Links to Useful Civil War Related Sites
The links below we believe you will find useful information related to the civil war era.
Appranose County Historical Museum - www.appanoosehistory.org .
Iowa battleflags at State Historical Museum - http://www.iowahistory.org/museum/battleflags/
The Civil War Reenacting Headquarters for Civil War Reenactment Events, Sutlers, and Information - http://www.sutler.net/units.asp
Civil War Reenactment Headquarters - http://www.reenactmenthq.com
Champ Chase Gazette - http://www.campchase.com
Civil Car Courier - http://www.civilwarcourier.com/news/index.asp
The voice of civilian reenacting - http://citizenscompahion.com
Wartime issues of Harpers Weekly. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/ The site can be accessed by searching individual words or phrases, topics or year. - "documents" section
Search for Historical pictures and photographs - http://www.old-picture.com/search.htm - This site has an extensive collection of Historical Stock Photographs. This tool is designed to help you quickly and simply find the specific pictures you are interested in. - "pictures" section.
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - National Headquarters - http://www.suvcw.org
Greyhounds and Hawkeyes Iowa in the Civil War Although not a web resource, this Mac and PC CD-ROM contains a fully searchable database of Iowa troops as well as the narrative print Roster and Records. Contact O. J. Fargo for details, 601 W. Mills St., Creston, IA 50801 641-782-8625 ojfargo@iowatelecom.net
Family History 101 - http://familyhistory101.com/index.html - a general genealogy index for the beginner that lists several ancestor search links that offer free trials, a genealogy encyclopedia that gives definitions to many of the obscure terms and references, state genealogy sites, help books and more. *NEW*
Index of roster sites - http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw.html
National Park Service Database of Troops - http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
Illinois - http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html
Illinois - http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/searchsos.html
Illinois - http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/datcivil.html
Iowa - http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan.htm - contains full rosters by regiment. One must know what regiment the individual was in then use their find to search the regimental roster
Kansas - http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/civilwar/index.html
Kentucky - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymil/cw/civilwar.html
Missouri - http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/MOCWLINK.HTM
Nebraska - http://www.rootsweb.com/~necivwar/index.html
Oklahoma - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Forest/7014/CWinfo.html
GAR page - http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/gar/
Roster in many states - http://hometown.aol.com/d2hober/civilwar.htm
Artillery
Civil War Artillery Page http://www.cwartillery.org - Contains organization and drill, flags, weapons, how cannons worked and evolved during the war, types of ammunition, effects of artillery in battle and biographies among others.
National Civil War Artillery Association - http://www.ncwaa.com/ - In addition to several links it also contains the downloadable NCSAA manual.
Battles General
American Civil War Battles, Battlefields and Historic Sites - http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/battles.htm - A comprehensive index of Civil War Battles from the Dakota State web page.
Wikipedia List of American Civil War Battles - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of American Civil War battles - Contains synopsis of Eastern theatre, western theatre, Transmississippi and general battle listing. Battles can also be accessed by year and state. You can also access a good synopsis of the War with hyperlinks to take you to subtopics. *NEW*
Battles - http://www.civilwarhome.com/cwinfo2.htm#Battles - If not the largest set of battle links on the Web, at least a huge one. Part of the United States Civil War Center site.
Battles of the Civil War - http://www.civilwar.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=14&id=21&Itemid=39 - A comprehensive set of battle links from CivilWar.com
Civil War Battles by State - http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/ - Contains brief reports of many battles, most accompanied by a map.
Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Battle Summaries - http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tvii.htm - Contains brief summaries of Civil War battles that can be accessed by state or by theatre and campaign. Full descriptions would have to be searched for and are not contained on this site.
Ehistory - http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/library/books/battles/index.cfm - A reprint of a four volume 1880's Century Magazine set containing battle reports by prominent generals.
The History Net - http://militaryhistory.about.com/cs/americancivilwar2/ - Contains articles on a variety of topics such as people, battles and their logistics and fortifications.
