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Civil War Web Links
The Civil War Preservation Trust is sponsored by The History Channel.
The
American Battlefield Protection Program
Here, The American Battlefield Protection
Program of the National Park Service offers battle
summaries and information on The Civil War Site Advisory
Commission. Concise information on the most significant
battles of the war.
The
Library of Congress American Memory Page
An ever-growing resource. Search for The Civil
War and find photographs, historic documents, movies,
or sound recordings of oral histories.
- ParkNet
-- The National Park Service Home Page
Forty-two of America’s National Parks were touched by the Civil War. The park websites vary in complexity but almost all include photographs and a brief text of the history of the site. Many include expanded web pages with more interesting items like maps to read and download, weather reports and primary source documents.Andersonville NHS, Georgia
Antietam NB, Maryland
Appomattox Court House NHP, Virginia
Brices Cross Roads NBS, Mississippi
Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Georgia
Fort Donelson NB, Tennessee
Fort Pulaski NM, Georgia
Fort Sumter NM, South Carolina
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP, Virginia
Gettysburg NMP, Pennsylvania
Harpers Ferry NHP, West Virginia
Kennesaw Mountain NB, Georgia
Manassas NBP, Virginia
Monocacy NB, Maryland
Pea Ridge NHS, Arkansas
Petersburg NB, Virginia
Richmond NBP, Virginia
Shiloh NMP, Tennessee
Stones River NB, Tennessee
Tupelo NB, Mississippi
Vicksburg NMP, Mississippi
Wilson’s Creek NB, Missouri
- The United States Civil War Center
- The U.S. Civil War Center has over 2,100 links to web resources on virtually every Civil War topic imaginable. It also includes some nice statistical tables and good advice on searching for your Civil War ancestors.
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.
We will add to the following links over time. There are so many great sites out there that we can’t possibly feature them all at one time — that’s why we have a link to the U.S. Civil War Center above. Check here periodically for some of our favorite Civil War sites on the Web
Civil
War Interactive
An award-winning online magazine featuring
articles, links, photographs and editorials related
to the Civil War. It even includes authentic Civil
War recipes and the toughest Civil War trivia around!
Civil
War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's
Civil War Battlefield
Congress established the Civil War Sites Advisory
Commission in 1991 to identify the most significant
lands associated with the Civil War and to evaluate
their condition and any threats to their preservation.
This report, published in 1993, forms the basis of
The Civil War Trust's battlefield preservation efforts.
Status Report on the Preservation of the Nation's Principal Civil War Battlefields The American Battlefield Protection Program recently issued this review of the status of the 384 Civil War battlefields the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission identified in 1993 as threatened by development.
Civil
War Maps
The website of United States Military Academy's
Department of History includes maps published in their
campaign atlases.
Poetry
and Music of the War between the States
The web site to go if you want to learn the
words, or remember the melodies, of the lovely music
and poetry that were favorites in camp and in the
parlor. This sites' web master Kathie Fraser wrote
the article about patriotic music included in our
History section.
Missouri's
Civil War, 1861-1865
Sponsored by the Missouri Division of Tourism, this
website contains a lot of information on everything
related to Missouri's impact in the civil war, as
well as unique features like Flash-animated Battles.
Ten
Costliest Battle of the Civil War
View a list of the Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil
War, based on total casualties (killed, wounded, missing,
and captured). Contains links to more articles about
the battles. Lists location, commanders, number of
forces engaged, winner, casualties, and links from
the Official Records.
Quantum
Virtual Tours
Quantum Tours presents brief Virtual Tours of Fort
Jackson, Fort
Pulaski, and Fort
McAllister.
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