Civil War

Battle graphic from Civil War

The War between the States

The Feltwell Elementary School 5th grade classes have been given the following task "The new publishers of the 5th grade Social Studies textbook are meeting to discuss leaving out the chapter on the Civil War. It is our (students) job to provide the committee with supporting evidence on whether they should leave the chapter out or put it in." The students are to chose a topic of their choice, research it, and report back to the committee with facts that support their conclusion. They should have a basic understanding of the main causes of the American Civil War(1861-1865) and some of the basic outcomes. The final reports were to take various forms -- oral report, web page, video, Power Point, etc.
There are hundreds of Internet sites on this important event in American History. The following list was done by the Library Information staff to give students a start in the research for this project. The list is arranged alphabetbically by topics suggested by the teachers. Judy Hersey, Library Information Specialist, March 2001.

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African American Troops

Blacks in the Union Army of Tennessee (1861-1866) --- http://picard.tnstate.edu/~library/digital/BlacKs.htm
Bond, John Robert, a native of Liverpool, England and of African and Irish ancestry, United States Navy May 1863 --- http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/sailors_index.html
Colored Troops and Refugees at Camp Nelson, Kentucky --- http://www.campnelson.org/colored/
First Kansas (Colored) Volunteer Infantry Regiment --- http://www.nps.gov/fosc/black.htm
The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War --- http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/usct/home.html
The First Black Soldiers -- (Extracted from "Army Life in a Black Regiment" ) --- http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/soldiers.htm
History of the United States Colored Troops --- http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/hisusct.htm
History on Kentucky's U.S. Colored Troops --- http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/ky_his.htm
United States Colored Troops: The Civil War --- http://www.bjmjr.com/civwar/usct.htm

Battles

Children

Articles from children's magazines published in the north during the Civil War --
http://www.cw-book-news.com/release%20info/Spring-99/lessons.html
How boys were involved during the Civil War -- http://www.civilwarhome.com/boysinwar.htm

Clothing

Online shop where re-enactors can purchase clothing and assessories. Has pictures --- http://64.77.121.220/html/index.html
Refers to several books on clothing of the Civil War that can be purchased, has some pictures that show examples of typical clothing. --- http://www.victoriana.com/HouseOfYork/

Famous People

Flags

Battle Flags of the Confederacy --- http://freeweb.pdq.net/flags/index.htm
Flags of the Civil War -- Flags were symbols of both the Union and Confederate States. --- http://www.nps.gov/pete/mahan/teachingtoolflags.html
Symbols in Battle: Civil War Flags in the NPS Collection (flags of Appottomax, Ford's Theater,
Fort Sumter, Fort Pulaski, Manasas, Gettysburg, Richmond, Stones River, Kennesaw ---
http://www.cr.nps.gov/csd/exhibits/flags/index.htm
U.S. Civil War Flag --- http://www.icss.com/usflag/civil.war.flag.html
C.S.S. Virginia --- http://cssvirginia.org/

Food

Describes Hard Tack and why it was important during the war, includes recipe -- http://ci.alexandria.va.us/oha/fortward/fw-k2.html

Generals

Gives biographies of 7 Civil War generals, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas"Stonewall" Jackson, George McClellan, J.E.B. Stuart, William Tecumseh Sherman,George Pickett --- http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/generals.html

Letters Home and Diaries

This site reflects women's lives and experiences during the Civil War, includes diaries -- http://www.inetlibrary.com/frame.html?table=library&id=9328
The American Civil War: Letters, Diaries, and Memoirs --- http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/diaries.htm
Lettersa and Diaries from the Civil War --- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/library/letters/letters.cfm
Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War: Letters written by Newton Scott --- http://www.civilwarletters.com/letters_toc.html
Love letters of the Civil War ---http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/

Medical Practices

An Account of the Confederate Surgeon --- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/csasurgeons.cfm
Caring for the Men -- an excellent history of Civil War medicine --- http://www.civilwarhome.com/medicinehistory.htm
Civil War Dentistry: A Brief Look --- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/dentistry.cfm
Civil War MedicineTerminology http://www.nps.gov/cgi-bin/intercept?http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/medterm.htm
Civil War Medicine: The "Medical Middle Ages"--- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/articles/9904/medicine.cfm
Civil War Battlefield Surgery: A Description of Civil War Field Surgery
http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/amputations.cfm
Confederate Medical Department --- http://www.civilwarhome.com/confederatemedical.htm
Common Civil War Medical Terms --- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/commonterms.cfm
Information on the Confederate Medical Department --- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/csa-info.cfm
Introduction to Civil War Medicine --- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/introduction.cfm
Medical Care, Battle Wounds, and Disease --- http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicine.htm
Sanitary Commission --The history of the Sanitary Commission. An organization that was to do what the Government could not. --- http://www.civilwarhome.com/sanitarycommission.htm
Union Army Ambulance Corps -- Ever thought about how the wounded got off the battlefield? Might want to take a look at this page. --- http://www.civilwarhome.com/ambulancecorps.htm

Music & Poetry

Confederate Poetry --- http://users.erols.com/kfraser/confederate/index.html
Music of the War --- http://users.erols.com/kfraser/music/index.html
Songs of the Civil War -- Music was an important part of a soldier's life. http://www.nps.gov/pete/mahan/teachingtoolssongs.html
Union Poetry --- http://users.erols.com/kfraser/union/index.html

