Civil War Resources
Books & Movies
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EBooks -
The IMC collection now includes the full-text electronic version of many
book sources.
Gale Virtual
Reference Library from Thomson/Gale
Includes:
Encyclopedia of New Jersey , 2004
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History , 2v, 1999
Reconstruction Era Reference Library , 4v, 2005
Daily Life Through
History from Greenwood
Includes: Daily Life in Civil War
America
Online Databases
Accessible Archives
African
American History from Facts on File
American Government from ABC-CLIO
American History from ABC-CLIO
American
History from Facts on File
History Reference Center from Ebsco
History
Resource Center-US from Thomson/Gale
United States at War
from ABC-CLIO
Web Resources
American Civil War
Collection - from the University of Virginia
The American
Civil
War Homepage
A collection of links to websites about the
Civil
War. Topics include
biographical information, state and local resources, battles, regimental
histories, reenactors, images, public documents, and more.
Civil War Home Page - be sure to read the annotation because this site
includes letters and journals
Civil
War Life
"An online library of stories and articles about
civilian life during the
Civil
War." Includes excerpts from
the journal of Louisa May Alcott, letters, reproduced portions of a magazine for
children, a poem by Clara Barton, a lesson in dancing the quadrille, and stories
and songs (some audio files) of the Christian Commission, an important relief
agency.
Civil
War Maps:
Civil
War Maps, 1861-1865
This presentation contains approximately 2,240
Civil
War maps and charts and 76
atlases and sketchbooks." Includes related essays. Searchable, and browsable by
place, subject, creator, and title. From the American Memory Project of the
Library of Congress.
EHistory
from Ohio State University-
Civil War letters and memoirs - be sure to read the annotation for each entry;
look at the Follett Collection because it contains over 150 letters written by 3
Iowa brothers who served in the Civil War
History of the
Civil
War, 1861-1865
The full text of the 1918 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by
historian James Ford Rhodes. This "chronicle of the
War Between the States both
provides the general reader with a clearly written description of the events of
four bloody years as well as reveals the self-educated author's belief in the
war's cause as the evil of
slavery."
Home of the American
Civil
War
Among the many topics covered here are
biographies and photos of a great many of the major players; battle details and
maps; overview of the war;
information on available medical care; the navy and the naval
war; the army, its
organization, and conditions for soldiers.
Letters from a Pennsylvania soldier - part of American Memory Collection
Valley of the Shadow
- "details life in two American communities, one Northern and
one Southern, from the time of John Brown's Raid through the era of
Reconstruction; contains "thousands of original letters and diaries."
The Civil War in the Movies
Internet Movie Database
Use this site to search for movies about the Civil War