American Civil War

Additional Reading

Civil War literature is vast, refined, and good. The following suggestions for further information are divided into four groups: overviews of the war, books on individual personalities and campaigns, works dealing with the social and cultural impact of the war, and documentaries covering the conflict.

Contents of this article:

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Introduction
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Prelude to war
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The military background of the war
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  Comparison of North and South
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  The high commands
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  Strategic plans
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The land war
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  The war in 1861
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  The war in the east in 1862
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  The war in the west in 1862
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    Trans-Mississippi theatre and Missouri
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    Operations in Kentucky and Tennessee
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  The war in the east in 1863
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    Chancellorsville
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    Gettysburg
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  The war in the west in 1863
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    Arkansas and Vicksburg
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    Chickamauga and Chattanooga
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  The war in 1864–65
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    Grant's overland campaign
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    Sherman's Georgia campaigns
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    Western campaigns
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    Sherman's Carolina campaigns
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    The final land operations
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The naval war
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The cost and significance of the Civil War
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Additional Reading
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  Overviews
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  Personalities and campaigns
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  Social and cultural impact
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  Documentaries