National Park Battle Site http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/civil.htm - This is a jumping off point from which the researcher can access all the National Park Service Civil War battle summaries. Also see battlefield parks - http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/civil.htm#parks.
Official Records - http://civilwarhome.com/records.htm - Uses excerpts from the Official Records to give primary accounts of various battles.
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War Battles - http://www.civilwarhome.com/records.htm - contains brief descriptions, orders of battle, Official Records and almost all major battles. Full descriptions would have to be searched for and are not contained on this site.
Battles Iowa - Western theatre also see battle summaries on the National Park page - http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/civil.htm or the parks themselves - http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/civil.htm#parks
Alabama in the Civil War - http://huntsville.about.com/od/civilwar/Alabama_in_the_Civil_War.htm or http://huntsville.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=huntsville&cdn=citiestowns&tm=65&f=10&tt=14&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.tarleton.edu/%7Ekjones/alabama.html or http://www.archaeolink.com/civil_war_alabama.htm or http://www.researchonline.net/alcw/index.htm or http://www.researchonline.net/alcw/index.htm
Civil War in Arkansas - http://www.civilwarbuff.org/ or http://www.researchonline.net/arcw/index.htm or http://www.archaeolink.com/civil_war_arkansas.htm- Contains a searchable database of Arkansas Civil War events.
Civil War in Georgia - http://www.cherokeerose.com/ or http://www.researchonline.net/gacw/index.htm or http://www.archaeolink.com/civil_war_georgia.htm- Contains a narrative overview which leads to links.
Civil War in Kentucky http://www.geocities.com/KentuckyCivilWar/ or http://www.researchonline.net/kycw/index.htm or http://www.archaeolink.com/civil_war_kentucky.htm - Provides a listing of battles and skirmishes, forts and military camps, Heritage Trail events, an annotated list of books and resource links.
Civil War in Louisiana - http://www.crt.state.la.us/tourism/civilwar/ or http://www.researchonline.net/lacw/index.htm or http://www.archaeolink.com/civil_war_louisiana.htm- mainly a tourism site but it contains many good links and articles to Louisiana's participation in the war.
Civil War in Mississippi - http://www.researchonline.net/mscw/index.htm or http://www.archaeolink.com/american_civil_war_mississippi.htm or http://www.researchonline.net/mscw/index.htm - Contains information on military units, battles, official records, Confederate military history, biographical sketches and a photo gallery.
Civil War in Missouri - http://www.mocivilwar.org/home.html or http://www.researchonline.net/mocw/index.htm or http://www.archaeolink.com/american_civil_war_missouri.htm- Contains histories and links that describe the events and people who fought in Missouri.
Civil War in North Carolina http://members.aol.com/jweaver303/nc/nccwhp.htm or http://www.researchonline.net/nccw/index.htm or http://www.archaeolink.com/war_for_southern_independence_no.htm- Links to North Carolina's involvement in the Civil War.
Civil War in South Carolina http://members.tripod.com/mwyckoff/ or http://sciway3.net/clark/civilwar/ or http://www.archaeolink.com/south_carolina_in_the_civil_war.htm or http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/index.htm Contains news and links about South Carolina's involvement in the Civil War.
Civil War in Tennessee - http://members.aol.com/jweaver303/tn/tncwhp.htm or http://www.researchonline.net/tncw/index.htm or http://www.archaeolink.com/tennessee_in_the_civil_war.htm- The purpose of this page is to create a virtual central repository for information about Tennessee in the American Civil War.
Atlanta Campaign - http://ngeorgia.com/history/atlcamp.html - Battles, maps and tactical summaries. Unique insofar as it was written from a Southern, rather than Northern point of view.
Sherman 's Narrative of the Atlanta Campaign - http://www.sonshi.com/sherman.html - Taken from Sherman 's Memoirs. The Atlanta Campaign starts in Chapter 16.
