Civil War Books and Articles

Civil War       by Shelby Foote (Three Volumes)

Battle Cry of Freedom   James M. McPherson

The Civil War    Bruce Catton

Gettysburg    Stephen W. Sears

Gettysburg   Noah Andre Trudeau

Gettysburg Day Three   Jeffry D. Wert

Gettysburg- The Last Invasion   Allen C. Guelzo

Life in Civil War America   Michael O. Varhola

The Civil War Times Illustrated  1978-1979

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

South Carolina Declaration of Secession   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Declaration_of_Secession

Declaration of Secession Mississippi                             https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_missec.asp

Cornerstone Speech   Alexander H. Stephens                                     https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/cornerstone-speech

In 1990, Ken Burns epic PBS program The Civil War documentary, historian Shelby Foote attempted to describe the famous Rebel Yell.  Foote died in 2005, and I hope he had the opportunity to hear the Rebel Yell from surviving Confederate soldiers, which was on film at the Library of Congress.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jSqt39vFM

On film at the Library of Congress was the 1938 75th reunion at Gettysburg.  If you listen closely you’ll hear the Rebel Yell:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce5WpM-JMYg