Part II: The Soldiers’ Perspective
Part II of our Civil War collection, The Soldiers’ Perspective, provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day actions of the troops themselves primarily in the form of regimental histories.
Usually written by an individual, but sometimes compiled by a committee, these books were published after the war to document what actually happened. While some battle and war narratives are included, the focus was primarily on the individual rather than on regimental action.
Additional contents include rosters and muster lists containing the names of those killed, wounded and missing in action. All Union regiments are represented.
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- Annals of the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry
- Claremont war history: April, 1861, to April, 1865
- Disaster, struggle, triumph : the adventures of 1000 “boys in blue,” from August, 1862, to June, 1865
- The Fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. A history compiled from diaries and official reports, by Edwin E. Marvin … Published for the Reunion Association of the regiment
- The First Regiment New Hampshire
- Historical sketch of the old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, during its three campaigns in 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864 : Containing the history of the several companies previous to 1861, and the name and military record of each man connected with the regiment during the war, by John W. Hanson, chaplain
- History of the 104th Pennsylvania regiment, from August 22nd, 1861, to September 30th, 1864
- The history, civil, political and military, of the southern rebellion : from its incipient stages to its close ; comprehending, also, all important state papers, ordinances of secession, proclamations, proceedings of Congress, official reports…
- History of the Confederate States navy from its organization to the surrender of its last vessel. Its stupendous struggle with the great navy of the United States; the engagements fought in the rivers and harbors of the South, and upon the high seas privateer history, by J. Thomas Scharf
- History of the Corn exchange regiment, 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, from their first engagement at Antietam to Appomattox. To which is added a record of its organization and a complete roster. Fully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations
- History of the Eighteenth regiment Conn. volunteers in the war for the Union, by Chaplain Wm. C. Walker
- A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers including its service as infantry, Second N. H. Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days
- The history of the Fifteenth Connecticut volunteers in the war for the defense of the Union, 1861-1865, by Sheldon B. Thorpe
- History of the Fifteenth Regiment, Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry, from October, 1861, to August, 1865, when disbanded at the end of the war
- A history of the fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865
- History of the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, during three years and a half of service in North Carolina. January 1862-June 1865
- History of the First Connecticut Artillery and of the siege trains of the armies operating against Richmond, 1862-1865
- History of the First Maine cavalry, 1861-1865, by Edward P. Tobie, published by the First Maine cavalry association
- A history of the First regiment of Massachusetts cavalry volunteers, by Benjamin W. Crowninshield … With roster and statistics by D. H. L. Gleason … For the First Massachusetts cavalry association
- History of the First – Tenth – Twenty-ninth Maine regiment. In service of the United States from May 3, 1861, to June 21, 1866, by Major John M. Gould, with the
- History of the Tenth Me. battalion, by Rev. Leonard
- History of the Forty-Second Regiment Infantry : Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862, 1863, 1864, by Charles P. Bosson
- A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War, by William Schouler
- History of the Ninety-sixth regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry, pub. Under the auspices of the Historical society of the regiment…
- History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862
- The history of the Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Second Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, June, 1861-June, 1864, by Daniel George Macnamara
- History of the Ninth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion
- History of the Ninth Regiment N.Y.S.M. — N.G.S.N.Y. (Eighty-Third N.Y. Volunteers) 1845-1888
- History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps: a complete record of the organization; and of the different companies, regiments and brigades; containing descriptions of expeditions, marches, skirmishes, and battles; together with biographical sketches of officers and personal records of each man during his term of service. Compiled from official reports and other documents
- History of the Philadelphia Brigade : Sixty-Ninth, Seventy-First, Seventy-Second, and One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers
- History of the Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers its camps, marches and battles, by Martin A. Haynes
- History of the Seventeenth regiment
- History of the Seventh Regiment, National Guard, State of New York, during the war of the rebellion: with a preliminary chapter on the origin and early history of the regiment, a summary of its history since the war, and a roll of honor, comprising brief sketches of the services rendered by members of the regiment in the Army and Navy of the United States
- History of the Sixteenth regiment
- History of the Sixtieth Regiment New York State Volunteers
- History of the Thirty-Seventh Regiment, Mass. Volunteers, in the Civil War of 1861-1865 : with a comprehensive sketch of the doings of Massachusetts as a state, and of the principal campaigns of the war
- History of the Twelfth regiment, New Hampshire volunteers in the war of the rebellion, by Capt. A.W. Bartlett, historian Twelfth regiment association
- Indiana’s roll of honor
- The Irish Ninth in bivouac and battle
- Maine in the war for the union: a history of the part borne by Maine troops in the suppression of the American rebellion, by William E.S. Whitman, and Charles H. True
- Massachusetts in the rebellion : a record of the historical position of the commonwealth, and the services of the leading statesmen, the military, the colleges, and the people, in the civil war of 1861-65, by P. C. Headley
- Memorabilia of the marches and battles in which the One hundredth regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers took an active part
- Michigan in the war, compiled by Jno
- The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65. Comprising a detailed account of the various regiments and batteries, through march, encampment, bivouac, and battle: also instances of distinguished personal gallantry…
- The military history of Wisconsin, a record of the civil and military patriotism of the state, in the war for the union, with a history of the campaigns in which Wisconsin soldiers have been conspicuous–regimental histories–sketches of distinguished officers–the roll of the illustrious dead–movements of the legislature and state officers, etc
- Narrative of military operations, directed, during the late war between the states, by Joseph E. Johnston
- New Jersey and the rebellion: a history of the services of the troops and people of New Jersey in aid of the Union cause
- Ohio in the war: her statesmen, her generals, and soldiers, Vols. 1-2
- The old Sixth Regiment : its war record, 1861-5, by Charles K. Cadwell
- “Ours” : Annals of 10th regiment, Massachusetts volunteers in the rebellion, edited by Captain Joseph Keith Newell
- Record of the service of the Forty-fourth Massachusetts volunteer militia in North Carolina, August 1862 to May 1863
- Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion 1861-1865
- Report on the organization and campaigns of the Army of the Potomac : to which is added an account of the campaign in western Virginia, with plans of battle-fields, by George B. McClellan
- The Second Rhode Island Regiment : a narrative of military operations in which the regiment was engaged from the beginning to the end of the war for the Union
- Services of the Tenth New York Volunteers (National Zouaves) in the War of the Rebellion
- The Seventh Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers in the war of the rebellion
- The Seventy-Ninth Highlanders, New York Volunteers in the war of rebellion, 1861-1865
- A short history of the war of secession, 1861-1865, by Rossiter Johnson
- Sketches of war history, 1861-1865;papers read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Vols. 1-3
- Stamford soldiers’ memorial, by Rev. E.B. Huntington
- The story of the Fifteenth regiment
- The story of the Fifty-fifth regiment Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war, 1861-1865
- The story of the Thirty eighth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, by George W. Powers
- The Third New Hampshire and all about
- Three years in the army. : The story of the Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers from July 16, 1861, to August 1, 1864, by Charles E. Davis, Jr
- The three years’ service of the Thirty-third Mass. infantry regiment 1862-1865
- Union portraits, by Gamaliel Bradford
- Vermont in the Civil War : a history of the part taken by the Vermont soldiers and sailors in the war for the Union, 1861-5, Vols. 1-2
- Wisconsin in the war of the rebellion; a history of all regiments and batteries the state has sent to the field, and deeds of her citizens, governors and other military officers, and state and national legislators to suppress the rebellion
- Women of the war : their heroism and self-sacrifice, by Frank Moore