In celebration of Oakland County's Sesquicentennial
(150 year anniversary), we would like to provide you
with just a sampling of our many resources on the
Civil War. Click below to see the list.
We have biographies on generals and wives,
non-fiction historical books, fictional accounts of what it
might have like to live through the period, and films, both
theatrical and documentary.
Also provided is an extensive list of digital resources,
from Civil War manuscripts to photographs.
Books: Biography
Sherman’s Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman [1]
Sherman, William T.
BIO SHERMAN
God Gave Us this Country: Tekamthi and the First American Civil War [2]
Gilbert, Bil
BIO TECUMSEH
The Expatriation of Franklin Pierce: The Story of a President and the Civil War [3]
Boulard, Garry
BIO PIERCE
Wild Rose: Rose O’Neale Greenhow, Civil War Spy [4]
Blackman, Ann
BIO GREENHOW
The Mysterious Private Thompson: The Double Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War Soldier [5]
Gansler, Laura
BIO EDMONDS
American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles [6]
Keneally, Thomas
BIO SICKLES
Eye of the Storm: A Civil War Odyssey [7]
Sneden, Robert Knox
BIO SNEDEN
Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla [8]
Castel, Albert
BIO ANDERSON
Slavery in the Clover Bottoms: John McCline’s Narrative of His Life During Slavery and the Civil War [9]
McCline, John
BIO MCCLINE
Admiral David Dixon Porter: The Civil War Years [10]
Hearn, Chester
BIO PORTER
Veil, Charles
BIO VEIL
Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography [12]
Symonds, Craig
BIO JOHNSTON
Books: Fiction
If the South Had Won the Civil War [13]
Kantor, MicKinlay
FICTION KAN
Civil War Stories [14]
Bierce, Ambrose
FICTION BIE
“The Little Regiment” and Other Civil War Stories [15]
Crane, Stephen
FICTION CRA
The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War [16]
Bahr, Howard
FICTION BAH
Grant Comes East: A Novel of the Civil War [17]
Gingrich, Newt
FICTION GIN
Thieves of Mercy: A Novel of the Civil War at Sea [18]
Nelson, James
FICTION NEL
Sons of Liberty: A Novel of the Civil War [19]
Jakober, Marie
FICTION JAK
Antietam Assassins: An American Civil War Novel [20]
Kilian, Michael
MYSTERY KIL
Unholy Fire: A Novel of the Civil War [21]
Mrazek, Robert
FICTION MRA
A Country of Our Own: A Novel of the Civil War at Sea [22]
Poyer, David
FICTION POY
Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War [23]
Gingrich, Newt
FICTION GIN
The Fires of Pride: A Novel of the Civil War [24]
Trotter, William
FICTION TRO
Our Simple Gifts: Civil War Christmas Tales [25]
Perry, Owen
FICTION PER
Books: Non-fiction
Civil War Wives [26]
Berkin, Carol
920 BER
Civil War Generals of the Confederacy [27]
Reger, James
920 REG
Civil War Generals of the Union [28]
Yancey, Diane
920 YAN
The American Civil War: A Military History [29]
Keegan, John
973.73 KEE
Insiders’ Guide to Civil War Sites in the Eastern Theatre [30]
Ethier, Eric
917.3049 ETH
The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War [31]
Richards, Leonard
979.404 RIC
The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction [32]
Neely, Mark
973.7 NEE
How the South Could Have Won the Civil War [33]
Alexander, Bevin
973.713 ALE
The American Civil War: A Hands-On History [34]
Olsen, Christopher
973.7 OLS
Eyewitness to the Civil War: The Complete History from Secession to Reconstruction [35]
Kagan, Neil
973.7 EYE
Coleman, Wim
973.7 AME
What Caused the Civil War?: Reflections on the South and Southern History [37]
Ayers, Edward
975 AYE
A People’s History of the Civil War: Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom [38]
Williams, David
973.7 WIL
Arms and Equipment of the Civil War [39]
Coggins, Jack
623.4409 COG
Currie, Stephen
305.409 CUR
The Civil War Soldier: A Historical Reader [41]
Barton, Michael
973.783 CIV
Movies
VIDEO/DVD 973 UNI
The Civil War [43]
VIDEO/DVD 973 UNI
The Civil War [43]
VIDEO/DVD 973.3 CIV
Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War [44]
VIDEO/DVD 973.8 AFT
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War [45]
VIDEO/DVD 973.8 REC
Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War [46]
VIDEO/DVD 973 FIG
Horses of Gettysburg [47]
VIDEO/DVD 636.13 HOR
Glory [48]
VIDEO/DVD GLORY
Gettysburg [49]
VIDEO/DVD GETTYSBURG
Digital Resources
Oakland County Sesquincentennial
Are you looking for Civil War manuscripts or photographs? We've compiled a list
of digital resources to aid you in your search here [50].
