Suggested Reading for LBG Test
Note: This list is suggested reading to help you prepare for the Guide Exam. The list is not all inclusive nor will all or even most questions derive from this list. We thank LBG Ellen Gonsalves for developing this document. Please note that the NPS has developed its own suggested reading list authored by Professor (Retired) Carol Readon. Click HERE to access the resource that contains it.
| Guide Reference Books | |
| The Battle of Gettysburg | |
| Bachelder, John (David L. Ladd, ed) |
History of the Battle of Gettysburg |
| Bennett, Gerald R. | Days of Uncertainty and Dread: The Ordeal Endured by the Civilians at Gettysburg |
| Busey, John W and Martin, David S. |
Regimental Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg |
| Busey, John W. | The Last Full Measure |
| Busey, John W. | These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg |
| Cleaves, Freeman | Meade of Gettysburg |
| Coco, Gregory A. | A Strange and Blighted Land: The Aftermath of Battle |
| Coco, Gregory A. | A Vast Sea of Misery: A History and Guide to the Union and Confederate Field Hospitals at Gettysburg |
| Coco, Gregory A. | Gettysburg Confederate Dead |
| Coddington, Edwin | The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command |
| Cole, James M and Frampton, Roy E. |
Gettysburg National Cemetery |
| Frassanito, William | Gettysburg: A Journey in Time |
| Frassanito, William | Early Photography at Gettysburg |
| Freeman, Douglas S. | Lee’s Lieutenants, Volume III |
| Gallagher, Gary (ed) | The First Day at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership |
| Gallagher, Gary (ed) | The Second Day at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership |
| Gallagher, Gary (ed) | The Third Day at Gettysburg: Gettysburg and Beyond |
| Georg-Harrison, Kathleen |
Nothing But Glory, Pickett’s Division at Gettysburg |
| Hartwig, D. Scott | Gettysburg: The Complete Pictorial of Battlefield Monuments |
| Hassler, Jr. Warren W. |
Crises at the Crossroads: The First Day at Gettysburg |
| Hawthorne, Frederick W. |
Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments |
| Longacre, Edward G. | The Cavalry at Gettysburg |
| Patterson, Gerald A. | Debris of Battle: The Wounded of Gettysburg |
| Pfanz, Harry W. | The First Day |
| Pfanz, Harry W. | Gettysburg: The Second Day |
| Pfanz, Harry W. | Gettysburg: Culp’s Hill and Cemetery Hill |
| Reardon, Carol | Pickett’s Charge in History and Memory |
| Sauers, Richard A. | Gettysburg: The Meade-Sickles Controversy |
| Sears, Stephen W. | Gettysburg |
| Stewart, George | Pickett’s Charge: A Micro History of the Final Attack at Gettysburg July 3, 1863 |
| Tucker, Glenn | High Tide at Gettysburg |
| Tucker, Glenn | Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg |
| Trudeau, Noah Andre | Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage |
| General Bibliography of the Civil War | |
| Billings, John D. | Hard Tack and Coffee |
| Catton, Bruce | Glory Road: Army of the Potomac Trilogy |
| Catton, Bruce | Mr. Lincoln’s Army: Army of the Potomac Trilogy |
| Catton, Bruce | A Stillness at Appomattox: Army of the Potomac Trilogy |
| Catton, Bruce | The Coming Fury: Centennial History of the Civil War |
| Catton, Bruce | Terrible, Swift Sword: Centennial History of the Civil War |
| Catton, Bruce | Never Call Retreat: Centennial History of the Civil War |
| Commager, Henry | The Blue and the Gray (2 volumes) |
| Cunningham, H. H. | Doctors in Gray |
| Adams, George W. | Doctors in Blue |
| Dowdey, Clifford | Lee’s Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men Against Grant – 1864 |
| Foote, Shelby | The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Volumes) |
| Freeman, Douglas S. | R. E. Lee (4 Volumes) |
| Johnson, R. U and Buel, Clarence C. |
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War |
| Linderman, Gerald F. | Embattled Courage: The Experience of Combat in the Civil War |
| McFeely, William S. | Grant – A Biography |
| McPherson, James | Battle Cry of Freedom |
| Power, J. Tracy | Lee’s Miserables: Life in the Amry of the Northern Virginia from the Wilderness to Appomattox |
| Quarles, Benjamin | The Negro’s Civil War |
| Robertson, Jr., James I. |
Soldiers Blue and Gray |
| Warner, Ezra J. | Generals in Blue |
| Warner, Ezra J. | Generals in Gray |
| Wiley, Bell I. | The Life of Billy Yank |
| Wiley, Bell I. | The Life of Johnny Reb |
| Memoirs and Reminiscences | |
| Bellard, Alfred (DH Donald, ed) |
Gone for a Soldier |
| Berekely, Henry L. (W. H. Runge, ed) |
Four Years in the Confederate Army |
| Carter, Robert G. | Four Brothers in Blue |
| Casler, John O. (J. I. Robertson, ed.) |
Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade |
| Douglas, Henry Kidd | I Rode with Stonewall |
| Fletcher, William A. (Bell I. Wiley, ed) |
Rebel Private, Front and Rear |
| Galway, Thomas L. | The Valiant Hours |
| Gordon, John T. | Reminiscences of the Civil War |
| Haley, John W (R. L. Silliker, ed) |
The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah |
| Livermore, Thomas L. | Days and Events |
| McAllister, Robert (J. I. Robertson, ed) |
The Civil War Letters of Robert McAllister |
| Stearns, Auston C. (R. L. Silliker, ed) |
Three Years with Company K |
| Wainwright, Charles (Allan Nevins, ed) |
A Diary of Battle |