Many of the authors of fiction about the Civil War are quite familiar, such as Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind), MacKinley Kantor (Andersonville), DuBose Heyward (Peter Ashley), Booth Tarkington and Thomas Nelson Page, and even Oliver Optic [i.e. W. T. Adams] (On the Blockade). Others who are not so familiar may be even more interesting. Selected novels are listed below.

 Browne, George Waldo. A Daughter of Maryland: A Narrative of Pickett's Last Charge at Gettysburg. 1895.

 Clack, Louise. Our Refugee Household. 1866.

 Clarkson, Charles Ervine. "A Rose of Old Virginia." [c1927]

 Downing, Fanny Murdaugh. Nameless. 1865.

 Everett, Lloyd Tilghman. For Maryland's Honor: A Story of the War for Southern Independence. [c1922].

 Harrison, Ida Withers. Beyond the Battle's Rim. 1918.

 Hentz, Caroline Lee. The Planter's Northern Bride. [1866?]

 Magill, Mary Tucker. Women, or, Chronicles of the Late War. 1871.

 Noble, Hollister. Woman with a Sword. 1948.

 Whitney, Louisa Maretta Bailey. Goldie's Inheritance: A Story of the Siege of Atlanta. 1903.
 
 

Selections of other kinds of literature from the Passano Collection include correspondence, poetry, short prose, and songs. Examples include:
 
 

Benet, Stephen Vincent. John Brown's Body. c1928.

 Daniel, Lizzie Cary. Confederate Scrap-Book: Copied from a Scrap-book Kept by a Young Girl During and Immediately After the War, with Additions from War Copies of the "Southern Literary Messenger" and "Illustrated News" Loaned by Friends, and Other Selections as Accredited. 1893.

 Davidson, Nora Fontaine M. Cullings from the Confederacy: A Collection of Southern Poems, Original and Others, Popular during the War Between the States, and Incidents and Facts Worth Recalling, 1862-1866, Including the Doggerel of the Camp, As Well As Tender Tribute to the Dead. 1903.

 Hall, Wade H. The Smiling Phoenix: Southern Humor from 1865 to 1914. 1965.

 King, Grace Elizabeth. Memories of a Southern Woman of Letters. 1932.

 Minor, Kate Pleasants. From Dixie: Original Articles Contributed by Southern Writers for Publication as a Souvenir of the Memorial Bazaar for the Benefit of the Monument to the Private Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederacy and the Establishment of the Museum for Confederate Relics, With Heretofore Unpublished Poems by Some Who Have "Crossed Over the River." 1893.

 Murdoch, James Edward. Patriotism in Poetry and Prose. 1864.

 Preston, Margaret Junkin. Beechenbrook: A Rhyme of the War. 1866.
 
 

The literary publications in the Passano Collection complement materials from the main and Rare Book collections. Also included are guides to Confederate imprints and Civil War books in general that are particularly useful to those studying this period.