- PBS: The Civil War
Companion site for the 1990 PBS documentary created by Ken Burns. Includes information about the American Civil War, the creation of the series, and teaching suggestions.
www.pbs.org/civilwar
- History Place: The U.S. Civil War 1861-1865
Chronological overview of the American Civil War, including major political events and battles as well as photos, engravings, and other primary sources.
www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
- Trent Affair (6)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Civil_War__1861_1865_/Trent_Affair
- HarpWeek: The Civil War Era (1857-1865)
Electronic index of Civil War Era history, literature, advertising, society, and culture, as found in the publication Harper's Weekly.
www.civilwarliterature.com
- Great Locomotive Chase (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Civil_War__1861_1865_/Great_Locomotive_Chase
- Trial of Captain Henry Wirz
Commandant of Andersonville Prison, 1865.
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/wirz/wirz.htm
- Mike's Civil War
Features artifacts from the American Civil War.
www.mikescivilwar.com
- History.com: The American Civil War
Learn about the American Civil War, the culmination of four decades of intense sectional conflict that reflected deep-seated economic, social, and political differences between the North and the South.
www.history.com/minisites/civilwar
- Sultana Disaster@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Maritime_History/Sultana_Disaster
- Rosters and Military Sources
Comprehensive resource for the Civil War.
jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/rosters/rosters.html
- Civil War Mysteries: Home of the Unknowns
Provides descendants, collectors, historians, and archivists, etc. an avenue for posting unidentified photographs of Civil War soldiers for possible identification.
www.civilwarmysteries.com
- Scartoons: Racial Satire and the U.S. Civil War
Explores visual satire as employed in the Civil War years.
xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/scartoons/cartoons.html
- Civil War Academy
Features a wide variety of information about the U.S. Civil War. Includes sections on weapons, food, battles, soldiers and uniforms, music, artillery, flags, and more.
www.civilwaracademy.com
- American Civil War Collections
From the Electronic Text Center at UVA. Includes contemporary letters and newspaper articles as well as modern texts and student projects.
etext.virginia.edu/civilwar
- Time of the Lincolns, The
Film examining the Lincolns' personal history, slavery and freedom, and the Civil War.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns
- Freedmen and Southern Society Project
Books and documents concerning the history of emancipation during the American Civil War.
www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen
- National Park Service: The American Civil War
Official National Park Service Civil War website, offering a history of the war, museum exhibits, links to national parks and battlefields, and information on the sesquicentennial of the war (2011-2015).
cwar.nps.gov/civilwar
- Civil War Series
www.wtj.com/pl/pages/civilwar.htm
- Bob Koch's U. S. Civil War Site
Civil War photographs, current and 19th Century, concerning the Army of Northern Virginia.
www.usa-civil-war.com
- Images of the Civil War
Pictures of army and navy life, battles, generals, abolitionists, Lincoln's assassination, and more.
www.treasurenet.com/images/civilwar
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