Civil War Sites of Interest
The following lesson plan for an upper elementary unit on the Civil War contains links to other Internet sites that can provide valuable cross-curricular materials for you and your students.
This site is dedicated to the memory of the gallant and too often unknown sailors and marines of the War For Southern Independence.
For those of you who like a ghosts, this site not only covers a little history but has pictures of Civil War ghosts (shiver)!
The Civil War Library and Museum was created more than 100 years ago to preserve the history of that great conflict and to promote public education.
This site contains everything from fife tunes to song lyrics to photographs of Civil War bands that we have gathered.
Camp Ford was the largest Confederate Prisoner of War Camp west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War.
The web resource for information on medical, surgical, dental, apothecary, and bloodletting antiques!
Excellent site offering a recap of activities from the Civil War reported on a weekly basis.
Comprehensive review of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Welcome to the "Civil War in Missouri Resources and Links" website which we hope will become a focal point for anyone interested in the Civil War in MO.
The manuscripts include letters and diaries from both Union and Confederate soldiers, homefront letters, memoirs, and contemporary research files.
This site is dedicated to the preservation of Confederate History.
Comprehensive list of FAQ's regarding the Civil War. Great for students and educators.
The Museum and The White House of the Confederacy, "perhaps the finest Civil war museum in the country," according to The Chicago Tribune.
Fort deRussy is located on the south bank of the old Red River Channel north of Marksville, LA, in the river's closest bend towards Marksville.
Links to Civil War archives
Civil War studies and programs.
This site highlights the Civil War collections held by the VMI Archives, and presents many manuscripts and featured topics in full text format.
Poetry and music from the Civil War.
Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection from the University of Georgia.
Manuscript sources in the Special Collections Library at Duke University.
A site devoted to the history and heritage of the American Civil War in and around the City of Charleston, SC.
Welcome to your resource for everything related to bugling during the American Civil War!
The Macon County Chamber of commerce is proud to provide you with the ability to research information about prisoners who were held captive at Andersonville.
The Valley of the Shadow Project takes two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the experience of the American Civil War.
Hoosiers in the Civil War, Indiana Civil War heritage, operated by Craig Dunn.
The only annual poetry competition dedicated to highlighted talented poets writing about history, in particular the American Civil War. Entry fee. Deadline: September 15 each year.
Dedicated to the civil war, but incomplete.
On March 23, 1861, a convention of Tucson citizens denounced the North and asked the Confederacy to extend to AZ "the protection necessary to the proper development and advancement of the Territory".
Reviews New Mexico's role in the war with an emphasis on the Nuevo Mexicano.
Site devoted to Michigan's role in the Civil War.
This site reviews the origins of the Underground Railroad and the organization and operations of the Underground Railroad.
The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War. Teaching activities, historical documents, and photographs explore the issues of emancipation and military service.
Collection of links to primary documents from the period of the secession crisis with the goal of shedding light on the causes of secession.
A web page dedicated to the proper rememberance of the Confederacy.
An ongoing resource page into the costliest war in American history. Find bios of major generals in the war, pages on reconstruction, black soldiers, secession crisis, links to other sites.
A photographic tour of Gettysburg and other sites, with Rufus as guide.
A prison camp for Confederate prisoners of war built at Point Lookout, Md., on the tip of the peninsula where the Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay.
Artist Drawings of Alabama Sites
If you are have an interest or relation to Louisiana troops then you have heard of Camp Moore from letters or diaries.
The Civil War and how it all began in the first place.
This is a discussion group site for historians, genealogists, educators and authors to discuss Alabama's participation in the American Civil War.
This is a discussion group site for historians, genealogists, educators and authors to discuss Texas' participation in the American Civil War.
Medicine in the American Civil War, particularly focused on the oft-maligned Civil War surgeon.
Information about the CSS (Confederate States Steamer) ALABAMA, Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes, and Archaeological Project.
Norwich, Connecticut during the civil war and other related Civil War topics
Jews in the Civil War. It also has one of the Web's largest Civil War clip-art sites - most of the images on this site came from this here.
Civil War links with a great deal of unit information
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Last Modified: November, 2001