Reference Material Next At CivilWar.com we are striving to provide a library of reference material for researchers both young and old. These are the primary sources for understanding the American Civil War. Reference MaterialOfficial RecordDyer's CompendiumHarper's Weekly1860 CensusRegimental and Other HistoriesFox's Regimental Losses In The American Civil WarLettersLossing's HistoriesLossing's Pictorial History of the United StatesE-BooksDetailed Minutiae of Solder Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865The American Indian as Participant in the Civil WarArmy Life in a Black RegimentWar from the InsideHistory of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service