Will you guys suggest a good Civil War book?

shilala · 07-18-2011, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by OLS

The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote..........might not be critically detailed, or should I say there was a tremendous
amount of narrative and southern style put into this work by the late Memphis resident. This is the book that inspired the
Ken Burns epic. Even if you select something else, pick this UP!

There's a bunch of Shelby Foote audio blurbs all over this book. I'll see what else he has to say and grab that book if I'm not completely Civil War'd out. Thanks Brad!!!

gettysburgfreak · 07-18-2011, 01:33 PM

If you want to read about civil war medicine, you can pick up my book

07-18-2011, 01:33 PM	#2
gettysburgfreak Patriot Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Mitten Posts: 1,442 Trading: (2)	Re: Will you guys suggest a good Civil War book? If you want to read about civil war medicine, you can pick up my book __________________ Author ofeath, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865.