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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Special Collections: American Civil War Manuscript Guides

For Students 9th - 10th
A large repository of letters and diaries from both Union and Confederate soldiers, homefront letters, memoirs, and contemporary research files. Includes materials from the war years, 1861-1865, as well as materials from later periods...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: William Steinway's Diary

For Students 9th - 10th
This annotated online edition of William Steinway's diary is an excellent artifact from the Civil War! You can read the diary, view the actual hand-written pages, search for keywords, learn about the Steinway Family, and view images of...