Books
Aimone, Alan Conrad, 1941- A user's guide to the official records of the American Civil War / by Alan C. and Barbara A. Aimone ; foreword by Herman Hattaway. Shippensburg, PA : White Mane Pub. Co., c1993. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910. Military memoirs of a confederate; a critical narrative, by E. P. Alexander, with sketch-maps by the author. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1907.
Black, Robert C., 1914- The railroads of the Confederacy. Chapel, Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1952]. Includes bibliography.
Blackford, William Willis, 1831-1905. War years with Jeb Stuart, by Lieut. Colonel W. W. Blackford, C.S.A. New York, Scribner, 1945.
Brock, Sallie A., 1845?- Richmond during the war : four years of personal observation / by a Richmond Lady. [Alexandria, VA : Time-Life Books], 1983.
Buchanan, Lamont, b. 1919. A pictorial history of the Confederacy. New York, Crown [1951].
Chamberlayne, John Hampden, 1838-1882. Ham Chamberlayne - Virginian; letters and papers of an artillery officer in the war for southern independence, 1861-1865; with introd., notes, and index, by his son, C. G. Chamberlayne. Richmond, Va., Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1932.
Channing, Steven A. Confederate ordeal : the southern home front / by Steven A. Channing and the editors of Time-Life Books. Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1984. Includes bibliography and index.
Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886. Wearing of the gray; being personal portraits, scenes and adventures of the war. By John Esten Cooke ... New York, E.B. Treat & Co.; Baltimore, J.S. Morrow [etc., etc.]; 1867.
Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889. Shall the Constitution be repealed? Confiscation or conciliation? Speech of Hon. S.S. Cox, of Ohio, on the joint resolution explanatory of the Confiscation Act, delivered in the House of Representatives January 14, 1864. [Washington, Gibson Bros., Printers] 1864.
Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890- Travels in the Confederate States : a bibliography... Wendell, N.C. : Broadfoot's Bookmark, 1981? Includes index.
Dickinson, Julian G. The Capture of Jeff Davis / Julian G. Dickinson. [S.l. : Michigan Commandery M.O.L.L.U.S.], 1888 (Detroit, Mich. : Ostler Print. Co.).
Douglas, Henry Kyd, 1838-1903. I rode with Stonewall, being chiefly the war experiences of the youngest member of Jackson's staff from the John Brown raid to the hanging of Mrs. Surratt [by] Henry Kyd Douglas ... Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina press [c1940] Includes bibliographical note and "notes".
Dowdey, Clifford, 1904- Death of a nation; the story of Lee and his men at Gettysburg. New York, Knopf, 1958. Includes bibliography.
Dowdey, Clifford, 1904- Experiment in rebellion, by Clifford Dowdey. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1946. Includes bibliography.
Duke, Basil Wilson, 1838-1916. History of Morgan's cavalry. By Basil W. Duke. Cincinnati, Miami printing and publishing company, 1867. Note: General John H. Morgan's Confederate cavalry division was principally composed of the 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th, 8th-11th Kentucky regiments and the 9th Tennessee regiment.
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894. Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Earl, C.S.A. Autobiographical sketch and narrative of the war between the states, with notes by R.H. Early. Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1912.
Eaton, Clement, 1898- A history of the Southern Confederacy / Clement Eaton. New York : Macmillan, 1954. Includes bibliography and index.
Eckenrode, H. J. (Hamilton James), 1881- James Longstreet, Lee's war horse, by H.J. Eckenrode .... and Bryan Conrad ....Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 1936.
Eliot, Ellsworth, 1864- West Point in the Confederacy, by Ellsworth Eliot, Jr. New York, G.A Baker & Co., Inc., 1941. Includes bibliography.
Floyd, Dale E. The Southeast during the Civil War : selected War Department records in the National Archives of the United States. Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1973.
Fox, John Adam, 1911- The capture of Jefferson Davis [by] John A. Fox. [New York, J.A. Fox 1964]
Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953. Lee's lieutenants, a study in command, by Douglas Southall Freeman. New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1942-44. Includes "Select critical bibliography" and "short-title index".
Gilmor, Harry, 1838-1883. Four years in the saddle. By Colonel Harry Gilmor ... New York, Harper & Brothers, 1866.
Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904. Reminiscences of the Civil War / John B. Gordon. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1903.
Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904. Reminiscences of the Civil War / John B. Gordon. [Alexandria, Va.] : Time-life books, [c1981]. Includes index.
