Among the Northern states, Ohio
was third behind New York and Pennsylvania in the number of men who served
during the Civil War. Ohio artillery,
cavalry, and infantry units took place in all of the major battles and
campaigns of the Civil War.
The daily life of the Civil War
soldier, the war’s effects on soldiers and their families, and the nation’s
post-war experiences during Reconstruction are well-documented. This bibliography represents selected
primary and secondary documents available at Courtright Memorial Library,
Internet sites pertaining to the Civil War and Reconstruction, and
complementary resources that can be found at other local libraries.
Civil
War Overviews Based on 19th Century Recollections
Civil
War Overviews: Reference Works
Civil
War Overviews: Secondary Sources
Guides for Further Primary Source Research
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Abbott, John S.C.
The History of the Civil War in America, Vols. I, II. New York: Henry Bill, 1863. |
E468.A135 v.1 E468.A135 v.2 |
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Beath, Robert B. History
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
New York: Bryan, Taylor & Co., 1888. |
E462.1.A19 |
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Billings, John D.
Hard Tack and Coffee; or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life. [Alexandria, Va.] : Time-Life Books,
[1982]. Originally published by George M. Smith & Co. in 1887. |
E607.B59 1982 |
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Blake,
W.O. Pictorial History of the
Great Rebellion. Columbus, OH:
Gilmore & Segner, 1866. |
E464.B64 v.2 |
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Blake, W.O. Pictorial
National Records Embracing Descriptions of European and Asiatic Nations; A
Statistical View of the United States of America; and a History of the Great Rebellion. Columbus, OH: Gilmore
and Brush, 1863. Pages 563 to 1008
cover “The Great Rebellion.” |
E464.B64 v. 1 |
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Botkin, B.A. A
Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends and Folklore. New York: Random House, 1960. Anecdotal compilations based on newspaper
sources and veteran reminiscences. |
E655.B65 |
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Commanger, Henry Steele, ed. Civil War Archive: The History of the Civil War in Documents. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., 2000. |
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Devens, R.M. The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes of the Rebellion or the Funny and Pathetic Side of the War, Embracing the Most Brilliant and Remarkable Anecdotal Events of the Great Conflict in the United States, from the Time of the Memorable Toast of Andrew Jackson, Uttered in 1830, in the Presence of the Original Secession Conspirators, to the Assassination of President Lincoln, and the End of the War, with Famous Words and Deeds of Women. Detroit: W.E. Allen & Co., Publishers, 1889. |
E655.D44 1887 |
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Headley, J.T. The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States. Hartford: Hurlbut, Scranton and Co.; Baltimore: Jones Bro's [1862]. |
E468 .H42 1862z v.1 |
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Kettell, Thomas P. History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving an Account of its Origin, the Secession of the Southern States, and the Formation of the Confederate Government, the Concentration of the Military and Financial Resources of the Federal Government ... Together with Sketches of the Lives of All the Eminent Statesmen and Military and Naval Commanders, with a Full and Complete Index. From Official Sources. Hartford, CT: L. Stebbins; Cincinnati: F.A. Howe, 1865. |
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Morton, Joseph W., Jr. Sparks from the Camp Fire; or Tales of the Old Veterans. Thrilling Stories of Heroic Deeds, Brave Encounters, Desperate Battles, Bold Achievements, Reckless Daring, Lofty Patriotism, Terrible Suffering and Wondrous Fortitude, as Re-told Today around the Modern Camp Fire. Philadelphia: Keystone Publishing Co., 1892. |
E655.M875 |
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Townsend, E.D. Anecdotes of the Civil War in the United States. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. |
E655.T74 |
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The War, 1861-1865, As Depicted in Prints by Currier and Ives. |
Pamphlets |
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Under Both Flags: A Panorama of the Great Civil War, As Represented in Story, Anecdote, Adventure, and the Romance of Reality. Written by Celebrities of Both Sides: The Men and Women Who Created the Greatest Epoch of Our Nation's History. Chicago, National Book Concern, 1896. |
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Adams,
James Truslow, ed. Album of American History. New York: Scribner [1969]. |
Reference E178.5 .A48
1969z v.1-6 |
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Arksey,
Laura, Pries, Nancy, and Reed, Marcia. American Diaries: An Annotated
Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals. Detroit: Gale Research, 1983-1987. |
Reference Z5305.U5 A74
1983 v.1-2 |
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Boatner, Mark M. III.
