The Civil War Book Tag

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ANOTHER FAVORITE: Bruce Catton! Forgot to mention the maestro in my video!
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@hbbart446 3 года назад

My sister got me a Civil War puzzle for my birthday and I've been working on it all day. It put me in a huge mood to find some Civil War books/movies, and this video is what I needed! I'm a big history nerd and I'm so happy I found your channel :)

@TheHistoryShelf 3 года назад

Hey HB! I'm so happy you found the channel, too, and I hope I can bring you more Civil War goodies this year. That puzzle sounds great!

@texans1987 2 года назад

You inspire me . Appreciate you . Love watching your videos . Awesome to see someone love history and reading like myself

@billruttenberg 4 года назад

Peg, thanks for doing the tag. I am glad you did it! By the way, before I forget, I ordered the book The Caning. Thanks for the recommendation earlier in the year. I am jealous of the Shelby Foote series. I only have Volume 2, but I will find the other two eventually. I am saving up for Allen Nevin's set of books. I found them on Amazon for, I think, a reasonable price. Lincoln's Melancholy and Tried by War were awesome. I have both of the Gettysburg books by Guelzo and Trudeau, however, I haven't had a chance to read them. You did a great job with the tag, lots of recommendations. Thanks for taking the time to do it.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Hi Bill! Thanks so much for making the tag and tagging me...I really had fun with this one. Yay, I'm glad you got hold of The Caning. We should compare notes once you're done with it. I'm also envious that you found a complete Nevins set on Amazon! I do hope you will share those on your channel once you get them. :)

@danielosborn4272 4 года назад

Thanks for the great recommendations. I just bought the Shelby Foote paperback set few days ago been wanting to read it. Also have a couple of other books as well to read. Been wanting to read more books on the subject.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Can't wait to reread the trilogy. :)

@cynthiaespinoza4514 3 дня назад

Hello, I Am brand new to your channel and very excited to see your past videos. I am a huge reader of historical fiction and so I was happy to come across your channel to start reading some other books on history. It feels like it's just the next step! I was curious about the the three books you mentioned at the beginning of your video on the civil war. Are they fiction or not fiction? Cuz I am very intrigued. Thank you and I look forward to watching your previous videos as well as your new ones

@sirbooksage 4 года назад

The Civil War is a topic I've yet to give its proper reading deep dive. I'll definitely have to check some of these out. Speaking of historical fiction, and of Lincoln, have you read Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders? It's a fantastical historical fiction inspired by a report of Lincoln visiting his newly dead son Willie's body in the cemetery. It's told through the disjointed musings of ghosts, as they react to Lincoln's presence and grief over his dead son. Interspersed throughout are historical and fictional correspondence of the time, dealing with Civil War events as well as recollections from many about Lincoln himself. It's a fascinating read though the unique format isn't for everyone. Saunders appeared on Live From Here where the cast and he read a passage from the novel. It's a great slice of the book, really highlighting how the story is told. It's on Live From Here's RU-vid account.

@martineokeeffe9326 4 года назад

I have 'Lincoln in the Bardo' in paperback and on audiobook. It definitely lends itself to the latter format. Very entertaining read all around.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

I've definitely heard a lot about Lincoln in the Bardo, so thanks so much for providing this extra context, sirbooksage. I need to borrow Martine's paperback and finally read it, because it sounds like something I would just fall in love with. Thanks again...adding to my TBR!

@JoshsBookishVoyage 4 года назад

I did not expect to leave this with so many new books on my TBR. A lot of really interesting picks!

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

I’m always happy to add to other people’s TBR lists...usually it’s ME cleaning out my wallet, lol!

@Rebecca-le9hn 3 месяца назад

Just discovering your channel. Here in Philadelphia, there is an author who has written many books about the soldiers at Camp William Penn. He is Edward G. McLaughlin and his books are available from Amazon.

@jacquielousbookqueue 2 года назад

Loved this one - I've read Michael Shaara & some of Jeff Shaara's books but have not read Ralph Peters or Owen Parry. Now i have something new to look for at the used book stores 😃

@sharongoforth1 4 года назад

Really enjoyed this, Peg! Have you read Bruce Catton? Agree completely on McPherson and Sears. I’m not familiar with Ralph Peters, but I’m intrigued and will check him out.