Grant's Memoirs Atlanta - http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/historiography/grant4.html#Ch-49 - Grant's view of the Atlanta Campaign taken from his memoirs. Reader can use the page search function to locate specific information.
Atlanta Campaign - http://www.civilwarhome.com/atlantarecordspage.htm - Uses a mix of period and post-war sources.
Bentonville Battleground - http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/bentonvi/bentonvi.htm - Provides an account of the last thrust by General Sherman or last major Confederate offensive depending on your point of view.
Biographies
Civil War @ Charleston - http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/cwlayout.html - Although short on references to the Sherman campaign, it covers the Civil War history of the town.
Corinth: Crossroads of the Confederacy - http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc/corinth.htm or http://mlsandy.home.tsixroads.com/Corinth_MLSANDY/skelton.html - The description of the walking and driving tours include pictures of actual location. The site also contains a background for the Union occupation and description of the later battle. The site also contains primary source documents.
Pea Ridge National Park - http://www.nps.gov/peri/ - Gives a simple and detailed narrative of the battle.
Red River Campaign - http://www.civilwarhome.com/redriverrecords.htm - Combines primary and later accounts of Banks' Red River Campaign.
Battle of Shiloh - http://www.civilwarhome.com/shiloh.htm - Relatively small but has primary documents on the battle.
Grant's Memoirs Shiloh - http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/historiography/grant2.html#Ch-24 - Grant's version of the Battle of Shiloh taken from his Memoirs. Reader can use the page search function to locate specific information.
Sherman 's March Through South Carolina - http://members.aol.com/x69xer/sherman2.html - Taken from Sherman 's Memoirs.
Vicksburg National Military Park - http://www.nps.gov/vick/home.htm - Contains maps and a timeline. From the timeline the user can access descriptions of significant events. The site also contains several search opportunities for soldiers and units.
Siege of Vicksburg - http://www.civilwarhome.com/siegeofvicksburg.htm - Uses primary and later sources to tell the story of the siege.
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield - http://www.npa.gov/wicr - Contains a description of the battle and Missouri during the war. Important to Iowa as it was the first battle that used Iowa troops.
Biographies general
Find a Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/- millions of gravesites some with biographies of their occupant.
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War: Biographies - http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm - This site contains short biographies of more than 70 Civil War leaders
United States Civil War - http://www.us-civilwar.com/ - A relatively small but valuable site of biographies.
War of the Rebellion - http://www.mycivilwar.com/index.htm - Contains sections on Civil War facts, campaigns, POW camps, Union and Confederate Leaders, Union and Confederate Units and battle synopsis *NEW*
Black Experience
African-American Odyssey: Quest for Full Citizenship http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html - Uses Library of Congress primary documents and accompanying narratives to document slavery and emancipation experiences.
Black Soldiers in the Civil War - http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/blacks_in_civil_war/blacks_in_civil_war.html - Although this site was designed as a lesson plan for teachers, it can also provide good information to a lay audience.
Chattanooga: A Road Trip Through Time - http://www.mediaalchemy.com/civilwar/ - As the designers tell the story of the battles for Chattanooga they retrace the events using pictures and narrative.
Brown, John
John Brown's Holy War PBS - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/ - Although geared for teachers and students, this site contains quite a bit of information for the layman.
Raid on Harpers Ferry - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2940.html - a compact set of links to John Brown and his crusade.
Cavalry
Cavalry from the American Civil War Home Page - http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/cavalry.htm
Christian Commission
U. S. Christian Commission - http://www.usccgettysburg.org/history.asp - gives a history of the Christian Commission.
Cobb's battery
Cobb's Kentucky Battery - http://www.psci.net/hutch/cobb.html - The official site of the current Cobb's Battery reenacting group.
First Kentucky Orphan Brigade - http://www.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/cobbsbty.htm - a relatively small but good site on the topic of Cobb's Battery in the framework of the larger Kentucky Orphan Brigade.
