Civil War

The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Red River to Appomattox from Vintage Books Customer Review: With the passage of time, the American Civil War has passed into our national consciousness as myth - an event which is central to the definition of our character. Shelby Foote, with the completion of his epic Civil War Narrative, is Homer to that myth. As Bruce Catton stated, the ACW is what makes is what makes American heritage unique - what sets our history apart from other nations'. Foote's masterpiece in a Homeric narrative style defies characterization - the literary value is exceeded only by the historical perspective that he creates. At a million and a half words it is far too short - but every tale is told just right, every character is given fair and illuminating light, every moral dilemna exposed to honest scrutiny. The fantastic human drama that was the ACW defies logic and explanation in the end - as does all great art and human emotion - but thanks to Shelby Foote, we have a lasting description to pass on to future generations that is equal to the tale.

Don Troiani's Regiments and Uniforms of the Civil War
from Stackpole Books

Confederate Tide Rising: Robert E. Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States)

Witness to the Civil War: The Art of John Paul Strain

Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Vintage Departures)