Civil War Through Biography

 

 

Selected Reference Resources
The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 10 Volumes . Available in Print, CD, and Online. US Doc Coll
W 45.5:1
Encyclopedia of the Confederacy Reference Collection: E487 .E55 1993
The Civil War Dictionary Reference Collection: E468 .B7
The Lincoln Encyclopedia Reference Collection: E457.99 .S49 1980
Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. Embracing political, military, and ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry Reference Collection: AE 5 .A7 1861
Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy Reference Collection: E457.99 .S49 1980
The American Civil War : a handbook of literature and research Reference Collection: E256 .A47 1996
The Civil War Almanac Reference Collection: E468.3 .C58 1983
The Union Army, 1861-1865 : Organization and Operations Reference Collection: E491 .W43 1989
Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery Reference Collection: E441 .D53 1988


Biographical Resources
Biography Resource Center
American Civil War Biographies in James B. Duke Library
Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy Reference Collection: E457.99 .S49 1980


Secondary Resources
America: History and Life
JSTOR
Humanities Fulltext

 

Historical Newspapers/ Primary Sources

New York Times Historical
1851-2000

This database includes the full image of all articles and is searchable for the entire run of the New York Times from 1851 to 1999.
Washington Post
1877-1989
Full image and searchable for the entire period.
Times(London)
1785-1985
The archive covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. Provides the full-text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials and advertising.

Boston Globe
1872-1923

Full image and searchable for the entire period.
Atlanta Constitution
1868-1929
Full image and searchable for the entire period.
Los Angeles Times
1881-1985
Full image and searchable for the entire period
Wall Street Journal
1889-1987
Full image and searchable for the entire period
Brooklyn Eagle
1841-1902
 Full image of this newspaper in various digital formats are contained in this online repository. Access can be gained either by date of issue or by keyword searching.
Richmond Daily Dispatch
1860-1865
The Richmond Daily Dispatch is the result of a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and collaboration between the University of Richmond, Tufts University's Perseus Project, and the Virginia Center for Digital History. There are currently 1384 issues of the paper available online, ranging in date from November 1860 through December 1865.

American Periodical Series
Title List

Digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. 1741-1900

Making of America
(MOA)

*Michigan*
*Cornell*

Full text of 19th century books as well as 33 fully searchable nineteenth century journals ranging in dates from 1831 to 1900. MOA is a cooperative digitization project funded by the Mellon Foundation and shared by Cornell University and University of Michigan.

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Last updated: 1/27/09