Civil War Photography
Photography and the Civil War The Civil War in 3-D The Center for Civil War Photography National Archives:
Civil War Photos Wikipedia: Civil War Photography » PBS: The Camera Goes to War » MathewBrady.com Civil War Monuments of the South Photographic Encyclopedia of the Civil War
Photographic History of the Civil War in 10 volumes. Conderate Regiments
Many Virginia Confederate regiments included soldiers from counties of what is now West Virginia. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia, by Stewart Sifakis A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations: 1861-1865, by Lee A. Wallace, Jr.
Available for order from H.E. Howard Inc.; Route 2, Box 496-H; Appomattox VA 24522; Phone 804-352-8871 Virginia Regimental History Series
Regimental histories of most Confederate units from Virginia are availabe from H.E. Howard, Inc.; Route 2, Box 496-H; Appomattox VA 24522; Phone 804-352-8871
CS Infantry 2nd Virginia Infantry 7th Virginia Infantry 13th Virginia Infantry 22nd Virginia Infantry 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion 24th Virginia Infantry 25th Virginia Infantry 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion 27th Virginia Infantry 29th Virginia Infantry 30th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Sharpshooters) 31st Virginia Infantry 33rd Virginia Infantry 36th Virginia Infantry 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion 59th Virginia Infantry 60th Virginia Infantry 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry CS Cavalry 1st Virginia Cavalry 6th Virginia Cavalry 7th Virginia Cavalry 8th Virginia Cavalry 10th Virginia Cavalry 11th Virginia Cavalry 12th Virginia Cavalry 14th Virginia Cavalry 16th Virginia Cavalry 17th Virginia Cavalry 18th Virginia Cavalry 19th Virginia Cavalry 20th Virginia Cavalry 21st Virginia Cavalry 23rd Virginia Cavalry 26th Virginia Cavalry 34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry 36th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry 43rd Virginia Cavalry (Mosby's Partisan Rangers) 44th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry Partisan Rangers 151st Regiment Virginia Militia 190th Regiment Virginia Militia - Wyoming County Virginia Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows Web site for the 25th, 31st, and 62nd VA Infanty Regiments Confederate Partisan Rangers
Confederate Military History
Confederate In The Field
Confederate Soldier's Life
Typical Confederate Soldier An excellent description of a typical Confederate soldier written in 1893.
The Private Infantryman
"War-Time Reminiscences of James D. Sedinger, Company E, 8th Virginia Cavalry (Border Rangers)"
Confederate Soldiers: Why Did They Enlist?" (Part One),
Confederate Soldiers: Why Did They Enlist?" (Part Two),
General R.E. Lee's Northwest Virginia Campaign Gray Forces Defeated in Battle of Lewisburg The McNeill Rangers: A Study in Confederate Guerrilla Warfare
Death of John Hanson McNeill
McNeill's Rangers Last Raid on the B & O
Execution of John Yates Beall
Life of Brigadier General John McCausland
The Raid on Piedmont and the Crippling of Franz Sigel in the Shenandoah Valley
A Confederate Journal The Civil War Record of Albert Gallatin Jenkins, C.S.A.
War Time Reminiscences of James D. Sedinger, Company E, 8th Virginia Cavalry CSA (Border Rangers)
Civil War Medical Terminology - (Civil War) Civil War Medicine
Confederate Medical Department Civil War Medicine Vocabulary Confederate Medical Personnel
Article by DeAnne Blanton. National Museum of Civil War Medicine National Museum of Health and Medicine
Information on the history of American and military medicine. Special emphasis on Civil War medicine. Guide to Collections at the National Museum of Health and Medicine Pre-1870 American Surgical Instruments & Amputation Sets
Extensive photos and information on Civil War surgical amputation sets and instruments. Resources in Civil War Medicine
At The Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Virginia's Confederate Military Hospitals
Cemeteries
The Confederate Cemetery List
Lists the final resting places of Confederate Soldiers. Confederate Soldiers Buried in Our Soldiers Cemetery
Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia. USCWC Cemetery Listings
From the U.S. Civil War Center. Wasted Valor
The Confederate dead at Gettysburg.
Sons of Confederate Veterans Home Page
The Southern Cross of Honor United Daughters of the Confederacy Who were the United Confederate Veterans?
The War EndsThe End of the War
From John B. Gordon's book "Reminiscences of the War".
