CIVIL WAR PROJECT - Exploring Primary Documents Students will research primary documents, books and websites to examine and evaluate different formats for historical information to answer essential questions dealing with the American Civil War. Topics for research development: A * African Americans, Slavery, Free Men L * Lincoln/Davis/Grant/Lee ML * Military Leaders SO * Soldier’s Life SP * Spies W * Women in the Civil War A-SO-W Civil War Songs and Music The Music of the American Civil War http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html

Poetry and Music of the War Between the States http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/ A-L-SO-SP Civil War Posters The African American Experience in Ohio http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page.cfm?ID=4418 The Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850 http://education.ucdavis.edu/new/stc/lesson/socstud/railroad/SlaveLaw.htm Recruitment posters http://www.paperlessarchives.com/cw_posters.html http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/images/condraft.jpg A Slave Narratives from The Library of Congress Voices and Faces from the Collection

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snvoices00.html A-L-ML-SO-SP-W Letters American Civil War Collection http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/ Civil War Home Page http://www.civil-war.net/searchlinks.asp?searchlinks=Letters%20and%20Diaries Letters Written by Newton Scott http://www.civilwarletters.com/scott_10_24_1862.html

Jefferson Davis documents http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/docs.cfm Letters about the Civil War http://www.civilwarhome.com/letters.htm A-L-ML-SO-W Diaries/Journals Backgroun of Moses diary http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/ A Rebel War Clerk’s diary http://www.cw-chronicles.com/blog/archives/category/rebel-war-clerks-diary/ Gettysburg: Writing http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/gettex/writing.html Diary of Capt. Charles Buxton http://www.vermonthistory.org/educate/cwletter/buxton.htm Alice Williamson Diary http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/williamson/p01/williamson-p01.html Civil War Letter http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/8146/brother.html Fletcher Pomeroy Diary http://www4.pair.com/justfolk/Diary1.htm A-L-SO-W Poetry of the Civil War Library of Congress Poetry Resources http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/lcpoetry/cwvc.html Civil War Poetry http://hometown.aol.com/gordonkwok/cwpoetry.html Poems and Songs of the Civil War http://www.civilwarhome.com/poemssongs.htm Civil War Poetry http://www.4thmichigan.com/Civil_War_Poetry.htm A-L-ML-SO-SP-W Photographs Selected Civil War Photographs from The Library of Congress (Click on; Seach by Key Word - enter the name of your person) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html Pictures of the Civil War http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/ Slavery in America http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/scripts/sia/gallery.cgi

A-L-ML Political Cartoons Scartoons http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/SCARTOONS/cartoons.html America in Caricature http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/civilalbum.html Cartoons and Caricatures of the Civil War http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/civilalbum.html ML-SP-W Spies Spying in the Civil War http://www.civilwarhome.com/spies.htm The Dabneys – Black Civil War Spies

http://www.duboislc.net/read/Dabneys.html Female Spies of the Confederacy

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/civilwar/a/women_spies_con.htm Female Spies of the Union http://womenshistory.about.com/od/civilwar/a/women_spies_un.htm Spies of the Civil War http://co.essortment.com/spiescivilwar_rnfp.htm Espionage in the Civil War http://www.civilwarhome.com/espionage.htm

A-L-ML-SO-SP-W Biographies/Portraits/Photographs American National Biography http://www.infohio.org/ Click: Grades 6-8 Click on: American National Biography Civil War Biographies http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm Images of the Civil War http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/images/ Civil War Women http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html A-L-ML-SO-W Battle Maps America’s Civil War http://www.sewanee.edu/faculty/Willis/Civil_War/maps.html American Civil War (scroll down to Direct Access) http://americancivilwar.com/bullrun.html Civil War Battles by State http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/ Battle Maps http://homepage.floodcity.net/users/mastdog/battlemaps.html

Women in the Civil War Women and the Civil War

http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/civilwar.html Civil War Women http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html A-L-ML-SO-W: Video Clips (Be PATIENT!! These need a minute to load!!) Finding Missouri Resources: http://www.emints.org/resources/moheritage/index.shtml Scroll down, click on … What do we stand for? Click next on: Real Player Divided and Torn: The Civil War at Wilson’s Creek Click next on: Real Player WOSU – Ken Burns: The Civil War http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/film/video.html Civil War Heritage – Lexington, Kentucky http://www.visitlex.com/vinmovies/civilwar.html Civil War’s First Deaths – The History Channel http://www.history.com/media.do?id=tdih_0419&action=clip United Streaming: www.unitedstreaming.com Username: hildebka Password: dragons http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=82827065-C4FE-48E7-8B53-83A616190CF1 - Civil War Select a segment of the 6 parts of the war you want to view: Introduction; State Secession; The Civil War Starts; Emancipation Proclamation; Gettysburg; Ending the War Click on: The War Years, Part I: 1861-1862 http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=9D2A030C-C152-4F0F-B436-1E73AF1115D3 Scroll down and click on: A Soldier’s Life by clicking the green arrow to the left Scroll down and click on: The Gettysburg Address > green arrow to the left