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This category lists pages and sites that provide information about the Civil War (1861-1865), the bloodiest war fought on American soil.
http://spartacus-educational.com/USAcivilwarC.htm
British site includes articles about major battles, political and military figures, writers, artists, photographers, the role of women, issues, and Lincoln's assassination. Also features a chronology of the war.
http://www.civilwar.com/
Presents information about the battles and soldiers, as well as an array of photographs and links.
https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Gods-and-Generals
Features General "Stonewall" Jackson and the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Includes primary source materials
http://civilwar.lib.niu.edu/
Although no battles took place in Illinois, the state's residents still shaped the Civil War's course and felt its effects. Includes letters, diaries, and reminiscences of Union soldiers, as well as other materials from the home front.
http://civil.war-letters.com/
Letters between soldiers and their loved ones provide first person and eye-witness accounts of war, covering both the macro and micro scale of the conflict.
http://www.civilwarletters.com/
Part of a collection of letters written by Newton Robert Scott, Private, Company A, of the 36th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers, during the American Civil War. Most were written to the woman he would later marry.
http://www.quia.com/mc/97.html
Match the squares in this review game.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Library of Congress site provides searchable database of more than 1,100 photographs. Also tells what it was like to be a photographer in the Civil War and provides a timeline of the conflict.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm
Includes timeline, graphs, maps, biographies of Civil War leaders, and printable activity sheets.
http://pbs.org/civilwar
Includes images, maps, biographies, historical documents, bibliography, related links, fact page and section for educators.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
An easy-to-use American Civil War timeline with many original photographs and interesting quotes.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lincolns/
Follow a foot soldier into battle, browse through historic photographs, re-live the battle of Vicksburg, and explore the role African-Americans played in the Civil War. From the PBS series American Experience.
http://www.awesomestories.com/history/civil-war
Experience a photographic overview of the US Civil War by taking a guided virtual trip to America's national archives.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook27.asp
Links to primary sources available on-line.
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