Bibliography
AAMODT, TERRIE DOPP. Righteous Armies, Holy Cause: Apocalyptic Imagery and the Civil War (2002). Shows that both the North and South claimed that God was on their side in the war.
BERLIN, IRA, JOSEPH P. REIDY, AND LESLIE S. ROWLAND, EDITORS. Freedom’s Soldiers: The Black Military Experience in the Civil War (1998). Letters and memorials from the National Archives providing firsthand accounts of the meaning of the war to black soldiers and sailors.
CRANE, STEPHEN. The Red Badge of Courage (1895 and later editions). The classic Civil War novel about a young man’s maturation in battle. (Full View in Google Books)
FOOTE, SHELBY. The Civil War (3 vols., 1958–1971). Beautifully written narrative history.
LEONARD, ELIZABETH D. All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies (1999). Argues persuasively that women played an important role in the war as soldiers and spies.
MYERS, ROBERT MANSON, EDITOR. The Children of Pride (1972). Contains letters of Charles Colcock Jones Jr. and his family.
PERRY, MARK. Conceived in Liberty: Joshua Chamberlain, William Oates, and the American Civil War (1997). Study of a southern and a northern officer who fought over Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
SHARRA, MICHAEL. Killer Angels (1974). Novel about the Battle of Gettysburg.
WHEELER, WILLIAM. In Memoriam: The Letters of William Wheeler (1875). Wheeler’s letters as student, traveler, and soldier. (Full View on Google Books. Available in PDF, ePUB formats)
AAMODT, TERRIE DOPP. Righteous Armies, Holy Cause: Apocalyptic Imagery and the Civil War (2002). Shows that both the North and South claimed that God was on their side in the war.
BERLIN, IRA, JOSEPH P. REIDY, AND LESLIE S. ROWLAND, EDITORS. Freedom’s Soldiers: The Black Military Experience in the Civil War (1998). Letters and memorials from the National Archives providing firsthand accounts of the meaning of the war to black soldiers and sailors.
CRANE, STEPHEN. The Red Badge of Courage (1895 and later editions). The classic Civil War novel about a young man’s maturation in battle. (Full View in Google Books)
FOOTE, SHELBY. The Civil War (3 vols., 1958–1971). Beautifully written narrative history.
LEONARD, ELIZABETH D. All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies (1999). Argues persuasively that women played an important role in the war as soldiers and spies.
MYERS, ROBERT MANSON, EDITOR. The Children of Pride (1972). Contains letters of Charles Colcock Jones Jr. and his family.
PERRY, MARK. Conceived in Liberty: Joshua Chamberlain, William Oates, and the American Civil War (1997). Study of a southern and a northern officer who fought over Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
SHARRA, MICHAEL. Killer Angels (1974). Novel about the Battle of Gettysburg.
WHEELER, WILLIAM. In Memoriam: The Letters of William Wheeler (1875). Wheeler’s letters as student, traveler, and soldier. (Full View on Google Books. Available in PDF, ePUB formats)
