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"Berdan's United States Sharpshooters in the Army of the Potomac." Capt. C. A. Stevens, Morningside Bookshop Press, 1984 (reprint #7). Union volunteers, Sharpshooter Organization, all campaigns in which they fought and where, Regimental statistics, roster of officers. The author was an historian. Well written. N10
"The Civil War Dictionary." Vintage Books, 1988. More than 950 pages of short descriptions of individuals, places, battles, etc. TLL
"Civil War Genealogy." G. K. Schweitzer, 1984. General guide to Civil War records in the National and state archives, bibliographies, patriotic organizations. JMS
"Civil War Ghosts and Legends." Nancy Roberts, 1996. Various Prisons and there Ghosts of the Civil War. NM2
"Confederate Research Sources: A Guide to Archive Collections." J. C. Neagles, Ancestry Publishing, 1986, 286 pp, index. Describes research sources primarily in the various state archives (pp 32-210) and National Archives. JMS
"Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North." Francis Ingmire and Carolyn Ericson, Ericson Books, 1984. Gives names of soldiers, unit and state from which they served, date of death, and number of grave. K27
"Confederate Soldiers Buried at Vicksburg, Feb 1862 - Jul 1863." Carolyn Ericson and Frances Ingmire, privately published, 1981. A listing of all Confederate soldiers known to have been buried in Vicksburg between 2/15/1862 and 7/4/1863 -- compiled from a list at Mississippi Archives. SW1
"Disaster on the Mississippi, The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865." Salecker, Gene Eric, Naval Institute Press, 1996. Am willing to look-up by surname the names of any of the 2200+ paroled (Union, U.S. Civil War) soldiers who were aboard the steamship "Sultana" on 27 APR 1865 when she exploded and sank 7 miles N. of Memphis, TN on the Mississippi River. GR
"Echoes of Glory- Illustrated Atlas of the Civil War." By the Editors of Time Life Books. Brief description of the different Campaigns of the Civil War. Includes some Battle Maps. MB2
"Galloping Thunder: The Stuart Horse Artillery Battalion." Robert J. Trout, 2002. Actual stories from the battles of the horse artillery and what they went thru. Some pictures but not many. HS
"John Ransom's Andersonville Diary." John Ransom, Berkley, 1996. Diary of John Ransom from his capture by the Confederates thru his escape and rejoining the Union. Also addena with information after the civil war. The book doesn't have an index, but I have created an index. You can see the index at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nemcpher/diarybystateindex.html where I have the index on the web. PS
"Offical Military Atlas of the Civil War." Battlefield maps, maps made for armies on the march, general maps of the U.S. and especially southern and mid-western states. Some maps show roads and landowners. JMS
"Paynes of The Civil War- Casualties in Tragedy." US Government Original Record Transcriptions, published by Halberts Family Heritage, 1999. Records of those men who were decorated with the Medal of Honor for their exceptional service in the Civil War. [PAYNE surname ONLY!] SHP
"Paynes of The Civil War-Muster Rolls." US Government Muster Rolls, sorted and published by Halberts Family Heritage, 1999. Payne Muster Rolls containing all or part of the following information: first, last & middle initial or name; company, unit, rank at time of enlistment, rank at time of discharge, and allegience. Please provide name of ancestor, and state where residing at the time of enlistment in the war. [PAYNE surname ONLY!] SHP
"Personal Memoirs of US Grant." Copyright, 1885. By Ulysses S. Grant. Info about the Civil War - names, places, maps. LV
"The Photographic History of The Civil War." Portland House, 1997. Armies and Leaders - The Calavary - The Decisive Battles. NM2
"Prisoners who died at Andersonville Prison (1864-1865) - Atwater List ." Private Dorance Atwater, 2nd NY Cavalry (1865 [reprint 1981 by National Society of Andersonville]). This 74 page reprint covers the death of around 12,000 Union troops that died at Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, GA which was at the end of the supply train line of the Confederate Army. The majority of the prisoner's died of dysentery and diarrhea. The prison is just east of Plains, GA (President Carter's home). More that 45,000 prisoners passed thru the gates. The chapters are in state order and it gives the grave number, name, company, death date and cause of death. MB2
