The Civil War 1861-1865

A Guide to Web Resources

The following websites may be useful in researching the history of the U.S. Civil War. These are just a few of many relevant sites available on the web. Each of these sites provides additional links to other relevant sites.

• Gettysburg Address Exhibit

• The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865

  Comprehensive Lists

• The American Civil War Homepage

• The United States Civil War Center, Louisiana State University

• Civil War Resources on the Internet from Rutgers University Libraries

  Letters and Diaries

• Electronic Text Center: American Civil War letters, diaries, and memiors

• American Civil War Resources in the Special Collections at Virginia Tech University Libraries

  Women in the Civil War

• Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet

• Hearts at Home: Southern Women in the Civil War

• Prologue: Women Soldiers of the Civil War

  U.S. Colored Troops in the War

• The African American Odyssey: The Civil War

• The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War

• Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War

  Gettysburg

• Military History Online - Battle of Gettysburg
  Highly detailed descriptions of the battle.

• Gettysburg National Military Park

• Gettysburg Discussion Group
  Created by the Civil War history association

  Other

• Civil War Page at the Maine State Archives

• Confederate Broadside Poetry Collection

• Selected Civil War Photographs by Matthew Brady