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The Fighting First Regiment's READING LIST
Compiled by Jamie Rife
Fe I have
compiled the list below for the civil war enthusiast wanting to broaden his or
her knowledge of the Civil War. My criteria for inclusion was to focus on
those titles that can help reenactors the most in their uniform, drill, and
Confederate Army research, rather than trying to be comprehensive, which would
be impossible considering the sheer number of works that have been published
over the past 139 years on the subject.
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, 70 volumes bound in 128
parts and a two-part atlas, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office,
1880-1901 (available commercially on CD-ROM).
The
Southern Historical Society Papers, 52 Volumes(cloth), indexed,
beginning in 1962, 1876-1959 (available commercially on CD-ROM).
Beers, Henry Putney, The Confederacy-A
Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America,
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration by the National
Archives Trust Fund Board, 1986.
Confederate Department of War, Regulations
for the Army of the Confederate States, 1863, Richmond, Virginia: J. W.
Randolph, 1863.
Clausewitz, Carl von. On War.
Originally published in 1832. Edited and translated by Peter Paret and Michael
Howard, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1984.
Del Ballo, Dominic, Instructions for
Guards and Pickets, 3rd Edition, Santa Barbara, California:
Army of the Pacific Press, 2002.
_______________, Parade, Inspection, and
Basic Evolutions of the Infantry Battalion, 4th Edition,
Santa Barbara, California: Army of the Pacific Press, 1998.
Fremantle, Sir Arthur James Lyon,
Three Months in the Southern States: April, June 1863, Mobile, Alabama:
S. H. Goetzel, 1864. Reprinted, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press,
1991.
Gilham, Major William, Manual of
Instruction for the Volunteers and Militia of the United States,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, C. Desilver, 1861.
Gorgas, Colonel Josiah, The Ordnance
Manual for the Use of the Officers of the Confederate States Army,
Originally published in 1863, Dayton, Ohio: Morningside House, Inc., 1995.
Griffith, Paddy, Battle in the Civil War:
Generalship and Tactics in America 1861-65, Fieldhead, England: Field
Books, 1986
_____________, Battle Tactics of the Civil
War, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1989.
Hardee, Brigadier General William J.,
Rifle and Infantry Tactics, Revised and Improved North Carolina Edition
for Rifled-Muskets, 1862.
Jensen, Leslie D., Johnny Reb: The Uniform
of the Confederate Army, 1861-1865 (G.I. Series), Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania, Stackpole Books, 1996.
_____________, “A Survey of Confederate
Central Government Quartermaster Issue Jackets,” Parts I-III, The
Military Collector & Historian, Fall and Winter 1989,
Jomini, Antoine Henri, The Art of War.
Originally published in , Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1996.
Katcher, Philip, The Army of Robert E. Lee,
London, England: Arms & Armour, 1994.
____________, Civil War Uniforms,
London: Arms and Armour Press, 1990.
Kautz, Brigadier General August V., The
Company Clerk, Originally published in 1863, Reprinted by Sullivan
Press.
____________________________, Customs of
Service for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers, Originally published
in 1865, Reprinted, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Stackpole Books.
____________________________, Customs of
Service for Officers of the Army, Originally published in 1866,
Reprinted, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Stackpole Books.
Linderman, Gerald F.,
Embattled
Courage: The Experience of Combat in the American Civil War. New York:
The Free Press, 1987.
Mahan, Dennis Hart,
An Elementary
Treatise on Advanced-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops,
New York, New York: John Wiley, 1861.
McMurry, Richard M.,
Two Great
Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History, Chapel Hill:
University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
McWhiney, Grady and Perry D. Jamieson,
Attack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1982
Robertson, James I.,
Stonewall
Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend, New York, New York: Macmillan
Publishing, USA, 1997.
Scott, Henry Lee,
Military
Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions; Information on Raising and
Keeping Troops; Actual Service, including Makeshifts and Improved Material,
New York, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1861.
Time-Life Books,
Echoes of Glory:
Arms & Equipment Of The Confederacy, Alexandria, Virginia, 1991.
Watkins, Samuel Rush,
"Co. Aytch,"
Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show,
Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1882.
Wiley, Bell,
The Life of Johnny Reb,
The Common Soldier of the Confederacy, Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill,
1962.
Williams, T. Harry,
Military Analysis of the Civil War: An Anthology, Millwood,
New York: American Military Institute, 1977.
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