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Edwin Coddington, The Gettysburg Campaign.
Edwin Coddington has written an extensive book which covers the events surrounding Army of Northern Virginia's invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863. Beginning with the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville in early May, 1863, and continuing until the time General Robert E. Lee withdrew his army across the Potomac back into Virginia, Coddington provides an detailed, scholarly analysis of the actions between Lee's forces and the Federal Army of the Potomac, first under Major General Joseph Hooker and, from May 28, 1863, under the leadership of Major General George G. Meade.
Peter Cozzens, This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga

This book covers the Chickamauga campaign that culminated in the battle between Union Major General William Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland and Confederate Lieutenant General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee in northwest Georgia in September, 1863.
Review Essay of Jones, Civil War Command & Strategy

Civil War Command and Strategy, provides a high-level look at the war, giving the reader new perspectives to consider. By emphasizing command and strategy, the book puts the war into a refreshingly different context, while also weaving into the narrative interesting and highly relevant information about national and international politics, logistics, industry, and comparisons to European warfare
Review Essay of Williams, Lincoln and His Generals
and Vandiver, Rebel Brass

Dr. Williams is very compelling with his thesis that Abraham Lincoln was a superb war-time president whose grasp of military strategy and attention to command structure provided the ingredients necessary for a Union victory.
Review Essay of McMurry, Two Great Rebel Armies,
and Glatthaar, Partners in Command

McMurry investigates the origins, leadership and circumstances surrounding the two principal armies of the Confederate States of America. His thesis is that one, which became the Army of Northern Virginia, through a convergence of factors, became among the best military formations ever formed.

Joseph Glatthaar, also investigates a series of Civil War command relationships rather than strategy and tactics.

 

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