"Register of Graves 1999 Confederate Memorial Cemetery." This is a book that lists the names of Confederate Veterans that is buried in the Cemetery. The book also tells the History and Development of the Cemetery. The breakdown within the cemetery is as follows in regards to burials. 1 child, 110 women and either 687 or 691 veterans (counting the unknowns). MB2
"Reminisces of the Boys in Gray 1861-1865." M. Yeary, 1912 (reprint), 928 pp. Contains approx 1800 biog. sketches, usually giving residence, date & place of birth, war service. JMS
"The Story of American Heroism Medal Winners and Roll of Honor Men." The Werner Co., 1896. Thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil War as told by the Medal Winners and Roll of Honor Men. Copiously illustrated with 300 original engravings, accurately portraits of medal winners and roll of honor men. PB4
"The Sultana Tragedy, America's Greatest Maritime Disaster" Potter, Jerry O., Pelican Publishing Co., 1992. Am willing to look-up by surname the names of any of the 2200+ paroled (Union, U.S. Civil War) soldiers who were aboard the steamship "Sultana" on 27 APR 1865 when she exploded and sank 7 miles N. of Memphis, TN on the Mississippi River. GR
"These Honored Dead." John W. Bussy, Longstreet House, 1996. This book lists all of the Union Casualties at Gettysberg. RFP
"The Timechart History of the Civil War." Lowe & B Hould Publishers. Civil War by time and place. From beginning to end. Will need name of Battle and the dates and area it took place. NM2
"Well Known Confederate Veterans and Their War Records, Vol.I." Wm. E. Mickle. New Orleans: Wm. E. Mickle, 1907. Collection of Civil War Confederate soldiers. AB6
"Who Was Who in the Civil War." By Stewart Sifakis and published by Facts On File Publications, 1988. "A comprehensive, illustrated biographical reference to more then 2,500 of the principal Union and Cofederate participants in the War Between the States". MN4
"Benton County Pioneer: 100th Anniversary Battle of Pea Ridge." Benton County Historical Society (Arkansas), 1962. The book lists some of soldiers who fought on both sides of the Battle of Pea Ridge including Stand Watie's men, 4th Arkansas, federal soldiers under Curtis, Confederate soldiers buried in Benton County,some pension records and histories. DAS1
"Company F, Hamilton Rangers, Forty-Eighth Georgia Infantry Regiment, Major General Ambrose Wright's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia Confederate States of America." Thomas Earl Holley, self published, 2007. Service information and genealogies of all the soldiers in the Hamilton Rangers. This unit was formed from what is now McDuffie Co, GA (McDuffie Co was formed from Columbia and Warren Co in 1870). M15
"Company F, Thomson Guards, Tenth Regiment Georgia Volunteers, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America." Thomas Earl Holley, Wolfe Publishing, 2000. Service information and genealogies of all the soldiers in the Thomson Guards. This unit was formed from what is now McDuffie Co, GA (McDuffie Co was formed from Columbia and Warren Co in 1870). M15
"Company K, Ramsey Volunteers, The Sixteenth Georgia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America." Thomas Earl Holley, Wolfe Publishing, 1994. Service information and genealogies of all the soldiers in the Ramsey Volunteers. This unit was formed from what is now McDuffie Co, GA (McDuffie Co was formed from Columbia and Warren Co in 1870). M15
"This They Remembered." Gussie Reese, Compiler; 1965; Washington Publishing Company, Georgia. The book was compiled and published by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 1292, of Lexington, Georgia. It records the history of the four companies of Oglethorpe County which served the Confederate States of America 1861-1865. They are: The Gilmer Blues, Oglethorpe Rifles, Tom Cobb Infantry and Echols Artillery. Names and regiments are listed. DAS1
"Muster in Roll - 34th Iowa Volunteer Infantry." Civil War Muster in Roll for the 34th Volunteer Infantry. HLW
"Fifth Regiment Cavalry Kentucky (Confederate)." Report of the Adjutant General of the state of Kentucky 1915. Muster Roll of the Fifth Regiment of Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate) during the Civil War. MB2
