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CIVIL WAR
A pathfinder for reports on the war between the states



Battles

Websites
Battles, Battlefields and Historic Sites
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/battles.htm
United States Civil War Center Battles
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/battles.htm
The Campaign for Vicksburg, 1863
http://www.nps.gov/vick/vcmpgn/vcmpgn.htm
The Siege of Vicksburg, May 18-July4, 1863
http://www.civilwarhome.com/siegeofvicksburg.htm
Gettysburg
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/gettysbg.htm
History Place--The Battle of Gettysburg
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/battle.htm
Military History Online: Gettysburg
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/gettysburg/
The Battle of Gettysburg
http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysbu.htm
The Battle of Gettysburg By Those Who Witnessed It
http://www.nps.gov/gett/getttour/voices.htm
Antietam: Battlefield Information
http://www.nps.gov/anti/battle.htm
Second Manassas--Bull Run
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va026.htm
Manassas National Battlefield--Bull Run
http://www.nps.gov/mana/home.htm
Manassas First--Bull Run
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va005.htm
The Legacy of the USS Monitor
http://home.att.net/~iron.clad/
Lincoln's secret Weapon: The Monitor
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/monitor/
The Story of the USS Monitor
http://www.mariner.org/
Monitor National Maritime Sanctuary
http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/moni.htm
CSS Virginia-Merrimack
http://cssvirginia.org/
Battle of Hampton Roads--Monitor v. Merrimack
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va008.htm
Civil War Battle Summaries By State
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm

Older Nonfiction:
The Union Victory by Dale Anderson973.7 jA
Lee VS Grant: Great Battles of the Civil War by Ruth Ashby973.7 jA
Hold the Flag High by Catherine Clinton (Battle of Morris Island, SC)973.7 jC
The Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address by Carin T. Ford973.7 jF
Grant and Lee at Appomattox by Gillian Houghton973.7 jH
Gettysburg July 1-3 1863 by Brendan January973.7 jJ
The Battle of Chattanooga by David King973.7 jK
Grierson's Raid: a Daring Cavalry Strike Through
the Heart of the Confederacy by Tom Lalicki		 973.7 jL
The Surrender at Appomattox by Tom McGowen973.7 jM
The Duel of the Ironclads by Patrick O'Brien973.7 jO
Major Battles of the Civil War by Kim A. O'Connell973.7 jO
Key Battles of the Civil War by Diane Smolinski973.7 jS
Gettysburg: the Legendary Battle and the Address
that Inspired a Nation by Shirley Tanaka		973.7 jT
Fort Sumpter: The Civil War Begins by Michael V. Uschan973.7 jU
The Assault on Fort Wagner: Black Soldiers Make
a Stand in South Carolina Battle by Wendy Vierow		973.7 jV
The Battle of Gettysburg by Wendy Vierow973.7 jV
The Capture of New Orleans: the Union Fleet Takes
Control of the Lower Mississippi River by Wendy Vierow		973.7 jV
Shots Fired at Fort Sumpter: Civil War Breaks Out!
By Wendy Vierow		973.7 jV

Soldier's Camp Life

Websites
The Hidden War-Morale in the Civil War
http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/nar/winter99/history.html
What Was Life Like For The Soldier In 1863?
http://www.nps.gov/gett/soldierlife/cwarmy.htm
Army And Home Life
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/armylife.htm
Food And Rations In The Civil War
http://members.aol.com/CintiCWRT/food.html
The Union Soldier
http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/yank.htm

Older Nonfiction:
The Soldier's Life in the Civil War by Dale Anderson973.7 jA
Yankee Blue or Rebel Gray: The Civil War Adventures of Sam Shaw by Kate Connell973.7 jC
Life Among the Soldiers and Cavalry by James A. Corrick973.7 jC
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Civil War Solider by Thomas Ratliff973.7 jR
Behind the Blue and the Gray: a Soldier's Life During the Civil War by Delia Ray973.7 jR
The Men Who Fought the Civil War by Linda Wade973.7 jW

Civil War Uniforms

Websites:
The Confederate Soldier
http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/reb.htm
The Union Soldier
http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/yank.htm
The Civil War Uniforms and Acouterments
http://extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu/olustee/uniforms/uniforms.html
Uniforms
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/uniforms.htm
Uniforms and Dress
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/cwinfo3.htm#Uniforms
Confederate General's Uniforms
http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/confgen.html
Union General's Uniforms
http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/uniongen.html

