What are some great books on the American Civil War?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77369.Battle_Cry_of_Freedom
>>9988222
The Civil War Told by Those Who Lived It
https://www.loa.org/books/412-the-civil-war-told-by-those-who-lived-it-4-volume-boxed-set
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
>>9988222
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Grant and Sherman: Civil War Memoirs
The Red Badge of Courage
memoirs of service afloat
The Fall of the House of Dixie. Really good book. Basically explains how slavery infected southern culture like a tapeworm and made war inevitable.
Time-Life History of the Civil War https://mega.nz/#F!zBME2C6L!kZRNrLMDoIv3Q0P-mKm0yg
>>9988377
this is the goto
This is a must read in preparation for round 2.
Not exactly the American Civil War but it's definitely a fantastic look at one of the people who helped trigger it.
>>9988222
Battle Cry for Freedom is my favorite too , Mary Chestnuts War Diary is fantastic too.
>>9991461
I made a note to read this. Is it good?
>>9991509
Only about 80 pages in but I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Reynolds goes into pretty deep detail on his Puritan upbringing and other events that led him to become a fanatic abolitionist.
Army of the Potomac Series
Rebel Yell by S. C. Gwynne
A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh
>>9988222