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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: Maps of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1863)

For Students 9th - 10th
Battlefield map of the Battle of Gettysburg depicts troop movement of the Union and Confederate Armies in the fight for Culps Hill on July 3, 1863.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Working to Save America's Battlefields

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This site is dedicated to saving American battlefields. It provides videos of Civil War battlefields including Bull Run and Manassas, animated Revolutionary War maps, and video of the life of Ulysses Grant.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: Maps of Perryville, Kentucky (1862) the Battle of Perryville

For Students 9th - 10th
Full colorful map for Perryville, Kentucky depicts the Civil War battle there in 1862 when General Braxton Bragg and his Confederate Army invaded Kentucky.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of President Abraham Lincoln.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Ulysses S. Grant

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Ulysses S. Grant summarizes essential events of his military career.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Frederick Douglass is shared on this site. Links provide related lesson plans, connected texts, and content about other abolitionists.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: North and South: Different Cultures, Same Country

For Students 9th - 10th
The Civil War that raged across the nation from 1861 to 1865 was the violent conclusion to decades of diversification. Gradually, throughout the beginning of the nineteenth century, the North and South followed different paths,...
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Robert Anderson

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Major Robert Anderson, who had command of Fort Sumter at the start of the Civil War.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Sarah Emma Edmonds: Private

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical profile of Sarah Edmonds who disguised herself as a man to serve in the Union army.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Nathan Bedford Forrest

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: David G. Farragut

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of David G. Farragut covers all the essential elements of his career as a Union naval commander during the Civil War.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Sarah Rosetta Wakeman: Private

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical profile on Private Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Civil War.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: P. G. T. Beauregard

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Irvin Mc Dowell

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Major General Irvin McDowell.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: Photographs: Shiloh

For Students 9th - 10th
Annotated slideshow of the memorials erected at Shiloh to commemorate the Union and Confederate dead.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: Photography: Cold Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
Annotated photo gallery of the Cold Harbor battleground, now a memorial to the soldiers who lost their lives there.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Mathew Brady: Photographer

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of photographer Mathew Brady.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Loreta Janeta Velazquez: Lieutenant

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Lieutenant Loreta Janeta Velazquez, a woman who served in the Confederate army disguised as a man.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Alexander Gardner: Photographer

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: John Clem: Drummer Boy of Chickamauga

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of a boy soldier of the Civil War, John Clem, who went on to have a lifelong career in the U.S. military.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Susie (Baker) King Taylor

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a PowerPoint resource that gives factual account of Susie King Taylor's life and involvement in the Civil War.