All reference books are held in the Robert R. Muntz Library on the 2nd (main) floor. The Civil War reference books fall in the E467- E591 area, except for the bibliographies (see next box). All books are in the online catalog.
General Historiography:
Encyclopedia of Historians & Historical Writing. Ref. D14 .E53 1999. See especially vol. 2, pages 1223-1226 for "Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction."
Guides to Archives:
The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America. Ref. CD3047 .B4 1986.
Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War (1962). Ref. CD3047 .M8.
The University of Texas Archives: A Guide to the Historical Manuscripts Collections at the University of Texas Libraries (1967). Ref. CD3539 .A8 T4.
Civil War Manuscripts: A Guide to Collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. Ref. E468.B1 L5 1968.
Confederate Research Sources: A Guide to Archive Collections. Ref. E487 .N43 1986.
Civil War:
The Civil War Dictionary. Ref. E468 .B7 1988.
The Language of the Civil War. Ref. E468.9 .W755 2001.
Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. Ref. E487 .E55 1993.
Southern History:
The Encyclopedia of Southern History. Ref. F207.7 .E52.
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Ref. F209 .E53 1989. See articles on "Civil War," ""Civil War in Literature," "Confederate States of America," and "Lost Cause Myth."
Texas History:
A Comprehensive History of Texas. Vol. 2, 1845-1897. Ref. F386 .C6 1986. Originally published in 1896. Part V. is "Texas and Texans in the Civil War."
While online sources such as WorldCat can be used to create lists of sources, annotated critical bibliographies often contribute evaluations that note depth, scope, and reliability for earlier books.
Civil War:
Civil War Eyewitnesses: An Annotated Bibliography of Books and Articles, 1955-1986. Ref. Z1242 .C78 1988.
Civil War Eyewitnesses: An Annotated Bibliography of Books and Articles, 1986-1996. Ref. Z1242 .C79 2000.
Military Bibliography of the Civil War (1961). vols. 1-3. Ref. Z1242 .D612.
Military Bibliography of the Civil War (2003). vol. 4. Ref. Z1242 .D612 2003 v.4.
The Civil War in Books. Ref. Z1242 .E57 1997.
The Civil War in the North: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. Ref. Z1242 .M87 1987.
Civil War Books: A Critical Bibliography (1967, 1969). Ref. Z1242 .N35 v.1-2.
Confederate Imprints: A Bibliography of Southern Publications from Secession to Surrender. Ref. Z1242.5 .P37 1984
Travels in the Confederate States: A Bibliography (1948). Ref. Z1251 .S7 C68.
A Classified Bibliography of the Periodical Literature of the Trans-Mississippi West (1811-1967). Ref. Z1251.W5 W53 1972. See section "Military: Civil War in the West"
Texas Sources:
Discovering Texas History (2014). F386 .D57 2015. See Carl Moneyhon's chapter on "Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas, 1861-1874," pp. 2010-242. This picks up where Wooster's chapter (below) leaves off.
A Guide to the History of Texas. Ref. Z1339 .G84 1988. See Ralph Wooster's chapter on "The Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas" and Part 2 on "Archives in Texas." The latter should checked online for updated information.
Check List of Texas Imprints, 1861-1876. Ref. Z1339 .W5.