Michigan in the Civil War Bibliography
Anderson, William. They Died to Make Men Free. Berrien Springs: Hardscrabble Books, 1980 (19th Michigan Infantry Regiment)
Avery, James Henry. Under Custer's Command: The Civil War Journal of James Henry Avery, compiled by Karla Jean Husby. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2006
Bailey, George W. The Civil War Diary of. Colleyville, TX: G.R. Post, 1990
Baxter, Albert. History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. New York: Munsell & Co., 1891 (republished 1974). (Chapter LIII: Grand Rapids and Kent County in the War for the Union)
Bennitt, John. I Hope To Do My Country Service: The Civil War Letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry. Beasecker, Robert, ed. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2005
Benson, Charles E. The Civil War Diaries of Charles E. Benson: Corporal, Company I, Seventh Regiment Michigan Infantry. Benson, Richard H., ed. Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen Pub. Co., 1991
Bertera, Martin. The 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry: The Battle at New Bridge, Virginia, May 24, 1862. Wyandotte: Tillieagnes Press, 2003
Bertera, Martin, and Oberholtzer, Ken. The Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg: The Battle for the Wheatfield. Dayton: Morningside House, Inc., 1997 (reprinted by Bertera with Kim Crawford. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2010)
Bitter, Rand. Minty and His Cavalry: A History of the Saber Brigade and its Commander. Michigan, 2006
Blackburn, George, ed. With the Wandering Regiment: The Diary of Captain Ralph Ely of the Eighth Michigan Infantry. Mt. Pleasant: Central Michigan University Press, 1965
Brown, Ida C. Michigan Men in the Civil War. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1960 (Michigan Historical Collections Bulletin no. 27)
Burt, Mary. The Boy General: Story of the Life of Major-General George A. Custer. As Told by Elizabeth B. Custer. New York: Scribner's, 1901
Christen, William. Stonewall Regiment: A History of the 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Detroit: 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1986
Conway, James and Jamroz, David. Detroit's Historic Fort Wayne. Mt. Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2007
Crawford, Kim. The 16th Michigan Infantry. Dayton, Morningside, 2002
Crotty, Daniel. Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac. Grand Rapids: Dygert Bros. & Co., 1874 (3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment)
Curtis, Orson. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne County Regiment. Detroit: Winn & Hammond, 1891
Davidson, James. Michigan and the Defense of Knoxville, Tennessee 1863. Reprinted from East Tennessee Publications No. 35, 1963
Ellis, Helen. The National Tribune: A Guide to Selected Materials of Michigan Civil War Interest. Birmingham, MI: typed manuscript, 1968-69
Gansler, Laura. The Mysterious Private Thompson: The Double Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War Soldier. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Gerry, H.E. Camp Fire Entertainment and True History of Robert Henry Hendershot, The Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock. Chicago: Hack & Anderson, 1903
Gilbert, Arlan. Hillsdale Honor: The Civil War Experience. Hillsdale: Hillsdale College Press, 1994
Gilbert, Henry C. The Civil War Letters and Diaries of Henry C. Gilbert, Colonel of the 19th Michigan Regiment, 1862-1864. Transcribed and published by Campbell, Alcetta Gilbert. Corvallis, Oregon: A. G. Campbell, 1991
Hamilton, Richard. "Oh! Hast Thou Forgotten": Michigan Cavalry in the Civil War: The Gettysburg Campaign. A Civil War Memoir of Sgt. George Thomas Patten, 1862-1863. 2008
Harris, Samuel. The Michigan Brigade of Cavalry at the Battle of Gettysburg; and, Why I Was Not Hung. Rochester, Michigan: Rochester Historical Commission, 1987
Harris, Wilmer. Public Life of Zachariah Chandler, 1851-1875. Lansing: Michigan Historical Commission, 1917
Herdegen, Lance J. Those Damned Black Hats!: The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign. New York: Savas Beatie, 2010
Herek, Raymond. These Men Have Seen Hard Service: The First Michigan Sharpshooters in the Civil War. Detroit: Great Lakes Books, 1998
Hoffman, Mark. "My Brave Mechanics": The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2007
Isham, Asa. An Historical Sketch of the Seventh Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. New York: Town Topics Publishing, 1893 (republished, Huntington, West Virginia: Blue Acorn Press, 2000
Johnson, Benjamin C. A Soldier's Life; the Civil War Experiences of Ben C. Johnson. Originally entitled: Sketches of the Sixth Regiment, Michigan Infantry. Brown, Alan S., ed. Kalamazoo: School of Graduate Studies, Western Michigan University Press 1962
Katz, Irving I. The Jewish Soldier from Michigan in the Civil War. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1962
Keeler, Alonzo M. A "Guest" of the Confederacy: The Civil War Letters and Diaries of Alonzo M. Keeler, Captain, Company B, Twenty-Second Michigan Infantry, Including Letters and Diaries Written While a Prisoner of War. Allen, Robert D. and Cheryl J., eds. Nashville: Cold Tree Press, 2008
Kidd, James. Riding With Custer: Recollections of a Cavalrymen in the Civil War. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Kloos, James. Grave Sites of Union Generals in Michigan. Cleveland: Classic Printing Corp., n.d.