Grimsley, Daniel Amon, 1840-. Battles in Culpeper county, Virginia, 1861-1865. And other articles by Major Daniel A. Grimsley, of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry. Compiled and published by Raleigh Travers Green, Culpeper, Virginia. [Culpeper, Va., Exponent Printing Office] 1900.
Harwell, Richard Barksdale. The 200 most important Confederate books for the reader, researcher, and collector / Richard Barksdale Harwell ; with a preface by E. Merton Coulter. Austin : Jenkins Pub. Co. : Frontier America Corp., 1978. Includes bibliography and index.
Henry, Robert Selph, 1889-1970. The story of the confederacy, by Robert Selph Henry... Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill company [c1931]. Includes "sources."
Henry, Robert Selph, 1889-1970. The story of the Confederacy, by Robert Selph Henry.. New and rev. ed. and with forward by Douglas Southall Freman. New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1936]. Includes index.
Hoole, William Stanley, 1903- The Yankee invasion of West Alabama March-April, 1865 : including the Battle of Trion (Vance), the Battle of Tuscaloosa, the burning of the University, and the Battle of Romulus / by William Stanley Hoole and Elizabeth Hoole McArthur. University, Ala. : Confederate Publishing Company, 1985. Includes bibliographical references.
Horan, James David, 1914- Confederate agent, a discovery in history. New York, Crown Publishers [1954] Includes bibliography.
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899. Make me a map of the Valley; the Civil War journal of Stonewall Jackson's topographer. Edited by Archie P. McDonald. Foreword by T. Harry Williams. Dallas, Southern Methodist University Press [1973]. Includes bibliography.
Johnson, James Ralph. Horsemen, blue and gray: a pictorial history. Pictures by Hirst Dillon Milhollen. Text by James Ralph Johnson and Alfred Hoyt Bill. New York, Oxford University Press, 1960.
Jones, J. B. (John Beauchamp), 1810-1866. A rebel war clerk's diary at the Confederate States capital / by J. B. Jones. [Alexandria, Va.] : Time-Life Books, 1982. 2 v.
Jones, Virgil Carrington, 1906- Gray ghosts and Rebel raids; with an introd. by Bruce Catton. New York, Holt [1956] Includes bibliographical references.
Keiley, Anthony M., 1835-1905. In vinculis; or, The prisoner of war. Being, the experience of a Rebel in two federal pens, interspersed with reminiscences of the late war; anecdotes of southern generals, etc. By a Virginia Confederate. Petersburg, Va., "Daily index" office, 1866.
La Bree, Ben (Benjamin) The pictorial battles of the civil war, illustrated by upwards of 1000 engravings from sketches by Thos. Nast, Waud, Schell ... etc. With an introduction by L. G. Wunder ... The United States navy and the part it took in the Civil War, by Admiral David D. Porter. An historical sketch of the Grand Army of the republic, by Colonel Robert B. Beath ... Confederate veterans' association, historical sketch of, by Hon. W. C. Carrington ... A comprehensive history of the civil war and the events leading thereto ... ed. by Benjamin La Bree .... New York, The Sherman Publishing Company, 1885.
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. The wartime papers of R.E. Lee. Clifford Dowdey, editor; Louis H. Manarin, associate editor. With connective narratives by Clifford Dowdey and maps by Samuel H. Bryant. Boston, Little, Brown [1961] Includes bibliographical references.
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904. From Manassas to Appomattox; memoirs of the Civil War in America, by James Longstreet ... Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896.
Mason, Emily V. The southern poems of the War, collected and arranged by Miss Emily V. Mason of Virginia. 2nd rev. and enl. ed. Baltimore John Murphy & Co. 1868.
McCarthy, Carlton, 1847- Detailed minutiae of soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 / by Carlton McCarthy ; illustrations by Wm. L. Sheppard. [Alexandria, Va.] : Time-Life Books, [1982]
Moore, Edward Alexander, 1842- The story of a cannoneer under Stonewall Jackson, in which is told the part taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia / by Edward A. Moore; with introductions by Robert E. Lee, Jr., and Henry St. George Tucker. Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, [1983]
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916. The memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby, ed. by Charles Wells Russel... Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1917.
Munson, John William, 1845- Reminiscences of a Mosby Guerilla, by John W. Munson. New York, Moffat, Yard and Company, 1906.
Opie, John Newton. A rebel cavalryman with Lee, Stuart, and Jackson, by John N. Opie. Chicago, W. B. Conkey company, 1899.
Polacco, Patricia. Pink and say / Patricia Polacco. New York : Philomel Books, c1994. (Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great- great-grandfather.)
