History: The American Civil War: Library Resources

These articles are full text and peer reviewed dealing with various topics concerning the U.S. Civil War.

History.com Civil War overview

This source gives an overview of the civil war as well as the causes and effects of the Civil War. This resource would be helpful as background knowledge.

American Battlefield Trust

This site has information pertaining to but not limited to the American Civil War. In addition, it features articles on every major battle and most minor battles of the Civil War

Civil War: Soldiers and Sailors Database

This resource has reports from the Civil War like casualty reports and prisoner of war reports. This could be useful when looking for primary source of information.

Archives Library Information Center

This website contains a variety of resources pertaining to the Civil War. For example, African American experiences fighting for the Union and historical documents from the civil war.

Lincoln and His Circle 

(University of Rochester)--Manuscripts, Diaries, Letters, and other sources concerning Lincoln

Voices of the Civil War

 (videos)- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

The People's Contest 

Penn State University

U.S. Civil War Center 

Louisiana State University

Official Records of the War of the Rebellion Online

Cornell Universities Making of America

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System

National Park Service.

Abraham Lincoln/NET

Confederate States of America

Yale Law School's Avalon Project

Civil War Women

Duke University Library

Documenting the American South

University of North Carolina

The Valley of the Shadow: Living the Civil War in Pennsylvania and Virginia

University of Virginia

Wisconsin in the Civil War

Wisconsin Historical Society