Five Top Civil War Reference Works   Title Author Volumes Note 1 War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies US Govt Printing Office 127 An indexed collection of the surviving official documents of the Civil War 2 The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac E.B. Long with Barbara Long 1 Shows all the important events going on during each day of the Civil War 3 The Civil War Dictionary Mark Mayo Boatner III 1 Great for identifying those obscure leaders or place names. 4 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Robert Underwood Johnson 4 Compilation of stories written by the leaders that fought in them 5 A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Frederick H. Dyer 1 A wonderful assortment of statistics and lists from the Civil War. Content provided by: Preston Chesser