History 3724: Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction

19th century American History. Slavery, Civil War, etc.

Useful sources on Slavery, Civil, Abolition, etc.

See links on right-hand side especially.

Primary source links on relevant areas of 19th c. history, especially Civil War and Reconstruction

The Valley of the Shadow is a digital archive of primary sources that document the lives of people in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, during the era of the American Civil War. Here you may explore thousands of original documents that allow you to see what life was like during the Civil War for the men and women of Augusta and Franklin. *Read the "Using the Valley* for best results.

Strong on text documents - letters, diaries, newspapers, etc.

Excellent collection of slavery-related resources.

The papers of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), lawyer, representative from Illinois, and sixteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 40,550 documents dating from 1774 to 1948, although most of the collection spans from the 1850s through Lincoln’s presidency (1861-1865)

The collection contains more than 11,100 items. This online release presents more than 1,300 items with more than 4,000 images and a date range of 1824-1931. It includes the complete collection of Stern's contemporary newspapers, Lincoln's law papers, sheet music, broadsides, prints, cartoons, maps, drawings, letters, campaign tickets, and other ephemeral items.

This assemblage of more than 500 prints made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses several forms of political art.

Primary source collections exploring topics in history, literature, and culture developed by educators — complete with teaching guides for class use.

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Search on Civil War.

Database of newspapers from Virginia. Various topics.

Secondary source on media coverage of the war. Search also for the author's "The North Reports the Civil War"

Documenting the American South (DocSouth) includes sixteen thematic collections of primary sources for the study of southern history, literature, and culture.