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U.S. Civil War Research
Use this guide to find primary and secondary sources for the study of the U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865.
Slavery & Emancipation Microfilm Collections
- Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil WarCall Number: F213 .R43Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
Finding Aid: https://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/2410_AnteBellSouthPlanSerGPt5.pdf - Slavery and Abolition Collections, 1700 – 1890Call Number: E441 .S365Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
- Slavery & Anti-Slavery Pamphlets from the Libraries of Salmon P. Chase & John P. HaleCall Number: E449 .S593 (Reel 1 – Reel 5)Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
- Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862 – 1863Call Number: E445 .D6 U52 (Reel 1 – Reel 6)Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
- Records of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865 – 1874Call Number: E185.2 .R439 (Reel 1 – Reel 27)Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
- Records of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands for District of Columbia, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North & South Carolina, and Tennessee (multiple records)Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
Georgia: E185.93.G4 U55
Louisiana: HA405 .N38 no.M1027
Mississippi: HA465 .N38 no.M826
North Carolina: E185.93 .N6 U55
South Carolina: E185.93 .S7 U55
Tennessee: E185.93 .T3 U55
An inventory of what is on the microfilm reels of the Freedmen's Bureau records is freely available:
http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/freedmens-bureau/
Military Records on Microfilm
- Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives Part 1: Confederate States and Border StatesCall Number: E546 .H93UTSA owns Texas only
JPL 4th Floor Microfiche Cabinets
Compiled service records of Union and Confederate troops (multiple holdings)
- The Negro in the Military Service of the United StatesCall Number: E185.63 .N44 (Reel 1 – Reel 5)Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
- Regimental Histories of the American Civil WarCall Number: E492.3 .R44Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfiche Cabinet
- Regimental Histories of the American Civil War: A Guide to the Microfiche CollectionCall Number: E492.3 .R44 GuideJPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
- Records of the Virginia Forces, 1861Call Number: HA685 .N38 no.M998 (Reel 1 - Reel 7)Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
Governmental Records on Microfilm
- Records of the Confederate States of AmericaCall Number: JK9803 .C66 (v.1 - v.48; Vol. 49 not published. v.50 - v.121)Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
- Ulysses S. Grant PapersCall Number: E660 .G7562 1964 (Reel 1 – Reel 32)Location: JPL 4th Floor Microfilm Cabinet
Online: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/usg-volumes/ - Index to the Ulysses S. Grant PapersAvailable Online
- U.S. Sanitary Commission RecordsCall Number: E631 .Z5 U5Reel 1 – Reel 28
Finding Aid: http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3101