Civil War Novels Set among Southern Civilians
From plantation romances to tales of the Underground Railroad, a varied set of fictions.
- Allen, Hervey. Action at Aquila. 1938. [Virginia]
- Ballard, Allen B. Where I'm Bound. 2000. [Mississippi]
- Bass, Cynthia. Sherman's March. 1994. [Georgia]
- Brenaman, Miriam. Evvy's Civil War. 2002. [Virginia]
- Brown, Rita Mae. High Hearts. 1986. [Virginia]
- Burow, Daniel R. Sound of the Bugle. 1973. [Georgia]
- Denenberg, Barry. When Will This Cruel War Be Over?. 1996. [Virginia]
- Doctorow, E.L. The March. 2005. [Georgia and the Carolinas]
- Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain. 1997. [North Carolina]
- Gibbons, Kaye. On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon. 1998. [Virginia]
- Hicks, Robert. The Widow of the South. 2005. [Tennessee]
- Jakes, John. Savannah. 2004. [Georgia]
- James, Jessica. Shades of Gray. 2008. [Virginia]
- Jiles, Paulette. Enemy Women. 2002. [Missouri]
- Kantor, Mackinlay. Andersonville. 1955. [Georgia]
- Lytle, Andrew. The Long Night. 1936. [Alabama]
- McMullan, Margaret. How I Found the Strong. 2004. [Mississippi]
- Melman, Peter Charles. Landsman. 2007. [New Orleans]
- Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind (1936). [Georgia]
- Olmstead, Robert. Coal Black Horse. 2007. [Virginia]
- Paulsen, Gary. Sarny. 1997. [New Orleans]
- Parry, Owen. Rebels of Babylon. 2005. [New Orleans]
- Randall, Alice. The Wind Done Gone. 2001. [Georgia]
- Reasoner, James. Shiloh. 1999. [Virginia; Mississippi Valley]
- Scott, Joanna Catherine. The Road from Chapel Hill. 2006. [North Carolina]
- Settle, Mary Lee. Know Nothing. 1960. [western Virginia]
- Walker, Margaret. Jubilee. 1966. [Georgia, Alabama]
- Wells, Rosemary. Red Moon at Sharpsburg. 2007. [Shenandoah Valley]
- Wright, Stephen. The Amalgamation Polka. 2006. [South Carolina]
- Young, Stark. So Red the Rose. 1934. [Mississippi]