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American Civil War

Davis, William C. “A Government of Our Own”: The Making of the Confederacy. Free Press, 1994. A strong narrative focusing on the personalities and relationships of the founding fathers of the Confederacy.

Gallman, J. Matthew, and others, eds. The Civil War Chronicle. Crown, 2000. A chronological study of the war's most critical milestones as told by those who took part.

Gallman, J. Matthew. The North Fights the Civil War: The Home Front. Dee, 1994. The impact of the war on Northern society.

Jones, Howard. Union in Peril: The Crisis over British Intervention in the Civil War. University of Nebraska Press, 1997. Focuses on the international aspects of America's Civil War.

McPherson, James M. The Atlas of the Civil War. Macmillan, 1994. Supplemented by maps, photographs, and illustrations, this atlas conveys a sense of troop movement during the Civil War.

McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. Oxford University Press, 1988. One of the best single-volume histories of the war.

McPherson, James M., and others, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO, 2000. Regarded as the ultimate survey of America's bloodiest conflict.

Miller, William J., and Brian C. Pohanka. An Illustrated History of the Civil War: Images of an American Tragedy. Time-Life, 2000. Over 1000 images culled from the nation's archives illustrate the everyday lives of the combatants.

Mitchell, Reid. The American Civil War, 1861-1865. Longman , 2001. A one-volume synthesis of the vast literature generated by America's most divisive war.

Robinson, Armstead. Bitter Fruits of Bondage: The Demise of Slavery and the Collapse of the Confederacy. University Press of Virginia, 2004. Examines how social conflicts in the Confederate South impacted the Confederate war effort.

Symonds, Craig L. American Heritage History of the Battle of Gettysburg. HarperCollins, 2001. Dramatic illustrations highlight this history of the war's most pivotal battle.

Woodworth, Steven E. Davis and Lee at War. University Press of Kansas, 1995. An account of the differences between Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee as they struggled to defeat the Union.

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