Surrender of the Confederate Armies
ReconstructionAftermath of the Civil War -- Reconstruction Era 1865-77 The Compromise of 1877 Reconstruction 1865 - 1877 Reconstruction by Frederick Douglass |
Preservation Organization in the Valley Civil War Battlefield Trust This is a great organzation created to bring groups together for the purpose of saving the precious batttlefields on the Shenandoah Valley. A membership organization The Civil War Preservation Trust. This important organization is dedicated to preserving significant Civil War battlefield and other sites all over the United States Kernstown Battlefield Association Very Important Site that is dedication to the preservation and interpretation of the to Battles of Kernstown! Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation Organization that puts on the annual reenactment of the Battle of Cedar Creek and works to preserve and interpret the Cedar Creek battlefield. People John Brown, great page from the Jefferson Village project.
Campaign for Western Virginia (3 June 1861 - 12 December 1861)
Signals in the Civil War Signal Corps Association Reenactors Division
General Interest Sites
American Civil War: Electronic Texts
A remarkable collection of letters and diaries from the University of Virginia The American Civil War Dakota State University
Jim Janke PhD
This site features numerous links to web resources and is one of the oldest and most popular sites on the web dealing with the American Civil War. The August Forsberg Civil War Memoir
Washington and Lee University
Special Collections, James Graham Leyburn Library
From the site's description of the memoir:
"August Forsberg (1831-1910) was a Swedish immigrant and engineer with the Confederate Army. His memoir of his war years includes accounts of Confederate fortifications, marches and battles. Many of his wartime duties were in western Virginia. There is a description of his life in a Union prisoner of war camp. After the war, Forsberg settled in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he held the post of City Engineer for many years." Behind the Stonewall
"360 Degree Panoramic Images From Civil War Battlefields" Contemporary panoramics from major battlefield sites.
Center of Military History United States Army
Army Historical Series American Military History
The following four links are from the above cited source. They are chapters from this
US Army publication on the military history of the United States Army. Students will find
this a rich source of excellent information and quite useful in their Civil War studies.
U.S. Civil War 1861-1865, The History Place
A time line of the Civil War with quotes and photos
The Confederate States of America
This is the Confederate section of Shotgun's American Civil War Home Page
Cyndi's List Civil War/War Between the States
The Civil War/War Between the States section of Cyndi's List. A fabulous collection of indexed and categorized genealogy links. The Valley Of The Shadow
Two Communities in the American Civil War
This highly acclaimed site is the work of historian Edward L. Ayers and company and is a project of the University of Virginia.
Southern Women In The Civil War Taken from the Southern Historical Society Papers.
David Creigh and the Burning of Chambersburg
West Virginia
Battlefields and Historic Sites Loyalties in Conflict: Union and Confederate Sentiment in Barbour County
Belle Boyd House
Beverly
Battle of Blue's Gap Bulltown Historic Area
The Battle of Bulltown
Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park
The Battle of Carnifex Ferry "The Civil War Comes to Charleston,"
Letter Describing the Battle of Cheat Mountain
Craik-Patton House Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park
Battle of Droop Mountain
The Battle of Fairmont
Fayetteville, West Virginia, During the Civil War
Loyalty and Civil Liberty in Fayette County During the Civil War
General John Fremont Evacuates the Town of Franklin
Guyandotte Meeting, 20 April 1861
Burning of Guyandotte
The Tragic Fate of Guyandotte General McClellan's Headquarters - Anna Jarvis Birthplace Grafton National Cemetery Harper's Ferry National Historical Park
Destruction of Harpers Ferry Armory
Siege of Harpers Ferry
Jackson's Mill - Boyhood Home of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson The Jenkins Plantation Laurel Hill / Belington Lewisburg
Battle of Lewisburg
Martinsburg Roundhouse
Destruction of Mercer Salt Works
The Beginning: Philippi, 1861 Philippi Covered Bridge and Historic District
Battle of Philippi
Pocanontas County Civil War Sites
Burning of Princeton During Civil War
Rich Mountain Battlefield
Battle of Rich Mountain
Rich Mountain Revisited Shepherdstown
Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association
Battle of Shepherdstown [NPS]
Map of Battle of Shepherdstown [NPS]
Battle of Shepherdstown [wvcivilwar.com]
Bloody Day at Boteler's Ford [eHistory.net]
Sinking Creek Raid
Burning Of Sutton
The Battle of the Top of the Allegheny
West Virginia Independence Hall West Virginia State Capitol Weston State Hospital Lincoln and the "Vast Question" of West Virginia
Nathan Goff, Jr., in the Civil War The Confederate Postal Service in West Virginia
A Civil War Diary from French Creek: Selections from the Diary of Sirene Bunten Five Tri-State Women During the Civil War West Virginia in the Civil War WV American Civil War Research Site
Civil War site related to Confederate West Virginia history. West Virginia Archives Sources
"The Confederate Postal Service in West Virginia,"
The Battle Flags Of The State (Fifth [West] Virginia)
"Five Tri-State Women During the Civil War,"
Cleon Moore: War Incidents
Roster of the Jefferson Guards
George S. Patton to James C. Welch, 16 June 1861
Jones-Imboden Raid (Time Trail)
George W. Peterkin to Father (from Gettysburg), 7 July 1863
Joseph A. J. Lightburn to George, 17 June 1863
Individuals
Sources on Belle Boyd
"A Civil War Diary From French Creek: Selections From the Diary of Sirene Bunten,"
"Nathan Goff, Jr., in the Civil War,"
Sources on J. E. Hanger
Thomas Maley Harris
Sources on Nancy Hart
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
Obituaries for William H. Powell
West Virginia Soldier Bugler at Surrender of General Robert E. Lee
Jesse Lee Reno
Joseph Snider Letters
David Hunter Strother
Post-War Activities Confederate Monument Dedicated in Monroe County
Invitation to the Annual Reunion of the 36th Ohio Volunteers at Lewisburg
Sources on Anna Jarvis
Establishment of Mothers Day (Time Trail)
Annual Reunion of West Virginia Confederate Veterans
West Virginia Confederate Reunion, Beckley, 1918
Dedication of Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park
Program for the Seventieth Anniversary Celebration of the Battle of Carnifex Ferry
Maryland
Maryland Confederates
Maryland In The Civil War The Battle of Antietam on the Web
A comprehensive information source on the 1862 battle at Sharpsburg, Maryland.
