1. Merk, Frederick. Economic History of Wisconsin During the Civil War Decade. Madison, Wis.: The Society; 1916. 414 p. (Wisconsin. State Historical Society. Publications, v. 1. Notes: The economic life of the entire state of Wisconsin is carefully described and analyzed here during the period of the Civil War, including a few years leading up to and following the war. Merk devotes chapters to: agriculture; lumbering; mining; manufacturing; labor; banking; trade; railroads; and commerce on both the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. He has also provided a finely-detailed index as well.Another edition: Merk, Frederick. Economic History of Wisconsin During the Civil War Decade. 2nd ed. Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1971 (c1916). 414 p. (Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) ISBN: 87020-117-4. A reprint of the 1916 edition, except for the addition of an additional preface by the author.
  2. Merk, Frederick. “The Labor Movement in Wisconsin During the Civil War”. Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1915; 62nd annual meeting held October 22, 1914:168-191. Notes: Merk explains how “in Wisconsin the changes wrought by the Civil War, and the readjustments that followed, gave rise to a distinct class-conscious movement of industrial labor, the first in the history of the State” (p. 169). The combination of the tight labor market created by the large number of men in military uniform and the rapidly rising prices of the war economy prompted the formation of labor unions as workers struggled to mitigate the difficult financial situation in which they found themselves at this time. This thorough overview of Wisconsin labor during the decade of the Civil War is well worth the effort to locate a copy!Another edition: Merk, Frederick. The Labor Movement in Wisconsin During the Civil War. Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1915. [167]-191 p. (Separate (State Historical Society of Wisconsin); no. 162) Reprinted “From the Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for 1914, …,” p. 168-191.
  1. Noyes, Edward. “White Opposition to Black Migration into Civil War Wisconsin”. Lincoln Herald. 1971; 73(3):181-193.