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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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).