History - Civil War

The American Civil War (http://www.americancivilwar.com) (5th and up)
Part of "The Civil War Network," this site offers a state by state description of the major battles of the Civil War, a timeline, and personal stories of people involved.

The American Civil War Homepage (http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/)  
(7th and up)
A huge list of links including images, music, battles, diaries, documents and more.

America's Story: The Civil War, 1860-1865 (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil) (5th and up)
Take a trip back to the Civil War era, with the Library of Congress as your guide.

The Civil War (http://www.civilwar.com/) (5th and up)
Another source for battles, timelines, music, and primary documents about the American Civil War.

Civil War Links (http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/ligon/links/civil_war.htm) (5th and up)
Hosted by North Carolina State University, this list of links includes music, medicine, pictures, and flags.

Freedmen and Southern Society Project (http://www.inform.umd.edu/ARHU/Depts/History/Freedman/home.html) (7th and up)
Check out sample primary documents from these four volumes: Free at Last: A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, and the Civil War, Slaves No More: Three Essays on Emancipation and the Civil War, Families and Freedom: A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era, and Freedom's Soldiers: The Black Military Experience in the Civil War.

Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html) (6th and up)
Come and see!  These photographs, maintained by the Library's National Digital Library Program, are primary sources.

Three Days at Gettysburg (http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/EMS/Gettysburg/Gettysburg.html)
(7th and up)
July 1-3, 1863, has been called " the turning point of the civil war and the rebirth of a nation." Visit this site for well-documented information and photos of this crucial time period.

Valley of the Shadow (http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/choosepart.html)  
(7th and up)
This outstanding site takes a look at two communities, one from the north and one from the south through the eve of the War, or the War Years.  Find transcriptions of thousands of primary source material --battle maps, letters, diaries, newspapers, images, military records, public records and church records.