General Mention

Several published books provide background information on the 106th's campaigns.

Railroad Duty

  Summers, Festus P. The Baltimore and Ohio in the Civil War. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939.

Gettysburg Campaign

Wheeler, Richard. Witness to Gettysburg. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.                                                  

During this time, the 106th NY was engaged at Martinsburg, (W) Virginia on June 14, 1863 as Lee moved north, and then spent the rest of the campaign in Harpers Ferry before joining the Army of the Potomac in mid-July.

Third Corps Duty

Humphreys, Andrew A. From Gettysburg to the Rapidan: the Army of the Potomac, July 1863 to April 1864. New York: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1987.

Graham, Martin F. and Skoch, George F. Mine Run: A Campaign of Lost Opportunities. Lynchburg, VA: H.E.Howard, Inc., 1987.

  Hall, Clark B. "Season of Change: The Winter Encampment of the Army of the Potomac, Dec 1, 1863 - May 4, 1864."Blue & Gray Magazine. Volume VIII, Issue 4, April 1991, pp 8-62.

Virginia Overland Campaign

Humphreys, Andrew A. The Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894.

Jaynes, Gregory. The Civil War: The Killing Ground: Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1986

Trudeau, Noah A. Bloody Roads South: The Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May - June 1864. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1989.

Rhea, Gordon. The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864.Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1994.

Matter, William, D. If it Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania .Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

Rhea, Gordon. The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1997

Miller, J.M. "Strike Them a Blow: Lee and Grant at the North Anna River. "Blue & Gray Magazine. Vol X, Issue 4, April 1993, pp 12-61.

Miller, J.M. The North Anna Campaign: "Even to Hell Itself" May 21-26, 1864.

Krick, Robert E.L. et al. "Grant and Lee 1864:From the North Anna to the Crossing of the James." Blue & Gray Magazine. Vol. XI, Issue 4, April 1994, pp 11-58.

Baltz, Louis J. The Battle of Cold Harbor. Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1994.

Fighting Jubal Early

Worthington, Glenn H. Fighting For Time: The Battle That Saved Washington. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1988. (reprint of 1932 edition)

Cooling, B.F. Monocacy: The Battle That Saved Washington. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1997.

Judge, Joseph. Season of Fire: The Confederate Strike on Washington. Berryville, VA: Rockbridge Publishing Co., 1994.

Lewis, Thomas A. The Civil War--The Shenandoah in Flames: The Valley Campaign of 1864. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1987.

Wert, Jeffrey D. From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864.Carlisle, PA: South Mountain Press, 1987.

Lewis, Thomas A. The Guns of Cedar Creek. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.

Beck, Brandon H. The Third Battle of Winchester. Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1997.

Petersburg Siege

Davis, William C. The Civil War--Death in the Trenches: Grant at Petersburg. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1986.

Trudeau, Noah A. The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865. Boston: Little, Brown, 1991.

Pursuit of Lee: Last Battles

Korn, Jerry. The Civil War--Pursuit to Appomattox: The Last Battles. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books,1987.

Calkins, Christopher M. From Petersburg to Appomattox. Farmville, VA: Farmville Herald, 1983.

Calkins, Christopher M. Thirty Six Hours Before Appomattox. Farmville, VA: Farmville Herald, 1989.

Trudeau, Noah A. Out of the Storm: The End of the Civil War, April-June 1865. Boston: Little, Brown,1994.

Post-Appomattox

Calkins, Christopher M. The Final Bivouac: The Surrender Parade at Appomattox and the Disbanding of the Armies, April 10 - May 20, 1865.  Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1988.

Bishop, Jim. The Day Lincoln Was Shot. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1955.

                   

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