 | Last Chance For Victory: Robert E. Lee And The Gettysburg Campaign by Scott Bowden
Buy new: $22.23 / Used from: $3.48 My favorite of all the great Gettysburg books, and one of the most important studies ever of Robert E. Lee. What sets this book apart is the insightful narrative and excellent in-depth analysis that places in proper context the many difficult decisions made by General Lee. The single, long chapter dealing the fighting on the second day is simply superb. Truly an award-winning book.
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 | The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command by Edwin B. Coddington
Buy new: $19.76 / Used from: $12.90 The grand daddy of Gettysburg books, it still is the best treatment regarding Union command issues (it is, after all, the book's focus). Reading Coddington is as essential as reading "Last Chance for Victory."
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 | Gettysburg July 1 by David G. Martin
Buy new: $28.00 / Used from: $10.49 With regard to books that focus on one of the three days of fighting at Gettysburg, this is the best in-depth treatment of the first day's fighting.
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 | Gettysburg--The Second Day by Harry W. Pfanz
Buy new: $20.08 / Used from: $7.97 Over all, the most detailed single volume concerning the fighting on the second day.
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 | Nothing But Glory: Pickett's Division at Gettysburg by Kathy George
Buy used from: $28.74 The original, very detailed, 600+ page volume that gives the nuts and bolts of the famous third day charge along with the rosters of Picket's Division is recommended.
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 | Lee's Aide-de-Camp by Charles Marshall
Buy used from: $32.50 As the man who wrote Lee's after-action reports, Charles Marshall provides valuable insights that cannot be attained in other accounts. His section on Gettysburg alone is worth more than the price of the book.
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 | Gettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill (Civil War America) by Harry W. Pfanz
Buy new: $28.71 / Used from: $6.64 A superbly detailed study of the fighting around Culps and Cemetery hills.
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 | Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign (Civil War America) by Kent Masterson Brown
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $16.96 Along with "Last Chance for Victory," this book provides the best in excellent detail and analysis revolving around logistics and how it affected the various aspects of the Gettysburg campaign.
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 | High Tide at Gettysburg: The Campaign in Pennsylvania by Glenn Tucker
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $3.78 Must be considered essential to any Gettysburg library. A great read by a great writer.
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| Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg by Glenn Tucker
Buy used from: $8.00 Not to be missed, Tucker's arguments have some holes in them as punched by more modern treatments, but this book is still required reading for anyone interested in how the battle was fought during and after the event.
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