Kentucky Library and Museum Online -- Civil War and Southern History Research Collection

Civil War and Southern History Research Collection

At present the nucleus of the research center is an extensive microfilm collection of Old South, Civil War, and Gilded Age documents and manuscripts, including: Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War; Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration; Letters Received by the Attorney General; Civil War Battles and Campaigns; Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives; Confederate Military Manuscripts; Papers of Union Staff Officers, 1861-1865; and the Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America. These materials were collected from a variety of sources over the years by LexisNexis and purchased from them.