@Caspertheconstantreader. 3 года назад

This was great. One of my senior year papers I chose to write about the Siege of Suffolk in Southeast Virginia. I am a historian for the city so the tie in was great.

@Maryjane022 2 года назад

Hi 👋 I'm new to your channel. I think it's very rare to see young woman having this kind of passion about history. Its really amazing 🙂

@TexasMan77 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for the great video Peg. You’ve probably have heard of this by now, but I checked out “Jefferson Davis: American” by William Cooper. Maybe another one to consider.

@Flow86767 Год назад

Thanks for this video!

@ReadingRetail 4 года назад

Oh yea I’m loving the shelves!!

@danacarlton4408 4 года назад

Great video. I will be taking a course on the Civil War in my Master's program in the next few months, and it is really an area I am not all that familiar with. So, I will be hunting for a lot of these books to round out my knowledge and settle on a topic for a historiography paper.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Hi Dana! I'm curious to know what topic you'll settle on for that Civil War paper. Let me know sometime? I nerd out over this stuff (if you haven't guessed yet). ;)

@danacarlton4408 4 года назад

@@TheHistoryShelf Love to. Would also appreciate any feedback you could provide.

@peggyk.554 4 года назад

@@danacarlton4408 I'd be honored and happy to!

@Civilwar.relics 4 месяца назад

I have the shelby! My favorite and most expensive is Warren K. Tice Uniform Buttons of the United States, 1776-1865: Button Makers of the United States, 1776-1865; Button Suppliers to the Confederate States, 1800-1865; Antebellum and Civil War Buttons of U.S. Forces. Since i have a massive Civil War button collection if you're interested in button's i do videos them and have lot's I'd suggest the Irish jasper greens button it's my favorite.

@laurencewestwood4615 4 года назад

Wow!! Haven't read the James McPherson book on Jefferson Davis but no one seems to be mentioning 'Jefferson Davis, American' by William J. Cooper Jr which has to be one of the best bios I have ever read. Incredible writing, serious literature. Unless, being English, I am missing something here and that it is not as good or comprehensive as I imagined. LOL! Great video, Peggy.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

You've done it again, Laurence. I never heard of the Cooper bio on Jeff Davis, so I went and found a used copy...and yes, ordered it! Thanks for the recommendation, I'm very excited to get it!

@elizabethmurphy3931 4 года назад

Terrific! Have you read the Library of America series on the Civil War entitled "THE CIVIL WAR, Told By Those Who Lived It"? Wonderful stuff! Recently my husband and I visited Washington DC, and went to see a performance at the Ford's Theater. Nothing has ever made me feel so close to being a part of history as sitting beneath that theater box where Lincoln was shot. My husband and I will be visiting the Robert Lincoln home in Vermont this summer (if Covid 19 allows), but the Lincoln family died out in the late 1970's. Just as a side note, I live in Rhode Island, very close to where Sullivan Ballou lived. His grave is located at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, RI.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Hi Elizabeth! I've been collecting those LOA volumes on the Civil War, but have yet to crack them open. And oh boy, how I envy your trip to Ford's Theater. I've told Martine that if we make it back to DC someday, Ford's Theater is the first place I want to go. I've been to the Lincoln and Washington Memorials, but that cramped, tiny little theater is where I want to be. I can only imagine how surreal it felt to sit under the Lincoln box. Wow. Thanks for letting me know about the Lincolns...it's sad! The Lincoln line is truly gone. I love that you are so close to Sullivan Ballou...it really is a small world! I hope you're able to visit the Robert Lincoln home this summer, as I hope we are all able to get out more. Thanks so much for this very thoughtful note! It really delighted me. :)

@larrythorn3168 4 года назад

Peg: will add my kudos to the Foote, Nevins sets, and have been working my way through Catton. Was surprised to hear your remarks on Sears’ bio of McClellan. Read and enjoyed it many years back, along with Landscape Turned Red. Speaking of Abe bios, check out the upcoming “Abe” by David S Reynolds on Amazon. Reynolds is a fine writer, and it supposedly tips the scales at close to 1,000 pages. Due out in October.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Hi Larry! Do you know as soon as I read this comment, I went to Amazon and looked up the new Reynolds biography on Lincoln. It's a slam dunk that I'll buy it before it comes out in October. Thank you for the head's up! Enjoy those Catton books...I miss mine (they are in storage out of state). I may just need to spend a little $$ to get them here. He was a fabulous historian and writer.

