American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

[url="http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/best-civil-war-books/top-10-gettysburg-books-civil-war-bloggers/"]Ten Civil War bloggers (including me) are listing their own top 10 Gettysburg books[/url] over the course of the three day anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The idea is to take these lists and combine them into one comprehensive list which will serve as a nice "go to page" for those looking to get into the study of the Battle of Gettysburg. Feel free to add your own Top 10 Gettysburg books in the comments section here and at the link provided!

The bloggers participating include:

Ethan Rafuse of Civil Warriors
Mark Grimsley of Civil Warriors
Eric Wittenberg of Rantings of a Civil War Historian
Drew Wagenhoffer of Civil War Books and Authors
John Hoptak of The 48th Pennsylvania Infantry/Civil War Musings
Harry Smeltzer of Bull Runnings
Craig Swain of To the Sound of the Guns
Nick Kurtz of Battlefield Wanderings
Chris Wehner of Blog 4 History
Brett Schulte of TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog

Brett S.
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Thanks for getting all these lists together. I can start adding to my limited civil war library. do you think this could be done for Antietam? Chancellorsville, et.al.?

BG Drex Ringbloom,
Cdr,2nd Div "Corcoran's Legion",VIII Corp
Army of the Shenandoah

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<br />Thanks for getting all these lists together. I can start adding to my limited civil war library. do you think this could be done for Antietam? Chancellorsville, et.al.?

BG Drex Ringbloom,
Cdr,2nd Div "Corcoran's Legion",VIII Corp
Army of the Shenandoah
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Drex,

I did a Top 5 on Antietam all by my lonesome earlier this year:
[url="http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2009/04/20/top-5-civil-war-books-on-the-battle-of-antietam-and-the-maryland-campaign-of-1862/"]Top 5 Antietam Books[/url]

I do plan to ask the bloggers who participated this time around (and others) to do this again sometime. I've had a great time putting this together!

Brett S.
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<br />Coddington is still my favorite with David Martin's First Day right behind it.

Glad to see those two books getting their just due.

Col. Bill Peters, The Boise Rifles, II Corps Artillery, AoA
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Bill,

both are excellent books, and both are in my top 1o, the last one to come out. It'll roll on Friday morning. Look for a comprehensive list combining everyone's lists on Tuesday.

Brett S.
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1. Coddigton
2. Martin, The First Day at Gettysburg
3. Pfanz, The Second Day
4. Meade of Gettysburg
5. Pfanz, Culp's and Cemetery Hill
6. Sauers,The Meade Sickles Controversy
7. Pfanz, The First Day
8. Penny, Struggle for the Round Tops
9. Pickett's Charge, a Microhistory
10. Tredeau,Gettysburg A Testing of Courage

To be fair, I haven't read Sears book, or a few others that may or may not make the list. That is the top ten for me, as I can remember them.

"We must decide. If it's the wrong thing, we'll find out soon enough, and can then do the other, but we must decide." US Grant
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