NF Which books?

[1861]

Hello all,
my first post here!
I'm from Europe.

Can you please recommend me WHICH BOOKS to order?

For example, there are 3 about A.P. Hill:
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807845485/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679738886/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/149364954X/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

Many more about Longstreet (this might not even be a complete list):
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1494451190/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0803292678/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010BFSOYC/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0938289969/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982659202/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492227307/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0820309079/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1603440526/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

Books about general Lee are probably beyond counting.
Then the books about J.E.B. Stuart, Jackson...
...and of course, the books like these:
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692267840/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982770073/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1565540247/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596985003/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596985496/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

It would be nice to have them all, but I can't afford them all.

Thank you.

 

[War Horse]

Hello all,
my first post here!
I'm from Europe.

Can you please recommend me WHICH BOOKS to order?

For example, there are 3 about A.P. Hill:
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807845485/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679738886/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/149364954X/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

Many more about Longstreet (this might not even be a complete list):
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1494451190/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0803292678/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010BFSOYC/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0938289969/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982659202/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492227307/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0820309079/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1603440526/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

Books about general Lee are probably beyond counting.
Then the books about J.E.B. Stuart, Jackson...
...and of course, the books like these:
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692267840/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982770073/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1565540247/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596985003/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596985496/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

It would be nice to have them all, but I can't afford them all.

Thank you.

Stick with Jeffery Wert for Longstreet and Stuart, Davis Burk also has a good Stuart Bio out their. James I. Robertson, Jr. for Stonewall and Lee. You can't go wrong. Welcome to the site.

 

[1861]

Thank you! Care to elaborate a bit, why this and not that book?
What's this talk about "looking familiar" - if I may ask? https://civilwartalk.com/threads/longstreets-and-picketts-reunite.137037/

 

[Jimklag]

Hello all,
my first post here!
I'm from Europe.

Can you please recommend me WHICH BOOKS to order?

For example, there are 3 about A.P. Hill:
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807845485/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679738886/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/149364954X/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

Many more about Longstreet (this might not even be a complete list):
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1494451190/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0803292678/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010BFSOYC/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0938289969/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982659202/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492227307/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0820309079/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1603440526/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

Books about general Lee are probably beyond counting.
Then the books about J.E.B. Stuart, Jackson...
...and of course, the books like these:
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692267840/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982770073/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1565540247/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596985003/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596985496/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

It would be nice to have them all, but I can't afford them all.

Thank you.

Howdy, @1861 . Welcome to CWT.

 

[War Horse]

All the authors I've recommended are the best on each subject. I'm not really sure what I can tell you. Objective, well researched and written. Experts all of them.

Love the avatar btw.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Welcome from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. You should consult some of the forum's great writers, such as Eric Wittenberg and David Powell as well as some historians outside our forum, including Gary Gallagher and Gordon Rhea.

 

[1861]

Thanks guys
I think that a book by Sorrel should be a must have (I'll probably have more than one about Longstreet).
Longstreet is my favourite general, but I'd like to start with A.P. Hill.
I've read a few pages of "Lee's Forgotten General" by Hassler and I love the tone of his text. But that's from 1957; later books have new info from letters later discovered... and book "Little Powell" has more pictures (maps, photos), but less pages and less positive reviews... so I can't decide, I'm afraid I might end up buying more than one book about Hill. Not that he doesn't deserve that, on the contrary.

 

[captaindrew]

Welcome from South Florida

 

[nitrofd]

Hello all,
my first post here!
I'm from Europe.

Can you please recommend me WHICH BOOKS to order?

For example, there are 3 about A.P. Hill:
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807845485/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679738886/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/149364954X/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

Many more about Longstreet (this might not even be a complete list):
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1494451190/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0803292678/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010BFSOYC/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0938289969/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982659202/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492227307/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0820309079/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1603440526/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

Books about general Lee are probably beyond counting.
Then the books about J.E.B. Stuart, Jackson...
...and of course, the books like these:
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692267840/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982770073/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1565540247/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596985003/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596985496/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

It would be nice to have them all, but I can't afford them all.

Thank you.

Just checking some of the books on your list are available free for download if you take the time to search for them.their are many places that offer Longstreet's '"From Manassas to Appomattox".Grants Memoirs ,Hood's memoir.

 

[1861]

Thanks captaindrew are you familiar with "A Small but Spartan Band"? - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0817357742/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

 

[1861]

nitrofd, I like my books to be HARDCOVER. If hardcover edition doesn't exist or if even an old used copy of hardcover costs insanely much, then I'll settle for paperback. If I can't get even a paperback or if even a used paperback costs very much, then and only then I'd settle for digital copy
When I look upon my book shelves, I want to see LONGSTREET, LEE, A.P. HILL... there in big letters

 

[1861]

All the authors I've recommended are the best on each subject. I'm not really sure what I can tell you. Objective, well researched and written. Experts all of them.

Too bad that most of media commentators never heard of those writers. Yet, they comment on the subject, teaching the millions what to think.

 

[War Horse]

Thanks guys
I think that a book by Sorrel should be a must have (I'll probably have more than one about Longstreet).
Longstreet is my favourite general, but I'd like to start with A.P. Hill.
I've read a few pages of "Lee's Forgotten General" by Hassler and I love the tone of his text. But that's from 1957; later books have new info from letters later discovered... and book "Little Powell" has more pictures (maps, photos), but less pages and less positive reviews... so I can't decide, I'm afraid I might end up buying more than one book about Hill. Not that he doesn't deserve that, on the contrary.

Sorrel and E.P Alexander Would be wonderful choices.

 

[War Horse]

Too bad that most of media commentators never heard of those writers. Yet, they comment on the subject, teaching the millions what to think.

Really. I find that unbelievable. What media commentators would these be?

 

[1861]

Pretty much all of them in mainstream media in US and EU.
I want to learn from serious books, not from today's media.

 

[mofederal]

Memoirs of the Southern War for Independence by Heros Von Borcke; Four Years in the Saddle by Harry Gilmore; and War Years With Jeb Stuart by W.W. Blackford for good books about Stuart. War Years one of the best. In paper saves money and cheap. All primary sources written after the war.

 

[War Horse]

Pretty much all of them in mainstream media in US and EU.
I want to learn from serious books, not from today's media.

What I've recommended to you are serious books. You asked for biographies on Longstreet, Jackson, Stuart and Lee. You'll find no better. Good luck.

 

[nitrofd]

nitrofd, I like my books to be HARDCOVER. If hardcover edition doesn't exist or if even an old used copy of hardcover costs insanely much, then I'll settle for paperback. If I can't get even a paperback or if even a used paperback costs very much, then and only then I'd settle for digital copy
When I look upon my book shelves, I want to see LONGSTREET, LEE, A.P. HILL... there in big letters

I used to have over 1000 books on the Civil War.

 

[1861]

Thank you, probably will start with Sorrel for the first-hand experience on Longstreet.

 

[1861]

I used to have over 1000 books on the Civil War.

Aah... but my room is already overflowing with books, about musicians, films, WW2... can't have that much on the Civil War, but I'll sure try to get as much as I can afford