Navy

The American Civil War: "Naval War" --- http://www.civilwarhome.com/navalwar.htm
The Fate of the CSS Virginia --- http://home.att.net/~iron.clad/thefateofthecssva.html
The Genesis of the Confederate Navy ---http://www.civilwarhome.com/navygenesis.htm
The History of the Submarine Hunley ---http://www.hunley.org/html/frame.htm
H. L. Hunley, Confederate Submarine --- http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-3.htm
The Hunley --- http://americanhistory.about.com/homework/americanhistory/library/weekly/aa081800a.htm
Legacy of the USS Monitor --- http://home.att.net/~iron.clad/2/legacy_of_the_uss_monitor.htm
Naval Chronology of the Civil War ---http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/civilwar.htm
The Revolutionary Union Ironclad Monitor --- http://cgi.mariner.org/cgi-bin/get_list.pl?LT=1&fld=Category&Category_mtch=B&Category=The%20Revolutionary
The United States Navy in the Civil War --- http://www.brownwaternavy.com
The U.S.S. Monitor --- http://www.brooklynonline.com/waterfront/work/monitor.html

Prison camps

Alton Prison --- http://www.altonweb.com/history/civilwar/confed/index.html
Archeology at Andersonville. Read about the prisoner-of-war camp and prison conditions of
1864-1865 --- http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/andearch.htm
Florence Stockade History --- http://home.att.net/~florencestockade/stockadehistory.htm

Soldiers' Life

Site describes the uniforms of Confederate and Union Infantryman. It can be enlarged and printed -- http://ci.alexandria.va.us/oha/fortward/fw-k1.html
Explore the lives of the soldiers who fought in the armies at Gettysburg. --- http://www.nps.gov/gett/soldierlife/soldiers.htm
Life in the Army --- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/articles/0006/camplife.cfm

Underground Railroad

Aboard the Underground Railroad --- http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/
Summary of the Underground Railroad Movement --- http://www.nps.gov/boaf/urrsum~1.htm
Underground Railroad (includes map of routes) --- http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/RAILROAD.html

Women

This site reflects women's lives and experiences during the Civil War, includes diaries --http://www.inetlibrary.com/frame.html?table=library&id=9328
Site done as a project by a Middle School class. Contains links to sites on women. ---http://www.winslow-jhs.u52.k12.me.us/jperry/civilwar.htm
Writing Reports on Women in the Civil War -- A webpage of links for students doing reports on women in the Civil War. --- http://www.nps.gov/frsp/reportsw.htm
Walker, Dr. Mary E. Civil War physician Walker dressed in men's clothing, was captured as a spy and did time in a Confederate POW camp. Her Congressional Medal of Honor was later rescinded amongst much controversy.
http://womenshistory.about.com/homework/womenshistory/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.undelete.org%2Fmil3walker.html
A Woman's Work --- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/articles/0009/women.cfm
Women Were There -- Women in the American Civil War -- some highlights of their involvement.
http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fuserpages.aug.com%2Fcaptbarb%2Ffemvets2.html
American Women and the Military -- Roles of women in the Civil War ---
http://www.gendergap.com/military/USmil3.htm
Civil War Nurses -- Truly the "Angels of the Battlefield!" --- http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarnurses.htm
Women Soldiers of the Civil War --- http://www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/women1.html

General Sites

This site is a part of a timeline on American History. It covers the Civil War period --- http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/1860-1865
This site is done by a Junior High School class. It contains links to sites on women during the Civil War, pictures, and other general sites. -- http://www.winslow-jhs.u52.k12.me.us/jperry/civilwar.htm
http://www.lightspan.com/webtrip/pages/LS/tk_signin.asp?_prod=LS&id=1947&access=GJ&view=LShttp://www.lightspan.com
/webtrip/pages/LS/tk_signin.asp?_prod=LS&id=1947&access=GJ&view=LSv
general search list -- go through these and arrange by subject -- Put the web site, summary and list under subject headings (battles, famous people, navy, etc) http://www.cr.nps.gov:8765/query.html?rq=0&col=nps&qp=&qt=Civil+War&qs=&qc=&pw
=100%25&ws=0&la=&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&oq=&rq=0
General search of Civil War --- http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/United_States/History/Wars_and_Battles/American_Civil_War/
General report on the Civil War done by another class --- http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm
The United States Civil War Center --- http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/index.htm
eHistory: The American Civil War --- http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/index.cfm
Site can be used to search specific names of people who fought in the war --- http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html
Civil War Battle Summaries by Campaign -- 380 Civil War battle summaries organized by military
campaign. --- http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm
List of Civil War battles. --- http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/battles/
Weapons of the Civil War --- http://myhome.shinbiro.com/~PMOADE/wpns.htm

Teacher Resources

An essay on books written for children during or about the Civil War -- http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/34bnewsletters.html
Lesson plans that consider a variety of important themes in Civil War history, free and ready for immediate classroom use in history and social studies classes. --- http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/civwar00.htm
This is a list of web quests---- http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/4-5matrix.html
The is a web quest --- http://www.msdpt.k12.in.us/etspages/webquest/chhendr/index.html
Another Web Quest on the Civil War, includes a time line.--- http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/
The Civil War Homepage. This site has a wealth of information. May be too much for general use, but good if a student is having difficulty finding a topic. --- http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
This is a lesson plan on the Civil War, also has material suggestions, objectives etc.--- http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html
Think Quest on Civil War --- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5663/
lesson plans on various aspects of the Civil war ---
http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/civwar00.htm