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Mike's Civil War Book Reviews
- A Glorious Army
- Did Lincoln Own Slaves?
- Generals at Rest
- Gettysburg Requiem: The Life and Lost Causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates
- Laws Alabama Brigade
- Lee and His Generals in War and Memory
- Reading the Man: A Portrait of R.E. Lee through his Private Letters
- Right or Wrong, God Judge Me: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth
- The Complete Gettysburg Guide
- The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies
- The Myth of Little Round Top
- Two Great Rebel Armies
- Which Lincoln Assassination book is better?
Forgotten Battles of the Civil War Series
- 1861: The Battle of Dranesville
- 1862: Battle of Picacho Pass
- 1862: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
- 1862: The Battle of Perryville
- 1862: The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky
- 1862: The Battle of Sheperdstown
- 1863: The Battle of Arkansas Post
- 1863: The Battle of Wauhatchie or Browns Ferry
- 1864: The Battle of Pilot Knob
- 1864: The Battle of Westport
Forgotten Generals of the American Civil War
- Union General John Sedgwick
- Union General John Schofield
- Union General Jesse Reno
- Union General George G. Meade
- Union General Alexander Hays
- Confederate General William Whiting
- Confederate General Eppa Hunton
- Confederate General Daniel Harvey Hill
- Confederate General Benjamin Cheatham
- Confederate General Albert Pike
- Confederate Colonel George Patton
Great Links that I love
- Abraham Lincoln Assassination Page
- Abraham Lincoln Research Site
- American Civil War Homepage
- Buffalo Foods.com
- Civil War Album, tons of pictures
- Civil War Battlefield Photos
- Civil War Interactive
- Civil War Reference.com
- Gettysburg Photographs (Awesome Site)
- Gettysburg Research Site
- Gettysburg Resource Center
- Gettysburg Virtual Tour
- Mike's Raiders/Halloween Homepage
- My DVD Collection
- The Civil War Home.com
- The Civil War Preservation Trust
- The Civil War.NET
- Vampire Blog
- Wikipedia.orgs Civil War
- Worlds Finest Podcast. If you are a Warner Brothers Animated fan you'll love this.
Civil War Blogs
Angelo (1912-2002), Lillian (1913-1990)
This blog is dedicated to my grandparents.
About Me
- Mike
- Im 36 years old,
Mike's Bio and Civil War interests
Mike was born in Niagara Falls, NY grew up in Youngstown, NY and graduated from Lewiston-Porter Central Schools in 1995. He graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2002 with a History and a Education degree. He began this Civil War Blog in June 2007. His favorite athlete of all time is Marcus Allen and team is the Oakland/L.A. Raiders. His interests in Civil War history include 1. Abraham Lincoln 2. RE Lee, 3. Gettysburg, 4. The Lost Cause 5. Comparing and contrasting the Eastern and Western theatres of combat.
Civil War Books Read in 2008
- "Blood on the Moon" by Edward Steers
- "Did Lincoln Own Slaves" by Gerry Prokopowicz
- "Honors Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln" by Douglas L. Wilson
- "John Wilkes Booth: A Sisters Memoir" by Asia Booth Clarke
- "Lust for Fame: The Stage Career of John Wilkes Booth" by Gordan Samples
- "Stealing Lincoln's Body" by Thomas J. Craughwell
- "The Civil War Volume I" by Shelby Foote
- "The Confederacy's Last Hurrah" by Wiley Sword
- "The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth and the Great American Tragedy" by Thomas Goodrich
- "The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies" by William Hanchett
- General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior by James R. Robertson Jr.
- The Escape and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Edward Steers Jr.
Civil War Books Read in 2009
- "The Complete Gettysburg Guide" by J.David Petruzzi
- "Gettysburg: Memory, Market, and an American Shrine" by Jim Weeks
- "TOWARD GETTYSBURG, A BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL JOHN F. REYNOLDS " Edward J Nichols
- "Gettysburg, Day Three" by Jeffery Wert
- "Gettysburgs Bloody Wheatfield" by Jay Jorgensen
- "The Jennie Wade Story" by Cindy L. Small
- "The Fog of Gettysburg" by Kenneth L. Allers Jr.
- Gettysburg" The Confederate High Tide by Champ Clark
- "The Myth of Little Round Top" by Garry E. Adelman
- "Twilight at Little Round Top: July 2, 1863--The Tide Turns at Gettysburg" by Glenn W. LaFantasie
- "Lincoln" by Ronald White Jr.
In you opinion who was the best Civil War General?
Great quote about Reality TV
"Much has been said about reality TV this decade. But the NFL is the ultimate reality TV -- three hours of unscripted and unrehearsed moments that bring people together unlike any other entertainment opportunity." Pro Football Commissiner Roger Goddell Oct 22, 2007
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