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Annotated Bibliography Though few battles scarred North Carolina soil, the Tar Heel State's participation in the Civil War has been of great interest to historians. Civil War literature ranges from general reading and campaign narratives to children's books and scholarly texts. The following annotated list includes recent studies and classic readings. Politics / Coming of the War / General Women Home Front Soldier Life Campaigns and Battles Biography Medicine Navy First-Person Accounts Reference Slavery / Emancipation Reference Current, Richard N., ed. Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. 4 Vols. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Thorough and thoughtful entries on all aspects of the Confederate experience. Faust, Patricia L., ed. Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War. New York: Harper Perennial, 1986. This handy one-volume reference contains hundreds of entries, from military campaigns to political policies. Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., eds. North Carolina Troops, 1861–1865; A Roster. 12 vols. Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, 1966–1998. Rosters of nearly every North Carolina regiment, with brief biographical and service information for the state's soldiers.

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