Research Guides: HIST 465: Civil War and Reconstruction: Military

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Besides the Digital U.S. Congressional Serial set's treasury of War and Navy Dept. reports, the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (OR) (see listings below) are essential primary sources for Civil War research. These contain after action battle reports and other tremendously important documents and are broken up into two sections for army and navy operations. Additional resources include:

U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
The mission of the United States Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) is to collect, preserve, and make available historical records, artifacts, and materials that document the history of the U.S. Army.
National Park Service Civil War Sesquicentennial: 150 Years
Website commemorating 150 since the U.S. Civil War.
Naval History & Heritage Command
The Naval History & Heritage Command is responsible for the preservation, analysis, an dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard.
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion: Army
Union and Confederate Army Civil War Records. Courtesy: Cornell Digital Library
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion: Navy
Civil War Union and Confederate Navy records. Courtesy: Cornell Digital Library.
Regulations for the Medical Department of the Army (Union)
Regulations for the Medical Department of the Army from the Washington Government Printing Office, 1861.
Regulations for the Medical Department of the C.S. (Confederate States) Army
Regulations for the Medical Department of the C.S. Army from Ritchie & Dunnavant, Printers, 1863.
United States Sanitary Commission (HathiTrust)
Results for "United States Sanitary Commission" in HathiTrust.
United States Provost Marshall
A list of deserters and non-reporting drafted men of the 16th Congressional district of Pennsylvania, from the several national drafts of 1863-64, arranged by sub-districts and counties in the order of the drafts, with an alphabetical index.
U.S. Army Center of Military History
The mission of the U.S. Army Center for Military History is: "to accurately collect, preserve, interpret, and express the Army's history and material culture to more broadly educate and develop our force, the military profession, and the nation."