In Atlanta, GA: the War of Northern Aggression, On the monuments in/around Galena, IL (U. S. Grant's home town): The War of the Rebellion.
Then there is the biography of Curtis LeMay, Ulysses S. Grant, Eisenhower, Churchill, etc.
About 1958 I read through the summary written by Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, on the conduct of the Pacific campaign, starting with assuming command of the forces in New Guinea, and righting the conduct of the Pacific campaign (which we were about to lose) by defeatin the Japanese at Buna. The book went on to describe the strategy of the Pacific campaign by island-hopping, bypassing whole segments of the Japanese forces, and denying them supplies to continue. This book, I think titled "Our Jungle Road to Tokyo," could well be on this list, as it was a very graphic account of fighting through personal direct command of the New Guinea fighting forces, right in close action there. I have talked with men who served under him, that saw him as a fine and reliable battle commander. Eichelberger was a "can-do" kind of gritty warrior, and took no guff from MacArthur.
I remember reading where a university fraternity started that rumor or idea. IMHO it was the South attacking Ft. Sumpter and prior to that the attempted shelling of a supply ship a few months before. Then of course Lee invaded at Bull Run/Manassas.
I am no CW historian and I've gone into this argument before so I really don't want to get into it anymore but thanks for your post about those books.