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Research and study | Archives, libraries and manuscript centers | Maps | Professional organizations | Reenactors | Roundtables | Virtual tours

Research and study related sites

  • Center for the Study of the American Civil War - The mission of CSACW is to promote and inspire the study of the American Civil War by providing historians access to primary original Civil War resources like letters, diaries and journals via the Internet.
  • Civil War Gazette - ...because the story needs to be re-told to a new millenium.
  • Civil War Rosters arranged by State - This is a directory of Civil War Rosters/Muster Rolls that have been found on the internet. Since only 50-60% of all rosters are on the internet, some units will not be listed.
  • Rosters and Regimental Histories - ACW Homepage links
  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is a computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War. The initial focus of the CWSS is the Names Index Project, a project to enter names and other basic information from 5.4 million soldier records in the National Archives. The facts about the soldiers are being entered from records that are indexed to many millions of other documents about Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.
  • The American Civil War Homepage - massive list of links.


Archives, Libraries and Manuscript Centers

  • Center for the Study of the American Civil War - The mission of CSACW is to promote and inspire the study of the American Civil War by providing historians access to primary original Civil War resources like letters, diaries and journals via the Internet.
  • Library of Congress - American Memory Project > American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
  • Virginia Tech Libraries Special Collections - The Civil War is a major collecting focus for the University Libraries. Manuscript collections contain letters and diaries from both Union and Confederate soldiers, homefront letters, memoirs, and contemporary research files. The backbone of the printed collection, located in the Special Collections' Rare Book Room, is the Elden E. Josh Billings Collection which consists of approximately 6,000 monographs.
  • Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion - the ORs can be browsed or searched from the Cornell web site.
  • The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies - browse or search.


Maps and topographical related sites

  • Civil War Maps (LOC) - The Civil War Map collection of the Geography and Map Division consists of reconnaissance, sketch, coastal, and theater-of-war maps which depict troop activities and fortifications during the Civil War. Part of this selection contains maps by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss, a topographical engineer in the Confederate Army. Hotchkiss made detailed battle maps that were used by Generals Lee and Jackson. This selection also includes maps that depict General Sherman's military campaigns in Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, and the Carolinas.

 

Professional Organizations and Associations - non academic

  • Civil War Token Society - a national, non-profit organization dedicated to help stimulate interest and research in the field of Civil War token collecting.
  • Civil War Trust - promotes appreciation and stewardship of historical, cultural, and environmental heritage through preservation of significant Civil War battlefields.
  • Sons of Confederate Veterans - nonprofit, non-political historical organization of male descendants of Confederate soldiers.
  • Sons of Union Veterans - Preserving the Memory of the Grand Army of the Republic
    and our Ancestors who Fought to Preserve the Union 1861 - 1865.
  • United Daughters of the Confederacy - The objectives of the organization are Historical, Educational, Benevolent, Memorial and Patriotic, to honor the memory of those who served and those who fell in the service of the Confederate States of America; to protect, preserve and mark the places made historic by Confederate valor; to collect and preserve the material for a truthful history of the War Between the States . . . .

 

Reenactors' and Living History Web Sites

  • American Civil War Association - Experience Living History: What is "Living History" and what role do the members of the American Civil War Association have in the portrayal of it? Living history is one of the most dynamic mediums available to those in pursuit of the past. It is a gathering of period personalities in an appropriately antiquated setting, such as a Civil War encampment.
  • The National Civil War Association - The NCWA's charter is to to educate the public about the people and events of the Civil War. We present our living history for the public in many forms, including military encampments, battles, and lectures.
  • The Civil War Reenactor's Homepage - This page is dedicated to the brave souls, North and South, who fought and died in the war between the states.
  • Civil War Photography - Bob Szabo
  • The American Civil War Homepage - link to reenactor's web sites

 

Round Tables, Discussion Groups & Forums

 

Virtual Tours of Battles and CampaignS