The American Civil War

Library Resources (Reference and Nonfiction):

• Encyclopedias (World Book, Compton’s, Encyclopedia Americana)
• Cobblestone Magazines (History Magazine for Young People)

Internet Resources:

• World Book Online – begin your research here for basic information (passwords are posted on the bulletin board near computers) 

• Facts on File – This database contains information for the Civil War Era within the American History online database. 

• EBSCO– This database contains journals, newspaper articles, magazines, primary source documents and more for the Civil War Era.  You should begin your search in the “Student Research Center”.

Additional Links (Extensive Overview) 

• The Civil War Homepage

• American Civil War - Kids Zone  

• The Civil War Timeline by Smithsonian  is produced by the National Portrait Gallery and was created to review the Civil War through the Smithsonian Institution's extensive collections

• American Civil War from Wikipedia

Some Additional Links (Topic Specific) 

The Valley of Shadow site portrays era of the North and South through letters, newspapers, speeches, etc. during the periods prior, during, and post Civil War.  This site was developed by the University of Virginia and is quite extensive. 

                The Valley of the Shadow:  Two Communities of the Civil War

        The American Memory sites below were created by the Library of Congress:

                American Memory:  Civil War Maps
                American Memory:  Selected Civil War Photographs

• The History Place:  A Nation Divided:  The U.S. Civil War 1861-1865

• Africans in America - The Civil War

• The Time of the Lincolns

• Civil War Women

Check out these Historical Fiction titles about the Civil War...