[fnord]

Yes this is a vanity, but I think others could use the info. I did a search and found nothing. If there is a good thread for this already, please give me the link.

I'm sure there is a circle of Civil War buffs here who know each other. Pings to those people would be appreciated greatly.

we now return you to your regularly scheduled FR

[rainingred]

Lincoln By Carl Sandburg.

[Walkin Man]

This is a great book on the Civil war.

[Squire]

For studying the War Between the States, D.S. Freeman's Lee's Lieutenant's is essential. You might also consider Jefferson Davis's monumental Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government.

For an interesting "what might have been" twist, a book came out several years ago called How Few Remain. I can't remember the name of the author. It's historical fiction -- the premise is that Lee's Special Order No. 9 did not fall into enemy hands just prior to the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), and the South won the war. Lee became the second Southern president, followed by Longstreet. Lincoln became a proto-Marxist. The two nations peacefully co-exist, with the South taking Cuba as a protectorate. Then, Emperor Maximilian in Mexico offers to sell two Pacific Coast provinces to the Confederary, and the north goes to war over it.

[x]

I can recommend Gary Gallagher's Teaching Company course on "The American Civil War" and David Zarefsky's course "Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words". These are lectures on audio or video tape or CD that may be available at a nearby public library. Gallagher is an acclaimed military historian who concentrates on the armies, strategy and battles. Zarefsky is a professor of rhetoric and public speaking who brings history and communications to bear in the study of the documents and speeches of the era.

I also recommend William C. Davis's "The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy." Davis is a widely admired three-time winner of the Jefferson Davis Award for writing on the Confederacy, but he takes a very dim view of some of the recent neo-Confederate apologetics.

[PeaRidge]

I would also recommend x's new novel, 'John Brown and William Sherman, the First American Terrorist Heros'.

[raygun]

Memoirs of Ulysses S Grant. If you read it, you'll find out that its much more difficult to replace the mules lost in one battle than a whole sh*t load of generalsover the course of the enire war.

(Anyways the "S" is just that, "S")

[Aurelius]

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