// Books about, or by members, of the 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry:
“History of The Fourteenth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry,” by Charles D. Page
“Souvenir of Excursion to Battlefields,” by the Society of the 14th Connecticut Regiment
"Memorial of Deceased Officers of the Fourteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers," by Henry P. Goddard
“The Good Fight That Didn't End: Henry P. Goddard's Accounts of Civil War and Peace,” by Henry P. Goddard (Captain of the 14th CT)
“The Boys from Rockville: Civil War Narratives of Sgt. Benjamin Hirst, Company D, 14th Connecticut Volunteers,” by Sgt. Benjamin Hirst; edited by Robert L. Bee
"Wooden nutmegs" at Bull Run: a humorous account of some of the exploits and experiences of the three months Connecticut brigade, and the part they bore in the national stampede, " by Elnathan B. Tyler (Sergeant of Co. B, 14th CT. Tyler used the pen name "Frinkle Fry," which is hilarious. Thanks to Dione Longley for introducing me to this book!)
“Mr. Dunn Browne's Experiences in the Army: The Civil War Letters of Samuel Fiske,” by Captain Samuel Wheelock Fiske of the 14th Connecticut
“A Noble and Glorious Cause: The Life, Times, and Civil War Service of Captain Elijah W. Gibbons,” by Thomas La Lancette
// Excellent books about the two battles Private Daniel H. Otis fought in:
“Landscape Turned Red” by Stephen W. Sears (this is about Antietam)
“The Fredericksburg Campaign,” by Francis Augustin O’Reilly
"Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862," by Chris Mackowski PhD and Kristopher D. White
// Connecticut and the Civil War books:
"Heroes for All Time: Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Tell Their Stories," by Dione Longley and Buck Zaidel
“Mr. Dunn Browne's Experiences in the Army: The Civil War Letters of Samuel Fiske,” by Captain Samuel Wheelock Fiske of the 14th Connecticut
“A Noble and Glorious Cause: The Life, Times, and Civil War Service of Captain Elijah W. Gibbons,” by Thomas La Lancette
// Excellent books about the two battles Private Daniel H. Otis fought in:
“Landscape Turned Red” by Stephen W. Sears (this is about Antietam)
“The Fredericksburg Campaign,” by Francis Augustin O’Reilly
"Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862," by Chris Mackowski PhD and Kristopher D. White
// Connecticut and the Civil War books:
"Heroes for All Time: Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Tell Their Stories," by Dione Longley and Buck Zaidel
"Hidden History of Connecticut Union Soldiers," by John Banks
"Connecticut Yankees at Antietam," by John Banks
"Connecticut for the Union," by John Niven (highly recommend and highly readable!)
"Connecticut in the American Civil War," by Matthew Warshauer
"A Broken Regiment: The 16th Connecticut's Civil War," by Lesley J. Gordon
"Civil War Volunteer Sons of Connecticut," by Blaikie Hines
"The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861-65: Comprising a Detailed Account of the Various Regiments and Batteries, Through Bivouac, and Battle," by W. A. Croffut
// Civil War books worth reading:
"The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union," by Bell Irvin Wiley
"The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy," by Bell Irvin Wiley
"The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War," by Jim Murphy
"Recollections of a Private Soldier," by Frank Wilkeson
"Gone for a Soldier: The Civil War Memoirs of Private Alfred Bellard," by Alfred Bellard
"The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies," by Peter S. Carmichael
"For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War," by James M. McPherson
"Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War," by Jonathan W. White
"No Peace for the Wicked: Northern Protestant Soldiers and the American Civil War," by David Rolfs
"Baring the Iron Hand: Discipline in the Union Army," by Steven Ramold
"The Divided Family in Civil War America," by Amy Murrell Taylor
"The Irish in the American Civil War," by Damian Shiels
"The Irish Brigade In The Civil War: The 69th New York and Other Irish Regiments of The Army Of The Potomac," by Joseph G. Bilby
"Nature's Civil War: Common Soldiers and the Environment in 1862 Virginia," by Kathryn Shively Meier
"Flora and Fauna of the Civil War: An Environmental Reference Guide," by Kelby Ouchley
"The Real War Will Never Get In the Books: Selections from Writers During the Civil War," by Louis P. Masur (Editor)
"This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War," by Drew Gilpin Faust
"An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-1864," by Sarah Rosetta Wakeman; Lauren Cook Burgess (Editor)
// Civil War books that challenge the status quo:
"Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe," by Thomas DiLorenzo
"The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War," by Thomas J. Dilorenzo
"Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe," by Thomas DiLorenzo
"The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War," by Thomas J. Dilorenzo
“It Wasn't About Slavery: Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War,” by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
"Southern Scribblings," by Brion McClanahan
"The Un-Civil War: Shattering the Historical Myths," by Leonard M. Scruggs
// Sex and the Civil War:
"The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex in the Civil War Paperback," by Thomas P. Lowry
"Sexual Misbehavior in the Civil War: A Compendium," by Thomas P Lowry
"Sex and the Civil War: Soldiers, Pornography, and the Making of American Morality," by Judith Giesberg
"An Evening With Venus: Prostitution During the American Civil War," by Dr. John Jackson Gaines Ph.D
