• A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War.  Parthenia Antoinette Hague. University of Nebraska Press. 1991.

• An Introduction to Civil War Civilians.  Juanita Leisch. Thomas Publications. 1994.

• Ersatz in the Confederacy: Shortages and Substitutions on the Southern Homefront.  Mary Elizabeth Massey. University of South Carolina Press. 1952.

• Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960.  Eileen Jahnke Trestain. American Quilter's Society.  1998

• Life in Dixie During the War.  Mary A. H. Gay. Mercer University Press. 1892

• Mary Chestnut’s Civil War, Mary Boykin Miller Chestnut, Yale University. 1981

• Mother of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War. Drew Gilpin Faust. The University of North Carolina Press. 1996

• Refugee Life in the Confederacy. Mary Elizabeth Massey. Louisiana State University Press, 1964.

• The Journal of a Confederate Nurse. Kate Cumming. Louisiana State University, 1959

• The Plain People of the Confederacy. Bell Irvin Wiley. University of South Carolina Press. 1943

• The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865.  Eliza Francis Andrews

• Who Wore What? Women’s Wear 1861-1865. Juantia Leisch. Thomas Publications. 1995

• Women in the Civil War. Mary Elizabeth Massey. University of Nebraska Press. 1966.

Periodicals 

• Camp Chase Gazette. Camp Chase Publishing Company Inc. Mostly geared toward the military reenactor. Great events listing.

• Civil War Historian. Antique Power Inc. Yellow Springs, Ohio. New magazine that shows a lot of promise with a nice blend of military and civilian related articles

• The Citizens Companion. Camp Chase Publishing Inc. For the civilian reenactor. Lots of sewing projects and research articles.

• The Watchdog. The Watchdog Quarterly, Inc A review of items offered by various sutlers, research articles, etc.