Connecticut Commemorates the American Civil War

Sesquicentennial Commemoration
April 12, 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. Organizations and institutions around our state will be offering forums, events, and programs to help remind us of the toll the war took on our nation and our state, as brother was pitted against brother.

Click here to visit our state's Civil War Commemoration site for information about statewide events.  Locally, the library will host several events with a Civil War theme; click here to visit our online events calendar.

Recommended Reading

Following is a short list of Civil War titles recently added to our collection; we've included several classic and related titles that may also be of interest.

For Us the Living : the Civil War in Paintings and Eyewitness Accounts by Mort Künstler

Brady's Civil War : a Collection of Memorable Civil War Images Photographed by Matthew Brady and His Assistants by Webb Garrison

Lincoln on War, edited and with an introduction by Harold Holzer

Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills

Battle Cry of Freedom : the Civil War Era by James M. McPherson

Generals South, Generals North : the Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered by Alan Axelrod

Great Civil War Heroes and Their Battles, edited and with an introduction by Walton Rawls

America Aflame : How the Civil War Created a Nation by David Goldfield

Guns of the Civil War by David Adler

Stealing Secrets : How a Few Daring Women Changed the Fate of the Civil War by H. Donald Winkler

Civil War Films

The Civil War Series by Ken Burns (documentary)

North and South

Gettysburg

Glory

Gone With the Wind

The Red Badge of Courage