- Agriculture, Geology, and Society in Antebellum South Carolina: The Private Diary of Edmund Ruffin, 1843
- The Diary of Edmund Ruffin, Vol. 2 (The Years of Hope, April 1861 - June 1863)
- Nature's Management: Writings on Landscape and Reform, 1822-1859
- Incidents of My Life: Edmund Ruffin's Autobiographical Essays (Virginia Historical Society Documents)
- Diary of Edmund Ruffin: Toward Independence : October 1856-April 1861 (The Library of Southern Civilization)