The collection of Brady photos I have is in a biography called "Mathew Brady: Historian With A Camera" by James D. Horan. The National Historical Society's "The Image Of War: 1861-1865" series volumes are good photographic histories.

To narrow some things down with the authors I mentioned above, Sears largely covers the Eastern theatre of war while Sword covers the "Western" theatre (still East of the Mississippi, though).For Steven A Sears, try, "To The Gates Of Richmond: The Pennensula Campaign", "Chancellorsville" or "Landscape Streaked With Red: The Battle Of Antietam" For Wiley Sword, try "Mountains Touched With Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, 1863".

For a rare comprehensive view of what was happening West of the Mississippi clear to the West Coast, try Alvin M.Josephy's "The Civil War In The American West" which tells about battles, politics, Indian Wars, the railroads and other things that were happening concurrently with the better known events back East and ties them into perspective nicely.

For Emory Thomas, his "Bold Dragoon:The Life Of J.E.B. Stuart" or "The Confederacy As A Revolutionary Experience" are good places to start.

For everyday life in both capital cities, "Reveille In Washington" by Margaret Leech and Ernest B. Fergurson's "Ashes Of Glory: Richmond At War" are both excellent.

Among the best Regimental Histories are "The 20th Maine" by John J. Pullen and "The Last Full Measure: The Life and Geath of the First Minnesota Volunteers" by Richard Moe on the Union side and James I. Robertson, Jr.'s "The Stonewall Brigade" and William C. Davis'"The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home" for the Confederate side.


Bell I. Wiley's "The Life Of Johnnie Reb" and "The Life Of Billy Yank" and Reid Mitchell's "Civil War Soldiers: Their Expectations And Their Experiences" are good books on the life of the individual soldier.