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Tools for Historians

A student’s guide to history, 8th ed. by Benjamin, Jules R.
Call Number: Reference Collection, 1st Floor D16.3 .B4 2001 Library use only
COPY #2: Circulating Collection D16.3 .B4 2001 3-wk loan

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REFERENCE WORKS & Selected E-Books

Online Collection of Reference Encyclopedias, GVRL:

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A collection of full-text encyclopedias and handbooks on a variety of subjects.

Selected E-Book Titles (Click on the title to open):

The Battle of Gettysburg: Defining Moments by Kevin Hillstrom
Call Number: E-BOOK
ISBN: 9780780813236
Publication Date: 2013
Provides a detailed account of the American Civil War and the importance of the Battle of Gettysburg. Examines the forces that contributed to the war; early military battles and the Battle of Gettysburg; and the legacy of the Civil War. Also includes biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index.
The Battle of Gettysburg by Haskell, Franklin Aretas
Call Number: E-BOOK
ISBN: 9780585052939
Publication Date: 1990"
American Civil War: A State by State Encyclopedia, Volumes 1-2 by Spencer Tucker
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9781598845297
Publication Date: 2015
Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History by Andrew W. Robertson
Call Number: E-BOOK
ISBN: 9780872893139
Publication Date: 2010
American Civil War Reference Library by UXL Staff
Call Number: E-BOOK
ISBN: 9780787638184
Publication Date: 1999

Selected Hardcover Books

Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears
Call Number: Circulating Collection E475.53 .S43 2003 3-wk loan
ISBN: 0395867614
Publication Date: 2003
Beneath a Northern Sky: A Short History of the Gettysburg Campaign by Steven E. Woodworth
Call Number: Circulating Collection E475.51 .W66 2003 3-wk loan
ISBN: 0842029338
Publication Date: 2003
The Civil War: the first year told by those who lived it by Sheehan-Dean Aaron (Editor); Stephen W. Sears (Editor); Brooks D. Simpson (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Collection E464 .C4385 2011 3-wk loan
ISBN: 9781598530889
Publication Date: 2011
Grant and Sherman by Charles Bracelen Flood
Call Number: Circulating Collection E467 .F557 2005 3-wk loan
ISBN: 0374166005
Publication Date: 2005
Lincoln and the Jews by Jonathan D. Sarna; Benjamin Shapell
Call Number: Circulating Collection E457.2 .S327 2015 3-wk loan
ISBN: 9781250059536
Publication Date: 2015
On the Altar of Freedom: a black soldier’s Civil War letters from the front by James H. Gooding; Virginia M. Adams (Editor); James M. McPherson (Foreword by)
Call Number: Circulating Collection E513.5 54th .G66 1991 3-wk loan
ISBN: 0870237454
Publication Date: 1991
The Devil's Own Work: the Civil War draft riots and the fight to reconstruct America by Barnet Schecter
Call Number: Circulating Collection F128.44 .S33 2005 3-wk loan
ISBN: 0802714390
Publication Date: 2005
Lincoln and His Admirals by Craig L. Symonds
Call Number: Circulating Collection E457.2 .S94 2008 3-wk loan
ISBN: 9780195310221
Publication Date: 2008
***Monitor v. Merrimack***
How the South Could Have Won the Civil War by Bevin Alexander
Call Number: Circulating Collection E470 .A36 2007 3-wk loan
ISBN: 9780307345998
Publication Date: 2007
****Appomattox****