books about: confederate     books:       Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy (Echoes of Glory)11 reviews Time-Life Books Time-Life Books, 1992 A MUST have for any serious Civil War Library What a fascinating and interesting book this is. It provide invaluable material to anyone who has a serious interest in the Civil War. This book was made by the editors of Time/Life and I must say that they did their research accurately. This book describes the arms (weapons) and the equipment (from canteens to buttons) that the average Confederate enlisted soldier to the Confederate General ...             Rebel private, front and rear15 reviews W. A Fletcher University of Texas Press, 1954 THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE IN YOUR COLLECTION Excellent, first had observations made by a common private in during the Civil War. The author IS NOT a professional writer. This makes it all the more valuable. The author is not writing the book to entertain, or to pass along old, gory war stories. This is a story by a simple man trying to tell us his point of view, simple as that. This account is quite valuable to anyone interested in the ...             Nathan Bedford Forrest: In Search of the Enigma13 reviews Eddy W. Davison, Daniel Foxx Pelican Publishing Company, 2007 Did a great job of trying to put the pieces together The authors did a great job of trying to put the pieces of a very interesting warrior. Bedford was that a warrior. This is now my favorite book on Forrest. I have read many. They have come close to telling it as accurate as I have read. They had respect for him as a leader for battle but also recognized he had failings in temperament. He was a more agressive Patton in battle. He did slap soldiers ...             The Hunt for Confederate Gold21 reviews Thomas Moore Fusilier Books, LLC, 2005 This book is pure GOLD I bought The Hunt for Confederate Gold for my husband, thinking it was a non-fiction book about one of his hobbies: treasure hunting. My husband read it and loved it. He immediately told me, "You HAVE to read this book!" I did read it, and imagine my surprise and delight to find that not only was it a novel with an exciting and complex storyline, a real page-turner, but the storyline was one ...             The life of Johnny Reb,: The common soldier of the Confederacy (Charter books)13 reviews Bell Irvin Wiley Bobbs-Merrill, 1962 Overlooked heroes Bell Irvin Wiley seems to have been the first historian/writer to realize that the Civil War was not just about Lee, Pickett, Grant or Stuart or any of the other guys with stars on their shoulders. The real truth about what happened on those battlefields had to do with the guys in the tattered uniforms and the rotted shoes, trying to fight with defective rifles. As in his companion book, "The ...             The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War (Unabridged)19 reviews Michael Shaara audible.com The Three Days that Decided the War. I had been always interested in Americas' Civil War and had read some excellent books on the subject such as A Brotherhood Of Valor: The Common Soldiers Of The Stonewall Brigade C S A And The Iron Brigade U S A, Through Blood and Fire at Gettysburg and Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States) but "The Killer Angels" is a very special one. Late Michael ...             Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander20 reviews Edward Porter Alexander The University of North Carolina Press, 1989 Best in personal accounts of the civil war I have read many books of self accounts of the civil war. This book tops all others in the details and extra touch of personal feelings that where experenced by this brave man and all his fellow soldiers that fought this conflict. If you enjoy accounts of the civil war this book is a must read!!!!!             Someone Else's Yesterday: The Confederate General and Connecticut Yankee - A Past Life Remembered31 reviews Jeffrey J. Keene Blue Dolphin Publishing, Inc, 2003 An Amazing Book! "Not yet" was the order given by Colonel John B. Gordon in the Sunken Road to the 6th Alabama soldiers under his command on September 17, 1862. "Not yet" was the response uttered by Jeffrey Keene on October 31, 1992 to a palm reader who had just told him that he died in that Sunken Road on the Antietam battlefield. Not yet . . . . "Someone Else's Yesterday" chronicles a Connecticut ...             Covered With Glory: The 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg12 reviews Rod Gragg HarperCollins Publishers, 2000 Excellent The narrow focus of what the 26th is most famous for is wonderful because it allows for many details. For those that don't know, they took atrocious casulaties over a 48 hour period, basically 8 out of 10 men went down. Their action is legendary, lining up against the Union's most famous, Iron Brigade, and also being the unit that could claim the farthest penetration into enemy territory on day ...             Shock Troops of the Confederacy12 reviews Fred L. Ray CFS Press, 2006 Fills a Void In this thought provoking book, the author starts out with a brief history of light troops followed by the history of the skirmishers of the Army of North Virginia. Although the Union side began the war with more and better light troops, they allowed them atrophy while the Confederates who faced them, learned from them. Innovation in the ANV tended to originate in Ewell's old division, ...             