Books Bibliography


Bailey, Ronald H. Battles for Atlanta: Sherman Moves East. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1985.

----------- The Bloodiest Day: The Battle of Antietam. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1984.

----------- Forward to Richmond: McClellan's Peninsular Campaign. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1983.

Bilby, Joseph G. The Irish Brigade in the Civil War. Pennsylvania: Combined Publishing, 1995.

Bowers, John. Stonewall Jackson: Portrait of a Soldier. New York: Morrow, 1989.

Campbell, Edward D. C. & Kyrn S. Rice, eds. A Woman's War: Southern Women, Civil War, and the Confederate Legacy. Richmond: Museum of the Confederacy, 1996.

Catton, Bruce. The American Heritage New History of the Civil War. Ed. by James M. McPherson. New York: Penguin, 1996.

----------- Reflections on the Civil War. (Edited by John Leekley.) New York: Promontory, 198 1.

Cavada, Frank F. Libby Life: Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Richmond, VA, 1863-64. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1864.

Chaitin, Peter M. The Coastal War: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1984.

Charming, Steven A. Confederate Ordeal: The Southern Home Front. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1984.

Clark, Champ. The Assassination: Death of the President. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1987.

----------- Decoying the Yanks: Jackson's Valley Campaign. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1984.

----------- Gettysburg: The Confederate High Tide. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1985.

Conrad, James Lee. The Young Lions: Confederate Cadets at War. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole, 1997.

Crumley, Marguerite and John G. Zehmer. Church Hill: The St. John's Church Historic District. Richmond: Historic Richmond Foundation, 1991.

Cunningham, H. H. Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1958.

Dabney, Virginius. Richmond: The Story of a City. New York: Doubleday, 1976.

Davis, William C. The Battle of New Market. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1975.

----------- Brother Against Brother: The War Begins. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1983.

----------- The Commanders of the Civil War. New York: Smithmark, 1991.

----------- Death in the Trenches: Grant at Petersburg. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1986.

----------- First Blood: Fort Sumter to Bull Run. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1983.

Davis, William C. and Bell 1. Wiley. The Image of War, 1861-65. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1981-1983. (reprint in 2 vols: New York: Black Dog and Leventhal, 1994.) Volume 2

Davis, William C., Brian C. Pohanka, & Don Troiani, eds. Civil War Journal: The Battles. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998.

----------- Civil War Journal: The Leaders. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1997.

Davis, Thomas Webster, ed. A Crowd of Honorable Youths: Historical Essays on the First 150 Years of the Virginia Military Institute. Lexington: VMI Sesquicentennial Committee, 1988.

DeLeon, Thomas Cooper. Belles, Beaux, and Brains of the 60’s. New York: G. W. Dillingham Company, 1909.

DeLeon, Thomas Cooper. Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy, From Birth to Death. Mobile, AL: Gossip Print Co., 1890.

DiNardo, R. L. & Albert A. Nofi, eds. James Longstreet: The Man, the Soldier, the Controversy. Pennsylvania: Combined Publishing, 1998.

Douglas, Henry Kyd. I Rode with Stonewall. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1956.

Ferguson, Ernest B. Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War. New York: Random House, 1996.

Frassanito, William A. Grant & Lee: The Virginia Campaigns 1864-1865. New York: Scribner's, 1983.

Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command 3 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942-44. Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

---------- R. E. Lee: A Biography. (abridgement by Richard Harwell) New York: Macmillan, 199 1.

Gardner, Alexander. Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War. New York: Dover Publications, 1959.

Goolrick, William K. Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1985.

Groom, Winston. Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last Great Campaign of the Civil War. New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1995.

Hale, Thomas F. and Bob Jones Jr. Richmond Today. Richmond: Hale Publishing, 1978.

Harris, Lieut. William C., Prison-Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond. By a Ball's Bluff Prisoner. Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1862.

Hess, Earl J. The Union Soldier in Battle: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997.

Hoehling, A.A. & Mary. The Day Richmond Died San Diego: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1981.

Kelly, C. Brian. Best Little Stories from the Civil War. Charlottesville: Montpelier Publishing, 1994.

Korn, Jerry. The Fight for Chattanooga: Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1985.

----------- Pursuit to Appomattox: The Last Battles. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1987.

----------- War on the Mississippi: Grant's Vicksburg Campaign. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1985.

Jackson, Donald Dale. Twenty Million Yankees: The Northern Home Front. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1985.

Jacob, Diane B. and Judith M. Arnold. A Virginia Military Institute Album, 1839-1910. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1982.

Jaynes, Gregory. The Killing Ground: Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1986.

Johnson, Robert Underwood, and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol 4. New York- Thomas Yoseloff- 1956.

Jones, John Beauchamp. A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the Confederate States Capital. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866. Vol. 1, :
Vol. 2

Lee, Richard M. General Lee's City: An Illustrated Guide to the Historic Sites of Confederate Richmond. McLean: EPM, 1987.

Lewis, Thomas A. The Shenandoah in Flames: The Valley Campaign of 1864. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1987.

Little, John Peyton. History of Richmond. Richmond: Dietz Press., 1933. [Reprinted from 1851]

Macdonald, John. Great Battles of the Civil War. New York: Macmillan, 1988.

