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References
The links that follow (below the image of the eagle) will take you to
websites that contain widely used reference material about the American Civil War. The Official Records Of The War Of
The Rebellion are a source for a good deal of historial information including battle reports, correspondence, and a chronological
record of engagements and major events.
 THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS
OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.
By The United States War Department, Government Printing Office, Series I, Volumes 1-53; Series II, Volumes 1-8; Series III, Volumes 1-5; Series IV, Volumes 1-4 (1880 - 1901). THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS
OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.
An alternative site for the same material as the link above in just a slightly different format. Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
All of these files are in PDF format. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War
of the Rebellion
FOX'S REGIMENTAL LOSSES
By William F. Fox, Lt. Col., U.S.V., Regimental Losses In the American Civil War 1861-1865, Albany Publishing Company, 1889 Index Of Civil War Naval Forces
A listing of Confederate And Union Ships.  Era Training Manuals
 Scott's 1861 Military Dictionary
An Absolutely Fascinating Manual packed with information
about 19th Century warfare.
Wayne's 1850 US Sword Exercise
McClellan's 1862 Bayonet Exercise
Lee's 1861 CSA Volunteer's Handbook
US 1863 Handbook Of Artillery
Hardee's 1862 CSA Rifle And Infantry Tactics
US 1862 Infantry Tactics
Cooke's Cavalry Tactics USA 1862
Lieut.-Colonel P. L. MacDougall, "The Theory of War"
Illustrated By Numerous Examples From Military History",
Third Edition. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. A British publication but it probably would have been available
to, and read by, American field commanders during the Civil War.
MANUAL OF ARMS FOR THE SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE,
BY CAPT. G.M. BARBER, Commanding 1st Battalion Ohio
Sharp-Shooters, PUBLISHED, BOSTON, 1864, J.H. EASTBURN'S PRESS
Casey's Infantry Tactics (1862)
By SILAS CASEY,Col. 4th Regt. U. S. Infantry, and Brig.-Gen.
Vol., U. S. Army
A Treatise on The Tactical Use of The Three Arms (1865)
BY FREX-COLONEL SECOND INFANTRY, CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS.
NEW YORK: D. VAN NOSTRAND, ANCIS J. LIPPITT,PUBLISHER, 192 BROADWAY. 1865
Elementary Treatise on Advanced-Guard, Out-Post and Detachment
Service of Troops (1861)
BY D. H. MAHAN,, Professor of Military and Civil Engineering,
and of the Science of War, in the United States Military Academy, NEW EDITION, NEW YORK: JOHN WILEY, 56 WALKER STREET, 1861
Baxter's Volunteer Manual (1861)
By lieut. col. d. w. c. baxter, OF THE SECOND REGIMENT OF
NATIONAL GUARDS, now in the service of the united states, PHILADELPHIA, PUBLISHED BY KING & BAIRD, No. 607 RANSOM STREET,
1861
Kautz' Customs of Service for Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers
(1864)
BY AUGUST V. KAUTZ, CAPT. SIXTH U.S. CAVALRY, BRIG.-GEN.
U.S. VOLUNTEERS, PHILADELPHIA, J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., 1864
Kautz' Customs of Service for Officers of the Army (1864)
BY AUGUST V. KAUTZ, CAPT. SIXTH U.S. CAVALRY, BRIG.-GEN.
U.S. VOLUNTEERS, PHILADELPHIA, J. B.LIPPINCOTT & CO., 1866
Mahan, D. H., M.A. An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering, For
the Use of Cadets of the United States Military Academy
Fourth Edition, Mostly Rewritten and Augmented with Many
Additional Subjects and Plates. New York: John Wiley,1848. viii, 358. Illustrations in Text.
A Manual of Signals: For The Use Of Signal Officers In The Field
By Albert Myer, Washington, D.C., 1864
CAMP, GARRISON AND GUARD DUTY WITH A MODIFIED MANUAL OF ARMS FOR
THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE MICHIGAN INFANTRY
By W. W. DUFFIELD. COLONEL NINTH MICHIGAN INFANTRY, DETROIT: PUBLISHED BY WM. B. HOWE. 1861. Steffen's Digest of the United States Tactics (1862)
BY WILLIAM STEFFEN, AND PRESENTED TO THE FORTY-FOURTH MASS. REGIMENT. Loring Publisher, 310 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. 1862. A Treatise on Field Fortification. (1862)
INSTRUCTION for FIELD ARTILLERY
The Artillerists Manual
By Brig.-Gen John GIBBON, U. S. VOLS. CAPTAIN FOURTH ARTILLERY, U. S. ARMY. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. (New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1863). Regulations And General Orders
The Lieber Code of 1863
GENERAL ORDERS No. 100. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE FIELD. Revised U.S. Army Regulations of 1861
US Government Printing Office, Washington, Published
1863
Uniform Regulations 1864 -- United States Navy
Other Classic Sources
CENSUS DATA FOR THE YEAR 1860
You can select one or more topics from the series of dropdown menus and then go to the very bottom of the page to either clear your selections and make another or go ahead and extract the data for the chosen selections. After the selections are brought up you can get a plot of the information by state. Library Of Congress Maps Of The Civil War
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Fields Of Conflict -- The American Civil War
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