Adams Letters, A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861 - 1865 v. 1 (1920)

Adams Letters, A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861 - 1865 v. 2 (1920)

Annals of the War Written by the Leading Participants (1879)

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, ed. by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, volume 1 (1887)

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, ed. by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, volume 2 (1887)

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, ed. by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, volume 3 (1888)

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, ed. by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, volume 4 (1888)

Bates, David H., Lincoln in the Telegraph Room: Recollections of the United States Telegraph Corps during the Civil War (1907)

De Trobrian, Regis, Four Years in the Army of the Potomac (1889)

Fiske, Samuel W., Mr. Dunn Browne’s Experiences in the Army (1866)

Haupt, Herman, Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt (1901)

Fiske, Samuel, Mr. Dunn’s Experiences in the Army (1866)

Jones, J. B., A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary, Vol 1 (1866)

Jones, J. B., A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary, Vol 2 (1866)

Kean, Robert Garlick Hill, Inside the Confederate Government, ed. Edward Younger (1957)

Lamon, Ward Hill, Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (1911)

Lee, Robert E., The Wartime Papers of R.E. Lee, ed. Clifford Dowdey (1961)

Long, Armistead, Memoirs of Robert E. Lee (1886)

Longstreet, James, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1895)

McClellan, George B., McClellan’s Own Story (1887)

Meade, George Gordon, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade Vol. 1 (1913)

Meade, George Gordon, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade Vol. 2 (1913)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 1 (1861)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 2 (1863)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 3 (1862)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 4 (1862)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 5 (1863)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 6 (1863)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 7 (1864)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 8 (1865)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 9 (1866)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 10 (1867)

Moore, Frank, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Vol. 11 (1868)

Reagan, John H., Memoirs, with Special Reference to Secession and the Civil War (1906)

Scheibert, Justus, In the Rebel States During the North American War, 1863, translated by Joseph C. Hayes (1958)

Schurz, Carl, The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz, V. 1  (1913)

Schurz, Carl, The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz, V. 2  (1907)

Schurz, Carl, The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz, V. 3  (1909)

Weld, Stephen Minot, War Diary and Letters of Stephen Minot Weld, 1861 - 1865 (1912)

The following list of primary resources for Civil War research scratches the surface of what’s available. The list here directs users to only free sites such as the Haithi Trust and Archive.org. We will keep adding to this list, but it will never be complete.