 | The Civil War: A Historical Account of America's War of Secession (Classic Conflicts) by William C. Davis
Buy used from: $1.27 A general introduction to the Civil War, including selected battles, commanders, and the soldiers and their daily lives.
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 | The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Volume Set) by Shelby Foote
Buy used from: $85.00 Extremely well written; not necessarily the most insightful discussion of the war, but an entree for an awful lot of readers. Nicely done.
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 | Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States) by James M. McPherson
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.70 An excellent historical treatment of the Civil War, including background, economics, politics, etc. Not so much a description of battles.
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 | This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War by James M. McPherson
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $7.51 Interesting set of essays by one of the leading historians of the Civil War.
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 | Atlas Of The Civil War by James M. McPherson
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.53 Although there are some glitches here and there, this is a nice one volume introduction to the Civil War.
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 | For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War by James M. McPherson
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $8.15 Good discussion of why the troops fought.
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 | The American Iliad by Eisenschiml Otto and Ralph Newman (signed)
Buy used from: $3.33 Eyewitnesses to the Civil War in their own words.
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 | Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America by William C. Davis
Buy used from: $1.90 An interesting history of the Confederate States of America
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| No Turning Back: The End of the Civil War : March-June 1864 by Don Lowry
Buy used from: $0.99 One of four volumes by Lowry on the last segment of the war. He treats events chronolgically, so one skips back and forth between sectors of the war. Great detail.
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| Fate of the Country: The Civil War from June to September 1864 by Don Lowry
Buy used from: $1.48 Another of the four volumes by Lowry. Functionally written, if not elegantly done.
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| Dark and Cruel War: The Decisive Months of the Civil War September-December 1864 by Don Lowry
Buy used from: $0.35 The third of four volumes.
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| Towards an Indefinite Shore: The Final Months of the Civil War December 1864-May 1865 by Don Lowry
Buy used from: $1.39 The end of the war described by Lowry in detail.
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| Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography by Gene Smith
Buy used from: $2.92 Good dual biography of Grant and Lee.
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 | Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $2.09 An excellent biography of Abraham Lincoln, including his role in the Civil War.
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 | The Bloody Crucible of Courage: Fighting Methods and Combat Experience of the Civil War by Brent Nosworthy
Buy new: $16.46 / Used from: $0.93 Excellent discussion of strategy and tactics in the Civil War--and the larger context of the development of those strategies and tactics.
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 | Civil War Command And Strategy: The Process Of Victory And Defeat by Archer Jones
Buy used from: $1.01 Another good discussion of Civil War strategy.
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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 Useful introduction to battle tactics in the War.
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 | Attack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage by Grady McWhiney
Buy used from: $1.00 Quirky discussion of military tactics (with a racial analysis that is not overly compelling).
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| The Politics of Command: Factions and Ideas in Confederate Strategy by Thomas Lawrence Connelly
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $4.50 Shows the disagreements among Confederate leaders as to overall strategy.
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 | Lincoln's War: The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief by Geoffrey Perret
Buy used from: $0.69 Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief.
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| Charleston (Voices of the Civil War)
Buy used from: $9.77 One of a series of books by Time-Life that let the people involved speak in their own voices.
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| Soldier Life (Voices of the Civil War)
Buy used from: $2.27 Another in the series. Lives of the soldiers. . . .
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 | The Oxford Atlas of the Civil War by Steven E. Woodworth
Buy new: $72.67 / Used from: $9.00 Another good atlas-based volume on the Civil War.
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| Leadership And Command In The American Civil War (Leadership & Command in the American Civil War) by Steven E. Woodworth
Buy used from: $3.34 Interesting set of essays on leadership and command--idiosyncratic (Edward Sumner??) but interesting.
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 | Civil War Blunders by Clint Johnson
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $0.20 Interesting work detailing some of the bigger blunders of the War. Ball's Bluff; Zellicoffer's folly; Franz Siegal; etc.
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 | Mapping the Civil War: Featuring Rare Maps from the Library of Congress (Library of Congress Classics) by Christopher Nelson
Buy new: $27.04 / Used from: $3.04 Interesting collection of old maps from the era of the war.
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 | How the North Won: A Military History of the Civil War by HERMAN HATTAWAY
Buy new: $33.92 / Used from: $9.20 Interesting analysis.
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| Why the South Lost the Civil War by Richard E. Beringer
Buy used from: $1.84 The companion piece to the immediately preceding volume.
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 | America's Civil War: The Operational Battlefield, 1861-1863 by Brian Holden Reid
Buy new: $25.54 / Used from: $18.00 Soemwhat disappointing book on operational aspects (the bridge between strategy and tactics) of the Civil War.
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| The Army of the Potomac 3 Volume Set: Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, a Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton
Buy used from: $10.67 Fine trilogy, literately written.
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