How to Access
E-books are available from a several of the library's collections. To access e-books in
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Ebook Centralsingle sign-on required
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OverDrivelibrary account and PIN required
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Ebooks (Gale)
single sign-on required
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Internet Archive - Open Library - Civil War Nurse65 Different Civil War Nurse ebooks from the
Internet Archive Open Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library's encyclopedias and specialized reference sources cover a variety of subjects and are a good place to gain background knowledge on a topic. Gale Virtual Reference Library is available to read on your computer, download, or print. Listen as it reads from titles such as
- American Civil War, 2013
- American Civil War : A State by State Encyclopedia, 2015
- American Civil War Reference Library, 2000
- American Eras: Primary Sources, 2013
- Atlas of the Civil War, 2004
- Civil War Special Forces, 2014
- Gale Library of Daily Life: American Civil War, 2008
- The World of the Civil War, 2015
Ebook Central ~ A few of the many titles available with your single sign-on
Ebook Central : The Iron Way : Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America
Ebook Central : “I Hope to Do My Country Service” : The Civil War Letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry
Ebook Central : Daughters of the Union : Northern Women Fight the Civil War
Ebook Central : Reluctant Rebels
Ebook Central : Black Troops, White Commanders and Freedmen During the Civil War
Ebook Central : Captives in Blue : The Civil War Prisons of the Confederacy
Ebook Central : Refugitta of Richmond : The Wartime Recollections, Grave and Gay, of Constance Cary Harrison
Ebook Central : Freedom's Journey : African American Voices of the Civil War
Ebook Central : Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune : The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Ebook Central : The Civil War Memoirs of a Virginia Cavalryman : Lt. Robert T. Hubard Jr.
Ebook Central : Harriet Tubman : The Life and the Life Stories
Tejanos in Gray : Civil War Letters of Captains Joseph Rafael de la Garza and Manuel Yturri
Ebook Central : Boy Soldier of the Confederacy : The Memoir of Johnnie Wickersham
Ebook Central : Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell : A Chaplain's Story
Ebook Central : Badger Boy in Blue : The Civil War Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke
Ebook Central : A Perfect Picture of Hell : Eyewitness Accounts by Civil War Prisoners from the 12th Iowa
Ebook Central : The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams : A Southern Woman's Story of Rebellion and Reconstruction, 1863-1890
Ebook Central : We Are in His Hands Whether We Live or Die : The Letters of Brevet Brigadier General Charles Henry Howard
Ebook Central : Slavery and the Meetinghouse : The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865
Ebook Central : Among the Enemy : A Michigan Soldier’s Civil War Journal
Ebook Central : Trials and Triumphs : The Women of the American Civil War
Ebook Central : When the Wolf Came : The Civil War and the Indian Territory
Ebook Central : Faces of the Civil War : An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories
Ebook Central : Lincoln and the U. S. Colored Troops
Ebook Central Titles Include
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Ebook CentralEbooks available to read on your computer or download to your device.
Ebook Central has over 600 books relating to the United States Civil War. Titles include:
- Civil War Citizens : Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in America's Bloodiest Conflict, 2010
- The Civil War in the West : Confederate Guerrilla : The Civil War Memoir of Joseph M. Bailey, 2007
- Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad, 1996
- Divided Family in Civil War America, 2005
- Finding Freedom : The Untold Story of Joshua Glover, Runaway Slave, 2012
- Lincoln and the Decision for War : The Northern Response to Secession, 2008
- Political Work of Northern Women Writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872, 2000
- Voices in the Storm : Confederate Rhetoric, 1861-1865, 1999
Available in OverDrive
Search Kirtland Library's OverDrive collection for more Civil War titles. Contact the Library for your OverDrive PIN.
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OverDriveE-books & audio books available for check-out.
Hathi Trust Digital Library
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Hathi Trust Digital Library"a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. "
Examples of some of the Civil War books available online through Hathi Trust:
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Annual report of the Adjutant General of the State of Michigan for the year ...1860/61 through 1865/66 available. Click on Full view under Viewability.
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A manual of military surgery; or, Hints on the emergencies of field, camp and hospital practice, by S.D. Gross.Published in 1862. Click on Full view under Viewability.
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A private chapter of the war. (1861-5) By Geo. W. Bailey"...a limited inside view of a portion of the Confederacy..." "...experiences, not of a spy, not of a scout, but of a harmless escaped prisoner of war..."
Click on Full view under Viewability.
The Lincoln Financial Foundation Books and Pamphlets Collection
Use the search box in the upper right to search within the collection. Once you click on an item, you can see if there's a "download this document" box on the left.