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a Web Unit of The U.S. Civil War  |
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a Web Unit of The U.S. Civil War |
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RESOURCES
CIVIL WAR WEBSITES
| Battles Camp Life Casualties Flags Indexes Lesson Plans |
| Letters and Diaries Lincoln Maps Music and Poetry |
| Photographs Recipes Spanish & English Site Timelines Women |
There are hundreds of good Civil War websites on the Internet. Some of the best are listed below according to topic.
The first six sites are Civil War indexes that have links to many Civil War topics:
American Civil War: Resources on the Internet from Dakota State University
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
Just about everything you need to know about the Civil War. Here's
a list of topics: Army life in the field, Civil War food, recipes,
Civil War art and photographs, Native Americans in the Civil War, African
American troops, battlefields and battles, flags, uniforms, slavery and
emancipation, women in the Civil War, money, maps, hospitals, and medicines.
The American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/cwarhp.html
Provides links to hundreds to sites, photographs, and resources. This
is a good source for primary documents.
Civil War.com
http://www.civilwar.com
This site allows searchers to learn more about the Civil War through
timelines, battles, places, music, and documents.
Civil War Pages: 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
http://members.tripod.com/~ProlificPains/cwpages.htm
The emphasis of this site is on the courageous exploits of the 78th
Pennsylvania Volunteer; however, there are also other very useful sources
of information. Links include an outline of the war, poetry and music of
the North and the South, weapons, and artillery.
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/
Some of the features found on this site are Civil War battles, biographies,
medicine, letters, and the naval war.
The United States Civil War Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm
A huge index of Civil War information available on the Internet. With
more than 2,000 Internet resources, the Civil War Center is described as
the most comprehensive gateway to Civil War information online. Just a
few of the topics include agriculture, economics, causes, children, weapons,
and uniforms.
Battles
Civil War Battlefield Tour
http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/socstu/civil.htm
Features a field trip tour of web sites linked to various Civil War
battles.
Civil War Battle Summaries
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm
Includes the battle's location, date, campaign, principal commanders,
particular force engaged, and estimated casualties.
Civil War Camp Life
Camp Life
http://www.cr.nps.gov/csd/gettex/home2.htm
An interesting site that describes the ways soldiers battled boredom
during their day to day life. Includes photographs of soldiers engaging
in activities such as whittling and playing games.
Civil War Slang
http://www.nps.gov/gett/getteducation/bcast20/act05.htm
A list of words and phrases used during the Civil War.
Casualties
Dyer's Summary of Losses During the War of Rebellion
http://www.civil-war.net/losses.htm
This is a chart which shows by state how and how many Union soldiers
died. Education World has an excellent skill page, Civil
War Deaths, that goes along with the chart and asks students to analyze
the information.
Civil War Site in Spanish and English
Historia de las Americas
http://www.cyberschool.k12.or.us/~hamill/history/units/civilwar/introduction.htm
This site gives a general overview of the Civil War that is written
in Spanish and English.
Flags
Make a Civil War Flag
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/kidstuff/civilwar/flagmake.html
This page describes how to design and make your own Civil War flag.
It includes step by step directions and a list of materials needed.
Lesson Plans
The Gateway to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org/
There are too many lesson plans to list here, but "The Gateway" is
a good database of lesson plans and activities. After you click on the
address above, type in the words Civil War on line 1, then scroll down
and choose grades 7, 8, 9. Click on search and then submit. You'll be able
to access over 100 lesson plans, curriculum units, and resources.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson186.shtml
Education World presents more than a dozen lessons for teaching about
the Civil War.
Letters and Diaries
The Valley of the Shadow
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/
The Valley of the Shadow Project takes two communities, one Northern
and one Southern, through the experience of the American Civil War. The
creators draw on letters and diaries, images, maps, and newspaper accounts
to depict life before, during, and after the war.
Letters From an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War
http://www.civilwarletters.com/home.html
Private Newton Robert Scott's letters to his neighborhood friend, Hannah
Cone, are filled with details of the war and living conditions in the Union
camps.
