Civil War and Reconstruction Research Resources (HS 309)
L.A. Beeghly Library
Fall 2008

WebCat-- Subject headings and keywords

• United States History Civil War 1861-1865 (324 hits)
• Reconstruction_ (should be combined with other terms)
• Civil war and slavery
• Gettysburg (you could also be specific with other battles)

Books in REFERENCE

E487.E55 1993_ Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. Current, Richard Nelson.

E468 .E53 2000 Encyclopedia of the American Civil War : a political, social, and military history. Heidler, David Stephen

E468.9.C48 1995 Civil War quotations Lyman, Darryl

E468.9 .S73 1961 Civil War maps; an annotated list of maps and atlases in map collections of the Library of Congress.

E464.U6 The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. United States. War Dept.

E591.U58 1978 Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the war of the rebellion : United States. Navy Dept.

Both of these sets have a complex index._ SEE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Books in STACKS

Thousands of other primary and secondary sources are located in the STACKS._ Keyword Searching is the best way to start.

Books in ARCHIVES

E527.5.85TH 1915 History of the Eighty-fifty regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, 1861-1865 : comprising an authentic narrative of Casey's division at the Battle of Seven Pines Dickey, Luther Samuel, 1846-

E527.7.F 1909 History of Hampton battery F : independent Pennsylvania light artillery, organized at Pittsburgh, Pa., October 8, 1861, mustered out in Pittsburgh, June 26, 1865 Clark, William.

E527.5.45TH 1912 History of the Forty-fifth regiment Pennsylvania veteran volunteer infantry, 1861-1865
Pennsylvania infantry. 45th regt., 1861-1865.

Archives Pamphlet Collections****we will look at these in class.

Other archival material exists._ SEE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Books located through ILL (Interlibrary Loan)

WorldCat (Database of books Worldwide)

Database Resources (Follow the database link from the library website)

· America History & Life (THE database for American History)

· ProQuest (The New York Times Historical Archive)

· JStor (Access to 40 history journals)

· Humanities Abstracts

· Early American Newspapers Online

· Pooles 19^th Century Periodical Index (This is a PRINT database located in the basement)

Web Resources

• http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/_ Civil War Center at LSU.
• http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/_ The American Civil War Homepage.
• http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html War of the Rebellion Online.
• http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/library/or/index.cfm War of the Rebellion Online.

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