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Civil War Sesquicentennial: Reading Lists

This guide provides resources, both online and print, in commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Browse the resources below or check the shelves at your Delaware Public Library in the following area: 973.7

RECOMMENDED READING

Thanks to Dawn Mitchell, Delaware Public Archives, for compiling this list

The Brandywine home front during the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Wilkinson, Norman B.
The Civil War Record of the Four Carey Brothers of Indian River Hundred who served in Company E First Regiment Delaware Infantry Volunteers : Also Civil War Record of William Hopkins and his son Joseph Henry Hopkins and Aaron March and Alfred P. Pepper : by Carey, Alfred B
A compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Dyer, Frederick H. (Frederick Henry)
Delaware during the Civil War, a political history by Hancock, Harold Bell
Delaware stays in the Union; the Civil War period, 1860-1865 by Spruance, John S.
History of the First regiment, Delaware volunteers, from the commencement of the "three months' service" to the final muster-out at the close of the rebellion by Seville, William P.
Samuel Francis Du Pont; a selection from his Civil War letters by Du Pont, Samuel Francis
The Second Regiment Delaware volunteers by Middleton, Darrell N.
They died at Fort Delaware, 1861-1865 (Confederates, Union and civilian) by Jamison, Jocelyn P.
Unlikely Allies by Dale Fetzer; Bruce Edward Mowday
ISBN: 0811718239
Publication Date: 2000-02-01

READ THE BOOK - SEE THE MOVIE

Thanks to Paula Davino for compiling this list

Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
ISBN: 9780452269569
The 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the Andersonville Fortress and its use as a concentration camp-like prison by the South during the Civil War.
Andersonville [videorecording (dvd)] by Rintels, David W.
ISBN: 9780780639867
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
ISBN: 9780871136794
Publication Date: 1997-05-16
Cold Mountain (Motion picture) by Pollack, Sydney
ISBN: 9780788854422
Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake
ISBN: 9780449134481
Publication Date: 1988-08-12
Dances with wolves [videorecording (dvd)] by Wilson, Jim
ISBN: 9780792860426
Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
ISBN: 9780345404923
Publication Date: 1996-05-28
Gods and generals [videorecording (dvd)] by Maxwell, Ronald F.
ISBN: 9780790772622
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell; Pat Conroy (Preface by)
ISBN: 9781451635621
Publication Date: 2011-05-03
Gone with the wind [videorecording (dvd)] by Selznick, David O.
ISBN: 9781419878770
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
ISBN: 9780345348104
Publication Date: 1987-08-12
Gettysburg [videorecording (dvd)] by Maxwell, Ronald F.
ISBN: 9780780632776
Little Women by Scott McKowen (Illustrator); Louisa May Alcott
ISBN: 9781402714580
Publication Date: 2004-10-01
Little women [videorecording (dvd)] by Di Novi, Denise
ISBN: 9780767851015
North and South by John Jakes
ISBN: 9780451200815
Publication Date: 2000-06-01
North and South. The complete collection [videorecording (dvd)] by Heffron, Richard
ISBN: 9780790775982
The Outlaw Josey Wales by Forrest Carter
ISBN: 9780843963465
Publication Date: 2010-02-23
The outlaw Josey Wales [videorecording (dvd)] by Eastwood, Clint
ISBN: 9781419893728
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane; Frank Green (Editor); John Seely (Editor)
ISBN: 9780590021173
Publication Date: 1999-09-01
The red badge of courage [videorecording (dvd)] by Huston, John
ISBN: 9780790776675

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