Smithsonian Institution
Civil War@smithsonian: Le Mat Revolver
Photo and description of the LeMat revolver, which was a popular sidearm used by soldiers of both the Union and Confederacy.
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: Charles Dudley Warner, "The Story of Uncle Tom's Cabin"
This University of Virginia Library site provides the full text of Charles Dudley Warner's 1896 essay on Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin". It includes the history of the secession crisis.
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National Park Service: Cwsac: Civil War Battle Summaries: Appomattox Court House
A brief description of Lee's attempts to escape at Appomattox Court House and his eventual surrender.
Other
Military History Online: The Wheatfield
This article analyzes the battle fought in The Wheatfield, a small rocky slope on the southern half of the Gettysburg battlefield.
Library of Congress
Loc: Walt Whitman and Civil War
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, gives information on Whitman's notebooks kept during the Civil War. Image of Whitman available from this site.
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23rd Ovi Color Guard
Provides links about Ohio during the Civil War. Includes information about infantry, artillery, cavalry, prisons, etc.
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American Women in Uniform: Civil War Women: Women Were There
Use this site to find out the roles women had during the Civil War. Also read some remarkable stories of women who were actually on the battlefield.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Battle of Gettysburg
Drawing of the fighting at Gettysburg.