Books about the American civil war

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If nothing else, one of the must-reads is two-volume: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Except for Winston Churchill's volumes on WWII from the unique perspective of the commander-in-chief incl. Caesar's Commentaries, this is the straightforward word (both prose and content) of a dying man ( from throat cancer) without a need to cover up anything up or defend his actions in the Civil War after the fact: 'Despite his condition, he wrote at a furious pace, sometimes finishing 25 to 50 pages a day. In June 1885, as the cancer spread through his body, the family moved to Mount MacGregor, New York, to make Grant more comfortable. Propped up on chairs, and too weak to walk, Grant worked to finish the book. Friends, admirers and even a few former Confederate opponents made their way to Mount MacGregor to pay their respects. Grant finished the manuscript on July 18; he died five days later.' literally a deathbed account from the very top. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Memoirs_of_Ulysses_S._Grant