Lanman, Charles. The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military and Biographical History. Detroit: E.B. Smith and Co., 1871
Lee, William O. Personal and Historical Sketches and Facial History of and by Members of the Seventh Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. Detroit: Detroit Book Press, 1990
Longacre, Edward. Custer and His Wolverines: The Michigan Cavalry Brigade 1861-1865. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Publishing, 1997
Longacre, Edward. The Man Behind the Guns: A Biography of General Henry Jackson Hunt, Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac. South Brunswick, N.J.: A. S. Barnes, 1977
Mason, Jack C. Until Antietam: The Life and Letters of Major General Israel B. Richardson, U.S. Army. Southern Illinois University, 2009
Mason, Philip, and Pentecost, Paul. From Bull Run to Appomattox: Michigan’s role in the Civil War. Detroit: Wayne State University, 1961
Mayo, Perry. The Civil War Letters of Perry Mayo. Hodge, Robert W., ed. East Lansing: Michigan State University, 1967 (Publications of the Museum, Michigan State University : Cultural series ; v. 1, no. 3)
McCarthy, Bernard, Miller, Chancey, and Schroeder, Joseph. Elmwood Cemetery: The Civil War Veterans. Detroit: Elmwood Cemetery, 1993
Michigan Adjutant General. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Kalamazoo: Ihling Brothers & Everard, 1905
Michigan and the Civil War: An Anthology. Lansing: Michigan History Magazine, 1999
Michigan at Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863. June 12th, 1889. Proceedings Incident to the Dedication of the Michigan Monuments upon the Battlefield of Gettysburg, June 12th, 1889. Together with A Full Report of the Monument Commission, and a Detailed Statement of the Work Committed to and Performed by It, and the Proceedings at the Various Regimental Reunions. Detroit: Winn & Hammond, 1889
Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission publications (26):
Michigan and the Centennial of the Homestead Act, 1862-1962. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1962
Michigan Labor and the Civil War. Michigan. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1964
Beeson, Lewis, and Lemmer, Victor. The Effects of the Civil War on Mining in Michigan. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Cole, Maurice. Impact of the Civil War on the Presbyterian Church in Michigan. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965
Committee on the Impact of the Civil War upon the Lives of Women in Michigan. Michigan Women in the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1963
Committee on Small Arms. Small Arms Used by Michigan Troops in the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Day, Judson II. The Baptists of Michigan and the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965
Dunbar, Willis. Michigan Institutions of Higher Education in the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1964
Ellis, Helen. Michigan in the Civil War: A Guide to the Material in Detroit Newspapers, 1861-1866. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965
Grave Sites Committee. Graves Registration Committee Register. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Hawthorne, Frank. The Episcopal Church in Michigan During the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Hayes, Frederic. Michigan Catholicism in the Era of the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965
Hayner, C. Irene, ed. Materials on the Civil War Recommended for Use in Schools. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1964
Macmillan, Margaret. The Methodist Episcopal Church in Michigan During the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965
Marks, Joseph, ed. Effects of the Civil War on Farming in Michigan. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965
May, George. Michigan and the Civil War Years: A War Time Chronicle. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1964
May, George. Michigan Civil War Monuments. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965
McRae, Norman. Negroes in Michigan during the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Metcalf, Kenneth and Beeson, Lewis, eds. Effects of the Civil War on Manufacturing in Michigan. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Millbrook, Minnie. A Study in Valor; Michigan Medal of Honor Winners in the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Millbrook, Minnie, ed. Twice Told Tales of Michigan and Her Soldiers in The Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Peckham, Howard. Chronological List of Battles of the Civil War Showing the Particular Michigan Units Involved. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1960
Sexton, Jesse Ethelyn. Congregationalism, Slavery and the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Teal, Mary and Brown, Lawrence. The Effect of the Civil War on Music in Michigan. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965
Wichers, Wynand. The Dutch Churches of Michigan in the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965
Yzenbaard, John. Civil War Tri-State Soldiers' and Sailors' Encampments: 1889-1918. Lansing: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966
Miller, Chancey. Elmwood Cemetery: The Civil War Generals. Detroit: Elmwood Cemetery, n.d.
