Research Guides: History Research Guide: United States Civil War

Resources

Andersonville

Antietam

Appomattox

Chancellorsville

Chickamauga and Chattanooga

Fort Donelson

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania

Gettysburg

Bull Run / Manassas

Petersburg

Richmond

Shiloh

Vicksburg

Here are a handful of biographies, mainly from our Gale Biography database. As I find other material that I think is relevant, I will add it.

ProQuest Civil War Era This link opens in a new window
Primary source materials, including regional newspapers, pamphlets, and other documents, covering Manifest Destiny through the end of the Civil War and a vast range of topics including the formative economic factors and other forces that led to the abolitionist movement, the 600,000 battle casualties, and the emancipation of nearly 4 million slaves

For more information, view this brief tutorial on using ProQuest Civil War Era.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Single-search of the full-text of The New York Times (1851-2014), The Washington Post (1877-2002), The Baltimore Sun (1837-1993), The Guardian ‎(1791-2003), The Observer‎ (1791-2003), and Chicago Defender (1909-2010), including full page and article images

For more information, view this brief tutorial on using ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Full-text primary source articles, books, newspapers, and periodicals on 19th and 20th century American history

19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Civil War in Words and Deeds
Confederate Newspapers: Select Collection
Medical Services and Warfare
Medical Services and Warfare presents digitised primary source material including military, scientific, professional and personal perspectives on medicine during conflicts across the globe from 1850-1949.

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new window
Full-text books, pamphlets, broadsides, and documents providing firsthand accounts of more than 400 years of history in the Americas, including North, Central, and South America and the West Indies, drawn from Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana

Reconstruction Interviews
The Reconstruction Interviews Collection includes 41 raw interviews filmed in 2004 for the two-part American Experience documentary Reconstruction: The Second Civil War.
Ken Burns Civil War
Hailed as a landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burns’ classic Emmy Award–winning nine-part series The Civil War brings to life America’s most destructive—and defining—conflict.