Recommended Reading
Our recommended reading page is an ever-expanding list of the best and most authoratative books on the Battle of Gettysburg, the National Park at Gettysburg, Gettysburg in general and the Civil War as a whole. If you have a suggestion for the list, please send an email in the form at the bottom of the page. We appreciate your support!
Gettysburg/Civil War Books
Time Life: The Civil War (Complete 28 Volume set including index) This is a classic set of books that every Civil War nerd should have.
"The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara
This is a fictionalized work but serves as a great primer for the Gettysburg newbie
This is a fictionalized work but serves as a great primer for the Gettysburg newbie
"A Killer Angels Companion" by D. Scott Hartwig
For the Gettysburg newbie who finished "The Killer Angels" and wants to know what to believe.
For the Gettysburg newbie who finished "The Killer Angels" and wants to know what to believe.
"General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier" by Jeffry D Wert
"Stand Firm, Ye Boys From Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign" by Thomas A. Desjardin
"An Environmental History of the Civil War" by Judkin Browning & Timothy Silver
Books by our Guests
"Lee Is Trapped and Must Be Taken" by Thomas J. Ryan and Richard R. Schaus
Battle Tested! by Jeffrey D. McCausland and Tom Vossler
The Shrivers' Story: Eyewitnesses to the Battle of Gettysburg by Nancie Gudmestad
"The Last To Fall: The 1922 March, Battles & Deaths of U.S. Marines at Gettysburg" by Richard D. L. Fulton and James Rada, Jr.
"Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg: A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History" by James A. Hessler and Wayne Motts
"Gettysburg's Peach Orchard..." by James A. Hessler and Britt C. Isenberg
"Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg" by James A. Hessler
"Gettysburg's Peach Orchard..." by James A. Hessler and Britt C. Isenberg
"Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg" by James A. Hessler
"Devil's Den: A History and Guide" by Timothy H. Smith and Garry E. Adelman
"To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862" by D. Scott Hartwig
"A Killer Angels Companion" by D. Scott Hartwig
National Park Series-- "The Battle of Gettysburg" by Scott D Hartwig
"The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)" by Dr. Peter S. Carmichael
"Death, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865" by Christopher E Loperfido
"Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment" by Cory M. Pfarr
"Faces of Union Soldiers" by Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders
other great books
"Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J.E.B. Stuart" by Jeffry D. Wert
"Gettysburg: The Story of the Battle with Maps " by David Reisch and David M. Detweiler
"The Maps of Gettysburg: An Atlas of the Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - July 13, 1863" by Bradley M. Gottfried
"Chancellorsville" by Stephen W. Sears
"Gettysburg" by Stephen W. Sears
"Gettysburg: A Study in Command" by Edwin Coddington
"Brigades of Gettysburg: Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburg" by Bradley M Gottfried
"Gettysburg- Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill" by Harry Pfanz
"Lee" by Douglass Southall Freeman
The Harry Pfanz Gettysburg Trilogy
"Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage" by Noah Andre Trudeau
"The Army of the Potomac: Order of Battle, 1861-1865" by Darrell L Collins
The Army of the Potomac Trilogy by Bruce Catton
"The Story of Robert E. Lee's Headquarters, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania" by Timothy H. Smith
"Custer: The Making of A Young General" by Edward G. Longacre
"Custer Victorious" by Gregory W. Urwin
"From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America" by James Longstreet
"Observing Hancock at Gettysburg: The General's Leadership Through Eyewitness Accounts" by Paul E. Bretzger
"Pickett's Charge" by George R. Stewart
"'The Devil's To Pay': John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour" by Eric J Wittenberg
"Gettysburg: The Story of the Battle with Maps " by David Reisch and David M. Detweiler
"The Maps of Gettysburg: An Atlas of the Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - July 13, 1863" by Bradley M. Gottfried
"Chancellorsville" by Stephen W. Sears
"Gettysburg" by Stephen W. Sears
"Gettysburg: A Study in Command" by Edwin Coddington
"Brigades of Gettysburg: Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburg" by Bradley M Gottfried
"Gettysburg- Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill" by Harry Pfanz
"Lee" by Douglass Southall Freeman
The Harry Pfanz Gettysburg Trilogy
"Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage" by Noah Andre Trudeau
"The Army of the Potomac: Order of Battle, 1861-1865" by Darrell L Collins
The Army of the Potomac Trilogy by Bruce Catton
"The Story of Robert E. Lee's Headquarters, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania" by Timothy H. Smith
"Custer: The Making of A Young General" by Edward G. Longacre
"Custer Victorious" by Gregory W. Urwin
"From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America" by James Longstreet
"Observing Hancock at Gettysburg: The General's Leadership Through Eyewitness Accounts" by Paul E. Bretzger
"Pickett's Charge" by George R. Stewart
"'The Devil's To Pay': John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour" by Eric J Wittenberg
"Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg- 2nd Edition" by Eric Wittenberg and J Davi Petruzzi
Movies
Gettysburg and Stories of Valor - The Battle of Gettysburg (Amazon Streaming)
Gettysburg (DVD)
Death and the Civil War
Glory (Amazon Streaming)
Glory (DVD)
Gettysburg (DVD)
Death and the Civil War
Glory (Amazon Streaming)
Glory (DVD)
non-gettysburg History Books
"Band of Brothers" by Stephen E. Ambrose
"Grant" by Ron Chernow
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"Men is Cheap" by Brian Luskey
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