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The best single-volume survey of the political events that led to secession and war.

These eight volumes areĪ magisterial account of the crisis-laden years from the Mexican War to Appomattox, covering social, economic, political, and military events in compelling prose.ĭavid M. FOR CAUSE AND COMRADES: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, 1998.Īllan Nevins. A superbly readable military history by a novelist who did a massive amount of historical research.

THE CIVIL WAR: A Narrative, 1958-1974, 3 vols. The gritty determination of private soldiers despite the incompetent commanders who led them so often to defeat until Grant finally took charge. Catton’s superb trilogy on the Army of the Potomac emphasizes

LINCOLN’S ARMY, 1951 GLORY ROAD, 1952 A STILLNESS AT APPOMATTOX, 1953. A fast-paced chronicle of the fighting on the battlefield and the infighting in the political capitals of WashingtonĪnd Richmond. THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-65, 3 vols. Brief comments by Professor McPherson on books in his list haveīruce Catton. The books are broken down by category after General Histories and Lincoln, the categories are arranged alphabetically within each category the books are arranged alphabetically by author. This list was compiled from three sources: recommendations made by James McPherson, the Princeton history professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War author,įor American Heritage Magazine in 1990 the finalists and prizewinners for the Lincoln Prize awarded by the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lerhman Institute of American History annually Īnd suggestions by Jack Begg, the research supervisor of The New York Times. Any recommended reading list therefore has to be highly selective andĪt least somewhat arbitrary. Far more books have been written about the Civil War than about any other event in American history, and Lincoln’s stack of books towers over that of any other American figure.