"The editors have compiled a comprehensive source that provides a first-stop reference on broad areas or specific topics on the Civil War. The contemporary photographs and lithographs bring the human element into the encyclopedia, a type of reference known more for facts and figures than emotions. The primary-source-documents volume brings obscure resources together, which will further illumine the period for students."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.

v. 1. A-C -- v. 2. D-I -- v. 3. J-Q -- v. 4. R-Z -- v. 5. List of documents, source documents, appendices.