The American Civil War bibliography comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war, with more appearing each month.In 2001, Jonathan Sarna estimated that over 50,000 books had already appeared, with 1,500 more appearing annually. American Jewish History 89.3 (2001) 335–337. There is no complete bibliography to the war; the largest guide to books is over 40 years old and lists over 6,000 titles.See Allan Nevins, Bell Irvin Wiley, and James I. Robertson, Civil War Books: A Critical Bibliography (2 vol, 1970)

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Union military leaders

General reference American National Biography 24 vol (1999). Bledsoe, Andrew S. Citizen-Officers: The Union and Confederate Volunteer Junior Officer Corps in the American Civil War. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2015. . Castel, Albert, with Brooks D. Simpson. Victors in Blue: How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other, and Won the Civil War. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2011. Hunt, Roger D. Colonels in Blue: Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2014. . Hunt, Roger D. Colonels in Blue: Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2011. . Hunt, Roger D. Colonels in Blue: Union Army Colonels of the Civil War: The Mid–Atlantic States: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2003. . Hunt, Roger D. Colonels in Blue: Union Army Colonels of the Civil War: New England. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2011. . Hunt, Roger D. Colonels in Blue: Union Army Colonels of the Civil War: New York. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2007. . Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown. Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. . Kramer, Carl E. Civil War Generals of Indiana. The History Press, 2022. ISBN 9781467151955. Longacre, Edward G. Lincoln's Cavalrymen: A History of the Mounted Forces of the Army of the Potomac. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2000. . McHenry, Robert ed. Webster's American Military Biographies (1978) Meyers, Christopher C. Union General John A. McClernand and the Politics of Command. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2010. Ofele, Martin W. German-Speaking Officers in the U.S. Colored Troops, 1863–1867. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 2004. Ruffner, Kevin Conley. Maryland's Blue & Gray: A Border State's Union and Confederate Junior Officer Corps. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. . Woodworth, Steven E., editor. Grant's Lieutenants: From Cairo to Vicksburg. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2001. Work, David. Lincoln's Political Generals. Urbanna, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2009. .

