Many, many books have been written about the American Civil War, and many are in the library. A short selected list is below; to see more, browse the stacks in Class E 450 through E 660.
Atlas of the Civil War by James M. McPherson
Call Number: G1201 .S5 A85 2005 REF, at Leesville
ISBN: 9780762423569
Publication Date: 2005
The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote
Call Number: E468 .F7 (2 vols.), in Watson stacks
ISBN: 9780394465128
Publication Date: 1974
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History
Call Number: E468 .R53 2004 REF. at Watson reference, or click the title for the ebook
ISBN: 9780810878174
Publication Date: 2011
Locating Union and Confederate Records: A Guide to the Most Commonly Used Civil War Records of the National Archives and Family History Library by Nancy Justus Morebeck
Call Number: E591 .M674 L633 2001 REF., in Watson reference
ISBN: 9780944931905
Publication Date: 2001
Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
Call Number: E628 .F35 1996, at Watson
ISBN: 9780807822555
Publication Date: 1996
Video at Watson
The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns
Call Number: E468 .B87 2011 DVD, in Serials/Media at Watson
ISBN: 9781415757833
Publication Date: 2011
The Abolitionists
Call Number: E449 .A26 2013 DVD, in Serials/Media at Watson