HIS 204 - Civil War: Find E-books

 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 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
• 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
• In Hospital and Camp : The Civil War through the Eyes of Its Doctors and Nurses
• Mary Chesnut's Civil War Epic
• Mary Chesnut's Diary
• Miller Cornfield at Antietam : The Civil War’s Bloodiest Combat
• New Bern and the Civil War
• The Overland Campaign, 4 May-15 June 1864 [Illustrated Edition]
• Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, 1864-65
• Stealing Secrets : How a Few Daring Women Deceived Generals, Impacted Battles and Altered the Course of the Civil War
• Surgeon in Blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War Doctor Who Pioneered Battlefield Care
• That Field of Blood : The Battle of Antietam, September 17 1862
• The Tullahoma Campaign: Operational Insights
• Vicksburg : The Bloody Siege That Turned the Tide of the Civil War
• Wilder's Brigade In The Tullahoma And Chattanooga Campaigns Of The American Civil War
• Wilson’s Raid : The Final Blow to the Confederacy
• Women in the Civil War : Extraordinary Stories of Soldiers, Spies, Nurses, Doctors, Crusaders, and Others
• The Women's Fight : The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation
• Yank and Rebel Rangers : Special Operations in the American Civil War

Search Kirtland Library's OverDrive collection for more Civil War titles.  Contact the Library for your OverDrive PIN.

Examples of some of the Civil War books available online through Hathi Trust:

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.

E-books are available from a several of the library's collections.  To access e-books in