Civil War Pathfinder

 PRINT RESOURCES:

American Civil War: Biographies REF 920 HIL Profiles in American History, Vol. 4  REF 973 MOS
American Civil War UXL (4 vols.) REF 973.7 The Civil War (10 vols.) REF 973.7 CIV
Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Civil War  REF 973.7 CLI The American Scene,: Events Vol. 4  REF 973 AME
The American Civil War: A Multi-cultural Encyclopedia REF 973.7 AME  

 WEBSITES:
     
The American Civil War    http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm 
       
James A. Janke from Dakota State University  has divided this site into predictable and unique  categories.  
        He lists fiction titles and motion pictures that are related to the Civil War.
    The American Civil War Homepage     http://www.sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html 
        This is a nicely organized source of primary documents.
   
Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet    http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html 
        A gateway to Internet resources about women and the Civil War from Duke University.
   The History Place: A Nation Divided     http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/ 
        Illustrated timeline of events, including battles, of the Civil War are featured here.
   
The United States Civil War Center     http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/ 
        Links to over 2,000 Internet resource related to the Civil War are available via this gateway.
   
The Valley  of the Shadow: Two Communities     http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/ 
        The human impact of the Civil War is brought home through this site provided by the University of Virginia.
   
America Slave Narratives    http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html 
        Former slaves provide first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms 
        at this site that includes sound files. 
   
Civil War@Smithsonian     http://www.civilwar.si.edu/home.html 
        The Smithsonian Institute provides this information related to people associated with this time period. 
  
  All About Abe     http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html 
        The Library of Congress is featuring it's collection of documents related to Abraham Lincoln.

*** There are many Internet sites cataloged as part of our library collection.  At school, you may search on Athena for Civil War.  Select an item that does not have a call number.  These are Internet sites.  Click on the bright WebLink button and it will take you directly to that site. 

Updated September 12,  2008

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