US Civil War:
Selected Resources

Digital Resources

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Maps

• Civil War maps
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/

• Jedediah Hotchkiss Confederate Maps.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/hotchkiss/

• Military Battles and Campaigns from the Library of Congress Geography and Maps Division.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/milhome.html

  This collection includes many Civil War maps.

• Collection Connections: Civil War Maps.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/cwmaps/

• Mapping the Civil War http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/feb05/maps.html

Table of Contents

Overview
Digital Resources
     Maps
     Music and Sound Recordings
     Photographs
     Resource Guides
     For Teachers & Young Audiences
     Text
     Webcasts
External Resources
Selected Bibliography
Search Tips

Music and Sound Recordings

• Band music from the Civil War era.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html

• An article about Julia Ward Howe's song
  "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
  http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/nov02/battlehymn.html

Photographs

• Civil War photographs, most attributed to Matthew Brady.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

• Brady-Handy Collection of Civil War negatives.
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/brhchtml/brhcabt.html

  This collection consists of approximately 10,000 original, duplicate and copy negatives.

• Stereograph Cards collection.
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/stereohtml/stereoabt.html

  Though this collection contains a wide variety of subjects, Civil War related
  images make up a significant portion of the collection. The collection is searchable by subject heading and by keyword.

• "Portraits of the Civil War."
  http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/jan06/portraits.html

Resource Guides

• Civil War Manuscripts: A Guide to Collections in
  the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2004/20040324001cw/20040324001cw.pdf [PDF: 4.2 MB/ 420p.]

• Grand Army of the Republic Sources in the Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/gar/

  The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was the preeminent veterans' association of the Union Army after the Civil War. This guide includes a brief history of the organization, a bibliographic essay listing primary sources, and citations to published sources in the Library of Congress. The latter encompasses reports about national meetings, state meetings, local GAR organizations, and auxiliary organizations.

• U.S. Civil War Regimental Histories in the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/uscivilwar/

  A guide to hundreds of unit histories in the Library of Congress. The histories cover most states, territories, and the District of Columbia. The guide includes many published personal reminiscences of Civil War soldiers. The guide incorporates live searches of the Library of Congress online catalog.

• An article on Clara Barton, the "Angel of the Battlefield."
  http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/nov05/angel.html

• An article on the Battle of Gettysburg.
  http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/july03/civil.html

For Teachers & Young Audiences

• A collection of Civil War era stories on various topics such as the secession of Florida, Arlington National Cemetery, and the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil

• Frederick Douglass
  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/all/douglass

• President Abraham Lincoln
  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/lincoln

• Harriet Tubman
  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/all/tubman

• Mark Twain
  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/writers/twain

• Choose Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
  http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/theme.html

• From Slavery to Civil Rights: A Timeline of African-American
  History - The Civil War era.
  http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/civilrights/learn_more.html#civilwar

Text

• Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of
  America, 1861-1865.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcc.html

• American Treasures - The Emancipation Proclamation
  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr00.html#emproc

• American Treasures - Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt039.html

• American Treasures - Lincoln's Second Inauguration
  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt053.html

• The Gettysburg Address
  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/

• President Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html

• Washington During the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson
  Taft, 1861-1865.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tafthtml/tafthome.html

Webcasts

• Civil War symposium held November 12-14, 2003 at the Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/about/books/symposium/index.html

• Author Elizabeth Smith Brownstein discusses her book
  Lincoln's Other White House at the Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3847

• The Library of Congress presented an evening concert and dramatic reading of Walt Whitman's lecture "Death of Lincoln." http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3359 http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3681

  Author Daniel Mark Epstein read the Whitman tribute, and members of the Air Force Band presented musical selections.

• Author Elizabeth Brown Pryor discusses her book A Portrait
  of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters at the
  Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4083

• Author Ernest B. Furgurson discusses his book Freedom
  Rising: Washington in the Civil War at the Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3324

• Author James Swanson discusses his book Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer at the Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3862

• Author Douglas Wilson discusses his book Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words at the Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4034

• Margaret Wagner and Gary Gallagher discuss the book The American Civil War: 365 Days at the Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3857

  The book draws on Library of Congress collections.

• Author Doris Kearns Godwin discusses her book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln at the 2006 National Book Festival.
  http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3978

• Author James McPherson discusses his books Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam 1862 and Fields of Fury: The American Civil War at the 2002 National Book Festival.
  http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3495

• Author Daniel Mark Epstein discusses his book Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington at the Library of Congress.
  http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3359