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For Readers & Enthusiasts of Civil War America
I hope you’ll revel with me in my latest news & events, which I post through my blog, and you’ll find something enjoyable to read or view amongst my favorite novels, non-fiction books, and movies/mini-series below.
What I’m Currently Reading:
Mostly, I’m trying to keep current with my magazine subscription of “Civil War Times” while researching midwifery and raising orphans for Book 4 of my Glory: A Civil War Series. I’ll share the best books on these topics when I find them–LOL!!!
Civil War Novels:
North and South Trilogy, The Kent Family Chronicles, Charleston, Savannah, The Gods of Newport by John Jakes
The Killer Angels (Pulitzer Prize-Winning) by Michael Shaara
Texas by James A. Michener
Seneca Falls Series by Miriam Grace Monfredo
The Last Silk Dress and In My Father’s House by Ann Rinaldi
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
The Safeguard: A Novel of Georgia in 1864 by Diana Wilder
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
March by Geraldine Brooks
Non-Fiction:
Civil War Curiosities: Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences by Webb Garrison
Amazing Women of the Civil War by Webb Garrison
They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War by Deanne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook
Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: A True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy by Elizabeth R. Varon
Beyond the Battlefield: The Ordinary Life and Extraordinary Times of the Civil War Soldier by David Madden
What They Fought For 1861-1865 by James M. McPherson
While Cannons Roared: The Civil War Behind the Lines by John M. Taylor
Our Army Nurses: Stories from Women in the Civil War by Mary Gardner Holland
Maps of the Civil War: The Roads They Took by David Phillips
Everyday Life During the Civil War: A Guide for Writers, Students, and Historians by Michael J. Varhola
Clara Barton: Civil War Nurse by Nancy Whitelaw
The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union by Bell Irvin Wiley
Civil War Medicine: 1861 – 1865 by Keith C. Wilbur, M.D.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship That Changed the World by Penny Colman
Cousins of Reform: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Gerrit Smith by Norman K. Dann
Civil War Ghost Stories & Legends by Nancy Roberts
Sharpshooting in the Civil War by Major John Plaster
Sharpshooters of the American Civil War 1861-1865 by Philip Katcher & Steve Walsh
More for Readers & Enthusiasts of Civil War America
I’ll let you in on a little secret: After I discovered a passion for history and reading historical fiction, I started gravitating toward lighter non-fiction. Besides John Jakes’ novels, the first book, in particular, on the above non-fiction list lured me toward Civil War America. And shortly after I finished that, I discovered in the second-listed book the seedling of the idea that would turn into Sweet Glory, Book 1 of Glory A Civil War Series!
My four most-prized possessions that helped me breathe life into the 10th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in which my primary protagonist, Jana Brady (aka Union Cavalryman Johnnie Brodie), enlisted are:
History of the Tenth Regiment of Cavalry, New York State Volunteers, August 1861 to August 1865 by Noble D. Preston (Commissary Officer for the 10th NY or Porter Guards–as they were nicknamed)
Civil War Campaigns of the 10th New York Cavalry: With One Soldier’s Correspondences by Ron Matteson
72 Days at Gettysburg: Organization of the 10th Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry by George A. Rummel III
The Ties to the Past: The Gettysburg Diaries of Salome Myers Stewart, 1854-1922 by Sarah Sites Rodgers
Movies & TV/Mini-Series:
North & South (adaptation of John Jakes’ North & South Trilogy)
Gone with the Wind
Lincoln (adaptation of Team of Rivals)
Glory
Gettysburg/Gods and Generals
The Blue and the Gray
Roots
The Conspirator
Django Unchained