@jwb1883 4 года назад

Hi Peg, thanks again for another exciting video on the Civil War! I still need to find a copy of one of your earlier book recommendations by Elizabeth Brown Pryor on RE Lee. However, here are a few thoughts/recommendations relating to some of the tag questions. First, Grant. I noticed you have Ronald C White's biography on your shelf. I think it is superior to the Chernow book. Your critique of the two would be greatly appreciated. The McFeely edited "Memoirs" I read but had no idea about his take on Grant. I hope you have the new Elizabeth D. Samet "The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant." If not, I think you will find it extraordinary. She is a professor of English at West Point. The annotations are superb and the bibliographies (including one on war fiction) excellent. Second, fiction. Let me add Gore Vidal's "Lincoln" to the list. Third, post Civil War era. David W. Blight's "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory." Again thanks for these thought-provoking videos.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Hi jwb! Wow, you have some great input and feedback here. First, the book by Elizabeth Brown Pryor is "Reading the Man: Robert E. Lee in His Own Words". It's fantastic. Yes, I have the Ronald C. White biography and meant to read that one first, but then it seemed like only a month or two later, Chernow's doorstopper of a book came out. Indeed, I may just start with White's book, as I've heard great things about it. Too bad his book has been a bit upstaged by Chernow. And it's so funny you mentioned Samet's Annotated Memoirs...I was JUST browsing it on Amazon the other day, debating on whether to get it. I think I have my answer. ;) Also, I have David Blight's Frederick Douglass biography and will be doing a buddy read of that book this summer with another reader. I have not heard of his "Race and Reunion" but I'll add that to my TBR list. Thanks so much for these thoughtful comments and recommendations! :)

@DDB168 3 года назад

I've come to this party very late. Some great recommendations. I'm about to start The Killer Angels and I didnt know about his son, Jeff Shaara. It looks like he has some great books too. The TBR has just qaudrupled !

@TheHistoryShelf 3 года назад

Happy reading!! Jeff Shaara is really good...I have his most recent book on Pearl Harbor I still need to start.

@donaldmartineau8176 Год назад

John Jakes: North and South Trilogy as historical fiction. Ken Burns documentary is excellent! Grant Biography by Ron Chernow is superb! Hated the Vampire Hunter and the other gory classic junk!!! I love all your videos by this is my favorite format of all. Q&A was sooooo engaging!!!

@BearGrisham 8 месяцев назад

Great video. Have you every read the Gettysburg companion book by Mark Adkin?

@jamesholder13 4 года назад

Awesome!

@strangementalitypaperYT 2 года назад

Thomas Jefferson: What do we do about slavery? John Adams: Good question. Ben Franklin: Let's just put it off for another day. Abraham Lincoln: This is a bad day.

@TheHistoryShelf 2 года назад

LMAO!

@JordanRugg53 4 месяца назад

What would you recommend for the naval war?

@marko7871 3 года назад

Hi, fairly new to the channel so apologies for questions on an older video, but which area of the Civil War do you feel is under-written about that you would jump to buy a book on? And if you were to write a book on the civil war, what would you cover?

@TheHistoryShelf 3 года назад

Hi Mark! Thanks for finding my channel and your fabulous questions. Wow, I love these kind that make me pause. I may have mentioned this in another video, but I would DEARLY love to see more research and history into the after-effects of the Civil War on soldiers' lives. They didn't have the concept of PTSD back then, nor even "shell shock," but the brutal fact of the matter is the war must have shredded many a survivor's mind having seen all they did. The only book I've been able to locate so far on the topic is "Aberration of Mind: Suicide and Suffering in the Civil War-Era South" by Diane Miller Sommerville. It's a great start, but we need more. To your next question, I would have to say perhaps expand on my undergraduate thesis, which was published in the University of Michigan Journal of History this year. It looked into the 1864 Overland Campaign, specifically The Wilderness and Spotsylvania, and how Grant was the superior tactician and strategist to Robert E. Lee. I would expand it to include the other actions of the North Anna all the way up and into the siege of Petersburg. Great questions...thanks for reaching out!

