United
States Civil War, 1861-1865
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Here are a few subject headings to
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online catalog
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865 |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Biography |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Campaigns |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Fiction |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Naval operations |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Personal narratives |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Pictorial works |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Registers |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Regimental histories |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Social aspects |
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Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 |
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Secession--Southern States |
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Reconstruction |
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Confederate States of America,
Army--Biography |
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Another way to find Subject Headings
about the U.S. Civil War is to do a “Subject Keyword” search using the key
words “Civil War" or "Reconstruction". There are
over 400 subject headings in the
El
Paso Public Library's Online Catalog |
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Uniforms of the Civil War,
1861-65 |
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Compiled by Philip J.
Haythornthwaite |
Macmillan, New York, NY 1976
ISBN: 978-0025492004 |
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no: R 355.14 HAY |
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A book of color plates of the
uniforms of both sides of the American Civil War |
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The Library of Congress Civil
War Desk Reference |
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Edited by Margaret E. Wagner |
Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2002
ISBN: 978-0684863504 |
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no: R 973.7 LIB |
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| The
bloody conflict that sundered the United States from 1861 to
1865 took 620,000 lives, laid waste to large sections of the
American South, and decided the future course of the nation.
Drawn from the Library of Congress Civil War collections --
including previously unpublished letters and diaries, maps and
photographs, as well as thousands of works by post-Civil War
scholars and experts. |
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The Civil War Almanac |
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Edited by John S. Bowman |
Bison Books Co., New York, NY, 1982
ISBN: 978-0871966407 |
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no: R 973.70202 B684c |
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Encyclopedia of the
American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History
(5 volumes) |
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Edited by David S. Heidler and
Jeanne T. Heidler |
ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA, 2000
ISBN: 978-1576070666 |
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no: R 973.703 ENC |
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| In this
five volume set, there are illustrations, maps, and primary
source documents. It offers more than 1,600 authoritative
entries that chart the war's strategic aims, analyze diplomatic
and political maneuvering, describe key military actions, sketch
important participants, assess developments in military science,
and discuss the social and financial impact of the conflict. |
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Women During the Civil War:
An Encyclopedia |
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Written by Judith E. Harper |
Routledge, New York, NY, 2007
ISBN: 978-0415955744 |
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no: R 973.7082 HAR |
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| An A-Z
reference work tohatoffers a panoramic presentation of the
contributions, achievements, and personal stories of American
women during one of the most turbulent eras of the nation's
history. Incorporating the most recent scholarship as well as
excerpts from diaries, letters, newspapers, and other primary
source documents, this Encyclopedia encompasses the wartime
experiences of famous and lesser-known women of all ethnic
groups and social backgrounds throughout the United States
during the Civil War era. |
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Who Was Who in the Civil War |
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Written by Stewart Sifakis |
Facts on File Pub., New York, NY,
1988
ISBN: 978-0816010554 |
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no: R 973.70922 Si21w |
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About 2,500 entries with an emphasis
on military figures. Some non-combatants,such as journalists and
nurses, are included. A chronology of the War and a bibliography
are appended. |
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Daily Life in Civil War
America |
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Written by Dorothy Dennen Volo and
James M. Volo |
Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1998
ISBN: 978-0313305160 |
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no: R 973.71 VOL |
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book makes extensive use of journals, newspapers, and diaries to
bring together the experience of the soldier, civilian, and
slave during the United States Civil War. What the
soldiers ate, how they lived, and what they did for
entertainment are discussed in detail. The experiences of Billy
Yank and Johnny Reb are contrasted with activities on the
homefront to bring this turbulent era alive for students,
teachers, and Civil War buffs. |
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The Photographic History of the Civil War
(10 volumes) |
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Edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller
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The Review of Reviews Co., New York,
NY, 1912 |
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no: R 973.79 M613p |
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CONTENTS.--V.1. The opening
battles.--V.2. Two years of grim war.--V.3. The decisive
battles.--V.4. The cavalry.--V.5. Forts and artillery.--V.6. The
navies.--V.7. Prisons and hospitals.--V.8. Soldier life, secret
service.--V.9. Poetry and eloquence of Blue and Gray.--V.10.
