Civil War Resources

Historical Literature

• Coming Fury By Bruce Canton
• A Union Newspaper
• A Confederate Newspapers

Internet

• Civil War Archive at the Library of Congress The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs.
• Civil War Preservation GroupsThe following organizations are actively involved in the preservation of Civil War battlefields and associated sites. All are "national" in scope and not specifically concerned with any particular battlefield or region
• Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military ParkFredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park was created in 1927 by the U.S. Congress to commemorate the Civil War battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House.
• Maps of National Historic & Military Parks, Memorials, and Battlefields The Perry-Casta&endash;eda Library Map CollectionMaps of National Historic & Military Parks, Memorials, and Battlefields all part of the The Perry-Casta&endash;eda Library Map Collection, at The University of Texas at Austin.

Books and Letters on the Internet

Listing of "American Civil War" Newspaper Articles

• The Newspaper Editorial that COULD Have Won the Civil War For the ConfederatesAt times in journalism history editorials have even caused riots or duels. An editorial in the October 15,1864 edition of the Richmond Whig, and reprinted in the New York Times, almost brought defeat to the Union forces.
• The Destruction of a Copperhead Newspaper (The Crisis a rebel newspaper in Columbus Ohio)The following is an account of the attack on The Crisis and is extracted from the diary of William J. Smith, Company M of the 2nd Volunteer Calvary.
• How the South Gathered News During the Civil WarAlthough it played an important role in the Confederacy, not much has been written about the Southern press. In many ways editorial reactions were the same in the North and South during the Civil War. For example, Southern editors were highly critical of military strategies, and journalists such as Robert Barnwell, editor of the Charleston Mercury, attacked the Confederate administration just as violently as Lincoln was being attacked in the North. War aims were not as much of an issue as they were in the North, however, nor was there anything quite corresponding to the Copperhead press.

A Group of Letters and documents from different archives

• Collection of J.C. Cohen Letters
• Jewish Soliders View of the War
• Letter from a Philadelphia mother to her son
• Letters of William H. Jackson
• Hardee's Manual (Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics)
• Ulysses S. Grant Network Home Page
• Red Badge of Courage (Gutenberg text)
• Declarations of the Causes of Secession
• Constitution of the {United} [Confederate] States of America
• Examination of the body of John Wilkes Booth
• Life of Fredick Douglass (Gutenberg text)
• Douglass, Frederick. "My Escape from Slavery"
• Lincolns First Inaugural Address (Gutenberg text)
• Lincolns Second Inaugural Address (Gutenberg text)
• Mark Twains Recollections of US Grant
• Gettysburg Address (Library of Congress)
• Sullivan Ballou Letter
• Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War
• McClellan Letter to Lincoln on His Evacuation from the Penninsula Campaign
• Other American Civil War Web Sites

Videos

• The Civil War Volume 1 1993 Display America
• The Civil War Volume 2 1993 Display America