Books

Recommended Reading

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These are available from many different outlets and the links are provided only as information for the books.

Our Connection With Savannah:
A History of the 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters
by Russel K. Brown

Hardtack & Coffee:
The Unwritten Story of Army Life
by John D. Billings

Sharpshooters of the American Civil War 1861-65
by Philip Katcher

Andersonville: The Last Depot
by William Marvel

The Sentinels of Andersonville
by Tracy Groot

Mill
by David Macaulay

Company Aytch
by Samuel Watkins

The Life of Johnny Reb
by Bell Irvin Wiley

The Life of Billy Yank
by Bell Irvin Wiley

The Civil War Infantryman:
In camp, on the march, and in battle
by Gregory A. Coco

Soldier Life in the Union & Confederate Armies
Edited by Phillip Van Doren Stern

Decision in the West:
The Atlanta Campaign of 1864
by Albert Castel

A People’s History of the Civil War:
Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom
by David Williams

War Like The Thunderbolt:
The Battle and Burning of Atlanta
by Russel S. Bonds

Reliving the Civil War
by R. Lee Hadden

Echoes of Glory Series
by Time Life

The Columbia Rifles Research Compendium
Edited by John E. Toby
Note: Currently not available, but source to keep looking for

Shock Troops of the Confederacy:
Sharpshooter Battalions of the ANV
by Fred L. Ray

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