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Regimental Histories of the American Civil War Regimental Histories of the American Civil War LOCALITY CODE TITLE # FICHE LOCATION Alabama AL1 Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men. 8 Microfiche From 1540 to 1872 (Brewer) 1872 Alabama Alabama AL2 History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A (Little) 1905 1 Microfiche Alabama Alabama AL3 War history of the Prattville Dragoons: Company H, Third 1 Microfiche Alabama Cavalry, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, 1861- Alabama 1866 (Mims) 19--? Alabama AL6 History of the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, 2 Microfiche C. S. A. (McMorries) 1904 Alabama Alabama AL7 Company K, First Alabama regiment: or Three years in the 2 Microfiche Confederate service (Smith) 1885 Alabama Alabama AL8 Sketch of the Twelfth Alabama Infantry: of Battle's Brigade, 2 Microfiche Rodes Division, Early's Corps, of the Army of Northern Virginia Alabama (Park) 1906 Alabama AL9 History of the Fourteenth Regiment Alabama Volunteers 1 Microfiche (Hurst) 1863 Alabama Alabama AL11 Some Events and Incidents During the Civil War (Jordan) 1909 2 Microfiche Alabama Alabama AL12 Recollections of war times (McClendon) 1909 3 Microfiche Alabama Alabama AL13 War between the Union and the Confederacy ...: 15th Alabama 9 Microfiche regiment and the forty-eight battles in which it was engaged ... Alabama the war between the United States and Spain (Oates) 1905 Alabama AL14 Inside of rebeldom (Cannon) 1900 4 Microfiche Alabama Alabama AL17 Memories of the War of Secession (Botsford) 1911 1 Microfiche Alabama Alabama AL18 History of Company B (originally Pickens Planters) 40th 1 Microfiche Alabama Regiment, Confederate States Army, 1862-1865 Alabama (Willett) 1902 Arkansas AR1 Report of the Adjutant General of Arkansas (Adjutant- 3 Microfiche General's Office) 1867 Arkansas Arkansas AR2 Loyalty on the frontier: or Sketches of Union men of the South- 3 Microfiche west; with incidents and adventures in rebellion on the border Arkansas (Bishop) 1863 Arkansas AR3 Mysteries and miseries of Arkansas, or, A defence of the 1 Microfiche loyalty of the state (Demby) 1863 Arkansas Arkansas AR4 Reminiscences of Company "H", First Arkansas Mounted 1 Microfiche Rifles (Dacus) 1897 Arkansas California CA1 Records of California men in the war of the rebellion 1861 to 10 Microfiche 1867 (CA. Adjutant General's Office) 1890 California California CA2 California Column: Its Campaigns and Services in New 1 Microfiche Mexico, Arizona and Texas During the Civil War (Pettis) 1908 California California CA4 Annual report of the Adjutant-General for the year 1861-1867 9 Microfiche (CA. Adjutant-General's Office) 1861-1867 California REGIMENTAL HISTORIES--Genealogy Section dallaslibrary.org/genealogy/ 1 Regimental Histories of the American Civil War California CA8 Frontier service during the rebellion: or, A history of Company 1 Microfiche K, First Infantry, California Volunteers (Pettis) 1884 California Colorado CO1 History of the First regiment of Colorado volunteers (Hollister) 2 Microfiche 1863 Colorado Colorado CO2 Three years and a half in the Army, or, History of the Second 2 Microfiche Colorados (Williams) 1885 Colorado Florida FL3 Memoir of Capt. C Seton Fleming of the Second Florida 2 Microfiche infantry (Fleming) 1884 Florida Georgia GA1 Georgia in the war, 1861-1865 (Jones) 1909 2 Microfiche Georgia Georgia GA2 Historical sketch of the Chatham Artillery during the 3 Microfiche Confederate struggle for independence (Jones) 1867 Georgia Georgia GA3 Roll of officers and members of the Georgia hussars and of the 6 Microfiche cavalry companies: of which the hussars are a continuation, Georgia with historical sketch relating facts showing the origin and necessity of rangers or mounted men in the colony of Georgia from date of its founding (Duncan) 1906 Georgia GA4 Sketch of Cobb Legion Cavalry: and some incidents and 1 Microfiche scenes... (Howard) 1901 Georgia Georgia GA6 Memoirs of a veteran who served as a private in the 60's in the 4 Microfiche war between the states: personal incidents, experiences and Georgia observations (Hermann) 1911 Georgia GA7 Address by Col. Claiborne Snead at the reunion of the Third 1 Microfiche Georgia Regiment, at Union Point on the 31st July, 1874: Georgia history of the Third Georgia Regiment and the career of its first commander, Gen. Ambrose R. Wright (Snead) 1874 Georgia GA8 War-history of Company "C", (Beauregard Volunteers) Sixth 1 Microfiche Georgia Regiment (infantry): with a graphic account of each Georgia member (Croom) 1879 Georgia GA9 History of the Eleventh Georgia Vols: embracing the muster 1 Microfiche rolls, together with a special and succinct account of the Georgia marches, engagements, casualties, etc. (Warren) 1863 Georgia GA12 Brief History of the Thirtieth Georgia Regiment ( Adamson) 