Today is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sumter, which started the Civil War. To mark this occasion, we offer the following reading selections to further your understanding of the Civil War.
Defeating Lee
A History of the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac
Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.
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This absorbing history of the Second Corps follows the unit's creation and rise to prominence, the battles that earned it a reputation for hard fighting, and the legacy its veterans sought to maintain in the years after the Civil War.
A Great Civil War
A Military and Political History, 1861-1865
Russell F. Weigley
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"Weigley's A Great Civil War is the finest, most complete and insightful, and historiographically up-to-date, large-scale one-volume military and political history of the U.S. war for the Union now in print." —Herman M. Hattaway
Gettysburg HeroesPerfect Soldiers, Hallowed Ground
Glenn W. LaFantasie
Read excerptLargely biographical in its approach, the book captures the human drama of the war and shows how this group of individuals—including Abraham Lincoln, James Longstreet, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, William C. Oates, and others—endured or succumbed to the war and, willingly or unwillingly, influenced its outcome.
Four Years with General LeeWalter H. Taylor
Edited and with a New Introduction by James I. Robertson, Jr.
Read excerptA recognized classic,
Four Years with General Lee first appeared in 1877 and was a collector's item by the turn of the century. This annotated edition, first published in 1962, was prepared by noted Civil War historian James I. Robertson, Jr., who provided a new introduction for this paperback reissue.
The Stand of the U.S. Army at GettysburgJeffrey C. Hall
Read excerptThis major reinterpretation of the key battle of the American Civil War tells the story of the Gettysburg campaign as it unfolded from early June through mid-July 1863, and its climax with the Federal victory at Gettysburg.
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