ACW books

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Harmon:

I also might check out The Civil War: A Narrative. Vol 3: Red River to Appomattox by S. Foote - although I haven't read that particular volume.

[guitarmandanga]

Hey any suggestions on a detailed book on the campaigns in the west? I've read many books on the ANV and the battles in the East but I was wanting to start reading more about the west. Any suggestions are appreciated

Plenty; take your pick:

Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men who Fought It by William Garrett Piston

The Battle of Belmont: Grant Strikes South by Nathaniel Chears Hughes

Forts Henry and Donelson: The Key to the Confederate Heartland by Benjamin Franklin Cooling

Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West by Earl J. Hess & William L. Shea

Shiloh: The Battle that Changed the Civil War by Larry J. Daniel

Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 by Edward Cunningham

Shiloh, Bloody April by Wiley Sword

Shiloh: In Hell Before Night by James McDonough

The Capture of New Orleans, 1862 by Chester Hearn

The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth by Peter Cozzens

Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle by Kenneth Noe

No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River by Peter Cozzens

Stones River: Bloody Winter in Tennessee by James McDonough

Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign by Earl J. Hess

Vicksburg is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River by William L. Shea & Terry Winschel

Triumph and Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign by Terry Winschel

The Vicksburg Campaign (3 Volumes) by Ed Bearss

Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg by Timothy B. Smith

The Port Hudson Campaign, 1862-1863 by Edward Cunningham

Port Hudson: Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi by Lawrence L. Hewitt

This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga by Peter Cozzens

Six Armies in Tennessee: The Chattanooga Campaign by Steven Woodworth

The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga by Peter Cozzens

Mountains Touched With Fire by Wiley Sword

Chattanooga: Death Grip on the Confederacy by James McDonough

Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign by Albert Castel

War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta by Russel Bonds

The Day Dixie Died: The Battle of Atlanta by Gary Ecelbarger

Embrace an Angry Wind by Wiley Sword

Five Tragic Hours: The Battle of Franklin by James McDonough

Nashville: The Western Confederacy's Last Gamble by James McDonough

Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea by Noah Ann Trudeau

Guardian of Savannah: Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and Beyond by Roger S. Durham

Bentonville: Last Stand in the Carolinas by Mark L. Bradley

Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes


...There are others, but those are the ones that come to mind at the moment.

[Jubal Early]

The Gettysburg Companion

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gettysburg-Comp ... 4&sr=1-1#_

Eye witness accounts of the battle, weapons, Units, medicine and OOBs basically everything covered and really wonderful illustrations’ of the units. I bought it with the Waterloo companion and they are both fantastic books.

[born2see]

Can anyone recommend the best tactical study on the battle amongst all these books? I like to read about the Historical Scenarios before I play them because it adds to the experience and I learn a lot. So far I'm leaning towards:

The Gettysburg Companion

www.amazon.co.uk/Gettysburg-Companion-C ... 4&sr=1-1#_

I'm interested in 'who did what' rather than why they did it.

Thanks

[RebBugler]

Can anyone recommend the best tactical study on the battle amongst all these books? I like to read about the Historical Scenarios before I play them because it adds to the experience and I learn a lot. So far I'm leaning towards:

The Gettysburg Companion

www.amazon.co.uk/Gettysburg-Companion-C ... 4&sr=1-1#_

I'm interested in 'who did what' rather than why they did it.

Thanks

http://norbsoftdev.net/index.php?option ... Itemid=103

For us scenario designers of Gettysburg...it's our Bible

Also use Gottfried's Maps...but it is not as precise, and has some possible inaccuracies, least it conflicts with Laino.

[born2see]

Alas, the Laino book is gone from Amazon and I can't find it using bookfinder.com. I'll keep looking. The Gottfried book is available. Now I really want it.

Thanks

[born2see]

Can someone post the publisher for the Laino book? If they're still around maybe I can get it from them.

[born2see]

Found him on Military History Online and messaged him to see if he can locate any copies.

Update: He gave me a list of bookstores which might have copies. The current book is out-of-print but they are re-issuing it in three separate volumes with additional content late in 2012.

The bookstores are:

It is currently out of print, but you might want to phone/email the Gettysburg National Military Park bookstore, or the American History Store, or Battlefields & Beyond, or the Civil War Wax Museum (all in Gettysburg, and all bookstores).