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- American Civil War - British site includes articles about major battles, political and military figures, writers, artists, photographers, the role of women, issues, and Lincoln's assassination. Also features a chronology of the war.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwarC.htm
- Civil War - Presents information about the battles and soldiers, as well as an array of photographs and links.
www.civilwar.com
- Civil War Highlights - Eighth grade students write about major battles from both northern and southern perspectives.
library.thinkquest.org/2944
- Civil War Time Line - Junior high students list key events in chronological order.
cps.k12.mi.us/time.htm
- Civil War, American - Article from Encarta Encyclopedia explores the causes of the war and provides an overview of each year. Also includes an assessment of the war. Includes related photographs.
www.encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761567354
- Click2History - Unforgettable Sights: America's Civil War - Experience a photographic overview of the US Civil War by taking a guided virtual trip to America's national archives.
www.click2history.com/civil_war/civil_war_ch1.htm
- Gettysburg for Kids - Includes pictures, stories, biographies, day by day accounts of the conflict, and recommended books.
www.geocities.com/gettysburg4kids/index.html
- Illinois during the Civil War - Although no battles took place in Illinois, the states residents still shaped the Civil Wars course and felt its effects. Includes letters, diaries, and reminiscences of Union soldiers, as well as other materials from the home front.
dig.lib.niu.edu/civilwar
- Letters Home from an Iowa Soldier in the American Civil War - Part of a collection of letters written by Newton Robert Scott, Private, Company A, of the 36th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers, during the American Civil War. Most were written to the woman he would later marry.
www.civilwarletters.com
- Quia - Civil War - Match the squares in this review game.
www.quia.com/mc/97.html
- Selected Civil War Photographs - Library of Congress site provides searchable database of more than 1,100 photographs. Also tells what it was like to be a photographer in the Civil War and provides a timeline of the conflict.
rs6.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html
- The American Civil War - Thinkquest Jr. site includes a timeline, an overview of major battles, and introduction to northern and southern leaders.
tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5663
- The American Civil War - Student-created site explores the tragic cost of the conflict, provides short biographies of leaders, includes overviews of major battles, and features a comprehensive timeline.
library.thinkquest.org/3055
- The Battle of Gettysburg - Includes daily accounts of military action and battle maps. Also expresses the human side of war by telling the tale of military life through the eyes of a seventeen-year-old Union soldier.
library.thinkquest.org/13515
- The Civil War - Series of short lessons about the Civil War, along with suggested activities and interactive quizzes.
www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/civil_war.htm
- The Civil War Battles and Generals - Provides information about several battles and generals that were in charge during the civil war.
www.geocities.com/angelickrelian/TheCivilWarBattlesAtoG.html
- The Civil War for Kids - Includes timeline, graphs, maps, biographies of Civil War leaders, and printable activity sheets.
www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm
- The History Place - An easy-to-use American Civil War timeline with many original photographs and interesting quotes.
www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
- The Time of the Lincolns: Americans at War - Follow a foot solider into battle, browse through historic photographs, re-live the battle of Vicksburg, and explore the role African-Americans played in the Civil War. From the PBS series American Experience.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/atwar/index.html
- US Civil War: Internet Modern History Sourcebook - Links to primary sources available on-line.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook27.html
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