Selected Special Collections

Confederate States of America Collection

Publications issued in the South during the Civil War.

The Confederate State of America Collection brings together publications selected from the Library's general collections and books received from such sources as the Rebel Archives of the War Department. The 1,812-volume collection is particularly rich in documents issued by the individual state governments and the congress, departments, and offices of the Confederate States of America. A list covering most of these official publications was compiled by Hugh A. Morrison entitled, Society of America. The collection also contains Confederate almanacs, textbooks, sermons, and works of history, literature, military science, and politics and provides a comprehensive survey of book production in the South during the Civil War.

Also see the blog post: Waste Not, Want Not, A view on the hardships for the Confederacy during the Civil War and a related collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division: the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana: Publications, manuscripts, prints, and other material relating to Abraham Lincoln.

Digitized Materials Available From the Confederate States of America Collection

	Confederate States of America. Constitution of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America. Montgomery, Ala., Shorter & Reid, printers, 1861. Page Turner - PDF (13.7 MB) - Bibliographic Information One of “100 copies ordered to be printed” of the final draft of the Confederate Constitution, this copy was printed for the use of the Committee on Constitution. This printing precedes numerous ones produced for public use and distribution after the adoption of the constitution on March 11, 1861.
	Confederate States of America. War Dept. Uniform and dress of the army of the Confederate States. Page Turner - PDF (11.1 MB) - Bibliographic Information
	Dawson, Francis Warrington, 1840-1889. Reminiscences of Confederate service, 1861-1865. Charleston, S.C., The News and courier book presses, 1882. Page Turner - PDF (57.4 MB) - Bibliographic Information
	Jones, J. B. (John Beauchamp), 1810-1866. Wild western scenes: or, The White Spirit of the wilderness. Being a narrative of adventures, embracing the same characters portrayed in the original "Wild western scenes" ... By J.B. Jones ... New series. Page Turner - PDF (59 MB) - Bibliographic Information
	Joynes, Edward S. Education after the war: a letter addressed to a member of the Southern Educational Convention, Columbia, S.C., 28th April 1863. Page Turner - PDF (19.5 MB) - Bibliographic Information
	McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883. The aid-de-camp; a romance of the war. Richmond, W.A.J. Smith, 1863. Page Turner - PDF (68 MB) - Bibliographic Information
	Parker, William Harwar, 1826-1896. Elements of seamanship, prepared as a text for the midshipmen of the C.S. Navy. Richmond, MacFarlane and Fergusson, 1864. Page Turner - PDF (76 MB) - Bibliographic Information
	Rice, John H. A system of modern geography, compiled from various sources and adapted to the present condition of the world, expressly for the use of schools and academies in the Confederate States of America. Atlanta, Ga., Franklin printing house, Wood, Hanleiter, Rice &. co., 1862. Page Turner - PDF (41 MB) - Bibliographic Information
	Smith, William Russell, 1815-1896. Royal ape: a dramatic poem. Richmond, West & Johnston, 1863. Page Turner - PDF (33.8 MB) - Bibliographic Information
	West, Beckwith. Experience of a Confederate States prisoner, being an ephemeris regularly kept by an officer of the Confederate States army. Page Turner - PDF (31.5 MB) - Bibliographic Information
	Illustrated alphabet. Columbia, S.C., B. Duncan & co. [1863?]