Armies and leaders. |
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The Death and Resurrection of
Jefferson Davis |
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By Donald E. Collins |
Roman & Littlefield Publishers,
Inc., Lanham, MD, 2005
ISBN: 978-0742543041 |
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no: B DAV |
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| When the
Civil War ended, Jefferson Davis had fallen from the heights of
popularity to the depths of despair. Donald E. Collins explores
the resurrection of Davis to heroic status in the hearts of
white Southerners culminating in one of the grandest funeral
processions the nation had ever seen. As schools closed and
bells tolled along the thousand mile route, Southerners appeared
en masse to bid a final farewell to the man who championed
Southern secession and ardently defended the Confederacy. |
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Sarah Morgan: The Civil War
Diary of a Southern Woman |
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Edited by Charles East |
Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1992
ISBN: 978-0671785031 |
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no: B DAW |
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| Born
into one of the best families of Baton Rouge, Sarah Morgan was
not yet twenty when she began her diary in January 1862, nine
months after the start of the Civil War. She was soon to
experience a coming-of-age filled with the turmoil and upheaval
that devastated the wartime South. She set down the remarkable
events of the war in a record that remains one of the most
vivid, evocative portrayals in existence of a time and place
that today make up a crucial chapter in our national history. |
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The Life of Dorothea Dix |
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By Elizabeth Schleichert |
Twenty-First Century Books,
Frederick, MD, 1991
ISBN: 978-0941477680 |
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no: B DIX |
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biography of the nineteenth-century reformer who devoted much of
her life to improving the treatment of the mentally ill in the
United States. |
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Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself |
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By Frederick Douglass; Edited
by Benjamin Quarles |
Belknap Press, Cambridge, MA, 1960
ISBN: 978-0674601017 |
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no: B DOU |
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Frederick Douglass was born into bondage and sold repeatedly in
the slave markets of the South. Because he secretly taught
himself to read and write, we possess one of the most eloquent
indictments of slavery ever recorded. Written over 100 years
ago, this classic goes far to explain why Americans still
suffers from the great injustices of the past. |
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Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph
Over Adversity, 1822-1865 |
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By Brooks D. Simpson |
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 2000
ISBN: 978-0395659946 |
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no: B GRA |
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| Grant's
personal story about struggling against great odds, bad luck,
and personal humiliation, |
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Stonewall Jackson: The Man,
the Soldier, the Legend |
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By James I. Robertson, Jr. |
Macmillan, New York, NY, 1997
ISBN: 978-0028646855 |
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no: B JAC |
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biography is based on years of research into little-known
manuscripts, unpublished letters, newspapers, and other primary
sources. It offers for the first time a complete portrait - not
only of Jackson the brilliant military strategist and beloved
general but also of Jackson, the man of orphaned background,
unyielding determination to conquer adversity, and deep
religious convictions. |
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Robert E. Lee |
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By Roy Blount, Jr. |
Lipper/Viking Book, New York, NY,
2003
ISBN: 978-0670032204 |
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no: B LEE |
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| Blount
delves into Lee's family history and his personality. He
illustrates how, descended from two illustrious families, Lee
embodied the best of all their traits and became Lincoln's first
choice to lead the Union troops in 1861. But Lee's Virginia
roots drew him, instead, to the Confederate command. Blount
vividly conveys not only his ambition and courage but also his
humility and humor, and his sorrowful sense of responsibility
for his outnumbered, outgunned, half-starved army. |
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Abraham Lincoln |
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By Thomas Keneally |
Lipper/Viking Book, New York, NY,
2003
ISBN: 978-0670031757 |
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no: B LIN |
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book depicts all of the amazing man's triumphs, insecurities,
and crushing defeats with uncanny insight: his early poverty and
the ambition that propelled him out of it; the shaping of the
man and his political philosophy by youthful exposure to
Christianity, slavery, and business; his tempestuous marriage
and his fatherly love. We see him, elected to the presidency by
a twist of fate, unswerving in the grim day-to-day conduct of
the war as his vision and acumen led the country forward. |
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The White Tecumseh: A
Biography of General William T. Sherman |
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By Stanley P. Hirshson |
J. Wiley, New York, NY, 1997
ISBN: 978-0471175780 |
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no: B SHE |
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| Drawing
on a wealth of new information, including actual regimental
histories, The White Tecumseh offers a new perspective on a
brilliant, tormented soul and often misunderstood leader.
Peeling away layers of myth and misconception, Hirshson draws a
portrait of an enigmatic, temperamental, and unique individual a
man of enormous contradictions, strengths, and weaknesses; a
loyal but largely absent husband and father; a determined and
courageous, yet deeply flawed, military man. |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life |
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By Joan D. Hedrick |
Oxford University Press, New York,
NY, 1994
ISBN: 978-0195066395 |
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no: B STO |
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| Joan D.
