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Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union
Bell Irvin Wiley
Louisiana State University Press, 1979
Common heroes
+ An engaging book
+ very informative
+ The Classic Study of the Union Soldier
+ Excellent
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Bedford Forrest: and His Critter Company (Southern Classics Series)
Andrew Nelson Lytle
J.S. Sanders & Co., 2002
Great reading, but definitely not for the "P.C." crowd.
+ History comes alive
+ The Whole Truth
+ Great
+ A Stunning Achievement
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The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy
Bell Irvin Wiley
Louisiana State University Press, 1979
Overlooked heroes
+ Vital for understanding the typical rebel soldier of the Civil War
+ Most insightful
+ Outstanding, a classic
+ A Pioneering Study of the Confederate Soldier
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Before Antietam: The Battle for South Mountain
John Michael Priest
Oxford University Press, USA, 1996
A good book
+ Thumbs Up
John Priest is one of the nicer Civil War authors and it is a shame that he is having this "accuracy" problem. Having read and enjoyed the book, I have taken the time to investigate the extent of the "factual errors". I found it very hard to pin down the errors that reports indicate abound in ...
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Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence (Southern Classics Series) (Southern Classics Series ...
Heros von Borcke
J.S. Sanders & Co., 2002
Hard to put down once you start to read it.
+ A Superb Account of Stuart's Cavalry
+ A truly great memoir
+ Excellent personal memoir.
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Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War
Maury Klein
Vintage, 1999
Truly phenomenal discription of Fort Sumpter
+ Truly outstanding book
+ Great insight into crucial last antebellum months
+ An Excellent Study of What Almost Happened
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Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw
University of Georgia Press, 1999
The "real" Robert Gould Shaw is in these pages
+ Blued-Eyed Treasure
+ best buy
+ A hero by default
+ Bringing War to Life
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Five Tragic Hours: The Battle of Franklin
James L. McDonough, Thomas L. Connelly
University of Tennessee Press, 1983
Wonderful Account of a Really Tragic Battle
+ Senseless Destruction of an Army
+ The Benchmark Account of the Battle of Franklin
+ The Haunting Battle of Franklin
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Pickett's Charge
George Stewart
Mariner Books, 1991
A classic!
+ The Highwater Mark
+ Lee's worse mistake of the war.
+ What an enjoyable read
+ A Classic Study of Pickett's Charge
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Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
Stephen W. Sears
Mariner Books, 2003
essential Civil War reading
+ Probably the best book on Antietam
+ Lee's Stand at Antietam Creek
+ Excellent history of a turning point in the Civil War
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Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground
Peter svenson
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
Not Just Good History, Great Writing, Too
+ Dreans
The battle at Cross Keys, Virginia is not one of the more renowned conflicts of the Civil War. My family had been flummoxed by the lack of information when researching my great-great grandfather's teenage career as a soldier in the 39th New York regiment that fought there. Enter Peter Svenson to ...
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Curmudgeons, Drunkards, and Outright Fools: The Courts-Martial of Civil War Union Colonels
Thomas P. Lowry
Bison Books, 2003
Colorful anecdotes and a deeper examination
Drunkards & Outright Fools: Courts-martial Of Civil War Union Colonels by Civil War enthusiast and expert Thomas P. Lowry focuses on illustrative case studies as well as a broad-based statistical exploration to better understand why, or at least how in the Union Army, a colonel during the American ...
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Five Tragic Hours: The Battle of Franklin
James L. McDonough, Thomas L. Connelly
University of Tennessee Press, 1983
Wonderful Account of a Really Tragic Battle
+ Senseless Destruction of an Army
+ The Benchmark Account of the Battle of Franklin
+ The Haunting Battle of Franklin
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Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union
Bell Irvin Wiley
Louisiana State University Press, 1979
Common heroes
+ An engaging book
+ very informative
+ The Classic Study of the Union Soldier
+ Excellent
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Curmudgeons, Drunkards, and Outright Fools: The Courts-Martial of Civil War Union Colonels
Thomas P. Lowry
Bison Books, 2003
Colorful anecdotes and a deeper examination
Drunkards & Outright Fools: Courts-martial Of Civil War Union Colonels by Civil War enthusiast and expert Thomas P. Lowry focuses on illustrative case studies as well as a broad-based statistical exploration to better understand why, or at least how in the Union Army, a colonel during the American ...
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