Older Nonfiction:
Johnny Reb: The Uniform of the Confederate Army by Les Jensen973.7 jJ
Billy Yank: The Uniform of the Union Army by Michael McAfee973.7 jM

Adult Nonfiction:
Uniforms of the Civil War in Color by Phillip J. Haythornwaite355.1409 HAY
Civil War Uniforms: a Photo Guide by Phillip Katcher355.14 KAT
Uniforms of the Civil War by Francis Alfred Lord 355.14 L884u
Uniforms of the Civil War by Ron FieldOversize 355.14 FIE

Soldier's Weapons and Equipment

Websites:
Civil War Small Arms
http://www.nps.gov/gett/soldierlife/webguns.htm
Selected Arms and Equipment of the United States and Confederate Forces
http://www.althist.com/armsof.htm
The American Civil War: Small Arms
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/smllarms.htm
Equipment of the Infantr height="35"yman
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/1163/equip.html
The Soldier's Life: Training
http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/soldier.html
Ammunition
http://www.cwartillery.org/artammo.html
The Civil War Artillery Page: The Weapons
http://www.cwartillery.org/artequip.html
Civil War Weapons
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarweapons.htm
Espionage
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/links9.htm#Espionage
Clothesline Telegraph
http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/clothesline.html

Older Nonfiction:
Mines and Minie Balls: Weapons of the Civil War by Jean F. Blashfield623.4 jB
Horse Soldiers: Cavalry During the Civil War by Jean Blashfield793.7 jB
Fury on Horseback by Ruth Ashby973.7 jA
Confederate Artillerymen of the Civil War by Phillip Katcher973.7 jK
Terrible Swift Sword, Union Artillery Cavalry, and Infantry, 1861-1865
by John Langellier		973.7 jL
The Cavalry During the Civil War by Michael V. Uschan973.7 jU
Confederate Cavalrymen of the Civil War by John Langellier973.74 jL
Confederate Infantrymen of the Civil War by John Langellier973.74 jL
Union Cavalrymen of the Civil War by John Langellier973.74 jL
Union Infantrymen of the Civil War by John Langellier973.74 jL
Sharpshooters of the Civil War by John Langellier973.74 jL
Weapons and Strategies of the Civil War by Suzanne Lieurance973.7 jL
Weapons of War by Gail Stewart973.7 jS

Adult Nonfiction:
Civil War Weapons and Equipment by Russ A. Pritchard973.7 PRI


Women in the Civil War

Websites
Women and the American Civil War
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/civilwar/
Women in the Civil War
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/women.htm
Civil War Women
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html
Civil War Women: Online archival collection, Duke University
http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
Clara Barton: Angle of the Battlefield
http://www.nps.gov/anti/clara.htm
A Woman's Work
http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/yank.htm
Women in Uniform in the Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/womeninuniform.htm
Women Were There
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html
Women of the Civil War
http://americancivilwar.com/women/women.html

Older Nonfiction
Outrageous Women of Civil War Times by Mary Furbee920 jF
Elizabeth Van Lew: Civil War Spy by Heidi Schoof921 jV Van
Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War by Peggy Caravantes973.7 jC
Daring Women of the Civil War by Carin T. Ford973.7 jF
Women Civil War Spies of the Union by Lois Sakany973.7 jS
Voices from the Civil War: Women and Families973.7 jW

Slavery

Websites
Lives of African-American Slaves in Carolina
http://www.sciway.net/hist/chicora/slavery18-3.html
Understanding Slavery
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/
Slavery
http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-slavery.html
The Southern Plantation
http://www.civilwarhome.com/plantation.htm
Slavery and Emancipation
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/slavery.htm
The African Diaspora: Slave Revolts
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/DIASPORA/REBEL.HTM

Older Nonfiction
The African-American Slave Trade by R. G. Grant973 jG
The Abolitionist Movement by Elaine Landau973 jL
Timeline of the Slave Trade in American by Randy Littlejohn973 jL
Voices from the Civil War: Slaves973 jS
The Slave Trade in Early America by Kristin Thoennes Keller973 jT
Lincoln, Slavery, and the Emancipation Proclamation by Carin T. Ford973.7 jF
Slavery and the Underground Railroad by Carin T. Ford973.7 jF
Many Thousands Gone: African-Americans From Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton973.7 jH
A Timeline of the Slave Trade in America by Randy Littlejohn973.7 jL
Slavery, Emancipation and the Civil War by Kim A. O'Connell973.7 jO
The Abolition of American Slavery by James Tackash973.7 jT
Into the Land of Freedom: African-Americans in Reconstruction by Meg Greene973.8 jG


