Bibliography of the American Civil War

The American Civil War bibliography comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war, with more appearing each month.[1] There is no complete bibliography to the war; the largest guide to books is over 40 years old and lists over 6,000 titles selected by leading scholars.[2] Many specialized topics such as Abraham Lincoln,[3] women,[4] and medicine[5] have their own lengthy bibliographies. The books on major campaigns typically contain their own specialized guides to the sources and literature. The most comprehensive guide to the historiography annotates over a thousand titles.[6]

For a guide to the bibliography see:


For a guide to web sources see:

For an older short survey that is online and won the Pulitzer Prize (1918), see:

For the most recent surveys see:

Surveys and reference books

  1. John G. Nicolay (1881), The Outbreak of Rebellion, reprint, New York: Da Capo, 1995.
  2. Manning Force (1881), From Fort Henry to Corinth.
  3. Alexander S. Webb (1881), The Peninsular: McClellan's Campaign of 1862.
  4. John Codman Ropes (1881), The Army under Pope.
  5. James Russell Soley (1883), The Blockade and the Cruisers.
  6. Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1885), The Antietam and Fredericksburg, reprint, New York: Da Capo, 1996.
  7. Abner Doubleday (1882), Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, reprints, New York: Da Capo, 1994, and Saint Petersburg, FL: Red and Black, 2009.
  8. Henry M. Cist (1882), The Army of the Cumberland.
  9. Francis Vinton Greene (1882), The Mississippi.
  10. Daniel Ammen (1883), The Atlantic Coast.
  11. Jacob Dolson Cox (1882), Atlanta, reprint, retitled as Sherman's Battle for Atlanta, New York: Da Capo, 1994.
  12. Jacob Dolson Cox, (1882), The March to the Sea, Franklin and Nashville, reprint, retitled as Sherman's March to the Sea, Hood's Tennessee Campaign and the Carolina Campaigns of 1865, New York: Da Capo, 1994.
  13. George Edward Pond (1882), The Shenandoah Valley in 1864.
  14. Andrew A. Humphreys (1883), The Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65: The Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James, reprint, New York: Da Capo, 1995.
  15. Alfred Thayer Mahan (1883), The Gulf and Inland Waters.
  1. Catton, Bruce. The Centennial History of the Civil War. Vol. 1, The Coming Fury. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961. ISBN 0-641-68525-4.
  2. Catton, Bruce. The Centennial History of the Civil War. Vol. 2, Terrible Swift Sword. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. ISBN 0-385-02614-5.
  3. Catton, Bruce. The Centennial History of the Civil War. Vol. 3, Never Call Retreat. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. ISBN 0-671-46990-8.
  1. Foote, Shelby. The Civil War: A Narrative. Vol. 1, Fort Sumter to Perryville. New York: Random House, 1958. ISBN 0-394-49517-9.
  2. Foote, Shelby. The Civil War: A Narrative. Vol. 2, Fredericksburg to Meridian. New York: Random House, 1958. ISBN 0-394-49517-9.
  3. Foote, Shelby. The Civil War: A Narrative. Vol. 3, Red River to Appomattox. New York: Random House, 1974. ISBN 0-394-74913-8.
  1. From Sumter to Shiloh.
  2. North to Antietam.
  3. Retreat from Gettysburg.
  4. The Way to Appomattox.
  1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852
  2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857
  3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party Chaos, 1857-1859
  4. Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861
  5. The Improvised War, 1861-1862
  6. War Becomes Revolution, 1862-1863
  7. The Organized War, 1863-1864
  8. The Organized War to Victory, 1864-1865

Maps, photographs, environment

  1. Volume I: Shadows of the storm.. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1981. ISBN 978-0-385-15466-6.
  2. Volume II: The Guns of '62. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1982. ISBN 978-0-385-15467-3.
  3. Volume III: The Embattled Confederacy. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1982. ISBN 978-0-385-15468-0.
  4. Volume IV: Fighting for Time. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1983. ISBN 978-0-385-18280-5.
  5. Volume V: The South Besieged. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1983. ISBN 978-0-385-18281-2.
  6. Volume VI: The End of an Era. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984. ISBN 978-0-385-18282-9.
  1. Davis, William C. and William A. Frassanito. Touched by Fire: A Photographic Portrait of the Civil War. Volume One. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1985. ISBN 978-0-316-17661-3.
  2. Davis, William C. and William A. Frassanito. Touched by Fire: A Photographic Portrait of the Civil War. Volume Two. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1986. ISBN 978-0-316-17664-4.

American Civil War battles and campaigns

Naval history

Ironclads

Confederate raiders

Unit histories

Confederate military units

Union military units

Strategy and command

Technology, weapons, and equipment

Medical

Primary sources

Causes of the war

Secession

Constitutional and legal

Slavery and emancipation

International affairs

Collected biographies

Military leaders

Soldiers and sailors

Prisoners

Homefront

States, regions, and local

Guerillas

Ethnic groups

African Americans

Primary sources

American Indians

Primary sources

Women

National

North

Black South

White South

Primary sources

Ideology, rhetoric, religion

Veterans

Popular culture, novels, films

Historiography

Bibliographies

Newspapers in the Civil War

Art and music

Tour guides

Monuments, battlefields, and battlefield preservation

Reconstruction

Government publications

Primary sources

Memoirs

Other

See also

Notes

  1. In 2001, Jonathan Sarna estimated that over 50,000 books had already appeared, with 1,500 more appearing annually. American Jewish History 89.3 (2001) 335–337.
  2. See Allan Nevins, Bell Irvin Wiley, and James I. Robertson, Civil War Books: A Critical Bibliography (2 vol, 1970)
  3. Burkhimer, Michael. 100 Essential Lincoln Books (2003)
  4. McDevitt, Theresa. Women and the American Civil War: An Annotated Bibliography (2003)
  5. Freemon, Frank R. Microbes and Minie Balls: An Annotated Bibliography of Civil War Medicine (1993)
  6. Woodworth, Steven; et al., eds. The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research (1996)
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