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Revolutionary War links - Multitudinous sites on the Revolution
18th Century History - Comprehensive site on world history by decade in the 18th century
Revolutionary War.org - Claims to have a list of links second to none on the Revolution. A great resource
Internet Resources on the Revolution - Lots of links relating to causes, battles, maps, famous people
American Veterans: The American Revolution - Pictures, statistics and battle summaries
More Revolutionary War links - exactly what I said
American Revolution Home Page - timeline, battle histories and extensive biographies of key figures
Even More Links for the Revolution - Lots of links
An Outline of History - Hypertext on events leading up to the Revolution
Sons of America Revolution - Summary of the Revolution and links to articles from their journal
The Revolution Year by Year - History of the Revolution with links to more information
Links to The Revolutionary War - lots of links
America's Revolutionary War - Hypertext history of the causes of the war and major battles
A Journey towards Freedom - Online discussion for students and teachers, links, games
The History Place: American Revolution - Background and details about the American Revolution plus tips on writing a research paper
Liberty - Companion to the PBS Series with summary of events and a game you can play to test your knowledge of events
NM's Revolution - Links to sites about the American and French Revolutions
The Avalon Project: A Documentary History
Return to Revolutionary War Directory
Links for Simulation Activites
New York Freedom Trail - New York during the Revolution
Drums Along the Mohawk - Comprehensive site about New York during the Revolution, including soldiers' letters from home, information on those who dwelled in the Mowawk valley
Three Rivers - Life along the Hudson, Mohawk, and Schoharie valleys during the Revolutionary Era
The Randolphs - an elite family
The Geddys - a family of tradesmen
Information about the people of Williamsburg
Black soldiers in the Revolution
American Athenas - Women in the Revolution
True Interests of America Impartially Stated by Charles Inglis, a Loyalist
Women of the American Revolution - Online book
Liberty's Daughters - Women of Lexington and Concord
Sentiments of an American Woman
War for Independence - letters and articles from the Virginia Gazette
Return to Revolutionary War Directory
French and Indian War Magazine - Lots of information
The French and Indian War - Links to information on the war
The French and Indian War - Electric Library Encyclopedia article
The Seven Years War Website - Articles and links
The French and Indian War - List of links from GeoCities
The French and Indian War: A History - story of the war year by year
French and Indian War's Impact on America - Essay from online textbook
Colonel Benjamin Franklin - article about Franklin's role in French and Indian War
Return to Revolutionary War Directory
John Bull and Uncle Sam - relations between Britain and Americans
Sugar Act and Stamp Act - background information
William Pitt's Speech on the Stamp Act
A Patriotic Advertisement- opposition to the Stamp Act
Instructions of the town of Braintree to their representative - 1765
James Otis - The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved
Massachusetts Circular Letter - 1768
John Dickensen's Letter from a Farmer II
Boston Massacre - great site with all sorts of links to depositions and John Adams' speech from the trial
Captain Thomas Preston's Account of the Boston Massacre - Also link to an anonymous account, and John Hancock's speech
Paul Revere's Etching of the Boston Massacre - Background Information
Essay on Boston Massacre - Tribute to Crispus Attucks
George Hewes' Memories of the Boston Massacre
The Regulators of North Carolina - site devoted to this lesser known battle that served as a preface to the Revolution
Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty Speech
Boston Tea Party - short history with some hyperlinks
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms - 1775
Reaction to the Continental Congress
World Quest: Declaration of Independence - Summary of events leading up to the Declaration and background on the signers
The Declaration: A Bill of Indictment Against the King - Hyperlinked summary of events leading to the Declaration
Founding.com: A User's Guide to the Declaration of Independence - Great site with history, discussion of issues involved, timeline, biographies
Writing the Declaration - John Adams' memories of how Jefferson came to write the Declaration
US History.Org - information on historic Philadelphia hosted by Independence Hall
Colonial Hall - Biographies of all the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, trivia questions on the Declaration
Return to Revolutionary War Directory
John Adams: Novanglus (response to Daniel Leonard)
Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking up Arms by John Dickinson and Thomas Jefferson
Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer II by John Dickinson
Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer IV by John Dickinson
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! - speech by Patrick Henry 1775
The Farmer Refuted - by Alexander Hamilton in response to Samuel Seabury. Hamilton was 17 years old when he wrote this. It's rather humbling to know that, isn't it?
