| The Gray Ghost | 01 Sep 2016 1:32 p.m. PST |
The Catton/Foote thread got me wondering about some modern historians work. I'm quite fond of William C Davis's work, especially Look Away and would be interested in other members opinion.
Also what other authors are notable? |
| jowady | 01 Sep 2016 1:40 p.m. PST |
James McPherson
Gordon Rhea
Dave Powell
Eric Wittenburg/David Petruzzi
Ed Bearss****
Peter Cozzens
Jeffrey Wert
Gary Adelman
Tim Smith
Just a few currently working off the top of my head |
| Piquet Rules | 01 Sep 2016 3:02 p.m. PST |
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 Stosstruppen  | 01 Sep 2016 3:02 p.m. PST |
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| donlowry | 01 Sep 2016 4:40 p.m. PST |
David A. Powell
Steven F. Woodworth |
| Bill N | 01 Sep 2016 4:46 p.m. PST |
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| rmaker | 01 Sep 2016 5:11 p.m. PST |
More on the political/social side – William Freehling. |
| John Thomas8 | 01 Sep 2016 5:24 p.m. PST |
I second Wittenburg and Sears |
| Charlie 12 | 01 Sep 2016 5:51 p.m. PST |
Hard to add to the list so far (they're all good). But for the naval side I'll add Robert M. Browning for his works on the the Union naval blockade squadrons. |
| Extrabio1947 | 01 Sep 2016 7:15 p.m. PST |
Larry Daniel for his works on the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Wiley Sword for his works on the Western Theater. Albert Castel for his classic Decision in the West. |
| DisasterWargamer | 01 Sep 2016 8:49 p.m. PST |
I blame Wiley Sword for inspiring me to do Battle of Franklin and build lots of acw units |
| Noble Crow | 01 Sep 2016 8:59 p.m. PST |
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ScottWashburn  | 02 Sep 2016 3:39 a.m. PST |
Allen Guelzo's "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion" is the best book I've ever read on the subject. Highly recommended. |
| vtsaogames | 02 Sep 2016 4:43 a.m. PST |
Second for Guelzo's "Gettysburg". |
| Normal Guy | 02 Sep 2016 6:26 a.m. PST |
Gordon Rhea, Gary Gallagher, Ed Bearss, David Powell, and Bradley Gottfried with his amazing map books |
| Blutarski | 02 Sep 2016 7:02 a.m. PST |
Let me throw in a vote for John Priest and his work on Antietam. B |
| Trajanus | 02 Sep 2016 7:53 a.m. PST |
Definitely Rhea, Sears, Gottfried and Hess. People speak well of Pfanz too but personally I'm not so keen on his writing style as the four above. McPherson still has the best single volume book on the war and its causes. |
| donlowry | 02 Sep 2016 8:51 a.m. PST |
Pfanz is very informative, and not badly written at all. |
| Billy Yank | 02 Sep 2016 9:46 a.m. PST |
Earl Hess is the current expert on low level Civil War tactics which might be of great interest to a war-gamer. He has written a number of excellent books over the last ten years. BY |
| Scott Mingus | 02 Sep 2016 12:36 p.m. PST |
Wow. I am flattered to be mentioned in this august listing of Civil War historians! Only a few of us are also wargamers. |
| Garde de Paris | 02 Sep 2016 1:44 p.m. PST |
Any reason Bruce Catton is not mentioned? GdeP |
| Charlie 12 | 02 Sep 2016 2:10 p.m. PST |
Any reason Bruce Catton is not mentioned? Well, the subject was on modern (presumably living) authors. While an important author, Catton died nearly 40 years ago (1978). |
| Trajanus | 03 Sep 2016 5:46 a.m. PST |
Don, Not saying Pfanz is a bad writer, I just prefer the style of the others I mention. :o) Oh! and looking back over the postings, I don't know how I missed Scott's and vtsaogames votes for Guelzo. Having been reminded I should have had him in my original group too! |
| Old Contemptibles | 03 Sep 2016 3:46 p.m. PST |
Steven Sears
Gary Gallagher
Alan Nolan
James Robertson
Harry Pfanz
David Martin
James McPherson
William Davis
John Hennessy
John Priest |
prepares to do some regimental-level ACW gaming.
