Reading List

  There have been many history books written about the Civil War.  Here are a few which focus on New Jersey and the Civil War:
 

• Slavery and Freedom in the Rural North African Americans in Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1665-1865 by Graham Russell Hodges, Madison House, Madison, l997:  This book chronicles the rural life of an entire community over the course of two centuries, involving the emancipating of slaves of the South.
• New Jersey and the Civil War by Earl Schenck Miers, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, l964:  This book offers 31 first-hand accounts written by New Jerseyans who participated in the Civil War.
• New Jersey, A History by Thomas Fleming, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1984:  This book discusses New Jersey history from the beginning to the present.  There are several chapters that address New Jersey's participation in the Civil War.