"A History of the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry U.S." (The Blue guys ) Joseph R Reinhart, Beargrass Press Louisville Ky 2000. (see website at: http://www.geocities.com/jreinhart_us). It tells the exciting story of one of the Bluegrass State's premier combat units and the men who fought and died serving in it during it's three years in the Army of the Ohio and its powerful successor, the Army of the Cumberland. Battles: Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, Brown's Ferry, Orchard Knob, Missionary Ridge, and in Shermans four month Atlanta Campaign. Official records, Diaries, letters some translated from German make it a great book. WRK
"The Patriots and Guerillas of East Tennessee and Kentucky." Major J. A. Brents, McDowell Publications, 1862 (reprint 2001). Brownlow, Johnson, Hale, Zackarys, Huddleton, Beaty, Ferguson, Coffey, Philpott, Hamilton, Nelson, Bramlette, Garrard, Fry, Bird, Carter, Wolford, Honnell, Letcher, Helveti, Morrison, Alexander, Smith, Hoskins. TLF
"The Civil War in Maryland." Daniel Carroll Toomey; Toomey Press; 1983, 2000. The posting of this reference is not in any way to be to be construed as a personal or political statement of the owner. This is a day-by-day narrative of the Civil War in Maryland; names are included as part of the story and NOT in troop or muster lists. VCT
"Marylanders in the Confederacy." Daniel D. Hartzler; Family Line Publications; 1986, 1994. The posting of this resource is not in any way to be construed as a political or personal statement of the owner. Chapters Include : Comparative Strengths; Senior Grade and Flag Ranked Officers; Marylanders of the US Military Academy; Colleges; Groups of Men who left Maryland; Maryland Designated Commands; Maryland Units; The Maryland Line; Divided Families; Field Grade Officers; Enlistments; Naval; Marines; Physicians; Clergymen; Legislators & Congressmen; Marylanders at Home; Former Governors; Adjutant Generals; Post War Organizations. VCT
"Soldiers and Sailors, Alphabetical Index, Civl War 1861-1865." Coleman C. Vaughan, Secretary of State. Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers. 1918. Reprinted by the Detroit Free Press, John K. King Books. Detroit, Michigan. No date of re-publication listed. An alphabetical general listing of the soldiers and sailors who served in Michigan Companies during the US Civil War. D23
"Minnesota in the Civil War and Indian War 1861 - 1865." Prepared and pubished under supervision of Board Of Comissioners 1891 The Pioneer Press Co. St. Paul, MN. Narrative of regiments by officers of units and rosters of officers and soldiers w/ age, Mustered in, Mustered out and remarks. CM6
"Mississippi Confederate Grave Registrations." Betty Couch Wiltshire. RV
"Roster of Confederate Veterans." Genealogical Society of DeSoto County, MS. PSH
"History of Pike County, Mo." compiled in 1882. General information on Regiments raised for service in the Civil War. MB2
"From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: History of the 16th New York State Volunteers." Newton Martin Curtis, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. History of the 16th New York State Volunteer Infantry, mustered primarily from St. Lawrence, Franklin, Essex, and Clinton Counties. Includes a regimental roster that includes names, heights, relevant dates of muster, illness, discharge, death, or last known residence as of 1906. BF1
"The Tenth New York Artillery In the War of the Rebellion." The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912. VERY brief regimental history. Complete and fairly detailed roster of all members of the "Black River Regiment", drawn primarily from Jefferson County, New York. BF1
"Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan Schools." James Laughery Paul,1876, J. Fagan & Son. Brief account of the origin of the Civil war, the rise and Progress of the orphan system, and Legislative encactments. Forty-five schools are listed, along with names of pupils and staff. A1
"Rhea and Meigs County in the Civil War." V. C. Allen, c1908; Reprinted by Rhea County Historical Society 1995. List of the different companies, Officers and enlisted men with a brief history of the Company. Covers Rhea and Meigs County. TM
"Tennesseans in the Civil War." Published by the Civil War Centennial Commission. Names and units of people who served in the Civil War from Tennessee. Confederate and Union. GH6
"Between the Enemy and Texas: Parson's Texas Cavalry in the Civil War," A. J. Bailey, 1989. Gives field & staff of 12th Texas Cav., 21st Tex. Cav., 19th Tex. Cav., Morgan's Regt., 30th Tex. Cav. JMS
"Camp County, Texas In The Civil War." Compiled by Joe & Carolyn Ericson, copyright 2008, Ericson Books. The book has various information on each man; birth, death, service. Some have spouse and parents information. K27
