The following books were written
especially for children.
A Battlefield Atlas of the Civil War, by Craig L. Symonds,
Nautical and Aviation, 1983.
Abraham Lincoln: To Preserve the Union, by Russell Shorto,
Silver Burditt Press, 1991.
An Album of the Civil War, by William Loren Katz, Franklin
Watts, Inc., 1974.
The Civil War. by Fletcher Pratt, Garden City Books, 1955.
Civil War: America Becomes One Nation, by James I.
Robertson, Jr., Alfred A. Knopt, 1992.
Civil War Weapons, by C.B. Colby, Coward-McCann,
1962.
The Golden Book of the Civil War American Heritage, 1961.
Ironclads of the Civil War, by Frank R. Donovan, American
Hertiage, 1964.
Lincoln: A Photobiography, by Russell Freedman,
Clairon Books, 1987.
The Story of Ulysses S. Grant, by Jeannette C. Nolan,
Grossett, 1952.
Two Flags Flying, by Donald J. Sobol, Plan and Muck, 1960.
The following books are appropriate
for Junior High students
Abraham Lincoln. by James H. Daugherty, Viking, 1943.
The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War. by
Bruce Catton, American Heritage, 1960.
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb, by Ear.' Schnenk Miers, Rand
McNally, 1960.
Captive Bodies. Free Spirits: The Story of Southem Slavery, by
William J. Evitts, Julian Messner, 1985.
The Concise Illustrated History the Civil War, by James I.
Robertson, Robertson, Books, 1971.
Davis, by Perry Scott King, Chelsea House, 1990.
Decisive Battles of the Civil War. by Joseph B.
Mitchell, Putnam, 1955.
First Book of the Civil War, by Dorothy Sterling, Doubleday,
1963.
Freedom Train. by Dorothy Sterling, Country Life Press, 1954.
Jefferson Davis, by Perry Scott King, Chelsea House
Publishers, 1990,
The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union, by
Bell Irvin Wiley, Louisiana State University Press, 1952.
The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy, by
Bell Irvin Wiley, Louisiana State University Press, 1943.
The Negro in the Civil War, by Benjamin Quarles, Little,
Brown & Co., 1969.
Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Civil War Medical Instruments and
Equipment, Volume 1, by Dr. Gordon Dammann, Pictorial Histories Publishing, 1983.
The Story of the Civil War, by Russell Potter Reeder, Duell,
Sloan, and Pearce, 1958. of the war.
Books listed below are intended for
the advanced reader. Many deal exclusively with the Campaign of Vicksburg.
Abraham Lincoln, by Benjamin P. Thomas, Knopf, 1952.
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volumes I - /V. edited
by Robert U. Johnson and Clarence Buell, Castle, 1887.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The
Civil War Era, by James M. McPherson, Oxford University Press, 1988. This is one
of the most popular histories on the Civil War.
Battles in the Civil War: Generalship and Tactics in America 1861- 1865, by
Paddy Griffith, Field Books, 1986.
The Civil War Dictionary, by Mark Mayo Boatner III David
McKay Co., 1959.
The Civil War Songbook, Introduction by Richard Crawford,
Dover Publications, Inc., 1977.
Doctors in Blue, by George W. Adams, Schuman, 1952.
Doctors in Gray, by H.H. Cunningham, Louisiana State
University Press, 1958.
Final Fortress: The Campaign for 1862 - 1863, Samuel Carter
Carter III, 1988.
Forged in Baffle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White
Of Officers, by Joseph T. Glatthaar, Free Press, 1990.
Generals in Blue. by Ezra J. Warner, Louisiana State
University Press, 1964.
Generals in Gray, by Ezra J. Warner, Louisiana State
University Press, 1959.
Grant: A Biography, by William S. McFeely Norton 1981
Hardluck Ironclad. by Edwin Bearss, Louisiana State
University Press, 1980.
Jefferson Davis, by Clement Eaton, Free Press, 1977.
Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain, Airmont, 1965.
Lincoln Finds a General, by William T. Harry, Knopf, 1952.
The Negro's Civil War, by James M. McPherson, University of
Illinois Press, 1982.
Numbers and Losses in the Civil War of America, 1961-65, by
Thomas L. Livermore, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900.
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, edited by E. B. Long, DaCapo
Press, 1952.
Poems and songs of the Civil War, edited by Lois Hill, 1990.
The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army 1861 - 1865, by
Robert Selph Henry, Bobbs-Merrill, 1931.
Singing Soldiers: A I History of the Civil War in Song selections
by Paul Glass, Musical arrangements by Louis B. Singer, Da Capo Press, 1968.
Spies. Scouts and Raiders, editor in chief Henry Anatole
Grumwald, Time/Life, 1985.
Soldiers Blue and Gray, by James I. Robertson, Jr.,
University of South Carolina Press, 1988.
Southern War Songs: A Collection of War Songs of me South. 100th
Anniversary edition, Originally printed by United Daughters of Confederacy, 1988.
Struggle for Vicksburg by Stephen E. Ambrose, Eastern Acorn,
1982.
Vicksburg: and the Opening of the Mississippi. 1862-63, by
National Park Service, Government Printing Office, 1986
Vicksburg: 47 Days of Siege, May 18 - July 4. 1863, by A. A.
Hoehling, Fairfax Press, 1969.
Vicksburg:: Southem City Under Siege, by William Lovelace
Foster, Historic New Orleans Collection, 1980.
War on the Mississippi editor in chief Henry Anatole
Grumwald, Time/Life, 1985.