Links:
[1] http://catalog.btpl.org/search/t?SEARCH=Sherman%92s+Civil+War%3A+Selected+Correspondence+of+William+T.+Sherman&searchscope=5
[2] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=God+Gave+Us+this+Country%3A+Tekamthi+and+the+First+American+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tShermans+Civil+War%3A+Selected+Correspondence+of+William+T.+Sherman
[3] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Expatriation+of+Franklin+Pierce%3A+The+Story+of+a+President+and+the+Civil&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tGod+Gave+Us+this+Country%3A+Tekamthi+and+the+First+American+Civil+War
[4] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Wild+Rose%3A+Rose+O%92Neale+Greenhow%2C+Civil+War+Spy&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+Expatriation+of+Franklin+Pierce%3A+The+Story+of+a+President+and+the+Civil
[5] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Mysterious+Private+Thompson%3A+The+Double+Life+of+Sarah+Emma+Edmonds%2C+Civ&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tWild+Rose%3A+Rose+ONeale+Greenhow%2C+Civil+War+Spy
[6] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=American+Scoundrel%3A+The+Life+of+the+Notorious+Civil+War+General+Dan+Sickles&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+Mysterious+Private+Thompson%3A+The+Double+Life+of+Sarah+Emma+Edmonds%2C+Civ
[7] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Eye+of+the+Storm%3A+A+Civil+War+Odyssey&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tAmerican+Scoundrel%3A+The+Life+of+the+Notorious+Civil+War+General+Dan+Sickles
[8] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5?/tBloody+Bill+Anderson%3A+The+Short%2C+Savage+Life+of+a+Civil+War+Guerrilla/tbloody+bill+anderson+the+short+savage+life+of+a+civil+war+guerrilla/1%2C1%2C2%2CE/frameset&FF=tbloody+bill+anderson+the+short+savage+life+of+a+civil+war+guerrilla&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-
[9] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Slavery+in+the+Clover+Bottoms%3A+John+McCline%92s+Narrative+of+His+Life+During+&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tBloody+Bill+Anderson%3A+The+Short%2C+Savage+Life+of+a+Civil+War+Guerrilla
[10] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Admiral+David+Dixon+Porter%3A+The+Civil+War+Years&searchscope=5&SORT=DZ&extended=1&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tpower+rangersAdmiral+David+Dixon+Porter%3A+The+Civil+War+Years
[11] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Memoirs+of+Charles+Henry+Veil%3A+A+Soldier%92s+Recollections+of+the+Civil+W&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tAdmiral+David+Dixon+Porter%3A+The+Civil+War+Years
[12] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Joseph+E.+Johnston%3A+A+Civil+War+Biography&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+Memoirs+of+Charles+Henry+Veil%3A+A+Soldiers+Recollections+of+the+Civil+W
[13] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=If+the+South+Had+Won+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tJoseph+E.+Johnston%3A+A+Civil+War+Biography
[14] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5?/tCivil+War+Stories/tcivil+war+stories/1%2C1%2C2%2CE/frameset&FF=tcivil+war+stories&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-
[15] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=%93The+Little+Regiment%94+and+Other+Civil+War+Stories&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tCivil+War+Stories
[16] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Judas+Field%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+Little+Regiment+and+Other+Civil+War+Stories
[17] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5?/tGrant+Comes+East%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War/tgrant+comes+east+a+novel+of+the+civil+war/1%2C1%2C2%2CE/frameset&FF=tgrant+comes+east+a+novel+of+the+civil+war&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-
[18] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Thieves+of+Mercy%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War+at+Sea&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tGrant+Comes+East%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War
[19] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Sons+of+Liberty%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThieves+of+Mercy%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War+at+Sea
[20] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Antietam+Assassins%3A+An+American+Civil+War+Novel&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tSons+of+Liberty%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War
[21] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Unholy+Fire%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tAntietam+Assassins%3A+An+American+Civil+War+Novel
[22] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=A+Country+of+Our+Own%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War+at+Sea&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tUnholy+Fire%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War