Duty-Honor-Valor: The Story of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment9 reviews Steven H. Stubbs Quail Ridge Pr, 2000 Awesome-What More Can I say This is without a doubt the best account of the day to day activities encountered by our ancestors who served in the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment. From chapter to chapter, as I read, I feel I am with them. As a genealogist I have found more information about several of my ancestors, most who were members of the "University Greys" Co. A" in this book than I have found after several years ...             Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War8 reviews James C. Hazlett, Edwin Olmstead, ... University of Delaware Press, 1988 Definitive, but specialized treatment of ACW field artillery "Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War" is the definitive reference work for civil war cannon used in the field. Nothing else approaches its structured grouping and organization of the diverse and confused world of American Civil War field guns. However, this is not a book for everyone since it is quite focused on the specifications, manufacturing origins and methods of the tubes themselves, ...             A Hard Trip: A History of the 15th Mississippi Infantry, CSA7 reviews Ben Wynne Mercer University Press, 2003 A FASCINATING READ First of all, the book is aptly titled. For the men of the 15th Mississippi Infantry, their journey through the war was indeed "A Hard Trip." The personal stories (and tragedies) that are told through the diaries and letters of the soldiers are by far the most endearing feature of this book. While many histories are based on these types of documents, it is the way author, Ben Wynne, places them ...             Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commander8 reviews Ezra T. Warner Louisiana State University Press, 1959 Excellent Source of Information on Confederate Generals! I remember first reading Generals in Gray as a teenager and have often referred back to the book over the years. Warner gives a synopsis of each general , usually containing the following information: 1. Birthplace and birthdate. 2. Pre-Civil War life. 3. Battles served in, promotions, woundings, death (if applicable). 4. Postwar career (if he survived the war). 5. Death and place burial. 6. ...             A Confederate General from Big Sur8 reviews Richard Brautigan Jonathan Cape, 1971 Frogs, Dynamite, and Prostitutes - Brautigan at his finest If you read nothing else by Richard Brautigan, read "A Confederate General From Big Sur." Mere words are inadequate to properly describe this book, and the majesty contained within. Brautigan, master of the simile, is at his finest as he spins an off-beat tale containing (though not restricted to): frogs, dynamite, prostitutes, booze, and a man named Lee Mellon. Forsaking all possessions and ...             Capital Navy: The Men, Ships And Operations Of The James River Squadron7 reviews John M. Coski Da Capo Press, 1996 A new world I knew very little about Civil war naval actions and even less about actions on the James River. This small book was able to instruct and entertain me at the same time. No small feat considering how much time was spent waiting and how little time fighting. Why Richmond, as short of resources as it was, spent so many resources on a navy escapes me. They did and this book is the story of ...             Autumn of Glory: The Army of Tennesse, 1862-18657 reviews Thomas Lawerence Connelly Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1971 Excellent study of the Army of Tenessee This book is not for beginners. You definitely need to have a working knowledge of the battles that the Army of Tennessee was engaged in. The focus is on the political and ego wranglings between Bragg (later Johnston and Hood) and his staff, and then the wranglings with Richmond and key political figures. In other words, you don't get a lot of such and such regiment moved here and such and such ...             Brigades of Gettysburg: The Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburg9 reviews Bradley M. Gottfried Da Capo Press, 2002 Hard to keep in the book case My library contains a number of Gettysburg books but this is the one most used. In very clear writing, each brigade's history including losses is summarized. Summarized is not the best word for this concise brigade history. The book is organized by army, corps, division and brigade. This groups units together and allows us to easily follow the higher-level unit too. An excellent book that ...             Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol (Southern Biography Series)7 reviews William C. Davis Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1992 Compelling, magisterial biography As William Davis explains in the book's introduction, in the mid-1960s, while researching the Battle of New Market in BATTLES AND LEADERS, he came across information regarding John C. Breckinridge, the most interesting being that he had been vice-president of the country under Buchanan. "What could have induced a man who had been vice-president . . . to turn and fight against his own country?" He ...             Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher7 reviews Rod Gragg Perennial, 1992 Excellent Narrative About an Overlooked Battle! As an avid Civil War reader, I have sometimes comes across titles that bore the reader and become unnecessarily bogged down in detail. Thankfully, Rod Gragg's gem is not one of them! The author packs the title with descriptive actions of the 1st and 2nd Battles of Fort Fisher and interesting anecdotes of several of the major participants. 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