Diaries See Also: Almost every web site and certainly the larger indexes have comprehensive lists of diaries and letters. The reader might also try searching for diary and the name, regiment or state.
American Civil War Collection at the Electronic Text Center http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/#letters - A huge collection of letters and diaries of Civil War soldiers mainly from Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Diaries and Letters and Stories and Recollections - http://www.civilwarhome.com/links6.htm#Diaries - A huge set of diary and letter links from the United States Civil War Center .
Diaries, Letters and Memoirs - http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/diaries.htm - Includes a comprehensive index of document links from the Dakota State web page.
The Soldiers Write - http://www.alaska.net/~design/civilwar/records.html - a series of Iowa letters and diaries put together by Larry Peterson.
Documents
American Civil War Resources in the Special Collections Department, University Libraries, Virginia Tech http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar - a mixture of many transcribed or photographed documents.
The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. / Series 1 - Volume 1- http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=ANU4519-0001 - Cornell University has scanned in series 1 volume 1 of the Official Records. It contains a reasonably good search engine to locate information within the document. It is able to be downloaded.
Drill Manuals
Drill Network - http://home.att.net/~Cap1MD/Drill.htm - Not to be outdone by the Union, another comprehensive drill site that compliments that of the Regulars' put together by Company H, 1 st Maryland The Liberty Greys CSA.
Silas' Library of Links - http://www.zipcon.net/~silas/links.htm - Includes drill manuals plus many, many articles on reenacting.
Treatise on Field Fortifications - http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=26ccecb532c18c6d&c=moa& - Once again, not a drill manual per se but interesting as it is period and full text.
U. S. Infantry Tactics - http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJS4261- Although not a drill manual per se, still an interesting official 1861 manual on tactics.
U. S. Regular's Archive - http://www.usregulars.com/library.htm - A cornucopia of links to Civil War infantry, cavalry and artillery drill manuals and the history of drill and tactics. Does not include Gilham's infantry manual.
Food
Civil War Recipes - http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blmisc17.htm - Contains a set of links to other Civil War food sites including army rations and Civil War dining.
Civil War Recipes - http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/RecipesHome.htm The site contains a good group of recipes grouped by main dish, wild game, vegetables, bread, drinks, desserts and other dishes.
Food - http://www.civilwarhome.com/links10.htm#Food - Contains a variety of indexed sites put together by Dick Weed of the United States Civil War Center.
Mason-Dixon Line's Civil War Recipes http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/1369/recipes.html - Unique insofar as these recipes are ones that were used by soldiers at their campsites. Fortunately it gives the directions using modern equipment.
Recipes of the Civil War Era http://www.angelfire.com/me/civilian/recipes.html - Here you'll find recipes for hardtack, sugar cookies, sausage and apples, summer pickles, jerky, blackberry tea, and cabbage stew.
Fourth Iowa Infantry
Fourth Regiment Iowa Infantry - http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil306.htm - Uses the history and alpha roster (by company) of the 4 th Iowa Volunteers from the Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1 By Guy E. Logan.
100 Fantastic Civil War Sites - http://www.angelfire.com/me/reenact/page5.html - As promised by its title, a link to 100 Civil War sites , and resources. This is a good source for primary documents.
The American Civil War - http://www.swcivilwar.com - presents sets of links on causes, leaders, nature of battle, archives, battle reports, photos, maps, battlefield parks and readings.
American Civil War: Resources on the Internet from Dakota State University http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm - One of the oldest and best index of Civil War sites. A topic sample: African American troops, battlefields, food, Army life in the field, art, Native Americans, photographs, and recipes.
The American Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/cwarhp.html Provides links to 1600 sites, photographs Historical Sketch
Civil War.com http://www.civilwar.com This site allows searchers to learn more about the Civil War through timelines, battles, places, music, and documents. Provides a search engine for the site.