A Summary View of the Rights of British America - Thomas Jefferson 1774
The Declaration of Independence
The Rights of the Colonists by Samuel Adams 1772
Thomas Paine: An Address to the People Called Quakers
British Voices favoring the Colonies
Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations: Of Colonies (Context for this passage)
Edmund Burke: Speech on Conciliation with America (Here is the complete speech)
William Pitt on the Stamp Act
Charles Inglis: The True Interest of America Impartially Stated (Context for this passage)
Thomas Hutchinson: Strictures upon the Declaration of the Congress of Philadelphia (response to the Declaration of Independence)
Letters of Daniel Leonard (Context for this passage)
Peter Oliver on the Origin and Progress of the American Revolution
Samuel Seabury: Letters of a Westchester Farmer 1774-5
Jospeh Galloway's Speech to the First Continental Congress September 28, 1774
British Voices Opposing the Colonies
George III: Declaration of Rebellion, August 23, 1775
George III's Speech to Parliament of October 27, 1775
George III's Speech to Parliament of November 30, 1774
John Wesley: A Calm Address to our American Colonies
Battles of the Revolution - Information on selected battles
Awesome Links on the Revolution - Links on causes of the Revolution, Boston Massacre, famous people, maps, Declaration of Independence, Continental Congresses, etc. It's all here.
Canadian Forces College - more links and military history
Tactical and Weapons of the Revolutionary War - short overview
1764 Manual for British soldiers
The Continental Army - Online book from the Center of Military History
Battles of Lexington and Concord - Outline of American History
The Battle of Bunker Hill - 225th anniversary site
Battles of Trenton and Princeton - Nice summary
An account of the battle of Princeton - primary source
New Jersey during the Revolution
Drums Along the Mohawk - Nice site with information on the Revolution in New York State and biographies of individuals on both sides
History of the Battle of Saratoga - primary sources, biographies of people involved
Battle of Saratoga - Information from the Battlefield site and map of the battle
Battle of Saratoga - From Worcester Polytechnic Institute, includes military analysis
Battle of Monmouth - summary
South Carolina in the Revolution
Cowpens - Articles abut people involved in the battle from the historic site web page
The Southern Campaign - short summary
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse - one man's website
Battle of Yorktown - Timeline and analysis
Yorktown - short articles on the battle with timelines
Yorktown Site - summary and timeline and information on the battle
The Navy during the Continental Period - History of the Navy from the revolution to 1890 from the Naval Historical Center
Excerpts from Joseph Plumb Martin's Diary - what a common soldier wrote about conditions in the army
More Excerpts from Joseph Plumb Martin's Diary - his time in New Jersey
Excerpts from diaries of Continental soldiers
Memoirs of Tarleton Brown, a captain in the Continental Army
Treaty of Alliance between the United States and France
Return to Revolutionary War Directory
Maps of National Battlefields Sites - arranged alphabetically
Maps of the Revolution - selected battle sites
Military Battles and Campaigns - historic maps
Return to Revolutionary War Directory
Ethan Allen - Hypertext biography
The Enigma of Benedict Arnold - Article from Early America Review
Benjamin Franklin - from Franklin Institute; has biography
Benjamin Franklin - from Franklin Institute with emphasis on his scientific work
Ben Franklin - PBS site
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin - complete
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin - Excerpt
Nathanael Greene - Nice website with biography
A Biography of Alexander Hamilton - Good information
Thomas Jefferson - Monticello site
Thomas Paine's The Crisis - college essay
Mount Vernon's Educational Resources - biography of George Washington
Biography of George Washington - Online book
How George Washington and his spectacles saved the American Republic - article
The papers of Nathanael Greene
Brief Informational stories - short stories on Nathan Hale, Patrick Henry and Benjamin Franklin
Sons of Liberty: Patriots or Traitors - article
The Campaigns of Banastre Tarleton - online book
The Revolution's Black Soldiers - Summary with some links
A Scholar's Showcase - Essays on the Revolution from the role of Blacks in the Revolution to portrayals of lesser known figures in the Revolution
Return to Revolutionary War Directory