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The Jessie Scouts
The First West Virginia Infantry
Civil War Battle Summaries
From the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation?s Civil War Battlefields.
Civil War Battle Summaries by State
General Resource Sites
1860's Foods: Union, Confederate & on the Frontier
Excerpted authentic cooking information and recipes from the North Collins (NY) Historical Society book by the same name. Access Genealogy - U.S. Military Resources for the Civil War American Civil War
From the home page of Nikki Roth-Skiles, highlighting several regiments in which her ancestors served. The American Civil War
From Dakota State University - Madison, South Dakota American Civil War Search Directory The American Civil War - The Struggle to Preserve the Union
A look at the causes, characters, and history of the American Civil War. American Civil War Home Page
Categorized links to other Civil War resources on the web. A Brief Introduction to Genealogy and the American Civil War Chronicles of the Great Rebellion
Transcription of a book 1864 in the style of the Bible. The Civil War
This site has extensive, original illustrations from the Civil War, as they appeared in the pages of Harper's Weekly. Slave Heritage Resource Center, and more. CivilWar@Smithsonian
Examines the Civil War through the Smithsonian Institution's extensive collections. The Civil War Archive [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
The Civil War Lady
Historical, military, & genealogical research of the American Civil War. Civil War Records Online -- Sassytazzy's Online Genealogy Research Library
Civil war rosters, documents & records. Civil War Resources The Civil War Project
Providing information on the Civil War at the state and national level. Civil War Resources Civil War Resources on the Internet: Abolitionism to Reconstruction (1830's - 1890's) Civil War Search - A Search Directory for the American Civil War Civil War Soldier Vocabulary The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)
Online searchable database of over 5 million soldiers from 30 states and territories. Civil War Virtual Archive Web Ring
The Civil War Virtual Archive Web Confederate Links
Categorized index of over 1,500 Confederacy related sites. The Confederate Network Confederate States of America
This site presents original Harper's Weekly news accounts.
CWOL Webring (Civil War On-line) Electric Cemetery
Many Civil War links. History of Mapping the Civil War
From the Library of Congress. Index of Civil War Information Available on the Internet Lesser Known Historical Excerpts Relevant to The War for Southern Independence
Contains annotated historical excerpts that address neglected history of the nature of the War Between the States. Military History: United States Civil War (1861-1865) U.S. Civil War Center
Links and resources for Civil War information. U.S. Civil War Center -- Civil War Links Index US Civil War Factbook
Chronology, info on casualties, the Confederacy and a discussion forum. War for Southern Independence Links The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Online searchable scanned images of the OR. WWW.CIVILWAR.COM
General Civil War site with many links to Civil War sites including a genealogy page of links.
Bull Run Civil War Round Table Civil War Richmond
Primary sources, photographs, and maps relating to the life and history of the Confederate Capital. The Southern Home Front 1861-1865 From Documenting the American South. Virginia Civil War Home Page Libraries, Archives & Museums
Museum of the Confederacy ~ Richmond, Virginia Old Court House Civil War Museum
Winchester, Virginia, served as a prison/hospital during the Civil War. U.S. Civil War Regimental Histories in the Library of Congress
A searchable catalog of U.S. Civil War regimental histories in the Library of Congress. USGenWeb Archives: West Virginia: Civil War Files Virginia Military Institute Archives
Includes full text manuscripts, images, and an online historical VMI rosters database for surname resear
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