Resources selected to supplement HSTY 201 at TC3.

Two Societies at War, 1861-1865

Books in Our Library

• April 1865: the Month that Saved America [E477.61 .W56 2001]
• Atlas of the Civil War [O-SIZE G1201.S5 A85 1994]
• Battle Cry of Freedom: the Civil War Era [E173 .O94 v.6]
• Civil War, a Narrative [E468 .F7]
• Confederate Experience Reader: Selected Documents and Essays [On Order]
• Devil’s Own Work: the Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America [F128.44 .S33 2005]
• Final Freedom: the Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment [E453 .V67 2001]
• Lincoln and His Party in the Secession Crisis [E440.5 .P856 1962]
• Lincoln and the First Shot [E471.1 .C95 1963]
• Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln [E457.45 .G66 2005]
• War for the Union. 2 vols. [E468 .N43]

Note: To find books in the TC3 Library, go to the main Library Gateway page and search the TC3 Catalog. Use the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat to find books in other libraries which you can request through the TC3 Library's Interlibrary Loan service.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Try these suggested subject headings to find books on this topic in the TC3 Library Catalog as well as in the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat. To find books in the TC3 Library, go to the main Library Gateway page and select "TC3 Catalog."

• Confederate States of America, History
• Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
• Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
• Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
• Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
• Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
• United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns
• United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal Narratives

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Other Media

• The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns [videorecording (DVD)] Originally produced as a television mini series in 1990.

You can request materials from media services, which is located directly across from the library.

History Journals in Electronic Format

History-related journals are available to TC3 students and staff in our Electronic Databases and other online resources. Relevant journals include America's Civil War, Civil War History, Civil War Times and other history-related journals. General purpose databases include Academic Search Premier, ProQuest and MasterFile Premier. The New York Times Historical 1851-2003 is an excellent resource in which you can locate primary sources, for example, the article Battle of Antietam Creek, New York Times, Sep 20, 1862. HarpWeek 1857 - 1865: The Civil War Era provides full-text, full-image version of Harpers Weekly Magazine covering the years 1857 - 1865

Web Resources

• Lincoln and the Civil War: by HarpWeek- contains newspaper and magazine articles, as well as primary documents from Confederate publications.

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