Notable Women Ancestors - click on names of notable women to find out more about roles individual women played during the Revolution
Amazing Women of the Revolution - story of Deborah Samson
Unruly Women - article about two women involved in the Revolution
Women and the Revolution - short overview
Captain Molly - Story of first woman to be wounded in the Revolution
Deborah Samson - essay from the Massachusetts Historical Society
Women of the American Revolution - Online book
Liberty's Daughters - Women of Lexington and Concord
Sentiments of an American Woman
John McKinly writes his wife - letter from a British POW
Excerpt from the diary of a Loyalist woman on the surrender of Cornwallis
Return to Revolutionary War Directory
History of Spying during the Revolution - Good information on Intelligence techniques, personalities, and intelligence operations. Published by the CIA
Spies and the Revolution - Stories of spies and primary documents
War for Independence - letters and articles from the Virginia Gazette
Was the American Revolution a Revolution? - good essay
Little Known Facts of the Revolution
A Revolutionary Simulation - A Think Quest game that lets you simulate the role of being a commander in the Continental Army
What if the American Revolution Had Been Avoided? - Alternate History
Return to Revolutionary War Directory
American Civil War Homepage - One of the best places to start to find links to information, battles information and biographies
The Civil War Online - Extensive link list of over 5000 Civil War links. You can spend hours here.
The Valley of the Shadow - Has extensive primary sources from both a Virginia and a Pennsylvania town; contains newspapers, diaries, obituaries, letters
The American Civil War - Informative site with history of the cause of the war, generals and other information with links
The Time of the Lincolns - PBS site with information on slavery, politics, women and the life of the ordinary soldier.
Lincoln and The Civil War - has links to newspapers in the North and South and their original articles. Great source for primary documents.
Civil War Weekly - Excerpts from real magazines of the week by week events of the Civil War
The Civil War Homepage - Civil War letters, diaries, photos, battles and documents
The CivilWar.com - Has lots of information about almost every topic from battles to biographies of famous people involved in the war and Civil War Potpourri on various topics
Civil War Links - AOL list of links
Civil War Portrait - Explore the people, places, and events of the Civil War through the photographs and images in the Civil War Portrait. Each page includes links to related articles here on TheHistoryNet, as well as external links to Civil War sites on the internet.
Civil War Timeline - from the History Place
Rutgers' The Civil War on the Internet - Links to lots of Civil War resources including the period leading up to the war and the Abolitionist movement
Outline of the Civil War - Hyperlinked detailed outline of events of the Civil War
North and South Magazine - Online Magazine about the Civil War
The Civil War Times - Another magazine on the Civil War from The History Net; searchable archives
The Civil War in Miniature - Has tidbits of information, quizzes, games, clipart and links to other sites
America's Civil War Magazine - Has detailed articles on various topics and links to past volumes. Not all articles are available online
This Week in the Civil War - Headlines and stories for each week of the War
The Civil War in Brazoria County - Detailed study of events leading to the War, the War and Reconstruction with particular emphasis on its effect on one county in Texas
Documenting the American South - First-person narratives about the South with concentration on Southern women and slaves from UNC Chapel Hill
Maps of National Battlefields of the Civil War - extensive list arranged alphabetically
The Diary of David Humphrey Blair - diary of an Ohio soldier
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture - A Multimedia archive - an absolutely wonderful site
American Political Prints - Political Cartoons from Harper's Weekly - pick the year you're interested in
The Caning of Senator Sumner - Articles from newspapers in the North and South about the beating of Charles Sumner in the US Senate
The Kansas-Nebraska Act - Editorials about the Act from Northern and Southern newspapers
African Americans: 1831 - 1865 - Lots of primary documents as well as scholarly articles
Territorial Kansas Online - Lots of links to primary documents about Kansas in the 1850s
History of Bleeding Kansas - Good history with poems and newspaper editorials from the period.
