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The American Civil War
Please note that the Cider Mill School and Wilton libraries have significant collections of resources on the Civil War. The Wilton Library collection includes the following pertinent reference works in Children's Services:
| REF J 973 |
The American Civil War |
| REF J 973 |
American Heritage Illustrated History of the United
States |
| REF J 973.7 |
Visual Dictionary of the Civil War |
| REF J 973.736 |
A Sourcebook of the Civil War |
Wilton Library Hours:
Mon, Fri: 10-6; Tue-Thur: 10-7; Sat: 10-5; Sun: 1-5 (Sept-June)
- The
American Civil War
- From Dakota State University -- a large number of links.
- The American Civil War
Homepage
- The American Civil War Homepage gathers together in one place hypertext
links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American
Civil War (1861-1865).
- America's
Civil War
- Comprehensive coverage of the strategies, leaders and battles.
Little-known and well-known facts and facets of the war are accompanied by
classical artwork, paintings by today's artists, vintage photography,
illustrations and incisive maps of battles and campaigns.
- Civil War Resources on the Internet
- Huge collection of links to explore, sponsored by Rutgers University Libraries.
- Civil War Women
- From the Special Collections Library, Duke University.
- The
Emancipation Proclamation
- Background, images, and transcriptions of the famous text. From the National Archives & Records Administration.
- The History
Place: A Nation Divided
- An illustrated Civil War timeline with links to more information.
- Letters from
an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War
- These letters are part of a collection written by Newton Robert Scott,
Private, Company A, of the 36th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers. Scott's letters
are filled with rich details of the war and the living conditions in the
Union camps in Mississippi, Missouri, Iowa and Arkansas.
- Selected Civil War
Photographs
- From the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress.
- United States Civil War
Information
- An index of U.S. Civil War Internet sites.
- The Valley of the
Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
- This University of Virginia research project is a fascinating look at
the people and issues behind the conflict.
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