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Suggested Reading
Suggested Reading
  • The Appomattox Campaign March 29-April 9, 1865 by Chris Caulkins, 1997. In the Great Campaigns series
    Combined Books, Inc., 1024 Fayette St., Conshohocken, PA 19428.
    ISBN 0-938289-54-3
  • Lee's Retreat, A History and Field Guide by Chris Caulkins - a companion to the The Appomattox Campaign and a mile by mile guided tour with maps.
    ISBN 0-9704367-0-X
  • Chris Calkins also put out two pamphlets, one is light blue, and the other is a white cover.
    The light blue version is still available from the National Park Service, and both it and the white pamphlet include 1930s and 1940s NPS photographs of the area. The white pamphlet is out of print, but the other can be purchased from the Hillsman House at Sailor's Creek, or nearby at Twin Lakes State Park.
  • Black Day of the Army, April 6, 1865, The Battles of Sailor's Creek by Greg Eanes, 2001.
    Available from E&H Publishing Company, Inc., P.O. Box 4, Burkeville, VA 23930.
    ISBN 0-9717295-0-6
  • Lee's Last Retreat, The Flight to Appomattox by William Marvel, 2002.
    ISBN 0-8078-2745-2
  • Hard Marching Every Day, the Civil War Diary of Wilbur Fisk, 2nd VT infantry, 6th Corps
    ISBN 0-7006-0529-0 ~ Cloth
    ISBN 0-7006-0681-5 ~ Paper

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