Gilder- Lehrman: Antebellum Documents - Lots of primary sources (scroll down for the period you're interested in)
Memoirs of life with the Ruffians - An Englishman writes about his time with the Border Ruffians
Election of 1856 - Background information
Dred Scott Decision - Article from The History Place
The Dred Scott Decision - Articles from newspapers in the North and South commenting on the decision
John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid - lots of information on John Brown
John Brown's Holy War - Site from the PBS series, American Experience
The Father of American Terrorism - Article on John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry from American Heritage Magazine
John Brown's Raid - Articles from newspapers in the North and South at the time commenting on John Brown
John Brown's Raid - Article
Documents on Causes of the War - primary documents from the 1850s
Events and Causes of the Civil War - Southern Comfort Site which has other information about Southern states and secession
Causes of the Civil War - Primary Sources from the Southern point of view
Official Records of the War of Rebellion - Great links to the actual after battle reports from both sides and newpaper articles. This should be one of your first stops.
Civil War Battles - Extensive link list to sites devoted to battles
Civil War Battles - Another extensive list of battles with information and links on each one
Civil War Battlefields - Summaries arranged by state
Civil War Battle Statistics - Chart of battles, commanders and casualties
Crisis at Fort Sumter - Detailed information
Mission To Relieve Sumter - Article
Fort Sumter - article and links
War Watchers at Bull Run - article about the crowds who came to watch the battle
Battle Between the Merrimac and the Monitor - pictures, maps and information
Hampton Roads: Battle of the Ironclads - article
Battle of the Ironclads - article and pictures
"A Very Bloody Affair" - The Battle of Shiloh
The Devil's Own Day - Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh: A Very Bloody Affair - article
Battle of Fredricksburg - Good information from Military History Online
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania - Good information
Wilson's Creek - article from CivilWar.com
Never Were Men So Brave - Article on Fredericksburg
Military History Online - Articles on Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg
Stonewall's Forgotten Masterpiece - Article on Stonewall Jackson's victory at Harpers' Ferry as a prelude to Antietam
Antietam - photos, biographies, medical information and information on the battle
The Battle of Antietam on the Web - good maps and narratives
The Battle of Antietam - information from About.com
The Burning Shame of Chancellorsville - article about the Union XI Corps
The Irish Brigade at Chancellorsville - article from America's Civil War Magazine
The Taking of Burnside Bridge - Story from Antietam
Three Days at Gettysburg - Great place to start, has lots of links about the battle
Gettysburg - article by Winston Churchill
The Extraordinary Story of the Battle of Gettysburg - virtual history
The Battle of Gettysburg Homepage - Lots of information on the battle
Taking Aim at Cemetery Hill - Article about the 5th Alabama Sharpshooters
The Battle of Gettysburg - Has chronology of the battle
Battle of Gettysburg: Day One - article
The Unofficial Visitors' Guide to Gettysburg - lots of information; a must if you're planning a trip
Gettysburg: Military History Online - Site with articles and battle summaries
Failure on the Heights - article on Lee's mistakes at Gettysburg
The Rebels are Coming - Article on Pennsylvania on the eve of Gettysburg
The Fall of Vicksburg - Article on Grant's victory at Vicksburg
The Campaign for Vicksburg - hyperlinked article
Peace on Earth but not in Vicksburg - Article on life in Vicksburg during the siege
Bloody Fight in Vain - Article on Vicksburg
Grant's Operational Strategy at Vicksburg - article by a retired colonel
The Chickamauga Campaign - Description of the battle and excerpts from the generals' reports and memoirs
The Campaign for Atlanta - hyperlinked history
66 Days of Hell - accounts of Sherman's march through South Carolina
Sherman's March Through South Carolina - Article and links
Devil or Angel: William Tecumseh Sherman and a New Age of Warfare - article
March to the Sea - Short article
The Battle of Bentonville - Historic site for this NC battle
General Sherman's March Across North Carolina - article
