Gabor Boritt, the founder and director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College,  recently penned an Op-Ed column for the Wall Street Journal on his picks for the top 5 books on Gettysburg.  Gabor is also an author, co-author and editor of 15 books on Lincoln and the Civil War.   Making Gabor's top 5 list are:

1. Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears
2. The Colors of Courage by Margaret Creighton
3. The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
4. Haskell of Gettysburg edited by Frank L. Byrne and Andrew T. Weaver
5. Lincoln at Gettysburg by Gary Wills

Gabor provides his rational for his choices in his column.