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Diaries/Journals
The Diary of James T. Ayers, Civil War Recruiter. Introduction by John Hope Franklin. Springfield, Ill.: Printed by authority of the State of Illinois, 1947. E601-A977
The Civil War Notebook of Daniel Chisholm: A chronicle of daily life in the Union army, 1864-1865. Edited by W. Springer Menge and J. August Shimrak. 1st Edition. New York: Orion Books, c 1989. E601-C47-1989
The Civil War Diary of Capt. Samuel Duvall, July-October 1864: Company E, 102nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps. Transcribed by David M. Neville. Export, Pa.: D. M. Neville, no date. qE601-D903-N523
Leaves from the Diary of an Army Surgeon: Or, Incidents of field, camp and hospital life. By Thomas T. Ellis. New York: J. Bradburn, 1863. E601-E47
The Civil War Diary of Private Henry Fogle: 1862, Co. C, 9th Pennsylvania Regiment. Transcribed by David M. Neville, no date. fE601-F656-N523
The Civil War Diary of John H. Hieber, 1863: Hospital steward, 139th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Transcribed and annotated by William Dunham. Hanover, Ind.: W. Dunham, 1985? fE601-H633
A Civil War Diary, Feb. 1864-Feb. 1865. By Pvt. Augustus Hively. Transcribed by Mary E. Lapetina. Compiled by Henry L. Hively. Pittsburgh: H. Hively, 1982. E470-H677
Diary of General S. M. Jackson for the Year 1862. Apollo, Pa.: Pref., 1925. dE601-J14
Frederick Augustus James's Civil War Diary: Sumter to Andersonville. Edited by Jefferson J. Hammer. Rutherford, Madison, Teaneck: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, c 1973. E611-J27
The Soldier Boy's Diary Book: Or, memorandums of the alphabetical first lessons of military tactics. Kept by Adam S. Johnston, from September 14, 1861 to October 2, 1864. Pittsburgh, 1866. Same Title. Pittsburgh, 1867. dE601-J72; Case-E601-J72-1867
A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital. Volume 1 of 2 is missing. By J. B. Jones. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866. E605-J77
Private Elisha Stockwell, Jr., Sees the Civil War. Edited by Byron R. Abernathy. 1st Edition. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. E601-S86
My Diary North and South. By William Howard Russell. Boston: T. C. H. P. Burnham, 1863. F210-R96
The Road to Cold Harbor: Field diary, January 1-June 12, 1864 of Capt. Samuel C. Schoyer, 139 Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment. Supplemented by accounts of other officers and a brief history of the regiment. Edited by William T. Schoyer. Pittsburgh: W. T. Schoyer, 1966. E476.41-S363
Private Smith's Journals: Recollections of the late war. Smith was a member of Company C, 51st Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Edited by Clyde C. Walton. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly, 1963. dE601-S64
A Borderland Confederate. Diaries and letters of William Lyne Wilson. Edited by Festus P. Summers. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1962. E605-W754
Personal Narratives/Reminiscences
With the Army of West Virginia. Reminiscences and letters of James Abraham. Compiled by Evelyn Abraham Benson. Lancaster, Pa.: E. A. Benson, 1974. fE536-A159-B474
Reminiscences: An autobiographical sketch, written at the request of his children, January 23, 1843-Ocober 11, 1927. By Hugh Wilson Arthur. Pittsburgh?: Privately printed. 1927? F159.26-A788
Memoirs of a Swiss Officer in the American Civil War: Rudolf Aschmann. Edited and introduced by Heinz K. Meier. Bern and Frankfurt: Herbert Lang, 1972. E601-A81
Sketches of the Rise, Progress and Decline of Secession: With a narrative of personal adventures amont the rebels. By W. G. Brownlow. Philadelphia: G. W. Childs; Cincinatti: Applegate & Co., 1862. Known as Parson Brownlow's Book. dE458.2-B88
"The Cannoneer." Recollections of service in the Army of the Potomac. By a "detached" volunteer in the regular artillery. By Augustus C. Buell. Washington, D. C.: The National Tribune, 1890. E601-B928
With Fire and Sword. By Major S. H. M. Byers. A personal narrative of a soldier in the 5th Iowa. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1911. E601-B99
Four Years of Fiiighting: A volume of personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond. By Charles C. Coffin. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. E470-C67f
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War. 2 Volumes. By Jacob Dolson Cox. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1900. E470-C877
Through Five Administrations: Reminiscences of Colonel William H. Crook, bodyguard to President Lincoln. Compiled and edited by Margarita Spalding Gerry. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1910. E661-C94
