U.S. Civil War Selected Resources (Main Reading Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress)
Selected resources within and outside the Library of Congress on the Civil War (Main Reading Room, Library of Congress). This guide is a compilation of many of the Civil War resources at the Library of Congress, along with links to selected resources outside the Library. The resources are organized by format. The purpose of this guide is to present researchers with selected sources through ...
Web Page
Overview - The Civil War - Themed Resources
Examine different points of view from both the Union and the Confederacy through poetry, music, images, letters, maps and other primary documents. Hear former slaves tell their stories, and read first-hand accounts by Civil War women.
Collection
Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints
Provides access to about 7,000 different views and portraits made during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and its immediate aftermath. The images represent the original glass plate negatives made under the supervision of Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner as well as the photographic prints in the Civil War photographs file in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room. These negatives and prints are sometimes referred ...
The Civil War in America
The Civil War in America exhibition assembles more than 200 unique items, many of which have never been seen by the public, to commemorate the sesquicentennial of this nation’s greatest military and political upheaval.
The Civil War archive
A growing collection of Civil War documents, especially useful for its transcribed regimental histories from the standard Civil War source "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick Dyer, corps histories, and national list of Civil War Roundtables.
Date:1999
Map
Civil War maps
Civil War maps collection
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Civil War Maps brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman's Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts, all available ...
Date:1999
Collection
Civil War Maps
Brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman's Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts all available for the first ...
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Virginia Historical Society - Library of Virginia
Civil War Aeronautics
Civil War Aeronautics. A blog post at "Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business" on 2011-07-27.
Contributor:
Harbster, Jennifer
Date:2011-07-27
Blog
Civil War Chic
Civil War Chic. A blog post at "Library of Congress Blog" on 2013-05-29.
Contributor:
Allen, Erin
Date:2013-05-29
Blog
Civil War Conscription Laws
Civil War Conscription Laws. A blog post at "In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress" on 2012-11-15.
Contributor:
Wood, Margaret
Date:2012-11-15
Web Page
Civil War (1860-1865)
Civil War (1860-1865) Civil War (1860-1865) Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863 Credit: The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati."Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation." c1888. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Library
Blog
Civil War Sesquicentennial
Civil War Sesquicentennial. A blog post at "In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress" on 2011-02-22.
Contributor:
Sellers, Christine
Date:2011-02-22
Blog
Civil War Military Trials
Civil War Military Trials. A blog post at "In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress" on 2012-11-13.
Contributor:
Levush, Ruth
Date:2012-11-13
Blog
Civil War: Thanksgiving Foods
This blog post explores what the soldiers ate during the U.S. Civil War and how they celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday.
Contributor:
Terrell, Ellen
Date:2013-11-26
Web Page
Civil War (1860-1865)
Civil War (1860-1865) Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863 Conflict over issues of how much control the federal government should have over the states, industrialization, trade, and especially slavery had increased tension
Archived Web Site
Civil War Prisons
A collection of scholarly Internet links on Civil War prisons with abstracts, images, suggestions for further reading, and links to pertinent Web pages of Making of America's digitized version of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Web Site. electronic | Electronic (Form).
Contributor:
Jensen, Richard J.
Date:2001-11-26
Book
Persistence of civil wars
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
"A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration. We provide a theory of the persistence of civil wars. The civilian government can successfully defeat rebellious factions only by creating a relatively strong army. In weakly-institutionalized polities this opens the way for excessive influence or coups by the military. Civilian governments whose rents are largely unaffected by civil ...
Contributor:
Acemoglu, Daron
Date:2009
Map
Civil War, 1861-1865
Scale ca. 1:3,920,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 87.6 Copyright Apr. 12, 1912. Map indicates military movements and principal battles. Union movements are colored yellow and Confederate movements red. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
The civil war,
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
Contributor:
Barstow, Charles L.
Date:1912
Photo, Print, Drawing
Unknown Civil War group
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a group of men and women, including Union army officers, outside of a tent in an unknown location.
Date:1860
Photo, Print, Drawing
[Civil War militia]
1 photographic print : salted paper ; 22 x 33 cm. | Photograph showing soldiers, many on horseback, and a cannon with two attendants on each side.
Web PageU.S. Civil War Selected Resources (Main Reading Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress) Selected resources within and outside the Library of Congress on the Civil War (Main Reading Room, Library of Congress). This guide is a compilation of many of the Civil War resources at the Library of Congress, along with links to selected resources outside the Library. The resources are organized by format. The purpose of this guide is to present researchers with selected sources through ...
Web PageOverview - The Civil War - Themed Resources Examine different points of view from both the Union and the Confederacy through poetry, music, images, letters, maps and other primary documents. Hear former slaves tell their stories, and read first-hand accounts by Civil War women.
CollectionCivil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints Provides access to about 7,000 different views and portraits made during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and its immediate aftermath. The images represent the original glass plate negatives made under the supervision of Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner as well as the photographic prints in the Civil War photographs file in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room. These negatives and prints are sometimes referred ...
ExhibitThe Civil War in America The Civil War in America exhibition assembles more than 200 unique items, many of which have never been seen by the public, to commemorate the sesquicentennial of this nation’s greatest military and political upheaval.
BookThe Civil War archive A growing collection of Civil War documents, especially useful for its transcribed regimental histories from the standard Civil War source "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick Dyer, corps histories, and national list of Civil War Roundtables.
MapCivil War maps
CollectionCivil War Maps Brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman's Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts all available for the first ...
BlogCivil War Aeronautics Civil War Aeronautics. A blog post at "Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business" on 2011-07-27.
BlogCivil War Chic Civil War Chic. A blog post at "Library of Congress Blog" on 2013-05-29.
BlogCivil War Conscription Laws Civil War Conscription Laws. A blog post at "In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress" on 2012-11-15.
Archived Web SiteCivil War Prisons A collection of scholarly Internet links on Civil War prisons with abstracts, images, suggestions for further reading, and links to pertinent Web pages of Making of America's digitized version of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Web Site. electronic | Electronic (Form).
MapCivil War, 1861-1865 Scale ca. 1:3,920,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 87.6 Copyright Apr. 12, 1912. Map indicates military movements and principal battles. Union movements are colored yellow and Confederate movements red. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Photo, Print, Drawing
Photo, Print, DrawingUnknown Civil War group 1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 17.5 x 8.5 cm (stereograph format) | Photograph shows a group of men and women, including Union army officers, outside of a tent in an unknown location.
Photo, Print, Drawing[Civil War militia] 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 22 x 33 cm. | Photograph showing soldiers, many on horseback, and a cannon with two attendants on each side.