@marko7871 3 года назад

@@TheHistoryShelf Thank you for the thorough answer :)

@TheHistoryShelf 3 года назад

@@marko7871 My pleasure!

@dmoo2498 4 года назад

Great video and just to let people know the Gordon C Rhea set is a five book set.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Appreciate that!

@robf8023 Год назад

Peg, Subscribed!

@TheHistoryShelf Год назад

Many thanks!!

@JoshsBookishVoyage 3 года назад

I've read some reviews of Shelby Foote (with commentary on the Ken Burns documentary) saying it is biased toward the confederacy and feeding into the lost cause narrative. What is your opinion on that?

@TheHistoryShelf 3 года назад

Here's the thing with Foote: he's a beautiful storyteller. Was he more sympathetic sometimes toward the average Southern soldier, absolutely yes. Was he even-handed in his praise/denunciation of Union and Confederate leaders and politicians, also a yes. I read Foote for what he can give me...great battle accounts and an insightful judge of character. I don't NOT read him because he may have bought into the Lost Cause...because I'm not swayed by reading what I disagree with. I just read it, judge it, take what's good, and leave the rest. Does that help?

@JoshsBookishVoyage 3 года назад

@@TheHistoryShelf yes it does, thank you!

@joshbryant6366 2 месяца назад

i know i am so late to the party but what is the documentary that started you on your civil war/general history journey? i am going through the same transition in interests and i would love to watch it!

@TheHistoryShelf 2 месяца назад

That would be Ken Burns' Civil War documentary that PBS did eons ago. Still the best one out there!

@joshbryant6366 2 месяца назад

oh my gosh thank you for getting back to me so quickly! this is invaluable for me as are all your book recommendations. i just ordered an eric foner book! reading bruce catton’s short history of the civil war right now and am fascinated! and next i’m reading john keegan’s the american civil war. thanks again and happy reading!

@daowei4211 Год назад

is it possible to include ISBN because there is a plethora of similar books, and newbies like me get confuse?

@TheHistoryShelf Год назад

Hi Andrew! I'll certainly try, but let me know which areas of history you're most interested in. I have such a high volume of books coming in every month, it's not quite feasible for me to list out the ISBNs of every one I show. Happy to help narrow it down if you have that info!

@HistoriaenCeluloide Год назад

About history, ¿what's your recomendation on the Byzantine Empire? I'm thinking about getting The Cambridge history of the Byzantine Empire🧐

@TheHistoryShelf Год назад

Well that will certainly be detailed! I personally love John Julius Norwich's work on Byzantium. I suggest for a warmer, more engaging narrative, check him out!

@HistoriaenCeluloide Год назад

@@TheHistoryShelf thanks a lot, I hope you make a video about the subject. Greetings from Perú ;)

@harryschlitz4067 2 года назад

Thank You for the Info. My Man Cave is full of History Books.

@TheHistoryShelf 2 года назад

This makes me VERY happy!

@harryschlitz4067 2 года назад

@@TheHistoryShelf TY BTW was there a Part II to the Russian History video.? In 1914 after the outbreak of the War, the Russians thought the name “Saint Petersburg.” was too Germanized, and changed the Capitols name to “Petrograd.” The Soviets changed it to Leningrad In 1924 after Lenin’s death.

@davidsigler9690 2 года назад

Great recommendations.

@davidsigler9690 2 года назад

Sears is great, first book of his I read was, "Landscape Turned Red.".....

@lavernehodge3320 4 года назад

If you could recommend a starter kit for the Civil War, would you have any special picks?

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Oh, definitely The Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson. Start with that, Laverne. Also Bruce Catton's books...especially Grant Moves South and Grant Takes Command. Catton was one of my FIRST loves, and I am kicking myself for somehow forgetting to mention him on this tag.

@lavernehodge3320 4 года назад

@@TheHistoryShelf Thanks so much for the recommendations. I just ordered The Battle Cry of Freedom . I figured that one will get me started. Grant moves South is next on my list

@carterc4307 2 года назад

I was thinking of getting the Shelby Foote 1-3 volume box set, but I've also heard that he is somewhat of a lost cause believer, is this true?