The Civil War Dictionary.
Includes basic facts, dates and figures of the war, including 2,000
biographical sketches of Civil War leaders, campaigns and battles, and organizations
of armies and departments. |
Reference E468.B7 1988 |
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Carruth,
Gorton. The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates. New York:
HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993. |
Reference E174.5 .C3 1993
c.2 |
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Derks,
Scott. Working Americans, 1880-1999. Lakeville, CT: Grey House
Pub., 2000-2002. |
Reference HD8066 .D47 2000
v.1-4 |
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Dornbusch,
C. E. Military Bibliography of the Civil War. New York: New York Public
Library, [1971]. Volume 1 includes regimental publications and personal
narratives from the Northern states.
Volume 2 includes regimental publications and personal narratives from
the Southern, border, and Western states and territories; Federal troops; and
Union and Confederate biographies.
Volume 3 provides general references and information about armed forces,
campaigns and battles. |
Reference E470 .D676
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Editors of
Time-Life Books. Prelude to the Century, 1870-1900. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1999. |
Reference: |
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Finkelman,
Paul and Miller, Joseph C., eds. Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery.
New
York: Macmillan Reference USA, Simon & Schuster Macmillan; London: Simon
& Schuster and Prentice Hall International, 1998. |
Reference HT861 .M24 1998
v.1 HT861 .M24 1998
v.2 |
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Govenar,
Alan. African American Frontiers: Slave Narratives and Oral Histories.
Santa
Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000. |
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Heidler,
David S. and Heidler, Jeanne T. Encylopedia of the American Civil War: A
Political, Social, and Military History.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO,
2000. |
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Jackson,
Kenneth T., ed. Atlas of American History. New York: C. Scribner's Sons,
1978. Pages 148 to 165 cover the
Civil War and Reconstruction. |
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Kutler,
Stanley I., ed. Dictionary of American History. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons, 2003. |
Reference E174 .D52 2003
v. 1-10 |
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Oliver,
Philip. The Civil War CD-ROM: The
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies. Carmel, IN : Guild Press of
Indiana, 2000. |
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Oliver,
Philip. The Civil War CD-ROM II: Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Carmel, IN: Guild Press of
Indiana, 1999. |
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Sifakis,
Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts on File, 1988. |
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| Baumgartner, Richard A. Buckeye Blood: Ohio at Gettysburg.
Huntington, WV: Blue Acorn Press, 2003. |
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| Blight, David W. Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard
University Press, 2001. |
E468.9
B58 2001 |
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| Catton, Bruce (Leekley, John, ed.). Reflections on the Civil War. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company,
Inc., 1981. Not only offers
views on the meaning and consequences of the Civil War, but also includes
drawings of Union soldier John B. Geyser. |
E468.C295 |
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| Catton,
Bruce. This Hallowed Ground:
The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1956.
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| Civil War History. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. Quarterly periodical about the Civil War. |
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| Davis, William C., ed. The End of
an Era. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1984. |
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| Davis, William C. Memorabilia of the Civil War. New York: Mallard Press, 1991. Illustrated volume of Civil War uniforms, insignia, flags, camp equipment, and tents, together with books and newspapers of the era. |
E468.D38 M45 1991 |
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| Denver, John W. Keeler. Civil War Chronicle. [1967]. |
Folio |
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| Field, Ron and Smith, Robin. Uniforms of the Civil War. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2001. |
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| Geary, James W. We Need Men: The Union Draft in the Civil War. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1991. |
E491.G42 1991 |
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Haber, Barbara. From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals. Penguin, 2003. Chapter 2 of this book, titled “Pretty Much of a Muchness: Civil War
Nurses and Diet Kitchens,” provides information on how Confederate and
Union nurses set up kitchens in military hospitals. Descriptions of Civil War-era recipes illustrate food shortages
prevalent during the time, while details on special diets, food preparation
and sanitary considerations clarify the challenges these women faced. |
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| Hess, Earl J. The Union Soldier in Battle: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat.