Civil War Home page - http://www.civil-war.net/ - Its claim to fame is that it links to a searchable Dyers Compendium and Fox's Regimental losses databases.
Richard Jensen's Civil War Guides http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/civwar.htm - Its extensive set of links are more geared to the serious scholar, as many of its links are primary documents.
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War http://www.civilwarhome.com/ A relatively new but unique and valuable Civil War index. Some of the features found on this site are Civil War battles, biographies, medicine, letters, and the naval war.
The United States Civil War Center http://www.civilwarhome.com/indexcivilwarinfo.htm A huge 2000+ index of Civil War information available on the Internet. Many consider this the most comprehensive Civil War gateway on the Web. It contains some very unique articles and links such as agriculture, economics, causes, children, funeral practices, espionage and pacifism to name just a few.
Iowa in the Civil War
Army of the Southwest - http://www.armysw.com/ - Contains information about the Army of the Southwest reenactors. Also includes histories and rosters of the sub-units that comprise the ASW and links to a variety of web pages.
Greyhounds and Hawkeyes: Iowa in the Civil War CD-ROM Although not a web site, this searchable disc contains everything of a state-wide nature written on Iowa in the Civil War. It includes a searchable full text and sortable database of the Roster and Records. Contact O. J. Fargo 641-782-8625 or ojfargo@iowatelecom.net
Iowa in the Civil War - http://civilwar.aea14.k12.ia.us/ - This site, prepared for educators by educators, contains a wealth of information specific to Iowa and the Civil War.
Iowa in the Civil War Project - http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/ - The most complete scholarly Iowa source contains the Official Records, regimental histories and the six-volume set of Roster and Records.
Iowa links - http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw-ia.html - A wealth of information and sites pertaining to Iowa and the Civil War.
Lesson plans
About: Secondary Lesson Plans - http://712educators.about.com/od/historycw/Civil_War.htm - 10 Civil War lesson plans
American Civil War - http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/civilwar.html - 32 lesson plans and more.
American Civil War Lesson Plans - http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history/us_history/civilwar/ - offers 14 lesson plans.
American Civil War Lesson Plans - http://www.theteachersguide.com/Civilwarlessons.html - 9 lesson plan ideas.
American's HomePage lesson plans - http://ahp.gatech.edu/plans.html - 17 lesson plans
Civil War Lesson Plans - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4393/cwlesson.html - 7 lesson plans
EdHelper.com - http://www.edhelper.com/US_Civil_War.htm - A variety of activities and materials on the Civil War.
Education World http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson186.shtml - Education World presents more than a dozen lessons for teaching about the Civil War.
The Gateway to Educational Materials http://www.thegateway.org/ There are too many lesson plans to list here, but "The Gateway" is a good database of lesson plans and activities. After you click on the address above, type in the words Civil War on line 1, then scroll down and choose grades 7, 8, 9. Click on search and then submit. You'll be able to access over 100 lesson plans, curriculum units, and resources.
History Center and Classroom - http://www.civilwar.org/historyclassroom/hc_glossary.htm - a set of educational resources and sites that includes a glossary, lesson plans and other items that are teacher and student friendly.
Lesson Plan Central - http://lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/Civil_War/ - 8 lesson plans
Lesson Planet Civil War - http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/search?keywords=civil+war&rating=&grade=all&x=39&y=9&media=lesson - the holy grail of Civil War lesson plans.
Teaching with Historic Places - http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/civwar00.htm - 19 Lesson Plan sites.
The Truth Marches On - http://www.eighthfloor.org/academy/glawrence/resours.html - An online Civil War unit prepared by Gayle Lawrence, librarian at Clyde Boyd Junior High, Sand Springs, OK.
U. S. civil War lesson Plans and Classroom Activities - http://www.archaeolink.com/american_civil_war_lesson_plans.htm - 19 Civil War lesson plans.
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Online http://www.netins.net/showcase/creative/lincoln.html - Contains links to other Lincoln sites, a bibliography, and a speeches/writings link that has many Lincoln documents.
Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html - contains an extensive set of primary source documents. They are in their original form and most are not transcribed
Abraham Lincoln Research Site http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln2.html- Put together by a former history teacher with a passion. It is a very comprehensive site with an impressive set of Lincoln links at the bottom of the page.
Lincoln - http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/lincoln.htm - A comprehensive index of Lincoln links from the Dakota State web page.
Lincoln/Net: Abraham Lincoln Digitization Project http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/ - A wealth of primary material on Lincoln. This Northern Illinois University site is not for the novice or casual browser.
Maps
Civil War Maps - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html This extensive list of Civil War maps are part of the geography and map division of the Library of Congress
Civil War Maps - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html - 2,000+ Library of Congress maps.
Ehistory Maps of the Civil War - http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/library/maps/group1.cfm - A collection of maps actually used during the Civil War.
Hargrett Rare Map Collection - http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/civil.html - A relatively small but important set of original Civil War maps.
Maps - http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/maps.htm - A comprehensive index of map links from the Dakota State web page.
Maps - http://www.civilwarhome.com/links3.htm#Maps - a comprehensive set of map links from the United States Civil War Center.
Maps of the American Civil War - http://www.military.com/Resources/HistorySubmittedFileView?file=History_Maps.htm - 58 maps from the West Point Atlas.
Medical
Civil War Medical - http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm - A nice set of links from Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War Home page.
Medicine - http://www.civilwarhome.com/links8.htm#med - An extensive and unique set of links from the United States Civil War Center.
Medicines and Hospitals - http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/medicine.htm - A comprehensive index of medical links from the Dakota State web page.
Mortuary Science and the Civil War - http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/inter-aspects/mort.htm - a concise overview of embalming during the Civil War.
Music
Band Music from the Civil War Era - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html - An American Memory site from the Library of Congress. Contains musical scores, recordings, and photographs.
Civil War Music - http://www.civilwar.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=9&Itemid=35 - A short, but very useful set of music links from CivilWar.com.
Music - http://www.civilwarhome.com/links2.htm#Music - Although spiced with commercial sites, this is a relatively enormous repository of Civil War music links. Put together by Dick Weeks and the United States Civil War Center.
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/ - Contains Confederate and Union poetry, and music of the war
Popular Songs in American History - http://www.contemplator.com/america/ - Presents songs from all eras of America 's history with a nice selection from the Civil War. Plays the song, gives the lyrics, presents a history/background of the song and allows downloading.
Navy
American Civil War the Navies - http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/navies.htm - A comprehensive set of links to all aspects of the navy side of the conflict.
Civil War Navy - http://civilwarhome.com/navalwar.htm - a comprehensive set of links to all things naval.
Naval Historical Center - http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/index.html - the official home page of the Naval Historical Center . Contains links to Civil War sources as well as any of the navy's other conflicts.
Naval and Maritime information - http://www.civilwarhome.com/cwinfo3.htm#Navy - One of the larger link repositories on the topic of all things Civil War naval.
Naval War - http://www.civilwarhome.com/navalwar.ht - A useful set of articles on many aspects of naval warfare. Gives emphasizes the Confederate navy.
Ninth Kentucky
The First Kentucky Brigade - http://www.rootsweb.com/~orphanhm/index.html - Presents historical and genealogical information on the largest unit from Kentucky to serve in the Confederate forces.
Ninth Kentucky Infantry Regiment - http://home.okstate.edu/homepages.nsf/toc/9th.htm - Gives a history of the regiment and shows the rosters.
Pictures
American Civil War Photographs and Images - http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/photos.htm - A comprehensive set of links from the Dakota State web site.
Civil War Photographs - http://members.tripod.com/~cwphotos/ - Contains photographs sent in by individuals. Many are family photographs complete with biography.
