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.