Related Resources

Library of Congress Web Resources

Civil War Maps
www.loc.gov/collection/civil-war-maps/
Band Music from the Civil War Era
memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html
A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from the Tilton C. Reynolds Collection
www.loc.gov/collection/tilton-c-reynolds-papers/
Washington During the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft
www.loc.gov/collection/diary-of-horatio-taft/
Selected Civil War Photographs
memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Search the maps of "Military Campaigns and Battles" to find those related to the Civil War
memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/milhome.html
Search under "Civil War and Reconstruction" to find lesson plans on the Learning Page
memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/theme.html

January 21, 1824
Stonewall Jackson's birthday - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan21.html
July 21, 1861
First Battle of Bull Run - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul21.html
August 30,
1862 Second Battle of Manassas - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug30.html
September 17, 1862
The Battle of Antietam - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep17.html
July 1, 1863
Battle of Gettysburg began - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul01.html
July 2, 1863
The second day of the Battle of Gettysburg - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul02.html
July 3, 1863
Pickett's Charge - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul03.html
November 19, 1863
Gettysburg address delivered - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov19.html
Nov. 23, 1863
The Battle of Chattanooga - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov23.html
Sept. 1, 1864
Atlanta won by the Union - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep01.html
December 16, 1864
The Battle of Nashville - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec16.html
Feb. 18, 1865
Charleston surrenders - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb18.html
March 11, 1865
Sherman captures Fayetteville - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar11.html
April 2, 1865
The siege of Petersberg - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr02.html
April 9, 1865
Lee surrenders - memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr09.html

Read more Lincoln's assassination, the emancipation proclamation, and other topics in the Abraham Lincoln Papers or in these other online resources:

"We'll Sing to Abe Our Song: Sheet music on Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil War"
memory.loc.gov/ammem/scsmhtml/scsmhome.html
Lincoln's first inaugural address in American Treasures
www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr00.html#inaugural
An exhibit on the Gettysburg Address
www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/
The assassination of Lincoln in Today in History: April 14, 1865
memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr14.html

Jefferson Davis elected Today in History: November 6, 1861
memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov06.html
The capture of Davis in Today in History: May 10, 1865
memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may10.html
Finding aid to the Jefferson Davis Papers
hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007040

Finding aid to the Ulysses S. Grant Collection
hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008146
Grant’s birthday in Today in History: April 27, 1822
memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr27.html