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Civil War Resources
This is a selective guide to the Pellissippi Library's resources to help you find information on this subject. Assistance is always available at the Reference Desk (865-539-7107).
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Subject headings |
These subject headings may be used to locate books in the Pellissippi Library online catalog: (http://www.pstcc.edu/library/catalog.htm) and netLibrary e-book (http://www.pstcc.edu/library/netlibrary.htm) collection. |
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Call numbers for browsing |
Use these call numbers to browse the circulating and reference collections: |
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Databases |
You may access these electronic resources provided by the library for magazine and journal information or full-text reference sources on this topic at the library Online Database page. (http://www.pstcc.edu/library/online.html) |
Academic OneFile – Indexes thousands of periodicals and provides full-text content on a variety of topics.
Ancestry Library – Resources for family history and genealogy research.
Humanities E-book Project – Contains nearly 1500 full-text high-quality books of major importance to historical studies.
Oxford Reference Online – Provides searchable access to 100 dictionary and reference titles published by Oxford Press including The Oxford Guide to the United States Government, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military, and other history reference books.
SIRS Knowledge Source – Provides integrated online access to full-text articles and internet resources.
Wilson Omnifile – Includes databases covering a broad range of subjects and sources including biography and history resources.
* You may access online databases from off-campus computers by entering your general computer account username and password (used for PSTCC e-mail).
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Reference Books |
American Eras: Civil War and Reconstruction. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1997. REF E166 .A48 1997.This volume provides a general overview of the era.
American National Biography. 24 volumes/supplement. Garraty, John A., ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. REF CT213 .A68 1999. Detailed biographies of significant Americans or people abroad who directly influenced American history.
Annals of America.22 volumes. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 1976. REF E173 .A793 1976.A comprehensive, chronologically-arranged collection of the complete texts of historically significant documents on a broad range of subjects. Each volume has an index. The first 18 volumes contain an alphabetical index of the authors included with brief biographical sketches. Volumes 8-10 cover the pre-Civil War period through reconstruction.
Dictionary of American History. 8 volumes/2 volume supplement. Rev. ed. New York: Scribner, 1976-78. REF E174 .D5 1976. Eight-volume set comprised mainly of concise articles (some longer entries) dealing with all aspects of United States history. Many entries are followed by very brief bibliographic citations. The last volume is an index to the set.
Documents of American History. 2 volumes. Commager, Henry, ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1988. REF E173 .D59 1988. Offers the complete text of significant documents from 1492 through reports of Congressional Committees investigating Iran-Contra, Nov. 13, 1987. Entries for each document include the title, date, source, references, and historical significance. Each volume is indexed by subject and personal name.
Dictionary of American History from 1763 to the Present. Thompson, Peter. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2000. REF E174 .T47 2000. Contains over 1200 entries covering people, events, and places in American History from 1763 to the present time.
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Web Resources |
American Antiquarian Society (http://www.americanantiquarian.org/) - The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is an independent research library focusing on American history, literature, and culture through 1876.
American Civil War (http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html) - This page “gathers together in one place hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865).”
National Archives (http://www.archives.gov/) - NARA is an independent Federal agency that helps to "preserve our nation's history by overseeing the management of all Federal records." (search for “Civil War Photos” for some good results, also useful for other topics)
American Memory Project, Library of Congress (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html) - The American Memory Historical Collections, a major component of the Library's National Digital Library Program, are multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections. There are currently over 70 collections in the American Memory Historical Collections.
Avalon Project at Yale Law School (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon) - Collections of digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government.
Center for History and New Media (http://chnm.gmu.edu/index.html) - Access to resources that bring together digital media and historical scholarship to promote an understanding of the past and a broad historical literacy.
Internet Modern History Sourcebooks (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html) - "The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use" created to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern western civilization and American history.
Making of America (http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/index.html) - Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the ante-bellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
Southern Home Front 1861 - 1865, The (http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/) The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865," presents documents related to all aspects of Southern life during the Civil War. In particular, government and civilian publications demonstrate the Confederate States of America's unsuccessful attempt to create a viable nation state. This collection includes over four hundred Civil War era maps, broadsides, photographs, printed works, Confederate currency, and manuscript letters and diaries.
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Selective Bibliography |
Civil War - General
- Berry, Chester D. Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2005.
E611 .B53 2005 – On Reserve
- Classics of Civil War Fiction. David Madden and Peggy Bach, editors. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 1991.
