American Civil War Home Page Extensive collection of resources related to the Civil War. Includes Documents, state archives, bibliographies, biographies, military battle and campaign information, links to Civil War Reenactors, and much more. Page created by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

The United States Civil War Center from Louisian State University provides useful information and links to resources.

Lincoln

• Biography of Lincoln focusing upon his election as President with links to his speeches, data about election and more from the POTUS resource of the Internet Public Library
• Lincoln's Dred Scott Speech on the Dred Scott Decision at Springield, Illinois, June 26, 1857.
  
• Brief Biography of Lincoln with links and a timeline

Civil War resources

• Frederick Douglass Papers from American Memory "The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress presents the papers of the nineteenth-century African-American abolitionist who escaped from slavery and then risked his own freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher."
• Collection of Matthew Brady's photographs from the Library of Congress
• Civil War Maps collection from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress
• "We'll Sing to Abe Our Song": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War, from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
• American documents from the 19th century from the Major Collections of the Avalon Project of Yale University.
• Civil War Documents from The United States Civil War Center
• Amrican Civil War Resources from the Univeristy of Virginia
• Index of Civil War Information available on the Internet collected by The United States Civil War Center
• Gettysburg Address Library of Congress Exhibit
• Women Activites during the Civil War: a selection of photographs from the Library of Congress

Civil War Collections from the American Memory site of the Library of Congress (Primary sources)

• Band Music from the Civil War Era
• Civil War Maps collected by the Library of Congress
• Selected Civil War Photographs (Matthew Brady collection)
• Sheet Music about Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation and the Civil War

Slavery

• Dred Scott information and documents
• Lincoln's Dred Scott Speech on the Dred Scott Decision at Springield, Illinois, June 26, 1857.
  

Resources from the National Archives and Records Administration

• Genealogy and military service records from the National Archives
• Teaching activities, historical documents, and photographs explore the issues of black soldiers, emancipation and military service.
• The National Archives and Records website includes access to resources in photographic format.
• Search for images of the Civil War, women soldiers, black soldiers, Reconstruction, etc.
• Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Exhibit from the National Archives and Records Administration
• Links found on Outline of American History: Sectional Conflict include texts, information about the Civil War and Reconstruction.
• Lincoln, Douglas and Brown: from Outline of American History
• Women and the Civil War from Duke University. Good Preliminary research outline. Few links.
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Archives of soldiers and sailors who found in the Civil War from the National Park Service. Arranged by state. Links to other Civil War Records.
• Vicksburg National Military Park and related resources.

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