I Rode with Stonewall: Being chiefly the war experiences of the youngest member of Jackson's staff from the John Brown raid to the hanging of Mrs. Surratt. By Henry Kyd Douglas. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, c 1940. E470-D733
Thrilling Adventures of Daniel Ellis: The great Union guide of east Tennessee, for aperiod of nearly four years during the great southern rebellion. By himself. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867. dE601-E42
Life in the Confederate Army: Being personal experiences of a private soldier in the Confederate Army. By Arthur P. Ford and Marion Johnstone Ford. New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1905. dE605-F69
Three Years in the Federal Cavalry. By Captain Willard Glazier. New York: R. H. Ferguson & Company, 1870. dE601-G553
Recollections of a Private: A story of the Army of the Potomac. By Warren Lee Goss. New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co., c 1890. E601-G67
From Bull Run to Appomattox: A boy's view. By L. W. Hopkins of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry, 6th Va. Reg., C. S. A. Baltimore: Press of Fleet-McGinley Co., c 1908. E605-H79
In and Out of the Lines: An accurate account of incidents during the occupation of Georgia by federal troops in 1864-1865. By Frances T. Howard. New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1905. dE605-H84
Following the Greek Cross: Or, memories of the Sixth Army Corps. By Thomas W. Hyde. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. E493.I-6th-H99
Personal Recollections of Early Decatur, Abraham Lincoln, Richard J. Oglesby and the Civil War. By Jane Martin Johns. Edited by Howard C. Schaub. Decatur, Ill.: Decatur Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1912. F549-D3-J65
Camp-fire and Cotton Field: Southern adventure in time of war. By Thomas W. Knox. New York: Blelock and Company, 1865. E601-K74
The Recollections of a Drummer Boy. By Harry M. Kieffer. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., c 1888. E601-K47
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee. By his son, Captain Robert E. Lee. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. E467.1-L47-L47
My Story of the War: A woman's narrative of four years personal experience as a nurse in the Union army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front during the War of the Rebellion. By Mary A. Livermore. Hartford: A. D. Worthington and Company, 1888. E621-L78
Colonel Alexander K. McClure's Recollections of Half a Century. Salem, Mass.: The Salem Press Company, 1902. E415.7-M166
Recollections, 1844-1909. By Henry Clay McDougal, a member of Company A, 6th Regiment, (West) Virginia Infantry Volunteers (Union). Includes Roll of Company A. Kansas City, Mo.: Franklin Hudson Pub. Co., 1910. E663-M13
Recollections of a Mosby Guerrilla. By John W. Munson. New York: Munsey's Magazine, no date. E470.45-M969
The Story of American Heroism: Thrilling personal narratives of adventures during the great Civil War as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men. Chicago, New York: The Werner Co., 1897, c 1896. qE655-S88
The Bivouac and the Battlefield: Or, campaign sketches in Virginia and Maryland. By George F. Noyes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. dE601-N95
Reminiscences of Peace and War. By Mrs. Roger A. Pryor. Revised and enlarged edition. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. E415.7-P973-1905
Red Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals: As seen from the ranks during a campaign in the Army of the Potomac. By a citizen soldier. New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1864. E601-C28
War Record and Personal Experiences of Walter Raleigh Robbins from April 22, 1861 to August 4, 1865. 1st Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry. Edited by Lilian Rea. Chicago?: Priv. Print., 1923. dE601-R63
My Early Life and the Civil War. By Conrad Smith. Pittsburgh?: C. Smith, February, 1920. dF159.3-S644
From Chattanooga to Petersburg under Generals Grant and Butler: A contribution to the history of the war, and a personal vindication. By William Farrar Smith. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1893. E470.2-S66
Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer. By Gen. G. Moxley Sorrel. With introduction by Senator John W. Daniel. New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1905. E470-S71
Four Years under Marse Robert. By Robert Stiles. New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910, c 1903-4. E605-S85
Boyhood Memories of the Civil War, 1861-1865. A 1932 letter of James W. Sullivan dealing with the invasion of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Carlisle, Pa.: Hamilton Library Association, 1933. E527-S95
Anecdotes of the Civil War in the United States. By Brevet Major-General E. D. Townsend. New York: D. Appleton, 1884. dE470-T74
