 | Arms and Equipment of the Civil War by Jack Coggins
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $9.59 Impressive overview of ACW arms and equipment, well illustrated, with surprising detail, tables, and practical application.
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 | An Introduction to Civil War Small Arms by Earl J. Coates
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $1.82 Suprisingly informative and illustrated work covering the range of ACW small arms, rough numbers produced and tables of regiments using them.
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 | Carbines of the Civil War, 1861-1865 by John D McAulay
Buy used from: $11.25 Excellent reference for carbines of the Civil War. More helpful than Edwards' "Civil War Guns."
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 | Civil War Guns by William B. Edwards
Buy used from: $84.93 Useful, but in narrative style w/illustrations. Coates and Thomas is more useful for wargamers.
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 | Cannons: An Introduction to Civil War Artillery by Dean S. Thomas
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.74 Great little introductory work covering the main classes and examples of field artillery, seacoast guns, and mortars.
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 | Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War, revised edition by James C. Hazlett
Buy new: $25.60 / Used from: $26.04 Comprehensive reference work reviewing the full range of ACW field artillery, number produced, foundries, and surviving pieces. Not geared toward performance specs.
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 | The Big Guns: Civil War Siege, Seacoast, and Naval Cannon by Edwin Olmstead
Buy used from: $275.00 The heavy artillery reference companion to Hazlett's Field Artillery.
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| The Confederate Field Manual by Confederate Ordnance Bureau
Buy used from: $9.89 This one is packed with useful information. Includes detailed artillery and abbreviated infantry/cav. supply and data.
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 | The 1864 Field Artillery Tactics: Instruction for Field Artillery by William H. French
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $11.50 Interesting basic reference work for the field artillery of the time. Useful tables and descriptions, etc.
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 | The 1862 U S Cavalry Tactics (Stackpole Military Classic) by Philip St. George Cooke
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $11.77 Basic cavalry drill. Not exciting, but a useful reference for understanding how cavalry was intended to function.
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 | The 1863 U.S. Infantry Tactics: Infantry of the Line, Light Infantry, and Riflemen
Buy new: $17.90 / Used from: $12.49 Basic reference work for infantry school of the soldier. Not exciting, but necessary reference.
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| The Hand-Book of Artillery for the Service of the United States (Army and Militia), with the Manual of Heavy Artillery, Including That of the New Iron Carriage
Buy used from: $19.93 This is the HEAVY artillerists manual and about the only detailed source for heavy artillery drill.
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 | Civil War Navies, 1855-1883 (U.S. Navy Warship Series) by Paul H. Silverstone
Buy used from: $34.99 This is the "Jane's Encyclopedia" of ACW warships. It makes a handy reference when studying any ACW naval action.
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 | Attack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage by Grady McWhiney
Buy new: $12.12 / Used from: $1.66 Makes an unconvincing case for the absolute futility of using the tactical offensive (the opposite of Paddy Griffith.) Combat tactics authors are too absolute in their views.
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 | The Bloody Crucible of Courage: Fighting Methods and Combat Experience of the Civil War by Brent Nosworthy
Buy used from: $6.61 I just started this one but found a major interpretive error in one of the studies right off the bat. Will update as time allows, but I see trouble ahead.
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 | Battle Tactics of the Civil War (Yale Nota Bene) by Mr. Paddy Griffith
Buy new: $9.38 / Used from: $5.08 Not recommended. Paddy Griffith thinks ACW armies weren't aggressive enough and used poor tactics. He discounts the effects of terrain, rifles and trenchworks. Never mind what really happened in battle.
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