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Originally Posted by Adm.Lee
Battle cry of Freedom by McPherson was a great one-volume book of the ACW.
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I second this recommendation.
Battle Cry of Freedom is widely considered to be the best single volume history of the American Civil War available to the layman. It's a little dry in places but it's still top notch.
Shelby Foote's three volume narrative history of the war is really good but quite long.