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New York Historical Society: New York Divided Slavery and the Civil War
Visit this virtual museum exhibit to learn about New York City's divided opinions about slavery before and during the Civil War. There are three themes covered: Pro-Southern City, Fighting Slavery, and Civil War. Students use a...
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Military History Online: Battle of Gettysburg
Military History Online provides a comprehensive study of the Battle of Gettysburg. Select from the left-hand toolbar for content including detailed reenactments of each battle, daily events, and much more.
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The Civil War News
The Civil War News is a monthly newspaper for people with an active interest in the Civil War today. Content includes U.S. Civil War news, reviews, and events.
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North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources: Civil War Sesquicentennial
North Carolina is rich in Civil War history. The Department of Cultural Resources has compiled this digital library of primary source documents to and from soldiers in honor of the sesquicentennial of the war.
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Center for Civil War Photography
At the online home of the Center for Civil War Photography view reproductions of Civil War photographs, enhanced digital images, and other center exhibitions. With related information about the photographic processes in use at the time...
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Bonps: Nashville, Decisive Battle of the Civil War [Pdf]
This brochure, from the Battle of Nashville Preservation Society (BONPS), offers a detailed map of the Nashville battlefield, complete with a full description of the Civil War engagement.
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Illinois State Museum: At Home in the Heartland Online
Exhibit about family life in Illinois from 1700 to the present lets visitors experience the kinds of changes that an environment can undergo over several hundred years. Uses historical narratives, images of objects, timelines, maps, and...
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U.s. Centennial of Flight Commission: Balloons in the American Civil War
What role did hot air balloons play in the Civil War? This comprehensive article answers that question and gives specific examples of their use by both the Union and Confederate troops.
University of Maryland
Department of History: Freedmen and Southern Society Project
Collection of primary documents that depict the social revolution and drama of the Emancipation in the words of the participants. Includes the voices of liberated slaves and defeated slaveholders, soldiers and civilians, common folk and...
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Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy: Civil War Diplomacy
An article by noted historian, Kinley Brauer, discusses the role of foreign policy for both the North and the South in the Civil War. An interesting, and often forgotten, aspect of the war.
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Civil War Diplomacy: Cotton Diplomacy
Read about the Confederacy's attempt to manipulate the supply of cotton to England in an attempt to gain England's support of its war effort. Written by Kinley Brauer, noted historian.
University of Oklahoma
Chronology of u.s. Historical Documents: The Emancipation Proclamation 1864
Here you can find the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln in September 1862, and passed into law on January 1, 1863.
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The Story of the Us Told in 141 Maps
This collection of United States maps includes a year-by-year. Beginning from the Declaration of Independence and extending to present-day, students will learn explore and interact with these maps that change year-by-year.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address
This is the text of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, "The Gettysburg Address," delivered November 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This page also offers audio readings by six famous people: Johnny Cash, Jeff Daniels, Jim Getty,...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Reconstruction State by State
Select any US state to learn about how the Civil War affected the agriculture and economy of that state.
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Kentucky Historical Society: Kentucky Military Treasures
A collection of personal stories, illustrated with artifacts, documents, and photographs, that exemplifies the military experiences of Kentuckians in America's wars, beginning with the War of 1812. Requires Adobe Flash.
Digital History
Digital History: Children and the Civil War
Digital History tells the story of children's lives during the Civil War through their own words. The eight sections are titled: Child Soldiers, Conditions in the Contraband Camps, The Southern Homefront, the Northern Homefront, Near the...
Northern Illinois University
Illinois Historical Digitization Projects: Illinois During the Civil War
What a find! Watch videos, read essays, and find first-person accounts of the Civil War in relation to Illinois. Although no battles were fought there, the state contributed many regiments.
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Collection: Brief History of n.c. Civil War Currency
This site explains the history of North Carolina and Confederate money during the Civil War Period.
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Newseum: War Stories
What is it like to be a war correspondent? This is an exhibit from the Newseum that explores what goes into the reporting of covering a war. Discusses the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and...
US National Archives
Nara: The Emancipation Proclamation
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides an elaborate overview of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Content includes detailed background information behind the document, photos of the original...
Rutgers University
Digital Archive of New Jersey History: New Jersey in the Civil War
Lesson plans that use primary sources to teach the role of New Jersey in the Civil War. Plans tie literature with history and provide opportunities for many learning styles.
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Historical Scene Investigation: Children of the Civil War
Students analyze engaging documents written by children of the Civil War. After studying the documents, they are to complete various tasks as if they were there.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: The Death of John Wilkes Booth, 1865
A detailed description of Booth's flight from the scene of the assassination of Lincoln, and Booth's eventual death. Includes an eyewitness account.