https://books.google.com/books?id=rUcWAAAAYAAJ&pg
If you want to know the true cause of the civil war, look no further than this text on the economic differences between the North and South.
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Did you read Shelby Foote’s? I really liked it.
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https://books.google.com/books?id=rUcWAAAAYAAJ&pg
If you want to know the true cause of the civil war, look no further than this text on the economic differences between the North and South.
“Stonewall Jackson,” by James Robertson. The author autographed a book to my son, Thomas Jackson, on his first birthday. He is now 20.
“Andersonville”——Kantor
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“Killer Angels”
“Shrouds of Glory” by Winston Groom
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Spend the next ten years with the Civil War Discussion Thread as it happens. The previously scheduled World War II discussion was unbelievable.
For an idea of what led to war, Thomas Fleming’s ‘A Disease in the Public Mind’
For an overview of the war, Shelby Foote’s trilogy ‘The Civil War: A Narrative’ and Bruce Catton’s Army of the Potomac trilogy.
I have read a couple books on the letters exchanged by Civil War Soldiers. That was quite informative. There are a lot of books on peoples opinions of what everything was about but I like to make up my own opinion. Read up on units relatives served in. My Third Great Grandfather was an orphan and got separated form his brother. They found each other during the Civil War. Find the personal touches.
Battle Cry of Freedom by McPherson
If you want a great generalist introduction to the Civil War and don’t want some silly propagandist nonsense like “Southern Wealth Northern Profits” check out “The Civil War” by Geoffrey C. Ward.
I bought mine @ amazon for about $10 - well worth it!
I have a collection of several volumes of civil war photographs published in the teens some time. I am looking to unload them cheap to someone that would love them. Private message me if interested.
“I Rode With Stonewall.” A true memoir of Henry Kyd Douglas, who was a young college student who became the adjutant to Gen. Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson early in the war. Fascinating. He survived the war and became a Senator from Maryland.
Absolutely fascinating. Highly recommended as it brings to life classic histories like Shelby Foote, etc.
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Lee’s Lieutenants by Freeman
The best material I read about a specific area were the daily correspondence reports of union and confederate officers during Sherman’s March to the Sea. The campaign came to life with the views of both sides while it was occurring. Much different perspective than what was and certainly is taught today.
The fighting and skirmishes are not as important as the logistical and human aspects.
If you run those numbers you will discover that in 1859, the Southern states accounted for nearly 75% of all money earned by exports.
You can be forgiven if you assume that 3/4ths of the Imports were purchased by the Southern States from whence came the money to buy those imports, but if you thought that, you would be incorrect.
90% of all the money ended up in New York.
So therein lies the mystery. If 3/4ths of the money earned by exports came from the South, then why did virtually all of the import goods get funneled through New York instead of going directly to the Southern States from whence came the money to purchase them?
It took me awhile to learn the answer to that question.
Once again, why does all the money funnel through New York? Why does that happen?