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Civil War Subject Guide
Reference Materials:
- American Civil War: REF E456 .A44
- North Carolina Troops: REF E573.3 M3
- State Troops and Volunteers 1861-1865: REF S73.4 .M37
For additional reference materials please see our American History subject guide
Circulating Materials:
All circulating Civil War materials are located on the second floor of the library under the listed call number ranges. Please check the online catalog for specific titles and call numbers.
E 416-670 The American Civil War |
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| E 416-423 | Presidencies of James K. Polk through James Buchanan (1845-1861) |
| E 433-453 | U.S. Slavery; includes the Slavery Question and Abolition Movements |
| E 457-459 | Lincoln's Administrations; includes events leading to the war |
| E461-468.7 | Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| E 468.9-602 | Confederate States of America; includes North Carolina during the Civil War |
| E 612-655 | Prison Camps, Stories from the Civil War, Civil War Technology, Civil War Historical Sites |
| E661-670 | Reconstruction and Aftermath |
Recommended circulating books:
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln: E457 .G66
- The Blue and the Gray: Stories of the Civil War as Told by Participants: E464 .B56
- The Civil War Journal: E468 .C6247
- The Civil War: A Narrative: E468 .F7
- Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Porter Alexander: E470 .A3725
- Gettysburg: E475.53 .S43
- The Civil War in North Carolina: E524 .B3
- Life and Death in a Civil War Prison: E615 .M37
- Civil War Sites of the South: E645 .I57
E-Resources:
Additional reference, primary source documents and secondary sources are available through our E-Research Tools
- Gale Virtual Reference Library A general reference source for a number of subjects including history, religion and biography
- Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives More than 600 biographies of notorious personages from world history, with special consideration given to historical and cultural context
- Milestone Documents in American History A database containing the full text of notable primary source documents with analysis and historical context
Online Primary Source Documents:
- American Memory Library of Congress collection of historical texts, images, audio files, maps, and sheet music documenting the American experience
- Documenting the South 14 collections from UNC Chapel Hill featuring text, audio files, images, interviews, and songs related to southern history, literature, and culture
- National Archives DocTeach Primary source documents by time period
- National Archives Resources by State Primary source documents from southeastern states
Articles/Reference Resources/Videos available through NCLIVE:
Type your search terms in to the NCLIVE database quick search or search for a particular journal title in NCLIVE. Read the abstract (that’s the symbol at the end of the title line with a magnifying glass) to see if the article meets your needs, and then look for the “PDF Full Text" or "HTML Full Text” symbol at the bottom of the entry. If you need help searching NCLIVE, please ask a librarian.
Some periodical titles available through NCLive:
- African-American Soldiers in the Civil War
- America's Civil War
- Civil War Timeline
- Civil War Times and Civil War Times Illustrated
Some ABC-CLIO ebooks available through NCLive:
- The American Civil War
- The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research
- The Black Experience in the Civil War South
- Civil War: People and Perspectives
- The Civil War and Reconstruction
- The Civil War: Primary Documents on Events from 1860 to 1865
- Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Early America: From the Colonial Era to the Civil War
- Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History
- In the Wake of Slavery: Civil War, Civil Rights, and the Reconstruction of Southern Law
- Through Ordinary Eyes: The Civil War Correspondence of Rufus Robbins, Private, 7th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers
- Voices of the American Civil War: Stories of Men, Women, and Children Who Lived Through the War Between the States
Databases and features available through NCLive:
- American Slavery: A Composite Biography
- NCLive Video Collection
- CAMIO Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
Internet Resources:
- Ken Burns' The Civil War Companion site to the PBS television series features maps, biographies, documents, bibliographies and more
- US National Parks Service Civil War Page USNPS site includes lists of Civil War sites, links to museum collections, scholarly essays, USNPS Civil War events, multimedia and more
- Valley of the Shadow Project Digital archive of primary sources that document the lives of people in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, during the era of the American Civil War
- American Memory Civil War Photos More than 1000 Civil War photographs from the Library of Congress; includes timeline history and Civil War photographic technology
- Library of Congress Civil War Resources Extensive compilation of LoC Civil War resources arranged by format