Web Directory

» A Civil War Haiku
   A haiku verse by Melissa Whelan inspired by the American Civil War; an ode of homage to the valor of our most deadly conflict.
   http://www.civilwarhaiku.com

» American Civil War
   From the University of Northern Texas, this site was created with the intent of linking to as many primary documents from the period of the secession crisis as is reasonably possible, with the goal of shedding light on the causes of secession, hence of th
   http://www.hist.unt.edu/web_resources_mil/am_civil_war1.htm

» American Civil War Home
   Shotgun's Civil War site - including overviews of many different aspects of the war, biographies, battle summaries, photographs, selected official records, and Fox's Regimental losses.
   http://www.civilwarhome.com/

» American Military Communication 1860-1865
   US-CS balloons, telegraph, cryptography, Army-Navy signals, covert operations, forum, interactive code study lessons.
   http://www.civilwarsignals.org/

» Astrocartography of the Secession of South Carolina
   Essay on the astrocartography of the Civil War, focus on how the planetary metaphors of Mars and Pluto were reflected in this historic event, by astrocartographer Rob Couteau.
   http://www.dominantstar.com/e_civil1.htm

» Bits of Blue and Gray: An American Civil War Notebook
   The site honors both Union and Confederate Soldiers. It includes archives. letters. poetry,songs, and monthly columns.
   http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com

» CJ's Civil War
   A complete overlook of the War; including maps, indexes, statistics, flags, lists of battles, and photo gallery. Dedicated to the 13th W. Virginia.
   http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/index.html

» Casey's On-Line Virtual Civil War Archive
   A virtual library of Civil War military histories, Union manuals and documents, includes links to other resources.
   http://usregulars.tripod.com

» Civil War
   An online resource for Civil War information.
   http://www.civil-war.ws

» Civil War Academy
   Information about many aspects of the most bloody conflict in United States history.
   http://www.civilwaracademy.com

» Civil War Archive
   A collection of American Civil War regimental histories, letters from home and diary excerpts.
   http://www.civilwararchive.com/

» Civil War Battles
   Repository of information about Civil War battles, people, a timeline, and a summary.
   http://www.civil-war-battles.com

» Civil War Bookshelf
   Trends in Civil War publishing, CW historiography, CW civic remembrance, and pop culture.
   http://cwbn.blogspot.com/

» Civil War Chaplains
   Description of qualifications and the role of Civil War chaplains, who shared every part of the soldiers' lives. Includes some photographs.
   http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/civilwarchaplain/

» Civil War Heritage
   Contains information about Confederate and Union Generals, and Rock Island Prison.
   http://members.tripod.com/~Fringrose/civil

» Civil War Index Page
   Categorized links, includes archives, bibliographies, books and "Gateways" category. A list of Civil War links frequently updated and maintained by Prof. Jim Janke of Dakota State University.
   http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm

» Civil War Maps Collection
   Library of Congress collection of reconnaissance, sketch, coastal, and theater-of-war maps depicting troop activities and fortifications.
   http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/

» Civil War Medicine
   Covers medicine at the start of the war, medical technology, amputations, transport, and a bibliography.
   http://www.powerweb.net/bbock/war/index.html

» Civil War Rosters - All States
   A list of regimental roster links by state.
   http://www.civilwarroster.com/

» Civil War Search
   A directory and a Civil War search based on Google custom search engine.
   http://www.civilwarsearch.com/

» Civil War Signal Corps
   Descriptions, manuals and photographs of the signal equipment and methods used during the American Civil War.
   http://www.civilwarsignal.org/

» Civil War Slang
   Listing of slang terms still used in today's language.
   http://cwslang.tripod.com

» Civil War Soldier
   Description of soldiers from each side, timeline of events and key dates, gallery of pictures, and other resources.
   http://www.civilwarsoldier.com

» Civil War Story
   Includes a wide range of civil war related material with over one hundred pages and photos.
   http://www.civilwarstory.nstemp.com/

» Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society
   Includes recruiting posters for New York City regiments of volunteers; stereographic views documenting the mustering of soldiers and of popular support for the Union in New York City; photography showing the war's impact, both in the north and south; and
   http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html

» Civil War Weapons
   Descriptions and photos of Civil War weapons, including small arms, edged weapons, and artillery.
   http://www.civilwarweapons.net

» Civil War Zone
   A collection of Civil War related biographies, documents, songs, chronology, battle orders, links, and recipes.
   http://www.civilwarzone.com/

» Civil War at Smithsonian
   Examines the Civil War through the Smithsonian Institutes extensive collections. It includes resources, a detailed timeline, and images with detailed descriptions.
   http://www.civilwar.si.edu

» Fort Craig
   A southwestern fort and a Civil war Battlefield, where Confederate General Sibley fought Union General E.R.S. Canby. A New Mexico historical site.
   http://fortcraig.tripod.com/