Images of the Civil War http://www.treasurenet.com/images/civilwar/ - Contains Civil War images from the National Archives. There are photographs of abolitionists, army units, generals, surgeons, prisoners, women, navies, and many more
Selected Civil War Photographs in the American Memory Collection http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html - more than 1,000 Brady photographs that can be accessed from a search page, subject term or timeline.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/photo.htm#Photodex - http://www.civilwarhome.com/photo.htm#Photographs - Two huge sets of Civil War photographic links from Dick Weeks and the United States Civil War Center.
Prisons
Brothers Bound - http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~south1/bound.htm - Contains descriptions, links and photos of most prisons, links to prison rolls, and documents.
Prisons - http://www.civilwarhome.com/cwinfo4.htm#Prisons - One of the largest index of links on the prison topic. Put together by Dick Weeks and the United States Civil War Center.
Quartermaster
Feeding Billy Yank: Union Rations between 1861 and 1865 http://www.qmfound.com/feeding_billy_yank.htm - gives a thorough written account of how the army supplied its soldiers during the Civil War.
Supplies - http://www.civilwarhome.com/cwinfo4.htm#Supplies - A short but interesting set of links from Dick Weeks and the United States Civil War Center.
Sanitary Commission
Sanitary Commission - http://womenshistory.about.com/od/civilwar/p/ussc_civil_war.htm - A comprehensive list of all things Sanitary. Includes pictures, an overview of the commission, links to rosters and biographies of Sanitary Commission members.
Sanitary Commission - http://www.americancivilwar.com/sanitary_commision.html - A small site that gives an overview of the Sanitary Commission.
United States Sanitary Commission - http://www.forttejon.org/ussc/ussc.html - The page contains documents, explanations and links.
Overview of the United States Sanitary Commission - http://www.mith.umd.edu/courses/amvirtual/sanitary/intro/overview.htm - Contains an overview and links imbedded in the text.
Seventh Cavalry
Historical Sketch of the Seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry - http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil607.htm - Uses the history and alpha roster (by company) of the 7 th Iowa Cavalry Volunteers from the Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1 By Guy E. Logan.
Slavery
Abolition and Slavery - http://www.civilwarhome.com/slave.htm - Is an extensive set of links from the United States Civil War Center on the Black experience from slavery to emancipation. Also includes the Underground Railroad.
Abolitionists - http://afgen.com/slave1.html - presents a compact but complete set of resources about the people and events of the abolitionist movement. A companion site links to a variety of slave narratives - http://afgen.com/slave_narrative.html
American Slave Narratives - http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EHYPER/wpa/wpahome.html - Contains WPA interviews with former slaves during the 30s.
Been So Long - http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/ - Selections from the WPA interviews with former slaves.
Excerpts From Slave Narratives - http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/r/30/whm.html - Contains 46 first person accounts of slavery and African life dating from 1682 to 1937 46 first-person accounts of slavery and African life dating from 1682 to 1937.
Harper's Weekly Reports on Black American 1857-1874 - http://blackhistory.harpweek.com/ - Dozens of articles and graphics pertaining to Blacks from the original Harper's Weekly publication.
North American Slave Narratives - http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/neh.html - Primary source former slave narratives collected in the 1920s.
Slave Voices from the Special Collections Library - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/slavery/ - Part of the Duke collection of primary source documents on slavery and the relationship between master and slave.
Virginia Runaways Project - http://people.uvawise.edu/runaways/ - A very unique site containing hundreds of searchable runaway slave advertisements.
Soldier Life
Camp Life: Civil War Collections from Gettysburg National Military Park http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/gettex/ - uses artifacts from the Gettysburg museum to illustrate the daily life of a soldier.
Civil War Armies - http://civilwarhome.com/civilwararmies.htm - a comprehensive site that links to every aspect of the soldier's existence from haircuts to entertainment.
The Confederate Private - http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/1163/rebsoldier.html - A concise site that deals with all facets of the Confederate private's life.
