Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Alabama and the Civil War
Encyclopedia entries of the significant people, places, and events that occurred in Alabama during the Civil War and the period immediately following, including the Battle of Mobile Bay and Confederate naval operations in the state.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Blockade Running in the Civil War
The Confederacy's tactics of blockade runners in the Civil War are explained in this brief report.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Civil War in Alabama
The Civil War in Alabama destroyed much of the state, but one thing was achieved - strengthening the convictions of those who fought so hard to protect the Confederacy as portrayed in this synopsis.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Streight's Raid
Union Colonel Abel Streight led a poorly prepared army into the hands of Confederate General Nathan Forrest in spring of 1863. The events leading to this unsuccessful raid are presented in this narrative.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Did You Hear the News?
After studying about the differences between the North and South prior to the Civil War and how Alabama decided to secede from the Union, learners will write a newspaper article on this important decision. They will go back in time and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Collaborative Project on the Civil War
During this lesson two or more schools will work together using distance learning to investigate and share their community's involvement in the Civil War.