The Siege of Petersburg - great information
The Petersburg Campaign - article and links
The End of the War - reminiscences of events from a Confederate officer
A City Saved - An article on how Raleigh, NC was saved from being burned
Surrender at Appomatox - Reminiscences of Grant's aide
Biographies of Famous People of the Civil War
Civil War Generals - Encyclopedia of Civil War Generals
Autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant - fully downloadable
Autobiography of William T. Sherman - fully downloadable
Autobiography of Philip Sheridan - fully downloadable
Abraham Lincoln Online - information and links
Information About Abraham Lincoln - Several Links
Lincoln/Net - site devoted to his life before becoming president, has extensive library of primary documents that are searchable by subject
Experience Counts - An article that examines how Lincoln used his gifts as a politician
Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln - Article about Lincoln's role during the war
Lincoln Research Site - a former history teacher has posted lots of information on Lincoln, his family and a detailed history of the assassination with fascinating details. Lots of links
Lincoln Takes the Heat - Article on how Lincoln responded to cartoons and criticism
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln - searchable database sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Association
The Death of Lincoln - Article
Assassination Conspiracy Sites - Compilation of sites exploring some of the mysteries surrounding Lincoln's assassination
The Capture of John Wilkes Booth - primary documents
Ulysses S. Grant Network - Lots of information and links
Grant Home Page - You can post a question about Grant
Grant's Personal Memoirs - Excerpts from his memoirs from the time he was given command of the entire army
Grant's Lifelong Struggle with Alcohol - article
The Little Giant - Stephen Douglas Homepage
Sherman's Memoirs - Excerpts from his memoirs concerning the Battle of Shiloh
Jefferson Davis Site - Lots of information on Jefferson Davis, primary sources and links
Jefferson Davis - Biography on Davis
Robert E. Lee - Article on Lee
Sources on Robert E. Lee - LInks
The Meade Archives - site devoted to General George G. Meade with biography, eyewitness accounts and his critics
General James Longstreet - Website devoted to career of this Confederate general
From Manassas to Appomatox - Excerpts from Longstreets personal memoirs about all the battles he was in
Devil Dan Sickle's Deadly Salients - Article on Gen. Sickles and the mistakes he made at Gettysburg
J.E.B. Stuart: Gettysburg's Scapegoat - biographical article
Jeb Stuart's Last Ride - Article about his final battle with Sheridan
Generals on the Web - 378 links to information on Civil War generals
The Deceptive Doctor - Dr. Samuel Webb and the conspiracy to kill Lincoln
Andrew Johnson - Biographical information from the North Carolina Encyclopedia
Spotlight Biographies - Short biographies of famous people involved in the Civil War and links to more information
Slavery and African American History
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia - Great site with extensive articles on slavery with slave narratives, stories of slave traders, the anti-slavery movement, the Underground Railroad and slave life
Slave Narratives - First Person accounts of slavery from 1682 to Reconstruction
The Encyclopedia Brittanica of Black History - Arranged by time period
Freedmen Documents - Narratives of slaves and freedmen from 1861 -1867 that has been compiled by the National Archives
North American Slave Narratives - UNC site
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture - an amazing multi-media archive with the full text online plus links to all sorts of material, including texts, songs, and movie clips, relating to the period
Judgment Day - PBS site devoted to the history of Africans in America from 1450 to 1865, use narratives and diaries to present a picture of what life was like under slavery
North American Slave Narratives - UNC site
American Slavery - A hyperlinked encyclopedia of information on peopleevents involved in the anti-slavery movement
Slavery in the Western Hemisphere - A wonderful site put together by a high school class
Escape from Slavery - Excerpts from Frederick Douglass' Autobiography
Passage to Freedom - Article from the Washington Post about a daring mass escape attempt from Washington D.C.
