Books I hope to read in 2014

The Chickamauga Campaign - A Mad Irregular Battle: From the Crossing of Tennessee River Through the First Day, August 22 - September 19, 1863
by David Powell

Stonewall's Prussian Mapmaker: The Journals of Captain Oscar Hinrichs (Civil War America)
by Richard Brady Williams

The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Sortie, July 20, 1864
by Robert D. Jenkins Sr.

Vicksburg, 1863: The Deepest Wound (Battles and Leaders of the American Civil War)
by Steven Nathaniel Dossman

On the top of my list are the three remaining volumes in the Civil War: Told by Those Who Lived It published by Library of America. I just finished the first volume and it was excellent.

>2 wildbill: I've read the first three LOA Civil War: Told by Those Who Lived It and agree wholeheartedly, very much looking forward to the fourth volume.

As an aside, the LOA volume The War of 1812: Writings from America's Second War of Independence is equally good, especially at highlighting the change in writing style in the 50 years interim.

I need to finish "Chasing Jeb Stuart and John Mosby" by Robert F O'Neill. Too many others to list, too many books with not enough time. lol

>3 kcshankd: I've read The American Revolution: Writings From The War of Independence. What I noticed was not just the writing style changes but the spelling. It was a lot less standardized during that time. Those types of things make the books of primary sources doubly interesting.

>5 wildbill: At some point between Pres. Monroe and Lincoln we became identifiable as Americans. I blame President Jackson, or the passing of Adams and Jefferson on July 4, 1826.

#5 That Dan Webster, standerdized spelling and destroyed creativity. (the opinion of a non-speller)

#7 Maybe Noah

#8 Of course you are right. Daniel was to busy in Congress working to preserve the Union. My bad.

I just purchased The Civil War A Narrative; Shelby Foote's Trilogy ( 2011 Edition ) with all of it's 3,078 pages. I'm saving it for this winter on those long yucky weather days. Looking forward to reading this narrative....

While Mr. Foote's "Narrative" is popular, and a fun read that I've done myself, please don't regard it as a real history. The facts are there, and the chronology, but it is more of a novel than a history. If you feel the South was set upon by the nasty North, it is indeed a book for a winter's comforting read.
Jane was an honest novelist, and I'm not sure she'd have been happy with Foote's view of the war....just sayin'....