PS374 .C53 C58 1991
- Fisher, Noel C. War At Every Door: Partisan Politics and Guerrilla Violence In East Tennessee , 1860-1869. Chapel Hill : UNC Press, 1997. E531 .F57 1997( also available in E-book) – On Reserve
? House, Ellen Renshaw. A Very Violent Rebel: The Civil War Diary of Ellen Renshaw House. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1996. E605 .H83 1996 – On Reserve
? Inman, Myra. Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War In East Tennessee. William R. Snell, editor. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2000. E605 .I56 2000 – On Reserve
? Judd, Cameron. The Bridge Burners: A True Adventure of East Tennessee’s Underground Civil War. Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press, 1996. E531.9 .J83 1996 – On Reserve
? Madden, David. Sharpshooter: A Novel of the Civil War. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996. PS3563.A339 S48 1996 – copies on reserve at each campus location
? Madden, David (ed.). Beyond the Battlefield: The Ordinary Life and Extraordinary Times of the Civil War Soldier. NY: Touchstone, 2000. E607 .B49 2000 – On Reserve
Civil War – Indians
? Abel, Annie Heloise. American Indian As Participant In The Civil War. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1992. E-Book accessible via the online catalog
? Cunningham, Frank. General Stand Watie's Confederate Indians. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. E-Book accessible via the online catalog
? Hauptman, Laurence M. Between Two Fires: American Indians In The Civil War. New York: Free Press, 1995. E540.I3 H38 1995
? Grayson, G. W. (George Washington). A Creek warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G.W. Grayson. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. E-Book accessible via the online catalog
Civil War – Medicine
? Alcott, Louisa May. A Day: Hospital Sketches. Charlottesville , VA : University of Virginia Electronic Text Center , 1996. E-Book available via the online catalog
? Bacot, Ada W. (Ada White). A Confederate Nurse: The Diary of Ada W. Bacot, 1860-1863. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. E625 .B33 1994
? Brinton, John H. Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton: Civil War Surgeon, 1861-1865. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 1996. E-Book available via the online catalog
? Cumming, Kate. Journal Of Hospital Life In The Confederate Army Of Tennessee, From The Battle Of Shiloh To The End Of The War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. E625 .C58 1998
? Hancock, Cornelia. South After Gettysburg : Letters Of A Civil War Nurse. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1998. E-Book available via the online catalog
? Holt, Daniel M. A Surgeon's Civil War: The Letters And Diary Of Daniel M. Holt, M.D. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1994. E-Book available via the online catalog
? Leonard, Elizabeth D. Yankee Women: Gender Battles In The Civil War. New York: W.W. Norton, 1994. E628 .L46 1994
? Oates, Stephen B. A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton And The Civil War. New York: Free Press, 1994. E621 .O24 1994
? Pember, Phoebe Yates. A Southern Woman's Story. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2002. E625 .P39 2002
? Tsui, Bonnie. She Went To The Field: Women Soldiers Of The Civil War. Guilford, Conn.: TwoDot, 2003. E628 .T78 2003
Civil War – Sports and Passtimes
? Block, David. Baseball Before We Knew It. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. GV862.5 .B56 2005 – On Reserve
Civil War – Tennessee
? Connelly, Thomas L. Civil War Tennessee: Battles and Leaders. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1979. E531 .C66 1979 – On Reserve
? Cottrell, Steve. Civil War In Tennessee. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 2001. E407.4 .C68 2001 – On Reserve
? Horn, S. F. (ed.). Tennessee’s War: 1861-1865: Described By Participants. Nashville: Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965. E531 .H6 1965 – On Reserve
? Lepa, Jack. Breaking the Confederacy: The Georgia and Tennessee Campaigns of 1864. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2005. E476.7 .L46 2005 – On Reserve
? Poe, Orlando. Occupation of East Tennessee and the Defense of Knoxville. Knoxville: East Tennessee Historical Society, [1963?]. E475.94 .P63 1963 – On Reserve
? Seymour, Digby. Divided Loyalties: Fort Sanders and the Civil War In East Tennessee. Knoxville: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2002. E531 .S5 2002 – On Reserve
? Temple, Oliver P. East Tennessee and the Civil War. Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press, 1995. E531 .T28 1995 – On Reserve
Civil War – Weaponry
Civil War – Women
? Cashin, Joan E. First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006. E467.1 .D27 C36 2006
? Clinton, Catherine. Civil War Stories. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1998. E468.9 .C57 1998
? Creighton, Margaret S. The Colors Of Courage: Gettysburg's Forgotten History: Immigrants, Women, And African Americans In The Civil War's Defining Battle. New York: Basic Books, 2005. E475.53 .C89 2005
? Eggleston, Larry G. Women In The Civil War: Extraordinary Stories Of Soldiers, Spies, Nurses, Doctors, Crusaders, And Others. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003. E628 .E375 2003
? Inman, Myra. A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2000. E605 .I56 2000 – On Reserve
? Leonard, Elizabeth D. Yankee Women: Gender Battles In The Civil War. New York: W.W. Norton, 1994. E628 .L46 1994
? Massey, Mary Elizabeth. Bonnet Brigades: Women In the Civil War. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994. E628 .M3 1994
? McDonald, Cornelia Peake. A Woman's Civil War: A Diary With Reminiscences Of The War From March 1862. Madison, WI.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992. E487 .M195 1992
? Richard, Patricia L. Busy Hands: Images Of The Family In The Northern Civil War Effort. New York: Fordham University Press, 2003. E-Book accessible via the online catalog
? Roberts, Giselle. The Confederate Belle. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2003. E-Book accessible via the online catalog
? Schultz, Jane. Women At The Front: Hospital Workers In Civil War America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. E-Book accessible via the online catalog
? Silber, Nina. Daughters Of The Union: Northern Women Fight The Civil War. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. E-Book accessible via the online catalog
? The War The Women Lived: Female Voices From The Confederate South. Nashville: J.S. Sanders, 1995. E605 .W275 1995
Jean Jackson – 9/26/2007
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