Civil War Library

Original Union and Confederate Books, Manuscripts and Photographs

Updated May 31, 2020

Civil War Books


The following books have been scanned and are available on this website. They were scanned from the original first editions and are fully searchable.

 

Bowman, S. M., & Irwin, R. B. Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography. New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1865.

Bowman part 1 [27 MB]

Bowman part 2 [72 MB]

Bowman part 3 [51 MB]

Bowman part 4 [45 MB]

Cox, Jacob D. Atlanta. New York: Scribner’s, 1882.

Atlanta part 1 [34 MB]

Atlanta part 2 [44 MB]

Cox, Jacob D. The March to the Sea: Franklin and Nashville. New York: Scribner’s, 1882.

March to the Sea part 1 [36 MB]

March to the Sea part 2 [20 MB]

March to the Sea part 3 [17 MB]

Duyckinck, Evert A. National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and Naval. New York: Johnson, Fry, c. 1865.

Duyckinck part 1 [29 MB]

Duyckinck part 2 [41 MB]

Fox, William F. In Memoriam: Henry Warner Slocum. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon, 1904. Also known as Slocum and His Men: The Twelfth Corps.

Fox part 1 [50 MB]

Fox part 2 [46 MB]

Fox part 3 [39 MB]

Fox part 4 [50 MB]

Guernsey, Alfred H., & Alden, Henry M. Harper’s Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion. New York: Harper, 1868.

Guernsey & Alden - Part 1 [85 MB]

Guernsey & Alden - Part 2 [61 MB]

Guernsey & Alden - Part 3 [41 MB]

Guernsey & Alden - Part 4 [16 MB]

Guernsey & Alden - Part 5 [22 MB]

Guernsey & Alden - Part 6 [42 MB]

Howard, Oliver O. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard: Major General United States Army, New York: Baker & Taylor, 1907.

Howard, vol. 1, ch. 1-9 [46 MB]

Howard, vol. 1, ch. 10-16 [42 MB]

Howard, vol. 1, ch. 17-22 [46 MB]

Howard, vol. 1, ch. 23-27 [47 MB]

Howard, vol. 1, ch. 28-34 [43 MB]

Howard, vol. 2, ch. 35-42 [41 MB]

Howard, vol. 2, ch. 43-48 [39 MB]

Howard, vol. 2, ch. 49-55 [44 MB]

Howard, part III (African American soldiers) [12 MB]

Keim, De B. Randolph. Sherman: A memorial in art, oratory, and literature by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee with the aid of the Congress of the United States of America. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904.

Sherman: A Memorial - Part 1 [61 MB]

Sherman: A Memorial - Part 2 [28 MB]

Sherman: A Memorial - Part 3 [45 MB]

Meade, George. The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade. New York: Scribner’s, 1913.

Meade part 1 [27 MB]

Meade part 2 [29 MB]

Moore, Frank (Ed.). The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 11. New York: Van Nostrand, 1868.

Moore part 1 [30 MB]

Moore part 2a (Sherman's Atlanta Campaign) [35 MB]

Moore part 2b (Sherman's Atlanta Campaign) [30 MB]

Moore part 3 (Sherman's Report) [18 MB]

Moore part 4 (Surrender of General Johnston) [15 MB]

Nichols, George Ward. The Story of the Great March: From the Diary of a Staff Officer. New York: Harper & Bros., 1865.

Nichols chapters 1-7 [20 MB]

Nichols chapters 8-16 [24 MB]

Nichols chapters 17-34 [45 MB]

Palfrey, Francis Winthrop. The Antietam and Fredericksburg. New York: Scribner’s, 1882.

Palfrey part 1 [20 MB]

Palfrey part 2 [41 MB]

Phisterer, Frederick. Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States. New York: Scribner’s, 1883.

Phisterer part 1 [32 MB]

Phisterer part 2 [30 MB]

Phisterer part 3 [26 MB]

Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. New York: Appleton & Co., 1875.

Sherman, vol. 1, ch. 1-6 [62 MB]

Sherman, vol. 1, ch. 7-11 [54 MB]

Sherman, vol. 1, ch. 12-14 [40 MB]

Sherman, vol. 2, ch. 15-16 [23 MB]

Sherman, vol. 2, ch. 17-18 [28 MB]

Sherman, vol. 2, ch. 19-20 [34 MB]

Sherman, vol. 2, ch. 21-22 [36 MB]

Sherman, vol. 2, ch. 23-24 [33 MB]

Slocum, Charles E. The Life and Services of Major-General Henry Warner Slocum. Toledo: Slocum Publishing, 1913.

Slocum part 1 [41 MB]

Slocum part 2 [33 MB]

Slocum part 3 [22 MB]

Slocum part 4 [29 MB]

Slocum part 5 [20 MB]

Slocum part 6 [29 MB]

Tenney, W. J. History of the Rebellion in the United States. New York: Appleton, 1866. 

Tenney part 1 [22 MB]

Tenney part 2 [34 MB]

United States Army. Official Army Register for 1862. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1862.

Army Register [38 MB]

Webb, Alexander S. The Peninsula: McClelland’s Campaign of 1862. New York: Scribner’s, 1881.

Peninsula part 1 [33 MB]

Peninsula part 2 [26 MB]