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McGill University

Mc Gill University: Collection of Lincolniana

For Students 9th - 10th
Click Enter to find a world of Lincolniana! Start with the Virtual Exhibit that offers collections of manuscripts on Lincoln, the Man, the Civil War, Slavery & Emancipation, Assassination & Death, Trial & Execution of the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband, Spies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With this lesson, a collection of primary texts, including diaries, letters, and photographs help young scholars understand how women were affected by the Civil War. Students will explore, through reading a collection of documents, the...
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Other

The Civil War Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Anything that one might need to research or understand the American Civil War can be found on this huge web site! Photo and text database, official records and maps, battles, research pages, and much more can be found in this expansive...
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Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Letters About the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Get some first-hand information about a soldier's life during the Civil War from this large collection of letters, most of which were written by Confederate Soldiers. There is also a diary written by a member of the 20th Indiana Regiment...
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Duke University

Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture: Civil War Women

For Students 9th - 10th
An absolute find in your search for information on women's roles during the Civil War. Resources too numerous to list-- find diaries, letters, documents, and photographs. Of particular note, see the Carrie Berry Diary: "passages from the...
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Other

Civil War Letters: Letters From an Iowa Soldier in the American Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Students read letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Civil War Soldier in Wild Cat Regiment: Tilton Reynolds Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided by the Library of Congress. Through this collection of primary documents telling of the Civil War experience of Captain Tilton C. Reynolds, a member of the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, you can find out...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Civil War at the Smithsonian

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is produced by the National Portrait Gallery and is dedicated to examining the Civil War through the Smithsonian extensive collections. Contains many primary source exhibits such as diaries and portraits, focusing mostly on the...
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Duke University

Civil War Women: Online Archival Collections

For Students 3rd - 8th
A Special Collection from Duke University. The site contains original source documents and further Internet resources about women during the Civil War.