*U.S. Civil War (1861-1865): Primary Sources: Background Sources (ASU Library)

This guide provides access to both resources restricted to ASU Library affiliates and open access primary source materials which focus on the United States Civil War (1861-1865).

Online Sources for Background Information

Below are online dictionaries and online encyclopedias which focus on the United States Civil War (1861-1865).

Online Dictionaries

Hunt, Roger D. Colonels in Blue: Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company, 2014. xi, 246 p.
Ebook Central [unlimited access]

Monroe, Dan and Bruce Tap. Shapers of the Great Debate on the Civil War: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press, 2005. xxviii, 405 p.
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Richter, William L. The A to Z of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Scarecrow Press, 2009. liv, 915 p.
Ebook Central [3 copies]

Richter, William L. Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction. 2nd ed. Scarecrow Press, 2012. xlvii, 983 p.
Ebook Central [unlimited access]

Ritter, Charles F. and Jon L. Wakelyn, eds. Leaders of the American Civil War: A Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary. Routledge, 2013. xxxiv, 465 p.
Ebook Central [unlimited access]

Online Encyclopedias

Barney, William L. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War. Oxford University Press, 2011. 378 p.
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Harper, Judith E. Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia. Routledge, 2004. xviii, 472 p.
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Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R. The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine. Routledge, 2015. x p.
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Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. The Civil War Era and Reconstruction: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Routledge, 2015. 2 vols. xx, 749, I-85 p.
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Wright, John D. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Civil War Era Biographies. Routledge, 2013. lxiii, 683 p.
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