African American Soldiers

Websites
Colored Troops: The Sable Arm
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/colored.htm
"Contr height="35"abands of War"
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html
Blacks in the Union Army of Tennessee (1861-66)
http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/BlacKs.htm
United States Colored Troops--Civil War
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/usct.htm
Black Spies
http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/blackspies.html

Older Nonfiction
Slaves to Soldiers: African-American Fighting Men in the Civil War by Wallace B. Black973.7jB
The Massachusetts 54th: African-American Soldiers of the Union by Gina DeAngelis973.7 jD
African-American Soldiers in the Civil War by Carin T. Ford973.7 jF
Black, Blue and Gray: African-Americans in the Civil War by James Haskins973.3 jH
Till Victory is Won: Black Soldiers in the Civil War by Zak Mettger973.7 jM
Civil War Soldiers: African American Soldiers by Catherine Reef973.7 jR

Prisons and Prison Life

Websites
Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/11andersonville/11andersonville.htm
Prisons and Prisoners
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/prisons.htm
Civil War Prisons
http://www.censusdiggins.com/civil_war_prisons.html
Civil War Prisons
http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/prison.html
Civil War Prisons and Prisoners
http://www.civilwarhome.com/prisonsandprisoners.htm
West Tennessee Unionist in Andersonville Prison
http://www.stkusers.com/lindas/history.html
Alton in the Civil War
http://www.altonweb.com/history/civilwar/confed/index.html

Older Nonfiction
Andersonville: a Civil War Tragedy by Linda R. Wade973.7 jW
Prison Camps of the Civil War by Linda R. Wade973.7 jW

Hospitals and Medical Care

Websites
Medicine and Hospitals
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/medicine.htm
Civil War Era Confederate Brigade Field Hospital
http://home.nc.rr.com/fieldhospcsa/
Civil War Medicine
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm
Civil War Related links: Medicine
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/links8.htm#med
Civil War Medicine
http://www.powerweb.net/bbock/war/index.html
American Civil War: Medical Links
http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/index.cfm
University of Toledo: Medicine in the Civil War
http://www.cl.utoledo.edu/canaday/quackery/quack8.html
Civil War Medicine
http://www.powerweb.net/bbock/war/

Older Nonfiction:
Clara Barton, Healing the Wounds921jB Barton
The Diary of Susie King Taylor, Civil War Nurse921jT Taylor
Civil War Medicine by C. Keith Wagner973.7 jW

Adult Nonfiction:
In Hospital and Camp: The Civil War through the Eyes of its Doctors and Nurses973.775 STR

The Underground Railroad

Websites
The Underground Railroad
http://www.bjmjr.com/ugrr/index.htm
Underground Railroad
http://www.42explore2.com/undergrd.htm
Naional Geographic Online: The Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
The Time of the Lincolns: The Underground Railroad
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/slavery/es_underground.html
The Underground Railroad Table of Contents
http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/contents.htm

Older Nonfiction
Underground Railroad for Kids by Mary Kay Carson973.7 jC
Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves by Dennis Fradin973.7 jF
The Underground Railroad by Wade Hudson973.7jH
Underground Railroad: Bring Slaves North to Freedom by Judy Monroe973.7 jM
The Underground Railroad by Alan J. Pierce973.7 jP
Escape to Freedom by Barbara Brooks Simon973.7 jS
The Underground Railroad: a Primary Source History of the Journey to Freedom by Philip Wolny973.7 jW

Life on the Homefront

Websites
Civil War Related Web Links: Homefront
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/links12.htm#Homefront
Civil War Related Web Links: The Draft
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/links9.htm#Draft
Difficulties on the Homefront: Civil War Makeshifts
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/200-299/nb297.htm
The Homefront in the Civil War
http://www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/ct1818_1865/homecivilwar.htm
Hearts at Home: Southern Women in the Civil War
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/hearts/
The Union Draft
http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/usdraft.html
The Confederate Draft
http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/condraft.html
Conscription--Military Draft--in the Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/conscription.htm
Music of the Civil War
http://mariah.stonemarche.org/livhis/music.htm