"Confederate Officers of Texas." Frances T. Ingmire, Mountain Press, 1983. Indexed by name and county. K27
"Confederate Guns of Navarro County," John W. Spencer. Contains abstracts of service records of Co E, 13th Tex. Inf.; Co E & Co G, 15th Tex. Inf.; Co F, Morgan's Tex Cav.; Cos B, G/H, and H, 20th Tex Cav.; Co I, 19th Tex Cav.; Co I, 4th Tex Inf.; Co E, 4th Tex Inf. JMS
"Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-one Days in the Confederate Army" W. W. Heartsill Has rosters of Richardson's Independent Co (W. P. Lane Rangers); list of dead in W. P. Lane Rangers, Marshall Guards (Co E 1st Tex Inf), Marshall Mechanics (Co A, 14th Tex Inf), Harrison Co Lancers (Co F, 28th Tex Cav), Clough Rangers (Co K 17th Tex Cav), Clough & Hill Avengers (Co B, 14th Tex Inf), Bass Greys (Co D, 7th Tex Inf), and Texas Invincibles (Co H, 7th Tex Inf). JMS
"Lone Star Defenders," S. Barron. History and roster of Co C, 3rd Tex Cav. JMS
"Marion County, Texas In the Civil War." Compiled by Joe & Carolyn Ericson, copyright 2009, Ericson Books. The book has various information on each man; birth, death, service. Some have spouse and parents information. K27
"Reminiscences Of The Boys In Gray 1861-1865." Compiled By Miss Mamie Yeary 2003, Reprint, Erickson Books. Short Biographies of Texas Confederate Soldiers in their own words. Indexed by name. K27
"Ross' Texas Brigade." V. Rose. History and officers of 3rd Tex Cav., 6th Tex Cav., 9th Tex Cav., and Whitfields Legion. Bio sketches of some officers. JMS
"Suffering to Silence: 29th Texas Cavalry, C. S. A." J. C. Grady and B. K. Felmly. History, roster (from service records), some bios of 29th Tex Cav. JMS
"Terrell's Texas Cavalry." J. Spencer. Has abstracted service records of Terrell's Tex Cav (aka 34th); field & staff only for Liken's (aka 35th) Tex Cav.; Yager's (aka 1st) Tex Cav.; and Herbert's (aka 7th) Tex Cav. JMS
"Texas Confederate Home Roster." Compiled by Kathryn Hooper Davis, Linda Erickson Devereaux, and Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Erickson Books, 2003. Indexed by name. Lots of details including dates and next of kin. K27
"Texas Confederate Scrip Grantees." Thomas LLoyd Miller, copyright 1985. Lists grantees by surname, giving county where the land was granted, certificate number, date issued, and whether the grant was given to the soldier or to his widow. The land was given to the soldiers for their military service in the war. K27
"Texas in the War, 1861-1865." M. Wright and H. Simpson. List of every battery, battalion, an regiment raised in Texas giving names of field officers. JMS
"This Band of Heroes: Granbury's Texas Brigade," C.S.A., McCaffrey. Gives rosters (from service records) of 6th Tex. Inf., 7th Tex. Inf., 10th Tex. Inf., 15th Tex. Cav., 17th Tex. Cav., 18th Tex. Cav., 24th Tex. Cav., 25th Tex. Cav., Richardsons's Indep. Co. (W. P. Lane Rangers). JMS
"Titus and Franklin Counties in The Civil War." Carolyn Reeves Ericson and Bonnie Marlin Ericson, copyright 2009. The book has various information on each man; birth, death, service. Some have spouse and parents information. K27
"The Journal of James H. Hodam: Sketches and Personal Reminiscences of the Civil War as Experienced by a Confederate Soldier." James H. Hodam, 16 May 1901. This version edited by Robert P. Hodam, 1995, self-published. James H. Hodam was raised with a family tradition of note-taking and diary keeping. This book includes some personal history of growing up in Roane Co., (W)VA where he spent most of his youth until joining the Confederate forces at age 18 in August 1862. James also kept personal rosters of the men he served with, especially in winter camps, during the Civil War. He briefly describes his life directly after the war and his eventual move to IL. There is also some genealogical data on this branch of the Hodam family. DG
"Regimental History 6th Virginia Infantry." Michael A. Cavanaugh, H. E. Howard, Inc., Copyright 1988. Part of the Virginia Regimental Histories Series. Includes chronology and complete roster. DP
"The Siege of Suffolk - The Forgotten Campaign, April 11 - May 4, 1863." Steven A. Cormier, H. E. Howard, Inc., Copyright 1989. Part of the Virginia Civil War Battles and Leaders Series. Detailed accounting of campaign that took place in Nansemond County, VA. Includes chronology and weather, federal and confederate army order of battle. DP
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