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Card records of headstones provided for deceased Union Civil War veterans, ca 1879-ca. 1903
Case files of applications from former Confederates for presidential pardons
Civil War Unit Histories
Compiled service records of Confederate and Union soldiers ... from Texas
Descriptive recruitment lists of volunteers for the U. S. Colored troops of the State of Missouri
General orders and circulars of the Confedrate War Department
Internal Revenue Assessment List, 1865-1866 (Tennessee and Texas)
Journals of the Congress of the Confederate States of America
Journals. Texas : Executive Department, Senate, House
Lost cause Press Microfiche on Slavery
Muster rolls and lists of Confederate troops paroled in North Carolina
Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations
Records relating to Confederate Naval and Marine personnel
Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who died in Federal prisons and military hospitals in the North
Register of enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914
Roster of the [Texas] Confederate Home
San Antonio City Council Minutes
Schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans... 1890
Texas Confederate Pensions: Approved Applications

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Civil War Research

This guide serves as an introduction to researching the American Civil War from a personal perspective, ie. individuals and military units. It is not designed for general reading material on tactics, strategy, battles, causes of the war, etc.

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Basic Sources

Atlas of the Civil War - James McPherson

Call Number: [973.73202 Atlas]

Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy - Jon Wakelyn

Call Number: [973.71303 Wakelyn]

Compendium of the Confederate Armies. - Stewart Sifakis

Call Number: [973.742 Sifakis]

Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. - Frederick H. Dyer

Call Number: [973.7 Dyer]

Compilation of official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the War of the Rebellion

Call Number: [973.75 Official]

Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army - Francis Heitman

Call Number: [973.1 Heitman]

Military Bibliography of the Civil War - Charles Dornbush

Call Number: [016.9737 Dornbush]

Official Military Atlas of the Civil War

Call Number: [911.73 United]

Roll of Honor

Call Number: [973.76 Roll]

Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Call Number: [973.74 Roster]

Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

Call Number: [973.73 Supplement]

The Union Army 1861-1865: Organization and Operations - Frank Welcher

Call Number: [973.741 Welcher]

Units of the Confederate States Army. - Joseph H. Crute, Jr.

Call Number: [973.7 Crute]

The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official recordsof the Union and Confederate armies

Call Number: [973.7 United]

Civil War Websites

There are thousands of websites about the American Civil War. Listed are a few that will lead you to general information and digitized copies of original documents, photographs, and more.