I’m working out a big part of my 2010 reading list. A while back I determined to work up a presentation on the members of the West Point classes of 1861 at Bull Run and, while I’ve had no takers, I’ve decided to move ahead with that. So far, this is the list I have – if you have any other recommendations, let me know:
- Ambrose, Stephen E., Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point
- Hsieh, Wayne Wei-siang, West Pointers in the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace
- Kirshner, Ralph, The Class of 1861: Custer, Ames, and Their Classmates after West Point (I already read this one)
- McDonald, Robert M. S., Ed, Thomas Jefferson’s Military Academy: Founding West Point
- Morrison, James L., Jr., The Best School in the World: West Point, the Pre-Civil War Years, 1833-1866
- Patterson, Gerard A., Rebels from West Point: The 306 U. S. U.S. Military Academy Graduates Who Fought for the Confederacy
- Robbins, James S., Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett, and the Goats of West Point
- Sergent, Mary Elizabeth, They Lie Forgotten: The United States Military Academy 1856-1861 Together with a Class Album for The Class of May, 1861 (Ms. Sergent also wrote a companion volume on the June class, An Unremaining Glory, but I can’t find it at a reasonable price)
- Waugh, John C., The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox: Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and their Brothers
I’ve finished up Jim Schmidt’s Lincoln’s Labels, and will start Joan Waugh’s U. S. Grant, American Hero, American Myth tonight, and then dive into the above list.
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