2 Microfiche 1912 Georgia Georgia GA13 History of the 42d Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, Confederate 1 Microfiche States Army, Infantry (Calhoun) 1900 Georgia Georgia GA14 Soldier's story of his regiment (61st Georgia): and incidentally 4 Microfiche of the Lawton-Gordon-Evans brigade, Army Northern Virginia Georgia (Nichols) 1961 Georgia GA16 History of the Doles-Cook Brigade. Army of Northern Virginia, 8 Microfiche C.S.A. containing muster rolls of each company of the Fourth, Georgia Twelfth, Twenty-First and Forty-Fourth Georgia Regiments, with a short sketch of the services of each member, and a complete history of each regiment, by one of its own members and other matters of interest (Thomas) 1903 REGIMENTAL HISTORIES--Genealogy Section dallaslibrary.org/genealogy/ 2 Regimental Histories of the American Civil War Georgia GA17 Reminiscences of service with the First volunteer regiment of 1 Microfiche Georgia, Charleston harbor, in 1863: An address delivered Georgia before the Georgia historical society, March 3, 1879 (Olmstead) 1879 Georgia GA18 Old times in Georgia: good times and bad times (Wier) 1903 2 Microfiche Georgia Kentucky KY1 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky (KY: 23 Microfiche Adjutant General's Office) 1866-1866, 1866-1867 Kentucky Kentucky KY4 Story of the famous tunnel escape from Libby Prison 1 Microfiche (Hamilton) 1893? Kentucky Kentucky KY5 Prison life in Dixie: Giving a short history of the inhuman and 3 Microfiche barbarous treatment of our soldiers by Rebel authorities Kentucky (Vaughter) 1880 Kentucky KY6 Four months in Libby: and the campaign against Atlanta 2 Microfiche (Johnston) 1864 Kentucky Kentucky KY7 History of the Eighth regiment Kentucky vol. inf: during its three 3 Microfiche years campaigns, embracing organization, marches, Kentucky skirmishes, and battles of the command, with much of the history of the old reliable Third brigade, commanded by Hon. Stanley Matthews, and containing many interesting and amusing ...(Wright) 1880 Kentucky KY8 Letters from the army, 1862-1864 (Stevenson) 1886 4 Microfiche Kentucky Kentucky KY9 History of the 3d, 7th, 8th and 12th Kentucky C.S.A. (George) 3 Microfiche 1911 Kentucky Kentucky KY10 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of 13 Microfiche Kentucky:Confederate Kentucky volunteers, War 1861-65 (KY: Kentucky Adjutant General's Office) [1915-18] Kentucky KY11 Active service (Castleman) 1917 4 Microfiche Kentucky Kentucky KY12 Life, army record, and public services of D. Howard Smith 3 Microfiche (Smith) 1890 Kentucky Kentucky KY13 Blue and the gray sketches of a portion of the unwritten history 3 Microfiche of the great American Civil War : a truthful narrative of Kentucky adventure with thrilling reminiscences of the great struggle on land and sea (Austin) 1899 Kentucky KY14 "Morgan's Men": a narrative of personal experiences (Stone) 1 Microfiche 1919 Kentucky Kentucky KY16 History of the Orphan Brigade (Thompson) 1898 13 Microfiche Kentucky Kentucky KY17 Young chaplain (Johnston) 1876 2 Microfiche Kentucky Kentucky KY18 Checkered life (Joyce) 1883 4 Microfiche Kentucky Kentucky KY19 Partisan rangers of the Confederate States army 7 Microfiche (Johnson) 1904 Kentucky REGIMENTAL HISTORIES--Genealogy Section dallaslibrary.org/genealogy/ 3 Regimental Histories of the American Civil War Louisiana LA1 Military record of Louisiana: including biographical and 5 Microfiche historical papers relating to the military organizations of the Louisiana state; a soldier's story of the late war, muster rolls, lists of casualities in the various regiments (so far as now known), cemeteries where buried, company journals ... (Bartlett) 1875 Louisiana LA2 Records of Louisiana Confederate soldiers and Louisiana 41 Microfiche Confederate commands (Booth) 1920 Louisiana Louisiana LA4 In camp and battle with the Washington artillery of New 6 Microfiche Orleans: A narrative of events during the late civil war from Bull Louisiana Run to Appomattox and Spanish fort (Owen) 1885 Louisiana LA5 Southern record: The history of the Third Regiment Louisiana 5 Microfiche Infantry (Tunnard) 1866 Louisiana Louisiana LA6 Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen: brigadier-general 5 Microfiche Confederate States army, ex-governor of Louisiana (Dorsey) Louisiana c1866 Louisiana LA7 Cavalryman's reminiscences of the civil war (Carter) [1900?] 3 Microfiche Louisiana Louisiana LA8 Story of the 26th Louisiana Infantry in the service of the 3 Microfiche Confederate states (Hall) [1890?] Louisiana Louisiana LA12 Life and military services of Col. Charles D. Dreux (Meynier) 1 Microfiche 1883 Louisiana Maryland MD5 First Regiment, Eastern Shore Maryland Infantry at Gettysburg, 1 Microfiche July, 1863 (Shane) 1895 Maryland Mississippi MS1 Brief history of Bradford's Battery: Confederate
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