@TheHistoryShelf 2 года назад

Oh, he's very magnanimous to the Northern generals and soldiers, but he was definitely fond of the South and its sterling martial qualities. That comes across, but it's not as obnoxious as some other Southern historians (**cough! Douglass Southall Freeman**cough!) I'd say it's definitely a literary endeavor. He was a beautiful writer.

@carterc4307 2 года назад

@@TheHistoryShelf yeah, I actually just bought the boxed set earlier today lol, thanks for the input!

@harryschlitz4067 2 года назад

Do you have anything on the History of The French Revolution/Napoleon.? Or History of Russia, The Soviet Union or Stalin.?

@TheHistoryShelf 2 года назад

Hi Harry! Boy, do I ever. I have A LOT. What are you looking for, in particular? Biography? Large surveys?

@harryschlitz4067 2 года назад

@@TheHistoryShelf Hi again, Oh any books on Stalin, the Warsaw Pact nations, also The time of the Tudors and Stuart’s in Great Britain, which in a way, indirectly, led to the American Revolution.

@ricksamericana749 2 года назад

Why would you choose Shelby Foot over Allen Nivens?

@TheHistoryShelf 2 года назад

I haven't had the opportunity to read Nivens yet. So hard to find all the volumes. But I also meant to talk about Bruce Catton. I actually prefer Catton to Foote.

@andrewholcombe1732 2 года назад

Co aytch is my favorite civil war book

@richardsonreads573 4 года назад

No Bruce Catton?

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

I am kicking myself for forgetting to mention him! He was a HUGE influence on my Civil War reading. I fell in love with Grant from his two volume study, Grant Moves South and Grant Takes Command. One of my all-time faves!

@RubyMarkLindMilly Год назад

I've got this set but I've yet to read it through I've just been cherry picking

@TheCodeXCantina 4 года назад

I bet Krypto would like this one. I’ll have to see if he wants to do this one

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

That would be great! Would love to see more people do this tag, it's such fun!

@ReadingRetail 4 года назад

Yea better late than never!! I still have to do my newbie tag! So hello! How are ya! Hope we can be book tube subbie friends!!

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Hi Cristal! Welcome to BookTube! I'll have to go check out your channel. :) For sure, sub me, I'll sub you. :)

@ReadingRetail 4 года назад

The History Shelf ok I’ll be to to watch so yt doesn’t delete my sub!

@cashg79 4 года назад

Sears has no understanding of McClellan at all. Throw away Sears and pick up Ethan Rafuse's McClellan's War.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Hey there! I'm curious to know what you think Sears got wrong about McClellan? You'll be happy to know I went and found a used copy of Rafuse's McClellan's War, so I'll do a dutiful comparison. :)

@samgray2589 Год назад

why do you hate Jeff Davis so much?

@TheHistoryShelf Год назад

Is that a serious question?

@jameswalker6168 2 года назад

I encourage you to be a bit more objective in your presentations. Your other contempt of Jefferson Davis is disturbing. You have much to offer on your channel, but perhaps I am not in your targeted audience. I do not want to discourage you from developing an opinion even though I do not share your opinion. I’m not saying you should rid yourself of your contempt for those with whom you disagree, but please tone it down on your channel. I do like your channel and what you have to offer. I think we could have a good debate and find much common ground. Thank you for your considerations.

@TheHistoryShelf 2 года назад

Well, James, I appreciate your input, but I don't think asking me to "tone down" my opinions on MY channel is a fair ask. So, I won't. It is entirely up to you whether to watch or subscribe. Jefferson Davis does not rank highly on my list of "eminent Americans," nor does Robert E. Lee. But hey, Ulysses S. Grant ranks very highly with me, so let's talk about how great HE was...deal? :)

@jameswalker6168 2 года назад

@@TheHistoryShelf That sounds like a good deal. Is there an episode in which you discuss Grant at length so I could respond to that. I only recently discovered your channel.

@sharongoforth1 4 года назад

Really enjoyed this, Peg! Have you read Bruce Catton? Agree completely on McPherson and Sears. I’m not familiar with Ralph Peters, but I’m intrigued and will check him out.

@TheHistoryShelf 4 года назад

Oh yes, I completely forgot to mention Bruce Catton. He was another guy I cut my Civil War teeth on and fell in love with Grant because of his writing. Uggghhh, I can't believe I missed covering his books!