Older Nonfiction
Civil War Recipes by Lynne George513.2 jG
Addy's Cookbook: A Peek at Cooking in the Past641.5 jA
Southern Plantation Cooking by Mary Gunderson641.59 jG
Civil War Cooking: The Confederacy by Susan Dosier641.59 jD
Civil War Cooking: The Union by Susan Dosier641.59 jD
The Home Fronts in the Civil War by Dale Anderson973.7 jA
Life Goes On: The Civil War at Home 1861-1865 by James Arnold973.7 jA
Growing Up in the Civil War 1861-1865 by Duane Damon973.7 jD
Going to School During the Civil War: The Union by Kerry A. Graves973.7 jG
Welcome to Addy's World: Growing Up During America's Civil War by Susan Sinot973.7 jS
The Great Civil War Draft Riots by Deborah Kent974.71 jK

General Civil War Sites

Websites
The America Civil War Home Page
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Dakota State University: The American Civil War
http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
The United States Civil War Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
Civil War Potpourri
http://www.civilwarhome.com/potpourr.htm
Timeline of the Civil War
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html
Gettysburg National Military Park's Civil War Page For kids
http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/kidzindex.htm
Thinkquest: The U.S. Civil War
http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/?tqskip1=1
History Place: The U. S. Civil War, 1861-1865
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
America's Civil War
http://www.fredericksburg.com/CivilWar/index_html
Civil War Image Maps
http://homepage.floodcity.net/users/mastdog/states.html
U. S. Civil War Generals
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/generals.html
Illinois in the Civil War
http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/

Older Nonfiction
The Civil War: Literature Units, Projects and Activities by Janet Cassidy372.8 jC
Civil War (Hands-on History) by Michael Gravois372.8 jG
Voices of the American Civil War: Stories of Men, Women and Children Who Lived Through the War Between the States by Kendall Haven372.8 jH
How to Draw the Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln by Roderic Schmidt743 jS
Songs and Stories of the Civil War by Jerry Silverman784.6 jS
Civil War Ghosts808.83 jC
Brother Against Brother: Stories of the War Between the States by Phyllis R. Fenner808.83 jF
Abraham Lincoln: A Man for All People by Myra Cohn Livingston811 jL
The Causes of the Civil War by Dale Anderson973.7 jA
The Civil War in the East by Dale Anderson973.7 jA
The Civil War at Sea by Dale Anderson973.7 jA
The Civil War in the West by Dale Anderson973.7 jA
Photo by Brady: a Picture of the Civil War by Jennifer Armstrong973.7 jA
This Unhappy Country: The Turn of the Civil War 1863 by James Arnold973.7 jA
Extraordinary People by Ruth Ashby973.7 jA
Civil War A to Z: Norm Bolotin973.7 jB
The Civil War: an Illustrated History by Catherine Clinton973.7 jC
Your Travel Guide to Civil War America by Nancy Day973.7 jD
The American Civil War: An Overview by Carin T. Ford973.7 jF
Ghosts of the Civil War by Cheryl Harness973.7 jH
The Story of the H.L. Hunley and Queenie's Coin by Fran Hawk973.7 jH
Civil War for Kids: a History with 21 Activities by Janis Herbert973.7 jH
The People at the Center of the Civil War by Christopher Hughes973.7 jH
Causes of the Civil War by Alison Imbriaco973.7 jI
Famous Confederate Generals and Leaders of the Civil War by Pat McCarthy973.7 jM
Famous Union Generals and Leaders of the Civil War by Pat McCarthy973.7 jM
Primary Source Accounts of the American Civil War by Archie P. MacDonald973.7 jM
Why Fight? The Causes of the American Civil War by Corinne J. Naden973.7 jN
Secession: The Southern States Leave the Union by Judith Peacock973.7 jP
The Civil War by Georgene Poulakidas973.7 jP
United No More! Stories of the Civil War by Doreen Rappaport973.7 jR
Visual Dictionary of the Civil War by John E. Stanchak973.7 jS
The Crisis of the Union 1815-1865 by George Stanley973.7 jS
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine by Sally M. Walker973.7 jW
The Gettysburg National Military Park by Karen Warrick973.7 jW
When Johnny Went Marching: Young Americans Fight the Civil War by G. Clifton Whisler973.7 jW
Reconstruction and Aftermath of the Civil War by Lisa Harkrader973.8 jH