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Mortgage the house, put your car up for collateral, knock off a vending machine, borrow against your 401K, but you simply must get the Time-Life series. Invaluable source of quick and easy reference for the entire war, and great maps, too. Some of the contributing authors include William C. Davis, Bud Robertson, William Frassanito, and David Nevin, to name a few. These guys aren't hacks.
A while back C-SPAN Book TV had an interview with Gary Gallagher, and they did a tour of his house. Incredible. He had several rooms with nothing but floor-to-ceiling bookshelves filled with hundreds (at least) of Civil War books. Now I wonder, when a guy like Gallagher needs to check on something, does he say to himself, 'Hmm, I remember reading that somewhere.' What does he do next? Suicide? Point is, I think I remember seeing the Time-Life series on one of his shelves.
By the way, some of the best reading I've come across lately is right here on this discussion board. You guys are good — smart, witty, helpful, insightful, and just loopy enough to keep me coming back for more.