Two Days of a War, a Gettysburg Narrative and other excursions. By Henry Edwin Tremain. Includes impressions on the life and services of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, the Battle of Gettysburg and post-war travels. New York: Bonnell, Silver and Bowers, 1905. dE470-T78
Under the Old Flag: Recollections of military operations in the war for the Union, the Spanish war, the Boxer rebellion, etc. 2 Volumes. By James Harrison Wilson. New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1912. E470-W74
Bullet and Shell: A soldier's romance. By George F. Williams. Illustrated from sketches among the actual scenes. New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, c 1882. E601-W72
Letters Civil War Letters of Alexander Adams. The letters were written by Adams, a Private, mostly to his mother during his service in the Union army. No publisher, no date. qE601-A21
"Respects to All": Letters of two Pennsylvania boys, Adam S. and Michael S. Bright, in the War of the Rebellion. Edited by Aida Craig Truxall. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1962. E601-B855
Dear Esther: The Civil War letters of Private Aungier Dobb, Centerville, Pennsylvania. By Ralph Haas. Edited by Philip Ensley. Apollo, Pa.: Closson Press, c 1991. qE527.6-22d-D632-1991
The Civil War Letters and Genealogy of Frederick Duerr of Butler County, Pennsylvania. By Peggy Vorwin Cramer. Lansdale, Pa.: P. Cramer, 1983? qCS71-D853-C889
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Younger Sister, 1857-78. By his nephew, Jesse Grant Cramer. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1912. E672-G764
South After Gettysburg: Letters of Cornelia Hancock from the Army of the Potomac, 1863-1865. Edited by Henrietta Stratton Jaquette. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1937. E621-H234
Civil War Echoes: A series of articles based on letters of Pvt. Abram E. Kipp (1840-70) of Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County. By Edward S. Osheshkie. From the letters and a history of the 78th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Reproduced from the Valley New Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa., and The Daily Dispatch, New Kensington, Pa., April 11 through May 25, 1961.
Infantryman Pettit: The Civil War letters of Corporal Frederick Petitt, late of Company C, 100th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment, "The Roundheads," 1862-1864. Edited by William Gilfillan Garvin. Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane Pub. Co., c 1990. E527.5-100th-P47-1990
The Civil War Letters of Robert F. Templeton: Written from August 25, 1862 to June 16, 1865. Compiled and copied by Robert S. Foltz. Pittsburgh: R. S. Foltz, 1986. qE601-T234-F663
Letters of a Civil War Surgeon. Edited by Paul Fatout. Letters of William Watson of the 10tth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. West Lafayette, Ind., 1961. E601-W343
"Remember Your Friend Until Death": A collection of Civil War letters from the West Overton Archives. Robert M. Sandow, Editor. West Overton, Pa.: West Overton Museums, 1990-1993. E601-S2-1993
Others Stop the Evil: A Civil War history of desertion and murder. By Robert I. Alotta. Presidio Press, c 1978. E527.5-116th-H855-A453
Aunt and the Soldier Boys from Cross Creek, Pa., 1856-1866. With appendix by William H. Bartlett. Compiled by Janice Bartlett Reeder McFadden. Santa Cruz, Cal.: Moore's Graphic Arts, 1970. qE601-M143
War Pictures from the South. By B. Estvan. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1863. E470-E82
Col. A. W. Gilbert, Citizen-Soldier of Cincinnati. Edited by William E. Smith and Ophia D. Smith. Cincinnati: Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, 1934. F486-G46
Hardtack and Coffee: The unwritten story of army life. Edited by Richard Harwell. Chicago: R. R. Donnelley, 1960. dE607-B59
Outlines from the Outpost. Edited by Richard Harwell. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1961. dE470.2-C77
An Historical Report on a Civil War Soldier: Pocket Diary, 1863, Pvt. Andrew Hug. Compiled by James W. Brown. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.: U. S. Army Material Systems Analysis Activity, October 1980. qE475.51-H891
Charles C. Kirchner: 1834-1913, saddler, Co. C, 4th Cavalry, and Sergeant, regimental saddler, 64th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1864. Compiled and written by Janet Kirchner Warter. Huntington Beach, Calif.: The Compiler, 1986. qCS71-K61-W296
Life and Military Service of Matthias Manner, 1841-1864. By Marcella Manner Stephenson. Edited by Clarence D. Stephenson. Marion Center, Pa.: M. M. STephenson?, November 1962. CS71-M281-S836
They Were There: The Civil War in action as seen by its combat artists, with 6 poems by Walt Whitman. By Philip Van Doren Stern. New York: Crown Publishers, 1959. fE468.7-S839