- The slaves' war, the Civil War in the words of former slaves, Andrew Ward
- For love & liberty, the untold Civil War story of Major Sullivan Ballou & his famous love letter, Robin Young
- The Civil War, the second year told by those who lived it, Stephen W. Sears, editor
- Butler's book, autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major General Benj F. Butler : a review of his legal, political, and military career, v.1
- The Blue and the Gray, the story of the Civil War as told by participants, foreword by Douglas Southall Freeman, vol.2
- The most glorious fourth, Vicksburg and Gettysburg, July 4, 1863, Duane Schultz
- Diary of a Union lady, 1861-1865, Edited by Harold Earl Hammond
- Bayonet! Forward, my Civil War reminiscences, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- Freedom's journey, African American voices of the Civil War, edited by Donald Yacovone
- Generals in bronze, interviewing the commanders of the Civil War, edited by William B. Styple
- For country, cause & leader, the Civil War journal of Charles B. Haydon, edited by Stephen W. Sears
- Irish green and Union blue, the Civil War letters of Peter Welsh, color sergeant, 28th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, edited by Lawrence Frederick Kohl with Margaret Cossé Richard
- The quotable American Civil War, Iain C. Martin
- The mammoth book of war diaries and letters, life on the battlefield in the words of the ordinary soldier, 1775-1991, edited by Jon E. Lewis
- Blue & gray at sea, naval memoirs of the Civil War, edited by Brian M. Thomsen
- Write quick, war and a woman's life in letters, 1835-1867, edited by Ann Fox Chandonnet and Roberta Gibson Pevear
- Blood, stories of life and death from the Civil War, edited by Peter Kadzis
- The boy's war, Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War, by Jim Murphy
- The Civil War, the first year told by those who lived it, edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, Aaron Sheehan-Dean
- Eye of the storm, a Civil War odyssey, written and illustrated by Robert Knox Sneden ; edited by Charles F. Bryan, Jr., and Nelson D. Lankford
- The Civil War memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, edited by Brian M. Thomsen ; afterword by Thomas Fleming
- Blue-eyed child of fortune, the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, edited by Russell Duncan
- A Yankee at arms, the diary of Lieutenant Augustus D. Ayling, 29th Massachusetts Volunteers, edited by Charles F. Herberger
- The sea eagle, the Civil War memoir of Lt. Cdr. William B. Cushing, [edited by] Alden R. Carter
- Passages from the life of Henry Warren Howe, consisting of diary and letters written during the civil war, 1861-1865. A condensed history of the Thirtieth Massachusetts regiment and its flags, together with the genealogies of the different branches of the family ..
- A brotherhood of valor, the common soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade, C.S.A., and the Iron Brigade, U.S.A., Jeffry D. Wert
- The Civil War chronicle, the only day-by-day portrait of America's tragic conflict as told by soldiers, journalists, politicians, farmers, nurses, slaves, and other eyewitnesses, general editor, J. Matthew Gallman ; introduction by Eric Foner ; edited by David Rubel and Russell Shorto
- Baltimore and the nineteenth of April, 1861, a study of the war, by George William Brown ; with a new introduction by Kevin Conley Ruffner
- The Monitor chronicles, one sailor's account : today's campaign to recover the Civil War wreck, the Mariners' Museum ; edited by William Marvel
- Eyewitness to the Civil War, the complete history from secession to Reconstruction, edited by Neil Kagan ; narrative by Stephen G. Hyslop ; introduction by Harris J. Andrews
- Testament, a soldier's story of the Civil War, Benson Bobrick
- Hospital sketches, by Louisa May Alcott
- Lincoln's men, how President Lincoln became father to an army and a nation, William C. Davis
- Hearts touched by fire, the best of battles and leaders of the Civil War, edited and with an introduction by Harold Holzer ; with contributions by James M. McPherson ... [and others]
- Butler's book, autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major General Benj F. Butler : a review of his legal, political, and military career, v.2
- The soldier's pen, firsthand impressions of the Civil War, Robert E. Bonner
- The Civil War, by Virginia Schomp
- Reluctant witnesses, children's voices from the Civil War, Emmy E. Werner
- The Blue and the Gray, the story of the Civil War as told by participants, foreword by Douglas Southall Freeman, vol.1
- The passing of the armies, an account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac, based upon personal reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps, by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Brevet Major-General U.S. Volunteers ; with portraits and maps and a biographical note by George H. Putnam
- Leaves from a lawyer's life, afloat and ashore, By Charles Cowley
- The passing of the armies, an account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac, based upon personal reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps, by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Brevet Major-General U.S. Volunteers ; with portraits and maps and a biographical note by George H. Putnam
- Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman
- Voices of the 55th, letters from the 55th Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1865, edited and annotated by Noah Andre Trudeau
- The most fearful ordeal, original coverage of the Civil War, by writers and reporters of The New York Times ; introduction and notes by James M. McPherson