This is a guide to personnel records and genealogical resources for South Carolinians involved in Civil War service. Please note that there is more information available on the general history the war, as well as material on the effects of the war locally. For sources on background history for the Civil War in South Carolina, check the catalog or ask for help at the South Carolina Room main desk.
| GENEALOGY 929.3016 Horowitz | A Bibliography of Military Name Lists From Pre-1675 to 1900: AGuide to Genealogical Sources, p. 967-974 (articles and sources on the Civil War in SC) |
| SCR 973.7 Kirkland | Preparation and Maintenance of the Roster of South Carolina Dead in CSA Service |
| SCR 973.7 South | South Carolina Troops in Confederate Service |
| SCR 973.742 Confeder | Confederate Military History, Extended Edition, Vol. VI: South Carolina |
| SCR 973.742 Crute | Units of the Confederate States Army |
| SCR 973.742 Sifakis | Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia |
| SCR 973.7457 Broken | Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens WhoDied in the Service of Their Country and State |
| SCR 973.7457 Roll | Roll of the Dead. South Carolina Troops. Confederate States Service |
| SCR 973.76 South | South Carolina Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 (2 volumes) |
| SCR microfilm | Confederate Historian |
| SCR microfilm | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of South Carolina |
| SCR microfilm | Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers WhoServed in Organizations From the State of South Carolina |
| SCR microfilm | Confederate Pension Record, 1916-1959 (Charleston County) |
| SCR microfilm | Confederate Pension Record, 1919-1969 (Charleston County) |
| SCR microfilm | Regimental Histories of the American Civil War: South Carolina |
| SCR CD | Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (multi-volume book version in Reference Collection) |