Mayo, Joseph. A Guide to Magistrates: With Practical Forms for the Discharge of their Duties Out of Court. To Which are Added Precedents for the use of Prosecutors, Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Escheators, Clerks, &c. Adapted to the New Code of Virginia. Richmond: Colin, Baptist and Nolan, 1850. 1850 edition1860 edition

McGuire, Judith. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War. By a Lady of Virginia. New York: R. J. Hale & Son, 1867.

McKeever, C. Civil War Battle Flags of the Union Army and Order of Battle. New York: Knickerbocker, 1887.

McKenzie, John D. Uncertain Glory: Lee's Generalship Re-examined. New York: Hippocrene, 1997.

McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. New York: Ballantine, 1988.

----------. Drawn with the Sword. Reflections on the American Civil War. New York: Oxford, 1996.

Meredith, Roy. Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man: Mathew B. Brady. New York: Dover Publications, 1974.

Miller, Francis T. ed., The Photographic History of the Civil War. 10 vols. New York: Review of Reviews, 1911. (reprint in 5 vols: Secaucus: Blue & Grey Press, 1987). Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10.

Moore, Samuel J. T. Moore's Complete Civil War Guide to Richmond Richmond: Moore, 1978.

Mordecai, Samuel. Richmond in By-Gone Days: Being Reminiscences of an Old Citizen. Richmond: George N. West, 1856.

Morrison, Andrew. Richmond, Virginia : The City on the James : The Book of Its Chamber of Commerce and Principal Business Interests. Richmond: George W. Engelhardt, 1893. 

Murphy, Richard W. The Nation Reunited: War's Aftermath. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1987.

Nelson, Christopher and Brian C. Pohanka. Battle Maps of the Civil War. Japan: Starwood, 1992.

Nevin, David. Sherman's March: Atlanta to the Sea. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1986.

----------- The Road to Shiloh: Early Battles in the West. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1983.

Osborne, Charles C. Jubal: The Life and Times of General Jubal A. Early, CSA. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1992.

Parker, Sandra V. Richmond's Civil War Prisons. Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, 1990.

Pember, Phoebe Yates. A Southern Woman's Story. Marietta: McCowat-Mercer, 1954.

Perret, Geoffrey. Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President. New York: Random House, 1997.

Pfanz, Donald C. Richard S. Ewell: A Soldier's Life. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1998.

Pritzker, Barry. Mathew Brady. New York: Crescent, 1992.

Putnam, Sallie Brock. Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation. New York: G. W. Carleton, 1867.

Ransom, John. John Ransom's Andersonville Diary. New York: Berkeley, 1963.

Ray, Frederick E. Our Special Artist: Alfred R. Waud's Civil War. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole, 1994.

Robertson, James I., Jr. General A. P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior. New York: Random House, 1987.

--------- Soldiers Blue & Gray. Columbia: USC Press, 1988.

--------- The Stonewall Brigade. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963.

--------- Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend. New York: Macmillan, 1997.

--------- Tenting Tonight: The Soldier's Life. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1984.

Russell, Andrew J. Russell's Civil War Photographs. New York: Dover Publications, 1982.

Scott, Mary Wingfield. Old Richmond Neighborhoods.

Sears, Stephen W. The Civil War: A Treasury of Art and Literature. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

----------- To the Gates of Richmond - The Peninsula Campaign. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1992.

Smith, Francis H. The Virginia Military Institute: Its Building and Rebuilding. Lexington: VMI, 1912.

Smith, Gene. Lee & Grant: A Dual Biography. New York: Promontory, 1984.

Stern, Philip Van Doren. Robert E. Lee: The Man and the Soldier. New York: Bonanza, 1963.

Time-Life Books, ed. The Blockade: Runners and Raiders. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1983.

------------ Echoes of Glory: Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1991.

------------ Echoes of Glory: Arms and Equipment of the Union. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1991.

------------ Echoes of Glory: Illustrated Atlas of the Civil War. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1991.

------------ Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1984.

------------ Master Index: An Illustrated Guide. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1987.

------------ Spies, Scouts and Raiders: Irregular Operations. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1985.

------------ Voices of the Civil War: The Peninsula. Alexandria: Time-Life, 1997.

Tyler-McGraw, Marie. At the Falls: Richmond, Virginia, & Its People. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1994.

United States War Department. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington D. C.: GPO, 1891.

------------ War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 110 vols. Washington D.C.: GPO, 1890-1901. Various Volumes

Van Lew, Elizabeth L. A Yankee Spy in Richmond- The Civil War Diary of "Crazy Bet" Van Lew. Ed. by David D. Ryan. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole, 1996.

Waldsmith, John. Stereo Views: An Illustrated History and Price Guide. Radnor: Wallace-Homestead, 1991.

Ward, Geoffrey C. The Civil War: An Illustrated History. New York: Knopf, 1990.

Wert, Jeffrey D. From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole, 1987.

Whitman, Walt. The Civil War Poems of Walt Whitman. Collection by Barnes & Noble Books. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1994.

Wills, Garry. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America. New York: Touchstone, 1992.

Wise, Henry A. Drawing Out the Man: The VMI Story. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978.

Zeller, Bob. The Civil War in Depth: History in 3-D. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997.

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