Posted: 1/24/2012 8:59:50 AM EDT
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What books do you recommend about the battle? Why? Long, short, overview, indepth... it doesn't matter. |
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I agree with Howlin_Mad, but keep in mind it is a novel. It actually is one of my favorite books, period. Pretty good movie, too. Good point about it being a novel. There are some significant changes from history. For example, someone on Arfcom said that the 5th Maine joined the 20th Maine a week or two before the battle, not the morning of the battle as the book and movie state. It was an awesome book though, very worth the read. |
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This one is quite good, by one of the country's most famous Civil War historians:
Stars in Their Courses : The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863 [Hardcover]
Shelby Foote The above book is actually excerpted from his three volume series on the Civil War. Another more recent book is this one: Gettysburg
Stephen W. Sears This book is about the last attack of the battle and it was the "high water mark" of the Confederacy: Pickett's Charge
George Stewar All of the above are non-fiction. Foote's book is an excellent place to start. Sears book is longer and more complex. |
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This one is quite good, by one of the country's most famous Civil War historians:
Stars in Their Courses : The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863 [Hardcover] Shelby Foote Foote is largely regarded as one of, if not the best, expert on the Civil War. He wrote a huge 3-volume epic history of the CW: The first of 3 volumes |
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I couldn't read Foote's books. As a writer, I like Bruce Catton better and really enjoyed his works on Sam Grant and on the Army of the Potomac.
I have a shelf of books on Gettysburg. Glen Tucker's High Tide of the Confederacy is still my favorite. The other books I have are Brigades of Gettysburg and Maps of Gettysburg. Both are published by Savas-Beattie and they allow you to follow any unit on the battlefield. That Maps book is a great guide book to carry on the field when you're at Gettysburg. Other books on my shelf are specialized books. There's on one Henry Hunt, the Union artillery commander. I also have Norton's The Defense of the Round Top. Norton's work is good, but there are some inaccuracies in it. |