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6. Civil War and Reconstruction

Angle, Paul M., and Earl Schenck Meirs. The Tragic Years, 1860-1865: A Documentary History of the American Civil War. 2 vols. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. PCL Stacks: 973.7 AN46T

Benedict, Michael Les. The Fruits of Victory: Alternatives in Restoring the Union 1865-1877. Rev. ed. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1986. (Part One, pp. 3-179 is narrative, secondary source material. Part Two, pp. 83-151, is a collection of documents [some are excerpts] about various aspects of Reconstruction, including legislation, speeches, proclamations, constitutional amendments, resolutions, etc.) PCL Stacks: E 668 B462 1986

Blackford, Susan Leigh. Letters from Lee's Army: or, Memoirs of Life in and out of the Army in Virginia during the War Between the States. New York: Scribner, 1947. (Originally published in 1894-1896. ("Compiled . .. . from original and contemporaneous memoirs, correspondence and diaries . . .") PCL Stacks: 973.782 B564M 1947

The Civil War. 2 vols. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. ("The epic story of the Civil War, as narrated by eyewitnesses and contemporaries.") PCL Stacks: 973.7 C4991

Congdon, Don, ed. Combat: The Civil War. (Combat Series.) New York: Delacorte Press, 1967. PCL Stacks: 973.73 C76C

Cox, LaWanda, and John H. Cox, eds. Reconstruction, the Negro, and the New South. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1973. PCL Stacks: E 185.2 C77 1973

Hale, Edward Everett, ed. Stories of War Told by Soldiers. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1880. PCL Stacks: 973.78 H131S 1880

Hart, Albert Bushnell, ed. The Romance of the Civil War. (Source-Readers in American History, No. 4.) New York: Macmillan Company, 1903. PCL Stacks: 973.79 H251R

Hesseltine, William Best, ed. The Tragic Conflict: The Civil War and Reconstruction. (The American Epochs Series.) New York: G. Barziller, 1962. PCL Stacks: 973.7 H465T

Johannsen, Robert W., ed. Reconstruction, 1865-1877. (Sources in American History, 6.) New York: Free Press, 1970. PCL Stacks: E 668 J66

Johnson, Robert Underwood, and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Being for the Most Part Contributions by Union and Confederate Officers. 4 vols. in 8. New York: Century, 1884-1887. PCL Circulation Desk: E 470 B33. (Also at the Center for American History.)

Kirchberger, Joe H. The Civil War and Reconstruction, an Eyewitness History. New York: Facts on File, 1991. PCL Stacks: E 601 K569 1991

McDonald, William. Select Statutes and other Documents Illustrative of the History of the United States, 1861-1898. New York: The Mcmillan Company, 1903. PCL Stacks: 973 M145S

Moore, Frank, ed. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narrative, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, etc. 11 vols. and a supplement. New York: Putnam 1864-1868. (Vols. 7-10 pub. in New York by Van Nostrand.) PCL Stacks: 973.7 R24

Niven, John. Years of Turmoil: Civil War and Reconstruction; Interpretive Articles and Documentary Sources. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969. PCL Stacks: E 458 N65

Sellers, John R., ed. A People at War: (From the Civil War Manuscript Holdings of the Library of Congress.) Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healy, 1989- . ("Letters, diaries and personal papers published for the first time, the written record of the silent majority of the Civil War-the civilians, professionals, camp followers, and ordinary soldiers: participants and observers, male and female, black and white." 60 reels of microfilm.). PCLMicroforms Section, Level 1: Reels 1-30 have call number Film 20,930; reels 31-60 have call number 20,320.

Pollard, Edward Alfred. Echoes from the South, Comprising the Most Important Speeches, Proclamations, and Public Acts Emanating from the South during the Late War. New York: E. B. Treat and Co., 1866. PCL Stacks: E 484 P77

Richardson, James. D., comp. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy, Including the Diplomatic Correspondence, 1861-1865. 2 vols. Nashville: United States Publishing Company, 1906. PCL Stacks: 973.739 C76 1906

Smith, George Winston. Life in the North during the Civil War: A Source History. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1966. PCL Stacks: 973.7 SM575L

United States. Navy Department. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. 30 vols. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1894-1922. PCL Stacks E 591 U58 (Ask at the circulation desk for index to these volumes. Call number is E 591 U58 Index 1927.) (See also Alan Conrad Aimone's A User's Guide to the Official Records of the American Civil War. Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane Publishing Company, 1993. PCL Stacks: E 464 A35 1993.)

United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 70 vols. in 128. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901. PCL Stacks: E 464 U6 (There is a general index volume. Call number is E 464 U6 INDEX.) (See also Alan Conrad Aimone's A User's Guide to the Official Records of the American Civil War. Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane Publishing Company, 1993. PCL Stacks: E 464 A35 1993.)

Wheeler, Richard. Voices of the Civil War. New York; Crowell, 1976. PCL Stacks: E 601 W57 1976

(See also: Reconstruction--[Name of individual state]--Sources)

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