[23] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Gettysburg%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tA+Country+of+Our+Own%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War+at+Sea
[24] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Fires+of+Pride%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tGettysburg%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War
[25] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Our+Simple+Gifts%3A+Civil+War+Christmas+Tales&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+Fires+of+Pride%3A+A+Novel+of+the+Civil+War
[26] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Civil+War+Wives+&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tOur+Simple+Gifts%3A+Civil+War+Christmas+Tales
[27] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Civil+War+Generals+of+the+Confederacy&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tCivil+War+Wives+
[28] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Civil+War+Generals+of+the+Union&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tCivil+War+Generals+of+the+Confederacy
[29] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+American+Civil+War%3A+A+Military+History&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tCivil+War+Generals+of+the+Union
[30] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=a&searcharg=Ethier%2C+Eric&searchscope=5&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tInsiders+Guide+to+Civil+War+Sites+in+the+Eastern+Theatre
[31] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+California+Gold+Rush+and+the+Coming+of+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&SORT=D&extended=1&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tEthier%2C+EricThe+California+Gold+Rush+and+the+Coming+of+the+Civil+War
[32] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Civil+War+and+the+Limits+of+Destruction&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+California+Gold+Rush+and+the+Coming+of+the+Civil+War
[33] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=How+the+South+Could+Have+Won+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+Civil+War+and+the+Limits+of+Destruction
[34] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+American+Civil+War%3A+A+Hands-On+History&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tHow+the+South+Could+Have+Won+the+Civil+War
[35] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Eyewitness+to+the+Civil+War%3A+The+Complete+History+from+Secession+to+Reconst&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+American+Civil+War%3A+A+Hands-On+History
[36] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5?/aColeman%2C+Wim/acoleman+wim/1%2C2%2C5%2CE/frameset&FF=acoleman+wim&2%2C4%2C/indexsort=-
[37] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=What+Caused+the+Civil+War%3F%3A+Reflections+on+the+South+and+Southe&searchscope=5&SORT=D&extended=1&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tColeman%2C+WimWhat+Caused+the+Civil+War%3F%3A+Reflections+on+the+South+and+Southe
[38] http://catalog.btpl.org/search/t?SEARCH=A+People%92s+History+of+the+Civil+War%3A+Struggles+for+the+Meaning+of+Freedom&searchscope=5
[39] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Arms+and+Equipment+of+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tWhat+Caused+the+Civil+War%3F%3A+Reflections+on+the+South+and+Southe
[40] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Women+of+the+Civil+War&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tArms+and+Equipment+of+the+Civil+War
[41] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5/?searchtype=t&searcharg=The+Civil+War+Soldier%3A+A+Historical+Reader&searchscope=5&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tWomen+of+the+Civil+War
[42] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S5?/tCauses+of+the+Civil+War/tcauses+of+the+civil+war/1%2C2%2C5%2CE/frameset&FF=tcauses+of+the+civil+war&4%2C%2C4/indexsort=-
[43] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S1?/tThe+Civil+War/tcivil+war/1%2C23%2C34%2CE/frameset&FF=tcivil+war&6%2C%2C9/indexsort=-
[44] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Aftershock%3A+Beyond+the+Civil+War&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tThe+Civil+War
[45] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Reconstruction%3A+The+Second+Civil+War+&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tReconstruction%3A+The+Second+Civil+War+
[46] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Fighting+for+Freedom%3A+Revolution+%26+Civil+War&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tReconstruction%3A+The+Second+Civil+War+
[47] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Horses+of+Gettysburg&searchscope=1&sortdropdown=-&SORT=D&extended=1&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=tFighting+for+Freedom%3A+Revolution+%26+Civil+War
[48] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S1?/tGlory/tglory/1%2C22%2C30%2CE/frameset&FF=tglory++++2+disc+ed&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-
[49] http://catalog.btpl.org/search~S1?/tGettysburg/tgettysburg/1%2C6%2C8%2CE/frameset&FF=tgettysburg&2%2C%2C3/indexsort=-
[50] http://www.btpl.org/adult-services/oakland-county-sesquicentennial-resources