The Civil War  - Read short lessons about many Civil War topics and take a quiz for each one. Find timelines and ideas for activities too. Excellent site from Mountain City Elementary School in Mountain City, Tennessee . NOTE : This is the website that Mrs. Knox used with the fifth grade classes.

Civil War  -A web project from Germantown School District #60 in Clinton County, Illinois, featuring facts, pictures, and links about the Civil War. Topics include abolition, sectionalism, Civil War trivia, peace, and more.

Civil War Timeline  - this detailed timeline from the Library of Congress has some original photographs of soldiers, battle camps, preparations for battle and battle after-effects too.

Civil War Sketchbook  - find out what the war looked like to soldiers who fought in it. Look at pictures drawn by a young Union soldier.

Camp Life: Civil War Collections from Gettysburg  - pictures and explanations of what soldiers' lives and possessions were like when they were in camp during the Civil War. From the Gettysburg National Military Park.

Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War  - The Valley of the Shadow Project takes two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the experience of the American Civil War. The project is a hypermedia archive of thousands of sources for the period before, during, and after the Civil War for Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Those sources include newspapers, letters, diaries, photographs, maps, church records, population census, agricultural census, and military records. Students can explore every dimension of the conflict and write their own histories, reconstructing the life stories of women, African Americans, farmers, politicians, soldiers, and families.

Civil War Reports  - student reports on Civil War people, places, events, and battles from 5th and 6th graders at Sand Point School in Alaska.

Symbols in Battle: Civil War Flags  - tour this exhibit that features Civil War flags in the museum collections of the National Park Service and read about their history.

Civil War Battles by State  - maps showing where Civil War battles were fought in each state, as well as brief descriptions of the battles.

Civil War for Kids  -Mrs. Huber's class at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, New York offers a timeline, graphs of resources, and reports on Civil War leaders, as well as maps, flags, and activity sheets.

The American Civil War  - this great ThinkQuest site has info on the battles and the people, timelines, and descriptions of the progress of the war.

Civil War Maps  - rare maps from the University of Georgia showing regions, battlefields, and battle plans.

Weapons of the Civil War  - information on the different firearms used during the war from students at the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences.

Poetry and Music of the War Between the States  - great collection of songs and poetry from the Union and the Confederacy. Includes sound clips.

The Emancipation Proclamation  - learn about this document that transformed the character of the Civil War and became one of the great documents of human freedom. See the original too, from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Time of the Lincolns  - this PBS site explores American life in the mid-nineteenth century. Learn about the political parties, Civil War, slavery, and more. Watch video clips and see historic photos too.

CivilWar@Smithsonian  - learn about and examine the Civil War through the extensive collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Includes a timeline and many pictures of artifacts and documents.

Nation Divided  - timeline and photographs of the U.S. Civil War from 1861 to 1865.

Historical Images  - discover these historical American images including photos of the Civil War, daguerrotypes, and slavery.

eHistory.com  - check out this resource for the American Civil War including official records, specific battle info, photographs, letters, articles, and more!

Ohio Biography: Mary Ann Bickerdyke  - short biography and photo of this famous Civil War nurse.

Stonewall Jackson  - read about Stonewall Jackson's early life and years in the Civil War.

Lee, Robert E.  - biography of this Southern General in the Civil War.

George Brinton McClellan Facts  - brief biography from the American Civil War site.

PEOPLE OF THE CIVIL WAR

Spotlight Biography: Civil War  - brief sketches of a few of the memorable people from the Civil War era. Includes links and illustrated portraits for each person.

Who's Who in American History  - learn about important men and women in U.S. history from the Civil War to the present. Arranged by name, occupation, and era, with photos.

Civil War: Abraham Lincoln  - biography of his life and leadership in the Civil War from a ThinkQuest site.

CIvil War Leaders  - biographies of many of the leaders in the Civil War, both Northern and Southern.

Civil War: Robert E. Lee  - timeline, picture, and a brief biography of this Civil War leader, as well as some letters he wrote, from a ThinkQuest site.

Civil War: Jefferson Davis  - brief biography and overview of his Civil War exploits from a ThinkQuest site.

Civil War - Ulysses S. Grant  - biography and account of his feats in the American Civil War from a ThinkQuest site.

Clara Barton: American Civil War Women  - brief biography of this woman who helped wounded soldiers during the Civil War.

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Civil War  - profile of an amazing woman of the Civil War, as well as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

John Brown's War  - meet the man whose execution set off a chain of events that led to the Civil War. Includes a timeline and bios of his contemporaries. From PBS American Experience.

Susie King Taylor  - read about this woman who gained her freedom early on during the Civil War.

Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of an Army Laundress  - view some of the memoirs of this African American laundress who was free during Civil War times.

Civil War Women  - this collection from Duke University includes papers from Wild Rose, Sarah E. Thompson, and Alice Williamson.

NARA: Women in the Civil War  - read about women who disguised themselves as men to fight in the Civil War.

Women of the American Civil War Era  - includes biographies of notable women during the war.

Women in the Civil War  - learn about a few of the roles women took during the war.

Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist/Editor  - this biography includes sections on his slave years, abolitionist work, Rochester years, Civil War years, the 13th Amendment, and a complete timeline.

History Place - Abraham Lincoln  - read the Gettysburg Address, look at Civil War photographs and others, and learn more about the 16th president.

William Henry Seward  - learn how he rose in political power, challenged Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, then helped the Union through the Civil War.

Sherman, William Tecumseh  - read about this General famous for his scorched-earth tactics in the Civil War who then headed out west.