Third Iowa Light artillery
Historical Sketch Third Battery Iowa Light Artillery - http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil721.htm - Uses the history and alpha roster (by company) of the 3 rd Battery Iowa Light Artillery from the Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1 By Guy E. Logan.
Women
American Civil War Women in the Civil War - http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/women.htm - A small but useful set of links from the Dakota State site.
Civil War Women: Primary sources Duke - http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html - Contains links to a dozen sources of primary source material from women of all walks of life who wrote diaries during the Civil War. Also includes a link to Civil War pictures of women.
Civil War Women: On-line Archival Collections - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html - This site is par of the EdSiteMent page and contains three sets of documents Rose Greenhow, Alice Williamson and Sarah Thompson plus links to 8 other comprehensive sites.
Hearts at Home: Southern Women in the Civil War - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/hearts/ -
Women - http://www.civilwarhome.com/links7.htm#women - a large set of United States Civil War Center links to the feminine involvement in the war and the home front. Also contains links to individual personalities. You might also try the homefront - http://www.civilwarhome.com/links12.htm#Homefront.
Women and the American Civil War - http://womenshistory.about.com/od/civilwar/Women_and_the_American_Civil_War.htm - A comprehensive site that provides links to all aspects of women in the Civil War.
Women Soldiers of the Civil War - http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-1.html - Unlike most sources this one purports to only deal with women who can be proven through records to have served in the military.
Women Soldiers of the Civil War - http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html - A concise discussion of some of the documented women who successfully served as soldiers.
Misc
American Civil War Overview - http://www.civilwarhome.com/overview.htm - The Shotgun site gives and excellent overview of the Civil War. The reader can then use the imbedded links to explore other sites as they read.
Canadians in the Civil War - http://www.geocities.com/cancivwar/cancivwar.html - Very interesting because of its specificity and uniqueness.
Civil War History/Military Records - http://www.geocities.com/soho/9787/milst1.html - Contains links to history and military records for many of the states existing during the war.
Civil War Graphics - http://www.jewish-history.com/Clipartgallery/clipart.htm - Purported to be the largest source of Civil War graphics on the Internet.
Civil War Slang - http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getteducation/bcast04/04activities/activity05.htm - A list of words and phrases used during the Civil War.
Civil War Slang: a Writer's Guide - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/CivilWar.html - An Internet-generated list of Civil War terms and phrases.
Documenting the American South - http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/ - Features more than 300 primary source documents that illustrate the south and the southern way of life.
Dyer's Summary of Losses During the War of Rebellion - http://web.archive.org/web/20040604075354/http://www.civil-war.net/Dyers/dyerlosses.htm - This is a chart which shows state by state how many Union soldiers died. Education World also has an excellent skill page, Civil War Deaths that asks students to analyze the information.
Historical New York Times Project - http://www.nyt.ulib.org/ - Contains digital reproductions of each issue of the New York Times from 1860 to 1865. The reader cannot search the text but can go directly to the edition of the paper they want e.g. Can't search for the Vicksburg surrender but could find the July issues of the paper.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Civil War - http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/inter-aspects/interd-1.htm - a very unique site as it contains concise descriptions of various untapped aspects of the Civil War such as veterinary science, geography, athletics, mathematics etc.
A Nation Divided, the U.S. Civil War 1861-1865 - http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html - A timeline of Civil War events and photographs with an emphasis on the battles.
National Park Service Regimental Histories - http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm - Allows a person to search for the history of a Union or Confederate regiment.
Sullivan Press - http://www.sullivanpress.com/Civil_war.htm - In our opinion, the most complete source of reproduction paper.
This Day in History - http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/ThisDaybyDate.asp - Allows the user to get a list of Civil War articles on what happened during every day of the year.
This Week in the Civil War - http://www.civilweek.com/1862/nov3062.htm - Features headlines and war reports for the week during the calendar years of the Civil War.
Time Line of the Civil War - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html - A timeline of important events from 1861-1865.