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997. |
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| Long, E.B. The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. |
E468.3.L6 |
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| McPherson, James. The Atlas of the Civil War. Macmillan Publishing
Company, Inc., 1994.
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| McPherson,
James M. For Cause &
Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War.
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Draws on diaries and letters from men on
both sides. |
E492.3.M38 1997 |
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| McPherson, James M. Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction. New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1982. |
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| Miller, Francis Trevelyan, ed. The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1911. |
E468.7 M64 v.1-10 |
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| Mitchell, Joseph B. Decisive Battles of the Civil War. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1955. |
E470.M69 |
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| Nofi, Albert
A. A Civil War Treasury: Being a Miscellany of Arms and Artillery
Facts and Figures, Muses and Minstrels, Personalities and People. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books,
1992. http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=14773 |
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| Randall, J.G.
and Donald, David. The Civil War and Reconstruction. Boston: Heath, [1961]. |
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| Smith, Page.
Trial by Fire: A People's History of the Civil War and Reconstruction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982. |
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| Stevenson, Louise L. The Victorian Homefront: American Thought and Culture, 1860-1880. New York: Twayne Publishers; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1991. |
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| Varhola, Michael J. Everyday Life During the Civil War: A Guide for Writers, Students and Historians. Writer’s Digest Books, 1999. |
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| Ward, Geoffrey C. The Civil War: An Illustrated History. New York: Knopf, 1990. Available from other OPAL libraries. |
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| Wiley, Bell Irvin. The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1952. |
E607.U6 W55 1962 |
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| Woodworth, Steven E. While God Is Marching On: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers. University Press of Kansas, 2003. |
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Resources listed in this section provide first-hand accounts of battles, the daily life of Civil War soldiers and prisoners of war, slave narratives, and women’s experiences working in hospitals.
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Alcott, Louisa May. (Jones, Bessie Z., ed.) Hospital Sketches. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of
Harvard University Press, 1960. |
E621.A34 1960 |
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Bacot, Ada
W. (Berlin, Jean V., ed.) A Confederate Nurse: The Diary of Ada W. Bacot,
1860-1863. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. |
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Barrett, John G., ed.
Yankee Rebel: The Civil War Journal of Edmund DeWitt Patterson. Chapel Hill: The University of North
Carolina Press, 1966. Patterson was
born in Lorain County, Ohio and enlisted in Company D., 9th
Alabama Infantry. |
E605.P33 |
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Blackford,
W.W. War Years with Jeb Stuart. New York: Scribner, 1945. |
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Blair, William Alan, ed.
A Politician Goes To War: The Civil War Letters of John White Geary. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania
State University Press, 1995. Letters
of this Union general from Pennsylvania to his wife, Mary, provide
information about action on the front and life on the Northern home front. |
E467.1.G29 A4 1995 |
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Bond,
Otto F. Under the Flag of the
Nation: Diaries and Letters of a Yankee Volunteer in the Civil War. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press
for The Ohio Historical Society, 1961.
Includes muster role of Company K, 42nd Regiment, O.V.I.;
service record of Owen J. Hopkins, and Hopkins’ 1863-1864 diaries during
Mississippi campaigns of the Army of Tennessee. |
E525.0337 no. 1 |
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Brewer, James
D. Tom Worthington’s Civil War: Shiloh, Sherman, and the Search for Vindication. McFarland & Company, Incorporated,
2001. |
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Cooke, John Eston. Wearing of the Gray; Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of the War. Bloomington: Indiana University Press [1959]. |
E605 .C77 1959 |
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Edmonds, S. Emma E.
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and
Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields. Hartford, CT: W.S. Williams & Co.,
1865. |
E668.E24 |
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Eggleston,
George Cary. A Rebel's Recollections. Bloomington, Indiana
University Press, [1959]. |