Hedrick tells the absorbing story of this gifted, complex, and
contradictory woman. Hedrick takes readers into the multilayered
world of nineteenth century morals and mores, exploring the
influence of then-popular ideas of "true womanhood" on Stowe's
upbringing as a member of the outspoken Beecher clan, and her
eventful life as a writer and shaper of public opinion who was
also a mother of seven. It offers a lively record of the
flourishing parlor societies that launched and sustained Stowe
throughout the 44 years of her career, and the harsh physical
realities that governed so many women's lives. |
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Sojourner Truth: A Life, A
Symbol |
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By Nell Irvin Painter |
W.W. Norton, New York,
NY, 1996
ISBN: 978-0393027396 |
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no: B TRU |
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Sojourner Truth: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist, figure of
imposing physique, riveting preacher and spellbinding singer who
dazzled listeners with her wit and originality. Straight talking
and unsentimental, Truth became a national symbol for strong
black women. Nell Irvin Painter uncovers the life of a complex
woman who was born into slavery and died a legend. Inspired by
religion, Truth transformed herself from a domestic servant
named Isabella into an itinerant Pentecostal preacher; her words
of empowerment have inspired black women and poor people the
world over to this day. |
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Bound For the Promised Land:
Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero |
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By Kate Clifford Larson |
Ballantine, New York, NY, 2004
ISBN: 978-0345456274 |
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no: B TUB |
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| Drawing
from a trove of new documents and sources as well extensive
genealogical research, Larson reveals Tubman as a complex
woman—brilliant, shrewd, deeply religious, and passionate in her
pursuit of freedom. The descendant of the vibrant, matrilineal
Asanti people of the West African Gold Coast, Tubman was born
into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland but refused to
spend her life in bondage. While still a young woman she
embarked on a perilous journey of self-liberation—and then,
having won her own freedom, she returned again and again to
liberate family and friends, tapping into the Underground
Railroad. |
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From Noon to Starry Night: A
Life of Walt Whitman |
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By Philip Callow |
Ivan.R. Dee, Chicago,
IL, 1992
978-0929587950 |
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no: B WHI |
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| Callow's
evocative new life of Walt Whitman captures the elusive truth of
the great poet of democracy. |
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EBSCO Publications -
MasterFILE Premier |
Ebsco MasterFILE Premier is designed
specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary
database provides full text for more than 1,730 general
reference publications with full text information dating as far
back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general
interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text
reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source
documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and
flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
This database is available as part of the
TexShare Databases which are commercial database
subscriptions that are paid for by the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission (TSLAC) for use by registered patrons of
Texas public libraries.
Please ask your librarian for a login and password. |
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“All Ebsco Databases” full-text keyword search for
“Civil War, 1861-1865” yields: 11,383 sources |
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Selected
Civil War Photographs
Library of Congress, American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html |
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This site
offers a searchable database of Civil War related
photographs and carte de vistas contained in the
collections at the Library of Congress. There is an
extensive timeline of the Civil War presented, including
links directly to images related to specific events. The
site also contains a biographical sketch of photographer
Mathew Brady, a brief explanation of the photographic
process utilized during the Civil War period, and a
discussion of the verisimilitude of Civil War
photography. There are detailed instructions for
ordering photographic reproductions of images contained
in the collections. |
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American Battlefield Protection Program
National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/index.htm |
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This site
provides Civil War battle summaries and links to Civil
War related national parks. The contents of the amended
American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 and of the
Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the
Nation’s Civil War Battlefields are presented. There are
links to publications related to the issue of
battlefield preservation. Under the Civil War Soldier
and Sailors System section it is possible to: view
battle histories, learn about the Civil War Preservation
Trust, read the prison histories and search the records
for Andersonville and Fort McHenry prisons, search for
Medal of Honor recipients, and conduct searches for
specific soldiers or regiments. There is also an Ask an
Historian section which enables visitors to direct
questions related to National Parks or American History
to a relevant specialist. |
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American Civil War Homepage
University of Tennessee
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html |
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This site is
an extensive list of links to informational resources
related to the Civil War. Selected topics include
biographical resources on important figures, sheet music
from the time period, Civil War re-enactors, Civil War
rosters, battles & regiments organized by state, and
public & personal documents including private diaries.
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African
American Odyssey
Library of Congress, American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html |
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This site
outlines the contents of the Civil War portion of the
African American Odyssey exhibit at the Library of
Congress. Topics include the recruitment and
contributions of colored troops to the Union, the
Emancipation Proclamation, Frederick Douglass, the
writing of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, Sojourner
Truth, and the Congressional Medal of Honor. |
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World-Wide-Web Virtual Library
Kansas Heritage Group
http://www.vlib.us/eras/civil_war.html |
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This site is
an extensive list of links to informational resources
related to the Civil War. Selected links address the
topics of: maps, manuscripts, timelines, newspapers,
biographies, music, Louisa May Alcott, and the personal
letters of Iowa soldier, Newton Robert Scott. |
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