charge: Eyewitness Accounts by Richard Rollins - 4 Stars | Dr. Rollins gives you a great first hand account on the July 3rd assault. Battle of the Wilderness May 5 - 6, 1864 by Gordon Rhea - 4 Stars | The definitive study of the battle - Mr. Rhea's books are always First Rate! Battle for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7 - 12, 1864 by Gordon Rhea - 4 Stars | The definitive study of the battle! Well balanced! To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13 - 25, 1864 by Gordon Rhea - 3 1/2 stars | Mr. Rhea does it again. Not War but Murder: Cold Harbor 1864 by Ernest Furguson - 3 1/2 Stars - Very good | The book does a good job pointing out the friction betwen Grant and Meade during the campaign. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26-June 3, 1864
by Gorden Rhea - 3 1/2 stars | Richmond Redeemed: The Seige at Petersburg
by Richard J Sommers - 4 stars | The definitive book on the seige of Petersburg. Published in 1980 so it may be difficult to find.  11/15/2006The Appomattox Campaign : March 29 - April 9, 1865 (Great Campaigns Series) | by Chris M. Calkins Not yet rated but Mr. Calkins is one of the authorities on the Appomattox Campaign. |
Western Battles (listed in date order)
| Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle
by Kenneth W. Noe - 3 1/2 Stars The largest battle ever fought on Kentucky soil. |
| No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River by Peter Cozzens - 3 1/2 Stars Traces the bloody battle of December 31,1862 that left over 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers killed, wounded or captured. |
| This Terrible Sound : The Battle of Chickamauga by Peter Cozzens - 3 1/2 Stars |
| Embrace an Angry Wind : The Confederacy's Last Hurrah Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville by Wiley Sword - 4 Stars The definitive study of the battles - This book will make you cry if you're from Western Confederacy! |
| Black Southerners in Gray : Essays on Afro-Americans in Confederate Armies - Arthur W. Bergeron - 3.5 stars |
| A Taste For War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray - 4 stars - by William C. Davis Learn why the soldiers sang "Hardtack come again no more" 03/17/2006 |
| Hard Tack and Coffee - 4 stars - Written by a union soldier - a classic | Johnny Reb - by Bell Wiley - 4 stars - a must for any W.B.T.S. library |
| Billy Yank - by Bell Wiley - 4 stars - a must for any W.B.T.S. library |
| The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell : Sex in the Civil War - by Thomas Lowery - 4 stars Great book on the sinful side of soldiering. |
| Blue and Gray Laughing : A Collection of Civil War Soldiers' Humor - by Pall M. Zall |
| Company Aytch : Or, a Side Show of the Big Show - by Sam R. Watkins - 4 stars - a classic |
| Don Troiani's Civil War - by Don Troiani 4 stars 01/25/2002 The best historical artist of W.B.T.S. there is. Excellent detail in his paintings and the stories behind them. A must have! |
| Stonewall Jackson : The Man, the Solider, the Legend by James I., Jr. Robertson - 4 Stars The definitive biography on Thomas Jackson |
| Patrick Cleburne, Confederate General Stonewall of the West - 3 stars |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest,Confederate General |
| The Damned Red Flags of the Rebellion : The Confederate Battle Flag at Gettysburg
- by Richard Rollins - 4 stars A great book on Confederates flags and what they meant to the common soldier |
| The Civil War - by Shelby Foote |
| When in the Course of Human Events- by Charles Adams - 4 stars A great book on what the war was really fought over - We cannot recommend this book enough |
| Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era
- by James M. McPherson - 2 stars A good book but with a very Northern slant. It's not what Dr. McPherson says, it's what he doesn't say that drives us nuts. |
| The Damned Red Flags of the Rebellion : The Confederate Battle Flag at Gettysburg
- by Richard Rollins - 4 stars A great book on Confederates flags and what they meant to the common soldier. |
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An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government - by William C. Davis - 3 1/2 stars An excellent book on last days of the Confederacy. |
| Capital Navy : The Men, Ships, and Operations of the James River Squadron by John M. Coski - 3.5 stars A good book on the Confederate Navy operations on the James River and around Richmond /strong> |
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