There is an excellent article by Charles Michaud in the April 2012 issue of Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine titled "Collecting National Park Service Civil War Publications." This essay discusses collecting a type of Civil War item that I had never even thought of, though that may now change. ;-)The piece also notes that "extensive checklists for this article will appear in next month's issue."
Individual articles are not available online though the magazine does sell individual issues.
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I actually have collected a few of the NPS Civil War battlefield handbooks. Alas, they are re-prints of the originals from (I think) the 1960s. The first one I ever bought was at Antietam in the early 80s. I recently found Shiloh and Chickamauga at a used book sale in N. Virginia (again, not first editions). Are these among the NPS publications that the author mentioned? I find the handbooks to be an interesting introduction to the battles and battlefields, and you can't beat the dated look and feel.
Hi Ron - It sounds like the same pamphlets the author mentions, especially if published by the NPS.
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