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Anonymous Sun Nov 18 21:23:04 2018 No.12103591 [Reply] [Original]

What are the best American Civil War books? The most historically accurate ones. Can be about the struggles of common soldiers, or the history behind the whole war.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 18 21:26:18 2018 No.12103606 The Bible

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 18 22:19:29 2018 No.12103902 >>12103591 I really like Robertson's biography on Stonewall Jackson.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 18 22:21:41 2018 No.12103921 >>12103591 Shelby Foote if you have the testosterone

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 18 22:26:58 2018 No.12103957 >>12103591 Grants' memoirs are supposed to be pretty good but I haven't read them

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 19 01:40:11 2018 No.12104763 >>12103591 >>12103957

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 19 06:34:15 2018 No.12105229 >>12103591 The Red Badge of Courage is the cliche answer, but it's short as fuck so you might as well read it anyway if you haven't.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 19 09:50:38 2018 No.12105669 >>12105229 It should be, rather. Crane gets so little air play these days. Anyone read Cornwell's Civil War novels? I've read all the Sharpe's Rifles (Wellington's Iberian campaign) series and thought them exceptionally well done.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 19 14:31:24 2018 No.12106834 Ambrose Bierce

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 19 14:34:01 2018 No.12106847 >>12103957 Reading them now and they are a good military history. >>12106834 This.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 19 14:35:57 2018 No.12106856 >>12103921 This, Shaara's killer angels, Sherman's memoirs

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 19 15:36:23 2018 No.12107146 Just happened to start The Red Badge of Courage today, really liking it so far. Some in a similar thread reccomended Co. Aytch so that is on its way. Any of you read it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 19 19:59:12 2018 No.12108532 My college professor wrote a book called , "A Badger Boy in Blue," which is the diary of a Union soldier. It's a good book. I recommend it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 19 20:37:22 2018 No.12108730 File: 192 KB, 1126x1732, A Side Show of the Big Show.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12103591 The one and only

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 20 00:55:46 2018 No.12109666 >>12103591 Battle Cry of Freedom by McPherson is the authoritative history. >>12103921 Shelby Foote is nice and engaging but his sources are suspect/nonexistent

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