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Dee Brown's Civil War Anthology
by Dee Alexander Brown

This book is the first book to describe the many exploits of the African American scouts on the western frontier. There is new information on black soldiers west of the Mississippi during the Civil War. Also, of interest is the stories concerning the Buffalo Soldiers during the Indian Wars and battling outlaws and desperadoes. This book will help the public understand the role African Americans played on the western frontier during the 19th century

The Whirlwind of War : Voices of the Storm, 1861-1865
by Stephen B. Oates

The middle book in an anticipated trilogy, The Whirlwind of War is a unique study of the Civil War. Oates recounts the great struggle through a series of first-person monologues told in the voices of prominent figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, William Tecumseh Sherman, Mary Boykin Chestnut, Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Douglass, John Wilkes Booth, and others. This original narrative technique brings a kind of freshness to an old and familiar story. It seems as if the characters speak directly to the reader; and Oates, an accomplished historian and biographer, is scrupulous about sticking as close to the historical record as he can. The book's one weakness is that it doesn't deliver a totally comprehensive telling of the Civil War despite its length of more than 700 pages. But the flip side is its strength: the way it helps readers understand the motives, perceptions, and behavior of the Civil War's most important actors.

2,000 Questions and Answers About the Civil War : Unusual and Unique
Facts About the War Between the States
by Webb B. Garrison
Civil War Curiosities : Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences
by Webb Garrison

A collection of fascinating anecdotes and colorful stories organized by topics and not by chronology, Civil War Curiosities offers a rare glimpse into unusual and often bizarre persons, attitudes, and events that enhance our understanding of the Civil War. Illustrated throughout.

Don't Know Much About the Civil War : Everything You Need to Know
About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned
by Kenneth C. Davis
Controversies & Commanders : Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac
by Stephen W. Sears

Controversies and Commanders of the Civil War might well be the most intriguing book ever published about the Civil War, for it focuses on the people and events that one of our best historians has found most fascinating, including: Professor Lowe's reconnaissance balloons; the court-martial of Fitz John Porter; the Lost Order at Antietam; press coverage of the war; the looting of Fredericksburg; the Mud March; the roles of volunteers, conscripts, bounty jumpers, and foreign soldiers; the notorious General Dan Sickles, who shot his wife's lover outside the White House, and the much maligned Generals McClellan (justifiably) and Hooker (not so justifiably). The book follows the Army of the Potomac throughout the war, from 1861 to 1865, painting a remarkable portrait of the key incidents and personalities that influenced the course of our nation's greatest cataclysm.

The Antietam Campaign (Military Campaigns of the Civil War)
by Gary W. Gallagher