Thursday, September 4, 2008

Military CW Campaign Books

I can remember the first serious military campaign book I read. It was Ed Ferguson's Chancellorsville book. It read like a novel. You could hear the cannons and smell the smoke, it was that good. Then I read an exciting book on Antietam, "Gleam of Bayonets" (this blog will not allow me to underline titles...the English teacher in me is cringing...). Those books showed me that I could be mesmerized by fascinating accounts of the battlefields I've visited. As time went by, I found Cottington's "Gettysburg Campaign" an especially fun read. I thought it was SO detailed. A 700 or so page book on ONE battle! Then I found Phanz. He had a 700+ page book on ONE DAY of the battle. And he's written 3 books! Wow, I was hooked.

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