Recommended Texts about the Trans-Mississippi Theater

If you are interested in learning more about the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi theater, here are some of the books I recommend:

Best, one-volume text:

Josephy, Alvin M., Jr. The Civil War in the American West. New York: Vintage, 1993.

Anthologies:

Arenson, Adam, and Andrew Graybill, eds. Civil War Wests: Testing the Boundaries of the United States. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015.

Scharff, Virginia, ed. Empire and Liberty: The Civil War and the West. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015.

Anthologies about Arkansas:

Bailey, Anne, ed. Civil War Arkansas: Beyond Battles and Leaders. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2000.

Christ, Mark, ed. Rugged and Sublime: The Civil War in Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1994.