Civil War Related Books
[ Re-enacting | LadiesNurses | Ladies Diaries | Men's Diaries | Children's Books]
 
 
Books on Civil War Re-Enacting
Reliving the Civil War : A Reenactor's Handbook by Robert Lee Civil War reen Hadden 
Civil War Re-Enactment by David & Joan Hagan
Past into Present : Effective Techniques for First-Person Historical Interpretation by Stacy Flora Roth (hardback)
Past into Present : Effective Techniques for First-Person Historical Interpretation by Stacy Flora Roth (paperback)
Returning to the Civil War : Grand Reenactments of an Anguished Time by Al Thelin (Photographer), Kent Courtney 
The Blackpowder Plainsman : A Beginner's Guide to Muzzle Loading and Reenactment on the Great Plains by Randy Smith
 


 
Books on Ladies of the Civil War
Civil War Women : The Civil War Seen Through Women's Eyes in Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopin, Eudora Welty, and Other Great Women Writers by Frank D. McSherry (Editor), Charles Waugh (Editor), Martin Greenberg 
Civil War Women II : Stories by Women About Women (Civil War Series) by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Charles G. Waugh (Editor), Frank McSherry (Contributor)
A Separate Battle : Women and the Civil War by Ina Chang 
 



 
 
Civil War Nurses
Our Army Nurses : Stories from Women in Civil War by Mary Gardner Holland, Daniel John Hoisington (Introduction)
Letters of a Civil War Nurse : Cornelia Hancock, 1863-1865 by Cornelia Hancock, Henrietta Stratton Jaquette (Editor), Jean V. Berlin (Introduction) 
 
A Confederate Nurse : The Diary of Ada W. Bacot, 1860-1863 (Women's Diaries and Letters of the Nineteenth-Century South) by Ada W. Bacot, Jean V. Berlin (Editor) 
 



 
 
Civil War Women's Diaries
A Confederate Lady Comes of Age : The Journal of Pauline Decaradeuc Heyward, 1863-1888 by Mary D. Robertson (Editor), Pauline Decaradeuc Heyward 
Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War : By a Lady of Virginia by Judith W. McGuire, Jean V. Berlin (Introduction)
The Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge 1848-1879 (Southern Voices from the Past) by Dolly Lunt Burge, Christine Jacobson Carter (Editor), Hristine Jacobson Carter (Editor) 
Lucy Breckinridge of Grove Hill : The Journal of a Virginia Girl 1862-1864 (Women's Diaries and Letters of the Nineteenth-Century South) by Lucy Breckinridge, Mary D. Robertson (Editor) 
A Northern Woman in the Plantation South : Letters of Tryphena Blanche Holder Fox 1856-1876 (Women's Diaries and Letters of the Nineteenth-Century) by Tryphena Blanche Holder Fox, Wilma King (Editor), Tryphena Balnche Holder Fox 
 



 
 
Civil War Men's Diaries
35 Days to Gettysburg : The Campaign Diaries of Two American Enemies by Mark V. Nesbitt
Brother Against Brother : The Lost Civil War Diary of Lt. Edmund Halsey by Edmund Halsey, Bruce Chadwick (Editor), Elmund Halsey, Bruce Chadwicj Ph. D. (Editor)
Civil War Diary of Cyrus F. Boyd, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, 1861-1863 by Cyrus F. Boyd, Mildred Throne (Editor), Earl J. Hess (Introduction)
 A Civil War Marine at Sea : The Diary of Medal of Honor Recipient Miles M. Oviatt by Miles M. Oviatt, Mary P. Livingston
 

 
Books for Children 
American Family of the Civil War Era Paper Dolls in Full Color by Tom Tierney 
Ages Baby-Preschool
The Battle of Lookout Mountain (Bonnets & Bugles , No 7) by Gilbert Morris 
Young Adult
Behind Rebel Lines : The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy by Seymour V. Reit 
Ages 9-12
Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington, 1837-1865 by Cheryl Harness 
Ages 9-12
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt 
Young Adult
Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad (On My Own) by Marlene Targ Brill, Janice Lee Porter (Illustrator) 
Ages 4-8
The Bravest Girl in Sharpsburg by Kathleen Ernst 
Ages 9-12
Civil War Fashions Coloring Book by Tom Tierney 
Ages 9-12 
Civil War Generals (Looking into the Past, People, Places, and Customs) by Dan Harmon, Arthur M. Schlesinger (Editor), Fred L. Israel (Editor) 
Ages 9-12
Clara Barton : Civil War Nurse (Historical American Biographies) by Nancy Whitelaw 
Young Adult 
Diary of a Drummer Boy by Marlene Targ Brill, Michael Garland (Illustrator) 
Ages 9-12
The Red Badge of Courage : An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane 
Ages 9-12 
 
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