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The American Iliad by Otto Eisenschiml and Ralph Newman
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E468 .C58

Publication Date: 1991, c1956
Battles and leaders of the civil war ... being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers. by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel
Call Number: View Online - Hathi Trust - Boca Raton General Collection E470 .B33 v1. - v5

Publication Date: 1887-88
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E470.2 .T74 1982

ISBN: 9780809442522

Publication Date: 1982-01-01
Families and Freedom by Ira Berlin (Editor); Leslie S. Rowland (Editor)
Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection E185.2 .F27 1997

ISBN: 9781565840263

Publication Date: 1997-01-01
The real war will never get in the books selections from writers during the Civil War by Louis P. Masur (Editor)
Call Number: PS128 .H39 1993

ISBN: 9780195098372

Publication Date: 1995-07-13

Online Sources: Personal Sources U.S. Civil War - General

3 Civil War Letters
Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars
The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives (University of Northern Texas Libraries)
Civil War Letters, Diaries, Manuscripts, etc. at VMI
Civil War Letters Collection
Ezra Cornell Papers - 1746-1888
HathiTrust Digital Library - Personal Narratives - U.S. Civil War
Letters by relatives of Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1861-1919
Pamplin Historical Park and the Museum of the Civil War Soldier Digital Archives
Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, 1818-1902 (BULK 1849-1863)
Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846–1869
Virginia Tech Special Collections Online
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