General References

American Military History, Volume I

Campaigns of the Civil War

Civil War Maps

Civil War Articles from Army History

Civil War Secretaries of War and Commanding Generals

CMH Memorial Day feature

Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops, 1862-1867

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860-1941

Gabel, Christopher R. Railroad Generalship: Foundations of Civil War Strategy. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1997.
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Gabel, Christopher R. Rails to Oblivion: The Decline of Confederate Railroads in the Civil War. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2002.
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Staff Ride Guides

CMH Civil War Staff Rides Guides

The Battle of New Market: Self-Guided Tour

The Battle of Cedar Creek: Self-Guided Tour

Robertson, William G., et al. Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Chickamauga, 18-20 September 1863. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1992.
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Cameron, Robert S. Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Perryville, 8 October 1862. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2005.

Gudmens, Jeffrey J. Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Shiloh, 6-7 April 1862. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2004.
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King, Curtis S., et al. Staff Ride Handbook for the Overland Campaign, Virginia, 4 May to 15 June 1864: A Study in Operational-Level Command. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2009.
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Gabel, Christopher R. Staff Ride Handbook for the Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2001.
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Knapp, George E. Wilson’s Creek Staff Ride and Battlefield Tour. Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1993.
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