American Civil War Resources
Special Collections Department of the University Libraries at Virginia
Tech
http://scholar2.lib.vt.edu/spec/civwar/cwhp.htm
This special collection allows researchers to learn more about the
war through letters and diaries written by soldiers from both sides as
well as letters written to those soldiers from their families. The letters
of a Confederate field surgeon, Archibald Atkinson, Jr., are among the
manuscripts.
Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/
This exhibit from the Library of Congress contains drafts of the Gettysburg
Address in President Lincoln's handwriting and the only known photograph
of the President during the dedication ceremony.
Abraham Lincoln Research Site
http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html
A former American history teacher who enjoys researching Lincoln's
life and accomplishments maintains this site. You'll find a lot of interesting
information about Lincoln's personal life here.
Abraham Lincoln Online
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html
Some highlights of this site include photo tours of Lincoln places,
Lincoln quote of the week, Lincoln's speeches, and Lincoln news highlights.
Maps
Civil War Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
These Civil War maps are part of the geography and map division of
the Library of Congress.
Music and Poetry
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
http://users.erols.com/kfraser/
Confederate poetry, Union poetry, and music of the war
Band Music from the Civil War Era
an American Memory site from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
Learn more about the brass band music that musicians played in the
Union and Confederate armies. The collection brings together musical scores,
recordings, and photographs.
Photographs and Photography
Selected Civil War Photographs
from the Library of Congress and American Memory
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html
An outstanding collection of over 1,000 Civil War photographs that
include Union and Confederate officers, enlisted men, military personnel
and battle images. An interesting aspect of this site is a description
of the difficulties of photography and the nature of documentary photography
during the Civil War.
Images of the Civil War
http://www.treasurenet.com/images/civilwar/
This site offers select Civil War images from the National Archives.
There are photographs of abolitionists, army units, generals, surgeons,
prisoners, women, navies, and many more.
General Officers of the Civil War, a Gallery of Pictures
http://people.delphi.com/yatsuo/go_main.htm
Here's a good site if you want to see pictures of the officers of the
war. You won't find information about these people here though. The main
purpose is to give viewers a way to put a face with a name.
Recipes
Civil War Recipes
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~sirak/uscwcc/recipes.html
This page contains Civil War recipes for Sallie Lunn bread, cornbread,
cookies, raspberry jam, and pumpkin bread.
Recipes of the Civil War Era
http://www.angelfire.com/me/civilian/recipes.html
Here you'll find recipes for hardtack, sugar cookies, sausage and apples,
summer pickles, jerky, blackberry tea, and cabbage stew.
Mason-Dixon Line's Civil War Recipes
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/1369/recipes.html
These were recipes that were used by soldiers in their campsites. Hardtack,
one of the rations typically issued to soldiers, is illustrated and described.
Timelines
A Nation Divided, the U.S. Civil War 1861-1865
The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
A great timeline of Civil War events with an emphasis on the battles.
Click on the small images to enlarge photographs.
Time Line of the Civil War
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tl1861.html
A timeline of important events from 1861-1865.
This Week in the Civil War
http://www.civilweek.com/1862/nov3062.htm
Features headlines and war reports for the week during the calendar
years of the Civil War.
Women and the Civil War
Civil War Women
from Duke University, Special Collections Library
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
This is an excellent resource for pictures, letters, and stories of
the lives of women who lived during the Civil War. One of the links includes
the diary of a 10-year-old Atlanta girls who describes how the war affected
her and her family.
Uncommon Soldiers: Women During the Civil War
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/womcivwar.htm
A look at the Civil War that focuses on the women who fought and died
for their country.
CBJH CIVIL WAR BOOKS, ONLINE SOURCES AND AV MATERIALS
Look in the 973.7 section of the library for non-fiction books about the
Civil War.
For fiction, go to Search Plus on the computer and look for Civil War under
subject.
AV Civil War materials are in the Social Studies area under 973.7
For online magazine and newspaper articles, click on EBSCO and Infotrac
on the library home page.
Below are some search terms to use:
