books about: gettysburg

books about: gettysburg

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Gettysburg

Stars in Their Courses : The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863

Shelby Foote

Modern Library, 1994

It's to bad Shelby is gone
It is to bad that Shelby Foote has passed from the scene. His books are riviting and historically accurate. A must read for any student of the civil war and for anyone who wants to know more about the greatest American Battle, Gettysburg.

The Killer Angels

Michael Shaara

Ballantine Books, 1987

history class
This book is great. The point of view is that of the other person. I had to buy this book for AP US History and I don't regret it!

ONE CONTINUOUS FIGHT: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July ...

Eric J. Wittenberg, J. David Petruzzi, ...

Savas Beatie, 2008

A great book that still needs an editor before going to its 2nd edition
The Union Army in the Civil War provides a tremendous example of how an institution can survive its own imperfections and turn itself into a successful organization. It was not easy, and it took awhile. Corruption and indolence under the Buchanan administration were ...

Gettysburg (.)

Stephen W. Sears

Houghton Mifflin, 2003

Riveting Account
I've just returned from my second visit to Gettysburg and found this book as exciting as the battlefield itself. I kept my map from the National Park Service (which you can download) next to me as I read Mr. Sear's riveting account of what happened during those three ...

The Gettysburg Companion: A Guide to the Most Famous Battle of the Civil War

Mark Adkin

Stackpole Books, 2008

An Incredible Book! Absolutely A Must For Civil War Buffs!
This is simply an incredible book with outstanding organization, graphics, maps, photos, and narrative. It is large, 11-1/2" x 9", thick, 1-5/8" and long, 554 pages. Forget the cost. BUY IT! The Chapters (Sections) are as follows: Chancellorsville -- The ...

The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War (Modern Library)

Michael Shaara

Modern Library, 2004

The Three Days that Decided the War.
I had been always interested in Americas' Civil War and had read some excellent books on the subject such as A Brotherhood Of Valor: The Common Soldiers Of The Stonewall Brigade C S A And The Iron Brigade U S A, Through Blood and Fire at Gettysburg and Battle Cry of ...

Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign
Lance Herdegen

Savas Beatie, 2008

The Iron Brigade--an all-Western outfit famously branded as The Iron Brigade of the West--served out their enlistments entirely in the Eastern Theater. Hardy men were these soldiers from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, who waged war beneath their unique black Hardee Hats on many fields, from Brawner's Farm during the Second Bull Run Campaign all ...

Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg (Crown Journeys)

James M. Mcpherson

Crown, 2003

Things a Gettysburgian learned about the battle from this book
James McPherson estimates that he's conducted dozens of on-site tours of the Gettysburg battlefield. This little book is a written tour. Concise, eloquent, and knowledgeable, it's a true delight to read. I've lived in Gburg for a quarter of a century now, and I know ...

Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War

Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005

Quite Simply A Masterpiece Of Alternate Historical Fiction
I don't say this very often, but in Gettysburg, Newt Gingrich and William Fortschen have created a masterpiece. The Civil War itself, and the Battle of Gettysburg in particular, have been the subject of countless historical books, novels, and films. The war has also ...

Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library)

Garry Wills

Simon & Schuster, 2006

I started reading again
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library) I had been reading only business books until this book came out. I had always enjoyed reading about Lincoln and the Civil War. Wills book brought all that back to life for me and ...

The Maps of Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - July 13, 1863

Bradley Gottfried

Savas Beatie, 2007

Maps of Gettysburg
Let's face it, grognards can never get enough maps. Even small engagements need lots of maps to understand, alongside the text. This book is incredible: the maps are clear and well marked, the text is quite good and is well written. If you had this book alone you ...

The Fog of Gettysburg: The Myth and Mysteries of a Battle
Kenneth L. Allers Jr.

Cumberland House Publishing, 2008

Pennsylvanians have a saying: "America was born in Philadelphia and saved at Gettysburg." In this way they acknowledge that Gettysburg was the defining battle of the Civil War. Many books have covered the battle of Gettysburg as whole--fiction and nonfiction. And even more have looked at the action in particular areas of the battlefield, at ...

Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage

Noah Andre Trudeau

Harper Perennial, 2003

One of the Best
There are three key detailed works of Gettysburg. One is Coddington's unbelievably detailed and almost overwhelming volume, now somewhat dated; Stephen Sears' volume; Noah Trudeau's work. Each of these three magisterial works has strengths and weaknesses--but all ...

Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War ...

Gary W. Gallagher

The University of North Carolina Press, 2008

How we see the Civil War
The Civil War is one of the most important events in American history, generating tons of books, magazines, memorials, paintings and statuary. The day the war ended, participants seem to have started books on their experience. Publishing has not stopped and seems to ...

Journey Through Hallowed Ground: A Travel Guide of Heritage Sites from Gettysburg to Monticello (Capital ...

David Lillard

Capital Books, 2006

In a crazy world -- a visit to America's best historic places
The Old Carolina Road (US Route 15) has more history along it than almost any region in the US, and this great travel guide through its words, photos, and maps takes the visitor back into that honored history and out again into the thriving towns and villages that ...