Quakers and the anti-slavery movement - Article by high school students
Lest We Forget - Extensive site on Black History with many links and lots of information. You can spend a long time here
Carnival of Death - The story of the Massachusetts' 54th and their doomed attack on Fort Wagner
US Colored Troops and the Civil War - Lots of information and links from the Lest We Forget Site
African American Pamphlets - a searchable database of 397 pamphlets from 1824 to 1909
African American History Challenge - Information on important 19th century African Americans with quizzes
United States Colored Troops and the Civil War - Links to sites on individual regiments and soldiers from the Lest We Forget Site
A Gallant Rush for Glory - The story of The Massachusetts 54th that was featured in the movie, Glory
Robert E. Lee on Black Confederate Troops - Article
Black Soldiers in Blue - Article on a Pennsylvania regiment
Fort Pillow: Massacre or Madness - Article on the massacre of black soldiers there
African Americans and the Civil War - Long list of links
Bright Moments - Has profiles of important 19th century African Americans and quizzes on African American History
Abolition - Library of Congress Site with pictures and texts of abolitionist literature and songs. Click through for more primary sources
Frederick Douglass - an online biography
Taking the Train to Freedom - Government site
Underground Railroad - LIst of links to information on the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad - focus on NC's role in the founding of the Underground Railroad by Levi Coffin
Underground Railroad - Site from the History Channel
The Civil War and the African American Response - Site of the Menare Foundation which is devoted to preserving Underground Railroad sites
Underground Railroad Interactive Site- Choose your own adventure interactive site created by National Geographic
Harriet Tubman - short student paper
US Colored Troops Formed in NC - data from regiments, letters and regimental histories
The Negro as a Soldier in the War of the Rebellion - History of the Massachusetts Volunteers, 55th Regiment
Drones in the Great Hive - An African American writes bitterly of the way the Union treated its black soldiers
African History on the Web - List of links
Sources on African American History - links to primary documents on African American History
African History Hot Links - Linkds to sites concerning Black history
A Gateway to African American History - links ranging from sites on slavery to the Civil Rights Movement
Women and the Civil War - Duke University site compiling women's diaries, letters and photographs
Hearts At Home - Museum exhibit from the University of Virginia with information on topics such as women spies, education, religion, war work, etc
Remember the Ladies - information on women's roles in the Civil War including spies
Women and the Civil War - Links to lots of articles and sites
Sources on Harriet Beecher Stowe - List of links from About.com
Harriet Beecher Stowe - Article about Mrs. Stowe and her son
Clara Barton - short biography
The Mother of the Union Army The Story of Mary Ann Bickerdyke- Illinois woman who worked in hospitals to help soldiers
Civil War Love Letters - selected letters from soldiers to their wives
The Women's Revolt of Rowan County - An article about how women in a NC county revolted over conditions during the war. A good study of what the homefront was like.
Hard Times in the Confederacy - article from the Nature Bulletin about problems with food, clothing and heat
The Women of Antebellum Richmond - Article on their domestic life before the War
Rose O'Neal Greenhow - SHort biography and all her papers and letters
The Citizens' Companion - Online Magazine devoted to life on the homefront during the War
Our Needles Are Now Our Weapons - the introductory chapter in the Museum of the Confederacy book A Woman’s War: Southern Women, Civil War, and the Confederate Legacy
Captain Sally - Short article from Civil War Times about a woman who ran a hospital and was made an officer in the Confederate Army
Women Veterans of the Civil War - Short information on women who were spies, nurses and soldiers in the war
Meet Some Nifty Ladies - Short discussion of individual women
Civil War Medicine - Information on medical care, nurses and biographies of Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix
On Surgery's Cutting Edge During the Civil War - Arttilce from the Washington Post
Photographic Atlas of Civil War Injuries - pictures and case descriptions
Medical Care, Battle Wounds and Disease - encyclopedia article
The Humble Undertaker - short article on funeral practice during the Civil War
The United States Sanitary Commission - history and records
Civil War Medical Terminology - Definitions
The Surgeons at Gettysburg - article from Civil War Interactive
Clara Barton - short biography
The Mother of the Union Army The Story of Mary Ann Bickerdyke- Illinois woman who worked in hospitals to help soldiers