Pollard, Edward Alfred, 1831-1872. The early life, campaigns, and public services of Robert E. Lee; with a record of the campaigns and heroic deeds of his companions in arms ... by a distinguished southern journalist. New York, E. B. Treat & co.; New Orleans, J. H. Hummel; [etc., etc.] 1870.
Praus, Alexis A. Confederate soldiers, sailors, and civilians who died as prisoners of war at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., 1862-1875. Compiled with an introd. by Alexis A. Praus. Kalamazoo, Mich., E. Gray Publications [1968?] (Note: Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago.)
A rebel spy in Yankeeland : the thrilling adventures of Major W. P. Gorman who was the emissary of the Confederacy to the Copperheads of the North, 1861-1865 / edited and introduced by W. Stanley Hoole. University, Ala. : Confederate Pub. Co., 1981. Includes bibliographical references.
Robertson, James I. Tenting tonight : The soldier's life / by James I. Robertson, Jr., and the editors of Time-Life Books. Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1984. Includes bibliography and index.
Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935. The day of the Confederacy : a chronicle of the embattled South / by Nathaniel W. Stephenson. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1920, c1919. Includes bibliography and index.
Stevens, Bryna. Frank Thompson : her Civil War story / by Bryna Stevens. New York : Macmillan Pub. Co.; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879. Destruction and reconstruction : personal experiences of the late war / by Richard Taylor. [Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, 1983], c1879. Includes index.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims. Capture of Jefferson Davis : to accompany bill H.R. no.1277 ... House bill no. 60, authorizing the payment of the rewards offered by the President of the United States in May, 1865, for the capture of Jefferson Davis, and House bill no. 268, to provide for the distribution of the reward offered ... [Washington : G.P.O., 1868]
United States. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the War Department collection of Confederate records (record group 109) Compiled by Elizabeth Bethel. Washington, 1957.
United States. National Archives and Records Service. Military operations of the Civil War : a guide-index to the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861- 1865 / compiled by Dallas Irvine ; abridged and revised by staff members of the Military Archives Division, National Archives and Records Service. Washington : The Service : for sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off., 1977-
United States. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the Treasury Department collection of Confederate records (Record group 365) Compiled by Carmelita S. Ryan. Washington, 1967.
United States. Navy Dept. Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the war of the rebellion : ser. I, v. 1-27, ser. II, v. 1-3 / Published under the direction of the ... Secretary of the Navy by Richard Rush .... [et al.] Washington : Government Printing Office, 1894-1922. 30 v.
United States. War Dept. The war of the Rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Pub. under the direction of the Secretary of the War by Robert N. Scott. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1880-1901. 70 v. Each v. has a special index.
Watkins, Samuel R. "Co. Aytch", Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A side show of the big show. With an introd. b Bell Irvin Wiley. Jackson, Tenn., McCowat- Mercer Press, 1952. Includes index.
Wells, Edward Laight, 1839- Hampton and his cavalry in '64. By Edward L. Wells. Richmond, Va., B.F. Johnson pub. company, 1899.
Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906- They who fought here. Text by Bell Irvin Wiley; illus. selected by Hirst D. Milhollen. New York, Macmillan, 1959.
Williamson, James Joseph, 1834-1915. Mosby's Rangers : a record of the operations of the Forty-third Battalion Virginia Cavalry from its organization to the surrender, from the diary of a private, supplemented and verified with official reports of federal officers and also of Mosby : with personal reminiscences, sketches of skirmishes, battles and bivouacs, dashing raids and daring adventures, scenes and incidents in the history of Mosby's command ... Muster rolls, occupation, and present whereabouts of surviving members / by James J. Williamson ... New York, R.B. Kenyon, 1896.
Worsham, John H. One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry : his experience and what he saw during the war 1861-1865 : including a history of "F Company," Richmond, Va., 21st Regiment Virginia Infantry, Second Brigade, Jackson's Division, Second Corps, A.N. Va. / by John H. Worsham. [Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, 1982] c1912.
Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919. Confederate wizards of the saddle : being reminiscences and observation of one who rode with Morgan / by Bennett H. Young. Kennesaw, Ga. : Continental Book Co., 1958. Includes index.
Young, Lot D., 1842- Reminiscences of a soldier of the Orphan brigade, by Lieut. L. D. Young. [Louisville, Courier-journal job printing company, 1918?]
Microfilm
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891) Correspondence, 1855-1884. 105 items (1 reel). Correspondence to/from Johnston and re: military matters, Confederate side of Civil War, includes letters to Jefferson Davis. Letters from various collections in Duke Univ. Library, which filmed them in 1960. 1 reel positive.
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