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The Civil War: Reference Works

This guide contains links to resources related to the U.S. Civil War and Illinois during the Civil War. It contains information on finding books, articles and government publications on the War and information on Civil War related Digital Collections.

Reference Works

Heidler, David S., Heidler, Jeanne T., Coles, David J., McPherson, James W., Gallagher, Gary W., McPherson, James M., Neely, Mark E, Jr., Frazier, Donald and Thompson, Richard J, Jr. (Eds.) (2000) Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: a political, social, and military history. New York : W.W. Norton & Co. Malpass Library Reference E468 .H47 2000

Irvine, Dallas. (Eds.) (1968-1980). Military operations of the Civil War: a guide-index to the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865. Washington: Government Printing Office. Malpass Library Reference E470 .U63 1968 This set is an index to the War of the Rebellion volumes, many of which are available digitially.

Katcher, Philip R. N. (1992) The Civil War source book. New York: Facts on File. Malpass Library Reference E468 .K24 1992

Lester, Robert.Hoag, Gary. (Ed.) ([1994) Civil war unit histories: Regimental histories and Personal Narratives. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America. Government Publications Microfiche E 492 .C 58 1994 - Government Publications has the printed guide and microfiche for the Midwestern U.S.

Tubbs, W. (1994). A bibliography of Illinois Civil War regimental sources in the Illinois State Historical Library. Part 1: published and printed sources. Illinois Historical Journal, 87(3), 185-232.

Tubbs, W. (1994). A bibliography of Illinois Civil War regimental sources in the Illinois State Historical Library. Part 2: manuscripts. Illinois Historical Journal, 87(4), 277-324.

Tubbs, W. (2005). A Bibliography of Illinois Civil War regimental sources in the collections of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: Part 1, Published and printed sources. Journal of Illinois History, 8(2), 103-164.

Tubbs, W. (2006). A bibliography of Illinois Civil War regimental sources in the collections of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: Part 2, manuscript sources. Journal of Illinois History, 9(2), 95-136.

Wagner, Margaret E., Gallagher, Gary W. and Finkelman, Paul. (Eds.) (2002) The Library of Congress Civil War desk reference. New York: Simon & Schuster. Malpass Library Reference E468 .L58 2002

Woodworth, Steven E. and Winkle, Kenneth J. (2004) Atlas Of The Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press. Malpass Library Reference E468 .W754 2004