Anesthetics in Field and General Hospitals Of the Confederate States of America During the Civil War - article at Civil War Interactive
Civil War Prisons - Information on all the prisons
Andersonville Prison Camp - Historical background, conditions and archeology at the prison site
Andersonville Prison Camp - Background information
The Trial of Captain Henry Wirz - Information, Excepts and the impact of the trial
Andersonville: A Legacy of Shame...But whose? - Defense of Captain Wirz
Andersonville: Intentional Cruelty or Victim of Circumstance - article
The Inhumanities of War - article on prison camps
Prisons, Paroles and POWs - list of links
Elmira Prison - short article
Prison of War Camps - List of prisons on each side with links to more information
Brothers Bound - Lots of information on the Prisoner of War Experience with excerpts from diaries, letters and other primary documents and links to other sites
The Life of the Prisoner - Encyclopedia Article
Intelligence and The Civil War - Good information on Union and Confederate spies
Spies in Disguise - Links to stories of women spies; student created Webquest
The Plot to burn New York City - interesting article about a plan that "could have won the war for the South"
Spying in the Civil War - short article
The Spy disguised as a Slave - article
Spies, Raiders and Partisans - list of links
The Lady Spies of the Civil War - article
Remember the Ladies - articles on women spies
Literature of the South - Lots of information on Southern literature from the Antebellum era, black literature, Civil War literature, folklore and humor. Biographies of writers from the most obscure to the better known
Poetry and Music of the Civil War - comprehensive compilation of poems and music arranged by writer and also by first lines
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture - Multimedia archive on Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin - List of sites about Uncle Tom's Cabin
Alcottweb.com - site devoted to Louisa May Alcott
Music of the Civil War - Lyrics from lots of songs from this period
Twenty-Four Notes that Tap Deep Emotions - history of Taps
Racial Cartoons and the Civil War - A history of cartoons, caricatures and the treatment of blacks from the pre-War period to after Emancipation
Civil War Photographs - Library of Congress site with information and an extensive catalogue of photographs
Matthew Brady - information from the Library of Congress
Baseball and the Civil War - article
Civil War Pipe Smoking - article on tobacco and soldiers' pipes
Contraband Whiskey - Article from America's Civil War
Civil War Dance - Discussion of Victorian Era dances and ballroom etiquette
Weapons of the Civil War - Short information on pistols and rifles from the Civil War with pictures
Weapons of the Civil War - article
Weapons of the Civil War - list of links to articles
Civil War Artillery - Detailed information on subjects such as ammunition, famous weapons and equipment with lots of links
Civil War Artillery - great site with lots of information
Handguns of the Civil War - pictures and descriptitions
The Most Common Field Pieces of the Civil War - article on artillery
Military Technology - Article about the importance of the telegraph to the war effort
Confusing Terminology of Artillery - glossary of terms
Weapons of the Civil War - Artillery of the War
The Gatling Gun - short article from the History Channel
The Gatling Gun - short article
Definitions - Terms for Civil War weapons
Civil War Field Fortifications - Detailed information, good if you're interested in military history
Strategic Supplies - Article about the difficulties of supplying the armies during the War
Naval War - History of the naval battles with links to more information
Navies in the Civil War - Detailed history of naval battles and commanders during the War
Naval Warfare of the Civil War - List of links to articles
Civil War Navies - official records of the U.S. and Confederate navies concerning the Battle of Hampton Roads
The Battle of Mobile Bay - the history of this battle that spelled the end for the Confederacy
CSS Neuse - History of NC's ironclad
Outline on Reconstruction - Detailed outline of the issues and goals of Reconstruction
Reconstruction - Confederate Military History. History of Reconstruction from a Southern point of view, written after the war
Klu Klux Klan - Article about the KKK during Reconstruction
A Hundred Years of Terror - report on the KKK
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson - Lots of information about various aspects of the impeachment using articles from Harpers Weekly
The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Jackson - Two-part article from About.com
Famous Trials: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson - trial account, documents, cartoons
Civil War Quiz - Answer questions from about.com
The Diplomats and Diplomacy of the Civil War - college thesis
Selected Civil War Photographs - Library of Congress collection