 | Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher by Rod Gragg
Buy used from: $2.13 Fort Fisher N.C.- last gateway of the South. Very well written narrative; could provide enjoyment to any student of military history.
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 | Pickett's Charge--The Last Attack at Gettysburg by Earl J. Hess
Buy new: $34.20 / Used from: $16.44 I really like Hess' Pea Ridge, so when I saw this book I had to read it. I certainly wasn't disappointed. Pickett's Charge for the 21st century!
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 | Chancellorsville by Stephen W. Sears
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $4.99 Propably the only book you'll ever need on this great Confederate victory. Sears delivers another tour de force.
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 | Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle by Kenneth W. Noe
Buy new: $25.55 / Used from: $19.20 Propably will be the authority on Perryville for years to come.
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 | We Are in for It: The First Battle of Kernstown, March 23, 1862 by Gary L. Ecelbarger
Buy used from: $13.82 Read of the great Stonewall's first command and only defeat; plus what became the Jackson-Garnett debacle.
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 | Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic (Civil War (Louisana State University Press)) by Robert K. Krick
Buy new: $26.95 / Used from: $9.80 Mr. Krick is an outstanding storyteller and historian; a rare quality indeed.
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 | Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain by Robert K. Krick
Buy new: $20.95 / Used from: $4.95 Follows General Jackson's last camapign as an independent commander. Well written.
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 | The Battle of Belmont: Grant Strikes South by Nathaniel Cheairs, Jr. Hughes
Buy new: $27.08 / Used from: $2.98 A loss for Grant, but the battle that would make his name and people suspect that he was a fighting General.
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 | Balls Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow by Byron Farwell
Buy used from: $4.04 I've read Farwell's book on Britain Victorian era wars and WWI in Africa and he is a good write, if a bit on the dry side. The subject matter of the book alone will be worth it.
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 | Tempest at Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly by David A. Welker
Buy new: $37.50 / Used from: $9.95 Union forces beat off the Rebs after Second Bull Run.
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 | Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West by William L. Shea
Buy new: $17.55 / Used from: $13.50 A highly recommended book on one of the war's little known, but bloody battles.
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 | Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Civil War America) by William Garrett Piston
Buy new: $30.33 / Used from: $15.32 Another great book from the Civil War America series of NC University Press. Highly detailed maps. If you liked the Pea Ridge book, you may want to explore this.
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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 Harry Pfanz is to Gettysburg, what Bearss is to Vicksburg.
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 | Gettysburg--The Second Day by Harry W. Pfanz
Buy new: $30.92 / Used from: $7.92 Can't be over-praised. A wonderful book.
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 | Gettysburg--The First Day (Civil War America) by Harry W. Pfanz
Buy new: $28.05 / Used from: $26.77 Pfanz's latest installment and hopefully not his last.
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 | The Cavalry at Gettysburg: A Tactical Study of Mounted Operations during the Civil War's Pivotal Campaign, 9 June-14 July 1863 by Edward G. Longacre
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $3.57 For anyone who wants to deepen their knowledge of what really happened with the mounted arm at Gettysburg.
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| Vicksburg Campaign (vol.1-3) by Edwin C. Bearss
Buy used from: $90.00 Bearss' three volume masterpiece. Well worth the cost. I belive the publisher reprinted it last year.
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 | Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863 by Stephen R. Wise
Buy new: $25.60 / Used from: $15.93 Read about the charge on Battery Wagner and the events that inspired the movie, "Glory". Civil war artillery buffs will particularly enjoy details on fort guns.
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 | From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864 by Jeffry D. Wert
Buy used from: $14.75 The only available book I could find on the 1864 Shenandoah campaign.
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 | The Battle of New Market (Davis) by William C. Davis
Buy used from: $4.25 Outnumbered Confederate forces and V.M.I. cadets force Sigel out of the Valley.
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 | Lee's Cavalrymen: A History of the Mounted Forces of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 by Edward G. Longacre
Buy used from: $1.57 Written by today's foremost authority on the Civil War cavalry arm, both Federal and Confederate.
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 | The Cavalry at Appomattox: A Tactical Study of Mounted Operations During the Civil War's Climactic Campaign, March 27-April 9, 1865 by Edward G. Longacre
Buy new: $21.75 / Used from: $4.03 Haven't read yet... was interested in with the cavalry action at Five Forks. Hopefully will be another Longacre hit.
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 | Civil War in the American West by Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
Buy new: $19.66 / Used from: $4.52 May be of interest to Wild West buffs and those interested in American Indian studies.
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 | American Civil War Armies (1) : Confederate Troops (Men at Arms Series, 170) by Philip Katcher
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $3.77 For those interested in period uniforms. Handy also for an idea of how the Southern armies were dressed.
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 | American Civil War Armies (2) : Union Troops (Men at Arms Series, 177) by Philip Katcher
Buy used from: $2.73 Same as above.
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