Works on individual leaders Alberts, Don E. Brandy Station to Manila Bay: A Biography of General Wesley Merritt. Presidial Press, 1980. . Ames, Blanche A. Adelbert Ames: General, Senator, Governor, 1835–1933. New York: 1964. Asher, Brad. The Most Hated Man in Kentucky: The Lost Cause and the Legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge. University Press of Kentucky, 2021. ISBN 9780813181370. Averell, William Woods. Ten Years in the Saddle: The Memoir of William Woods Averell 1851–1862. Stan Clark Military Books, 1996. . Barthel, Thomas. Abner Doubleday – A Civil War Biography. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2010. . Belcher, Dennis W. General David S. Stanley, USA: A Civil War Biography. McFarland & Company, 2014. . Bennett, Brian A. The Beau Ideal Of A Gentleman: The Life Of Col. Patrick Henry O'Rorke. Schroeder Publications, 2012. . Betts, Jr., William W. Rank and Gravity: The Life of General John Armstrong of Carlisle. Holly Springs, North Carolina: Heritage Books, 2011. . Bundy, Carol. The Nature of Sacrifice: A Biography of Charles Russell Lowell Jr., 1835–1864. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. Burgess, Milton V. David Gregg: Pennsylvania Cavalryman. published by author: 1984. Burnet, Particia B. James F. Jaquess: Scholar, Soldier and Private Agent for President Lincoln. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2013. . Bush, Bryan S. The Butcher Burbridge: Union General Stephen Burbridge and His Reign of Terror Over Kentucky. Acclaim Press, 2008. . Callaghan, Daniel M. Thomas Francis Meagher and the Irish Brigade in the Civil War. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2011. . Casstevens, Frances H. Edward A. Wild And the African Brigade in the Civil War. McFarland & Company, 2003. . Chaffin, Tom. Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire. New York: Hill and Wang, 2002. Chicoine, Stephen. John Basil Turchin and the Fight to Free the Slaves. Praeger, 2003. . Clark, Donald A. The Notorious "Bull" Nelson: Murdered Civil War General. Southern Illinois University Press, 2011. Collins, Robert. General James G. Blunt: Tarnished Glory. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 2005. . Connor, Robert C. General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth". Casemate Press, 2013. . Cooper, Edward S. William Babcock Hazen: The Best Hated Man. Madison, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005. . Cornish, Dudley Taylor & Virginia Jeans Laas. Lincoln's Lee: The Life of Samuel Phillips Lee, United States Navy, 1812–1897.. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1986. . Craig, Reginald S. The Fighting Parson: The Biography of Colonel John M. Chivington. Los Angeles, California: Westernlore, 1959. Cresap, Bernarr. Appomattox Commander: The Story of E. O. C. Ord. San Diegeo, California: 1981. . Cutler, Robert W. P. The Tin Box: Keepsakes of a Civil War General. Morris Publishing, 1999. . Davis, Oliver. Life of David Bell Birney, Major General, United States Volunteers. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: King & Baird, 1867. de Meissner, Sophie Radford. Old Navy Days: Sketches from the Life of Rear-Admiral William Radford, USN. New York: Henry Hold and Co., 1920. Driscoll, John K. Rogue: A Biography of Civil War General Justus McKinstry. McFarland & Company, 2005. . Ecelbarger, Gary L. Frederick W. Lander: The Great Natural American Soldier. Louisiana State University Press, 2001. . Egan, Timothy. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. . Eggleston, Michael A. President Lincoln's Recruiter: General Lorenzo Thomas and the United States Colored Troops in the Civil War. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2013. . Engle, Stephen D. Don Carlos Buell: Most Promising of All. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Engle, Stephen D. The Yankee Dutchman: The Life of Franz Sigel. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 1993. . Fanebust, Wayne. Major General Alexander M. McCook, USA: A Civil War Biography. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2012. . Finan, William J. Major General Alfred Howe Terry: Hero of Fort Fisher. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965. Flemming, George T. Life and Letters of Alexander Hays. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: no publisher listed, 1919. Fordney, Ben Fuller. George Stoneman: A Biography of the Civil War General. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008. Gambone, A. M. Major-General Darius Nash Couch: Enigmatic Valor. Butternut and Blue, 2000. . Gambone, A. M. Major General John Federick Hartranft: Citizen Soldier and Pennsylvania Statesman (Army of the Potomac). Butternut and Blue, 1995. . Gambone, A. M. "... if tomorrow night finds me dead ..." The Life of General Samuel K. Zook. Butternut and Blue, 1996. . Gilman, Rhoda R. Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2004. . Grandchamp, Robert Colonel Edward E. Cross, New Hampshire Fighting Fifth: A Civil War Biography. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2013. . Harding, Jeffrey J. Gettysburg’s Lost Love Story: The Ill-Fated Romance of General John Reynolds and Kate Hewitt. The History Press, 2022. ISBN 9781467151597. Hearn, Chester G. Admiral David Dixon Porter: The Civil War Years. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1996. . Hebert, Walter H. Fighting Joe Hooker. Old Soldier Books, 1987. . Heyman, Max L. Prudent Soldier: A Biography of Major General Edward R. S. Canby. Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark, 1959. Hogge, Jeffrey A. Norton Parker Chipman: A Biography of the Andersonville War Crimes Prosecutor. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2008. . Humphreys, Henry H. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys: A Biography. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John C. Winston Co., 1924. . Hughes, Jr., Nathaniel Cheairs and Gordon D. Whitney. Jefferson Davis in Blue: The Life of Sherman's Relentless Warrior. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. . Hunt, Aurora. Major General James H. Carleton, 1814–1873: Western Frontier Dragoon. Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark, 1958. Kastenberg, Joshua E. Law in War, War as Law: Brigadier General Joseph Holt and the Judge Advocate General's Department in the Civil War and Early Reconstruction, 1861–1865. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2011. . Kautz, Lawrence G. August Valentine Kautz, USA: Biography of a Civil War General. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008. Kearny, Thomas. General Philip Kearny: Battle Soldier of Five Wars. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. King, James T. War Eagle: A Life of General Eugene A. Carr. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska press, 1963 Kiper, Richard L. Major General John Alexander McClernand: Politician in Uniform. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1999. . Krumwiede, John F. Disgrace at Gettysburg: The Arrest and Court-Martial of Brigadier General Thomas A. Rowley, USA. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006. . Ladenhaim, J.C. Grant's Keeper: The Life of John A. Rawlins. Holly Springs, North Carolina: Heritage Books, 2011. . Lash, Jeffrey N. A Politician Turned General: The Civil War Career of Stephen Augustus Hurlbut. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2003. . Lavery, Dennis S. & Mark H. Jordan. Iron Brigade General: John Gibbon, A Rebel in Blue. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993. . Lee, Dan. Kentuckian in Blue: A Biography of Major General Lovell Harrison Rousseau. McFarland & Company, 2010. . Lee, Dan. Thomas J. Wood: A Biography of the Union General in the Civil War. McFarland & Company, 2012. . Longacre, Edward G. From Union Stars to Top Hat: A Biography of the Extraordinary James Harrison Wilson. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole, 1972. Longacre, Edward G. The Man Behind the Guns: A Biography of General Henry J. Hunt, Commander of Artillery, Army of the Potomac. New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1977. . Longacre, Edward G. Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg. Potomac Books, 2021. ISBN 978-1-64012-429-5. Lull, Robert W. Civil War General and Indian Fighter James M. Williams: Leader of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and the 8th U.S. Cavalry. University of North Texas Press, 2013. Lyftogt, Kenneth L. Iowa's Forgotten General: Matthew Mark Trumbull and the Civil War. University of Iowa Press, 2007. Lyons, W. F. Brigadier–General Thomas Francis Meagher. New York: D. and J. Sadlier, 1870. Madsen, Brigham. Glory Hunter: A Biography of Patrick Edward Connor. Provo, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1990. .