» George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War
   The mission of the center is to promote scholarly research war through the development of a database that contains pertinent military, socio-economic and medical data on Union and Confederate servicemen, with initial emphasis on West Virginia's soldiers.
   http://www.shepherd.edu/gtmcweb/cwcenter.htm

» Great American History
   Free educational material on the American Civil War and Abraham Lincoln, site provides an outline, library, and lesson plans.
   http://members.tripod.com/~greatamericanhistory/index.html

» Hispanics in America's Defense
   History of Civil War units containing men of Spanish ancestry who fought for the Confederacy and the Union.
   http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/confed.htm

» Historical Natural History: Insects and the Civil War
   The fact that microbes caused more death than hostile fire is well known to the student of the American Civil War. This account reveals the influence of insects on soldiering during the Civil War.
   http://entomology.montana.edu/historybug/civilwar2/civilwar.htm

» Intelligence in the American Civil War
   The works of Edwin C. Fishel, a noted author in the area of intelligence, reveals covert operations, spies and intrigue gathered from his research on the role of intelligence in the Civil War.
   http://intellit.muskingum.edu/civwar_folder/civwartoc.html

» Matts Civil War
   Links about the American Civil War.
   http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/mattscivilwar/

» Mikes Civil War Artifacts
   Relics of the Civil War. Site offers information about insignias of rank and branch of service, documents from the conflict, uniforms, and related collector information.
   http://www.mikescivilwar.com/

» North Carolina Troops
   Contains various Confederate and Federal regiments from the Civil War Period.
   http://www.nctroops.com/index.htm

» Photographic History of the Civil War
   An etext of the 1912 10 volume edition, in PDF files of 50 page segments per volume. A rich collection of photographs, maps and memoirs of the great war.
   http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/ABL/etext/civilwar/civilwarmain.html

» RareMap Collection - American Civil War
   Pictures of maps used in the conflict.
   http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/civil.html

» Religion in the Civil War: The Northern Side
   Overview, online resources, and guidance for classroom discussion. On TeacherServe from the National Humanities Center.
   http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/cwnorth.htm

» Remembering The Civil War
   A history of the war to preserve its memories.
   http://attilahunn.homestead.com/index.html

» Scots in the Civil War
   The stories of men and women born in Scotland who fought in the American Civil War.
   http://www.electricscotland.com/history/descendants/chap13.htm

» Storypath: A Nation Divided
   A social studies curriculum unit in the Storypath series dealing with the Civil War, specifically the area around Chattanooga.
   http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/mmcguire/web/Downloads/Nation/nation.html

» The American Civil War from 1861-1865
   Contains information and links about Lincoln, Lee, Grant, Gettysburg, Appomattox, Bull Run, Antietam, other battles and Civil War History.
   http://www.civil-war.tv/

» The Civil War
   The American Battlefield Protection Program's site for Civil War Battlefields and related issues. On-line publications, features, publications to order, and links to National Civil War Parks.
   http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/civil.htm

» The Civil War Home Page
   A collection of Civil War related links, photos, letters and diaries, documents, and battle reports.
   http://www.civil-war.net

» The History Place - U.S. Civil War 1861-1865
   An easy-to-use American Civil War timeline with many original photographs and interesting quotes.
   http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html

» The New York City Draft Riots of 1863
   An illustrated account of five days of mayhem in July 1863, which included the lynching of eleven black men.
   http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/317749.html

» The United States Civil War
   This site has information on the U.S. Civil War and the people in it, as well as some of the battles fought.
   http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/sw00/civilwar.html

» The Valley of the Shadow, Two Communities in the American Civil War
   Hypermedia archive of thousands of primary sources. Follows two communities before, during, and after the American Civil War, Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
   http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

» The War of the Rebellion in Cornell University's Making of America
   Complete online text of the Official Records of the Civil War.
   http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html

» The Western Theater in the Civil War
   Information about the Army of the Cumberland and George H. Thomas source page and the Army of Tennessee and Braxton Bragg source page.
   http://www.aotc.net/

» U.S. Army Military History Institute
   Provides searchable databases of bibliographical and biographical holdings and unit histories; online access to document descriptions and photographs.
   http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/MHI.htm

» U.S. CivilWar Center
   Site promotes the study of the American Civil War.
   http://www.cwc.lsu.edu

» US Civil War Generals
   A concise index to the generals who fought on both sides of the US Civil War, and has been specifically prepared for the Internet.
   http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/generals.html

» US Civil War: Internet Modern History Sourcebook
   A series of historical primary on-line resources intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in American history.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook27.html

» Virginia Civil War Battles
   Virginia Civil War information including battles and the State flag history.
   http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/va61.html

» West Point Atlas
   Follow the events of the Civil War with digital versions of maps created by the United States Military Academy's Department of History.
   http://www.dean.usma.edu/departments/history/web03/atlases/american_civil_war/index.htm

» Wikipedia: Origins of the American Civil War
   Four-part article exploring the causes of the conflict.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_American_Civil_War