"4th July 1863: Corpses lying on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania
(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)" -- Image Date: 7/4/1863 ). Image Collection.
EBSCO. 5 December 2007. <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=imh&AN=imh217765>.
INTRODUCTION
This pathfinder provides links to images and primary sources and articles related to the Civil War. You will need between 10 and 20 images for your VoiceThread. Try to find a mixture of general images to illustrate your narrative, and specific images (letters/diaries, etc) to use for examples of your main points.
Working With Primary Sources
Never worked with primary sources before? We'll talk about them a bit in class, but you can also use these links for good guidelines.
What Are Primary Sources? Tutorial from the Library of Congress (LOC). Basic overview, with separate sections on analyzing images, audio, etc.
Do History This site walks you through a "history mystery" using primary sources to solve the problem.
Documenting Your Sources
You're all good historians, so you're well aware of your responsibility to accurately acknowledge and cite your sources! For each image you use, be sure to keep track of the citation information (I'll show you an easy form). At the end of your VoiceThread presentation, you will need to include a slide citing your sources. To do this, made a slide in PowerPoint of your "works cited." Then, save it as a jpeg (in the 'format' pop-up window) and import into VoiceThread.
DATABASES
ICONN Search AP Photo Archives and History Reference Center. From home you'll need a public library card.
Search the Biography Resource Center for biographical information and articles.
Great Lives From History
**History Study Center
** Issues in American History: Explore multiple viewpoints of issues in US History.
**Historic Newspapers
WEBSITES
General:
All of these sites contain primary source material
Search for CW images here.
*Documenting the American South Extensive site from University of North Carolina
*American Civil War Photo Gallery: Excellent databse of photographs on a variety of topics from the Civil War.
*Civil War Home Page: Archive of over 1100 images
Selected Civil War Photographs: From the Library of Congress American Memory collection
The Civil War: PBS companion site to Ken Burns' documentary. Images, documents, maps, etc.
American Civil War Collection: Several archives of letters, diaries and newspaper articles covering the war.
America's Civil War: IMages of Lincoln, Grant and others
Before, During and After the Civil War: Collection of images from the Library of Congress
Civil War Treasures from the NY Historical Society Images, letters and other ephemera
Eyewitness to the American Civil War: Mostly primary source text, but some photos.
Civil War@Smithsonian
Civil War Soldier: Photo exhibit from Indiana State Library
Their Country's Call: Families in War and Peace Images, letters and other documents.
Civil War Medical Care: Images of battlefields, surgeries, surgical tools, etc.
Recruiting posters (and other ephemera) Do a key word search and type in: recruit*
European Recruits
Draft Riots
NYC Draft Riots: IMages/text
Draft Riots: Background
Draft Riots: Great site from CUNY, covering each day of the riots (navigation in lower right corner). With images
Recruitment and Conscription: Scroll to the bottom, images/text (only a few, but good!)
Harper's: Fantastic collection of cartoons from Harper's covering both the draft riots and blacks in the miliary
Women & the Civil War
Civil War Women: Collection of Primary Sources (letters, diaries, etc.)
Women Soldiers of the Civil War: Exhibit from the National Archives.
Women Were There
Women of the American Civil War
The Women's Civil War
Women in the Civil War: Interesting article--scroll down past the blank image
Hearts at Home: Southern Women in the Civil War. EXCELLENT site from University of Virgina
The Home Front: Letters, diaries, etc. showing the impact of the war on homes. Includes an account of the effects of Sherman's March
Women and War: Collection of pictorial envelopes
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library: Vast collection of memorabilit relating to Lincoln
Lincoln in the Media: This collection of illustrations and political cartoons give a sample of what the public was seeing in the press during the election of 1860, the Civil War, and the eventual end of slavery.
Lincoln Fires McLellan
A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln
Lincoln Papers: Letters to and from the President
The Time of the Lincolns: PBS site
Mr. Lincoln's White House
Lincoln's Avengers
Lincoln's Assassination
Web of Conspiracy: Reports of the Lincoln Assassination
Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy
Famous American Trials: Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
Trials of the Assassins
Gettysburg
Camp Life
Gettysburg History: General info from the NPS
Gettysburg
Stuart at Gettysburg
War at Sea
Naval: Collection of links to both background information and images of the gunboats, etc.
Naval Chronology of the Civil War
Ironclads and Blockade Runners: Amazing collection of links, with photographs
Generals
US Civil War Generals: Organized by North, South. Searchable alphabetically. Links in blue probably have images.
Generals: Links to the various generals, usually with photos.
Stonewall Jackson: Great page on general info from the LOC
VMI: Stonewall Jackson Resources: Amazing collection from the Virginia Military Institute, images, letters and more
Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson and the War
Four years under Marse Robert: Memoirs of serving under General Lee
Robert E. Lee Papers
Letters of Robert E. Lee
Robert E Lee: Images
Ulysses S. Grant: PBS site. Click on "gallery" for images. Click on "film & more for links to primary sources.
U.S. Grant Association: Links at the bottom
Lee & Grant
McClellan essay/bio
Slave Narratives/'Colored' Regiments
Born In Slavery: Slave narratives from the Federal Writers Project.
American Slave Narratives: Text and audio
Slavery and the Making of America: PBS site, general background and documents
Freedmen and Southern Society Project: documents, letters, court testimonies and more of southern slaves.
Colored Troops in the American Civil War
Black Soldiers in the Civil War: LOC site with links
History of A-A in the Civil War: General background
54th Mass. Infantry
Civil War and Emancipation
The Colored Troops
Black Regiments; Two articles, one about those who fought for the North, and one on those who fought for the South
A-A Odyssey: The Civil War: LOC site with images/text
Letters/Diaries
Documenting the American South: Archive of primary source material, including images.
Civil War Diaries: Diaries (with transcriptions and maps) of two confederate soldiers
A Civil War Soldier in the WildCat Regiment: Letters, photos and more from 1861-1865
Civil War Letters of Galutia York
Letters of Captain James M. Pettitt
Valley of the Shadow: Two communities (one north, one south) from John Brown's raid through Reconstruction. Letters, diaries, newspaper archives and more.
Washington During the Civil War: Diary of Horation Nelson Taft
Civil War Love Letters: Image of the original letter and (thankfully!) a typed transcript of the text
Letters From the Front: Transcriptions (no original images) of letters and one diary describing the war. Very moving.
Letters Home From an Iowa Soldier: Rich with details of war and life in the Union camps.
Maps
Civil War Maps: 1861-1865
Hotchkiss Map Collection: Detailed battle maps of Shenandoah Valley
Cigarette Booklets of Civil War Generals: Before bubble-gum cards, there were pictures of Civil War Generals on cigarette booklets. Who knew?
Brooklyn in the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg: National Park Exhibit, with images
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