MOLLUS volumes (2)
War Papers Read Before the Commandery of the State of Michigan Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United State, Vol. 1. Detroit: Winn & Hammond, 1893
War Papers Read Before the Commandery of the State of Michigan Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United State, Vol. 2. Detroit: Winn & Hammond, 1898
Mull, Carol. The Underground Railroad in Michigan. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2010
Petz, Weldon, and Rosentreter, Roger. Seeking Lincoln in Michigan: A Remembrance Trail. Midland, Michigan History Magazine, 2009
Poremba, David L., ed. If I Am Found Dead: Michigan Voices from the Civil War. Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Media Group, 2006
Quaife, Milo, ed. From the Cannon's Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S. Williams. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995
Reid-Green, Marcia. Letters Home: Henry Matrau of the Iron Brigade. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1993 (author born in 1845 in Watervliet, MI; enlisted in Wisconsin regiment after Michigan authorities noted he was under age)
Report of the Michigan Andersonville Monument Commission on Erection of the Monument at Andersonville, Ga. Lansing: Robert Smith Printing Co., 1905
Reynolds, Arlene. The Civil War Memories of Elizabeth Bacon Custer. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994
Riggs, David. East of Gettysburg: Custer vs Stuart. Ft. Collins: The Old Army Press, 1970
Robertson, John. The Flags of Michigan. Lansing: W.S. George & Co., 1877 (Civil War battle flags)
Robertson, John. Michigan in the War. Lansing: W.S. George & Co., 1882 (revised edition)
Rodgers, Bradley. Guardian of the Great Lakes: The U.S. Paddle Frigate Michigan. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996
Scott, Robert, ed.. Forgotten Valor: The Memoirs, Journals, & Civil War Letters of Orlando B. Willcox. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1999
Sears, Stephen, ed. For Country, Cause & Leader: The Civil War Journal of Charles B. Haydon. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1993 (home was Decatur, Michigan)
Shultz, David. "Double Canister At Ten Yards": The Federal Artillery And The Repulse of Pickett's Charge. Redondo Beach: Rank and File Publications, 1995
Sligh, Charles R. History of the Services of the First Regiment Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, During the Civil War. Grant Rapids: White Print. Co., 1921
Smith, Donald. The Twenty-Fourth Michigan. Harrisburg: The Stackpole Co., 1962
Smith, Michael O. The First Michigan Colored Infantry: A Black Regiment in the Civil War. Detroit: Wayne State University, 1987 (masters thesis)
Starr, Thomas. Lincoln's Kalamazoo Address Against Extending Slavery. Also his Life by Joseph J. Lewis. Detroit: Fine Book Circle, 1941
Thank God for Michigan: Civil War Collector's Issue. Lansing: Michigan History Magazine, 1998
Thatcher, Marshall. A Hundred Battles in the West. St. Louis to Atlanta, 1861-65. The Second Michigan Cavalry. Detroit, 1884
Thornton, Leland W. When Gallantry Was Commonplace: The History of the Michigan Eleventh Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864. New York: P. Lang, 1991 (American university studies. Series IX, History, 0740-0462; vol. 90)
Townshend, David G. The Seventh Michigan Volunteer Infantry: The Gallant Men and Flag in the Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Fort Lauderdale: Southeast Publications, 1993
Urwin, Gregory. Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983
U.S. Grant House, Detroit, Michigan, The. Detroit Historical Society, Michigan Mutual Ins. Co., 1978 (pamphlet)
Vale, Minty and the Cavalry: A History of Cavalry Campaigns in the Western Armies. Harrisburg: Edwin K. Meyers, 1886
Weber, Daniel, ed. From Michigan to Murfreesboro: The Diary of Ira Gillaspie of the Eleventh Michigan Infantry. Mt. Pleasant: Central Michigan University Press, 1965
Welcher, Frank J. and Ligget, Larry. Coburn's Brigade: 85th Indiana, 33rd Indiana, 19th Michigan, and 22nd Wisconsin in the Western Civil War. Carmel, Indiana: Guild Press of Indiana, 1999
Williams, Frederick. Michigan Soldiers in the Civil War. Lansing: Michigan Historical Commission, 1960 (reprinted 2002)
Wilterdink, John A. My Country and Cross: The Civil War Letters of John Anthony Wilterdink, Company I, 25th Michigan Infantry. McGeehan, Albert, ed. Dallas: Taylor Pub. Co., 1992
Wittenberg, Eric, ed. At Custer's Side: The Civil War Writings of James Harvey Kidd. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2001
Wittenberg, Eric. Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, Inc., 2001
Woodford, Frank. Father Abraham’s Children: Michigan Episodes in the Civil War. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1961