An easy-to-use American Civil War timeline with many original photographs and interesting quotes.

British site includes articles about major battles, political and military figures, writers, artists, photographers, the role of women, issues, and Lincoln's assassination. Also features a chronology of the war.

Follow a foot solider into battle, browse through historic photographs, re-live the battle of Vicksburg, and explore the role African-Americans played in the Civil War. From the PBS series American Experience.

Includes pictures, stories, biographies, day by day accounts of the conflict, and recommended books.

Includes daily accounts of military action and battle maps. Also expresses the human side of war by telling the tale of military life through the eyes of a seventeen-year-old Union soldier.

Includes images, maps, biographies, historical documents, bibliography, related links, fact page and section for educators.

Part of a collection of letters written by Newton Robert Scott, Private, Company A, of the 36th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers, during the American Civil War. Most were written to the woman he would later marry.

Presents a photographic overview of camp life, soldiers, officers, Sherman's march to the sea, and Lincoln's assassination.

Although no battles took place in Illinois, the state's residents still shaped the Civil War's course and felt its effects. Includes letters, diaries, and reminiscences of Union soldiers, as well as other materials from the home front.

Includes timeline, graphs, maps, biographies of Civil War leaders, and printable activity sheets.