Research Guides: United States Civil War: Finding Books

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Subject Headings for Civil War in America

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Biography
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Encyclopedias
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Historiography
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Sources

Search term suggestions:

Civil War and Reconstruction
Confederate States of America
Generals - Confederate States of America - Biography
Generals - United States - Biography
"Lost Cause" (Southern States)
Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865-1877)
Secession
Southern Confederacy
United States - History - 19th century
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865
War Between the States
War of Northern Aggression
Name of important individual (i.e. Sherman, William T.; Chesnut, Mary; Whitman, Walt etc.)