The U.S. Civil War lasted from 1861-1965. It was between the Northern States (the Union) and the Southern States (the Confederacy). Famous battles of The Civil War include The Battle of Bull Run, The Battle of Vicksburg, Antietam, Appomattox and The Battle of Gettysburg.

Famous people of The Civil War include Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Sherman,  Benjamin Harrison (from Indiana!), Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The following websites and books will help you learn more about the people and events of The U.S. Civil War.

Websites

• Fact Monster: The U.S. Civil War
• Library of Congress American Memory: Selected Civil War Photographs
• Flickr Library of Congress: Civil War Faces Photographs
• CivilWar@Smithsonian
• The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis: U.S. Civil War Artifacts
• Eyewitness: American Civil War
• The Battle of Gettysburg
• African American Civil War Memorial
• Yahooligans: American Civil War
• KidsClick!: Civil War

Indiana Websites

• 49th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
• In.gov: Indiana Civil War Records
• Indiana Historical Society: Indiana Images of the Civil War
• Civil War – Indiana
• Indiana’s Civil War 150th Commemoration: 2011-2015
• Indiana State Library: Civil War Photographs
• Indiana Genealogical Society: Society of Civil War Families of Indiana
• Civil War Archive: Union Regiments – Indiana
• Civil War Traveler: Indiana
• Corydon Battle Park
• Connor Prairie: Morgan’s Raid
• Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum (Indianapolis, Monument Circle)
• Sculptural Civil War Monuments in Indiana (Powerpoint)
• Indiana Military Historical Markers
• Wabash Valley Indiana Civil War Sesquicentennial Project (Digital Images)

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Websites

• California’s Untold Stories – Gold Rush!
• Lewis and Clark: the Journey of the Corps of Discovery
• American Experience – Gold Rush!
• Driving the Last Spike
• Trail of Tears National Historic Site
• Pony Express National Historic Trail
• The Homestead National Monument of America
• The Homestead Act
• Yahooligans: US History Westward Movement
• KidsClick!: Westward Expansion
• The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis: Pioneer Artifacts

Indiana Websites

• The Society of Indiana Pioneers
• Conner Prairie History Park
• GoogleBook: Pioneer History of Indiana: including stories, incidents, and customs of the early settlers
• Lanier Mansion, Madison Indiana
• Wabash Valley Visions and Voices: a Digital Memory Project

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