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Scrapbook News Article
Scrapbook Letter
Scrapbook Journal Entry

Note Taking Sheet

Print Sources

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The Civil War, Time-Life Series REF 973.7
Civil War Battles 973.7 JOH
The Boys' War 973.7 MUR
The Civil War Cookbook 641.5 DAV

And MANY others at the call number 973.7

Internet Sources

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Women Soldiers of the Civil War

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-1.html
A 3 page article from the National Archives that details many aspects of the topic.

CW Post: The African American during the Civil War
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaslavry.htm#civil

American Odyssey Civil War
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html
Includes information on slaves during the Civil War.

National Portrait Gallery Matthew Brady
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/bradcont.html

Brooklyn in the Civil War
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/civilwar/
Information on the Civil War split into 4 themes (across the top of the screen) - Soldiers, Women, Slavery, Daily Life

Etext Center:Civil War
http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/#Letters
Contains letters and news articles from the Civil War era. Persevere through the links for great examples.

Valley of the Shadow
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/choosepart.html
Letters and diaries from the war years.

Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment
http://www.nps.gov/boaf/historyculture/shaw.htm
Some history of the first all African-American regiment.

Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
This is the best place to get period photographs for your scrapbook.

Battle Summaries from ABPP
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm
This page gives battle summaries by state. Click the link on the left to see the summaries by campaign (year).

Civil War Prisons
http://censusdiggins.com/civil_war_prisons.html

The Home Front
http://www.edinborough.com/Learn/Civil_War_Life/HomeFront.html
Diaries and stories detailing civilian life during the Civil War

National Museum of Civil War Medicine
http://www.civilwarmed.org/exhibits.cfm
The exhibits section of this site has information on battlefield medicine and Civil War era hospitals.

Shotgun's Civil War page

Huge site, try "The Armies" link to start.

Civil War Home Page
http://www.civil-war.net/
Huge source of letters, photos, and records from the Civil War.

History Central
http://www.historycentral.com/CivilWar/index.html
Follow the links for Americans during the Civil War to find out how various groups lived during the conflict.

Dakota State University Civil War site
http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
Scroll down to see a large number of links. Many are dead links but the live ones are very useful