Resources

Desperate Engagement
Marc Leepson (Drexel University)
This history of the battle at Monocacy Maryland and it's aftermath as the Confederates traveled down through Rockville, Wheaton and Silver Spring prepared me for my trip to Ft. Stevens and Monocacy July 11 and 12, 2014

Five Lectures on the American Civil War
Raimondo Luraghi Translated from the Italian by Sean Mark 
Lectures that trace the origins of the culture and politics of the North and South and describe several battles and their importance for a sweeping view of the war from a non US historian, an 'outsider' with no investment in either side.

Victors in Blue How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other and Won the Civil War
Albert Castel with Brooks Simpson
A look at how ambition and rivalry influenced the styles and decisions of the Union Generals, with a new view of the major generals to give a more nuanced sense of how these men led or didn't.

Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library
Hugh Boyle President@verizon.net
4278 Griscom St
Philadelphia, PA 19124
215 638-4244     215-498-3354 C
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