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Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor
Russell S. Bonds
Westholme Publishing, 2006
Forgotten History, This was the Doolittle Raid of the Civil War
+ Excellent coverage of a strange story
+ Very Detailed Cival War Book
+ Deserves much greater recognition
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Civil War Curiosities: Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences
Webb Garrison
Thomas Nelson, 2000
A good read about some of the "not so famous" stories and information about the Civil War.
+ An Enjoyable Read
+ Civil War Curiosities
+ Civil War Curiosities
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Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics
Charles P. Roland
University Press of Kentucky, 2001
Still some unanswered questions remain......,
+ Still the Standard Account of Johnston's Life After 40 Years
+ An Important Biography of a Major Military Officer of the Civil War Era
....but that is Albert Sidney Johnston's fault, not Dr. Roland's. Almost 150 after his most untimely death at Shiloh, General Johnston remains something of an enigma; he was either a genius for the ages, whose loss cost my people our freedom, or an overrated, drunken, fool, that we were better off ...
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A Mississippi Rebel in the Army of Northern Virginia: The Civil War Memoirs of Private David Holt
David Holt, Thomas D. Cockrell, ...
Louisiana State University Press, 1995
One of the best books I've ever read
+ Almost like going back in time
+ Holt takes you with him through the war
+ One of the best Civil War memoirs
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Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Civil War America)
William Garrett Piston
The University of North Carolina Press, 2000
great book
+ FULFILLING SOCIAL CONTRACTS with their COMMUNITIES
+ Clash of Communities
+ Wilson's Creek brought to Life
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The Right Hand of Command: Use and Disuse of Personal Staffs in the American Civil War
R. Steven Jones
Stackpole Books, 2000
Incredible
+ Civil War Staffs: a neglected topic
This book is, without a doubt, the BEST book available on the subject. The author obviously invested a lot of time and effort into the research that made the book possible. Jones is a Civil War scholar par excellence. What other reviewers don't seem to realize is that this book was a doctoral ...
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Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army
Philip H. Sheridan
Da Capo, 1992
Must Read For Civil War Buffs
+ The life of a great Union general, in his own words
+ If You Can't Afford the Original 1888 2 Volume Set...
This is an excellent account of Sheridan's part in the Civil War. It is well written and totally thorough,naming regiments, officers, accounts of each battle, etc. Top Drawer!!
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Army of the Heartland: The Army of Tennessee, 1861-1862
Thomas Lawrence Connelly
Louisiana State University Press, 2001
Definitive book on early war in Tennessee
+ The Confederacy's other army.
+ The best book on the AOT
Connelly wrote this excellent account of the first year of the Army of the Tennessee from the viewpoint of the high command and it is a very thorough and pretty damning one. Starting with the Tennessee militia, then on to Forts Henry and Donelson, then on to the surprise counterattacks at Shiloh ...
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War's Relentless Hand: Twelve Tales of Civil War Soldiers (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American ...
Mark H. Dunkelman
Louisiana State University Press, 2006
Awesome Book by an Excellent Author
+ The dignity these unsung soldiers deserve
+ The Real heroes
Purchased this for my father. He met Mark Dunkelman years ago while he was writing another book. My father is a big war buff, especially of the 154th Infantry, as his ancestors fought. Thanks Mark for another great book. You really do your research for these!
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Southern Invincibility: A History of the Confederate Heart
Wiley Sword
St. Martin's Griffin, 2000
great book
+ Well done - sometimes depressing
+ Warning: Will spark your interest for the Confederacy
as a southerner, born in south carolina and an avid civil war reader, i found this book wonderful. it clearly defines the sad, but early belief of most souterner's, that ended in almost ruin of the south. mr. sword's book's are excellent and offer a wonderful, if not debating issue of the south ...
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Legacy of Disunion: The Enduring Significance of the American Civil War (Conflicting Worlds)
Louisiana State University Press, 2003
The conviction that the American Civil War left a massive legacy to the country has generally been much clearer than the definition of what that legacy is. Did the was, as Ulysses S. Grant believed, bequeath power, intelligence, and sectional harmony to America, or did it, as many have argued since, sow racial and regional bitterness that has blighted the nation since 1865? What, exactly, was ...
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A Soldier to the Last: Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in Blue and Gray
Edward G. Longacre
Potomac Books Inc., 2006
A Fine Biography of a Little Known Confederate General
My favorite story about Wheeler is when he was at the Battle of Las Guasimas, the first major engagement of the Spanish-American War he is rumored to have seen the Spaniards running away and to have yelled, 'Come on, we've got the damn Yankees on the run!'
Even Mr. Longacre has to admit that ...
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General Stephen D. Lee
Herman Hattaway
University Press of Mississippi, 1988
This biographical portrait by a well known Civil War historian brings much deserved attention to an exceptional Confederate military figure who became one of the New South's most progressive leaders. Herman Hattaway's clear, swift narrative depicts Lee in brilliant performance at Second Manassas, Chickasaw Bayou, Nashville, and after the war as a leader who used his military skills and discipline ...
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Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign
Scott C. Patchan
University of Nebraska Press, 2007
Valuable history of little known campaign
A quick look at this title will bring to mind either Early's 1864 invasion of Maryland or Sheridan's burning of The Valley, later that year, producing a surprise when I realized the book covers the time between these two events. We start with the pursuit of Early as he retreats from Washington to ...
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Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West
William L. Shea, Earl J. Hess
The University of North Carolina Press, 1997
The Gettysburg of the West
+ Clearly written, compelling to read, opens a new page.
+ Shedding light on an overlooked battle
+ A battle from obscurity...
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