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Civil War Books for Genealogy

Civil War Genealogy by Dr. George K. Schweitzer. 78 pp., paper. 1996. 316 sources for tracing your Civil War ancestor. MLC002      $ 9.00

Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor by Bertram Hawthorne Groene. 130 pp., bibliog., illus., index, cloth. (1995) 1996. With this fourth edition as a guide and a minium of information, anyone would be able to trace the military history of their Civil War ancestor from mustering in to mustering out. MLC004      $14.95

Uniforms Of The Civil War: In Color by Philip Haythornthwaite. 192 pp., illus., paper. 1990. Over 150 full- color paintings of branches of both armies. MLC007      $14.95

Civil War Record Of The 144th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry by James Harvey McKee. 378 pp., illus., index, maps, paper. (1903) 1994. This fascinating book not only provides accurate history of the Civil War, but portrays personal history of the Regiment that was recorded in the war diaries and letters of officers and soldiers. The history of the 144th Regiment from Delaware County, New York, is covered extensively. Each chapter builds through the hard years of the Civil War, and offers important details of their actions as they organized at Camp Delaware to their pursuit of Robert E. Lee and the Confederates through Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina. The work of women, tent life, drills, battles, prisoners, surgeons, and the fam;ous Colonel James Lewis are detailed throughout the book.There is also a complete roster: fielld and staff officers listed by their rank and companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K -- with each man listed alphabetically. MLC010       $30.00

Iowa Valor by Steve Meyer. 507 pp., illus., index, cloth. 1994. MLC012       $37.50

Soldiering: The Civil War Diary Of Rice C. Bull, 123rd New York Voluntary Infantry by K. Jack Bauer. 259 pp., bibliog., index, paper. (1977) 1995. MLC014       $14.95