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Websites
The Internet website for information about the weapons and ordnance used
by American Forces during the Civil War (1861-1865), and articles
relating to the uniquely American sport of Skirmishing, timed
competitions using original and reproduction arms of the Civil War
Period. (registration required)
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate, website presents information on slavery from the Civil War era to present day. They have a permanent display and present events and exhibits on slavery.
www.lacriminaldefensepartners.com/civil-war-resources-from-a-soldier-to-a-veteran/
A student writing an essay for his social studies class found this site helpful in his research, and suggested we link. After checking it out, the site does provide relevant Civil War information and offers an assortment of links that would be helpful to others who are researching material about the Civil War.
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Bibliography
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory/ugrr/ugrr.html "Our Shared History African American Heritage: Underground Railroad," National Park Service
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html "The Underground Railroad," National Geographic Society
Miller, Francis Trevelyan, ed. Photographic History of the Civil War. 10 vol. New York: T. Yoseloff, [1957] [LC call number: E468.7.M64 1957] (cited as "Miller").
Faust, Patricia L., ed. Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War, Harper Row Publishers, New York, 1986.
The Signal Corps in the Confederate States Army. Southern Historical Society Papers. Vol. XVI. Richmond, Va., January-December, 1888.
O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME 5 [S# 5], No. 1. -- Extract,
embracing the "First Period," from Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's report of the operations of the Army of
the Potomac from July 27, 1861, to November 9, 1862.
O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME 5 [S# 5], No. 3. -- Report of Maj. Albert J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army, of the signal service in the Army of the Potomac, from August 14, 1861, to March 23, 1862, and of signal detachments in other commands.
"The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.) --Part III, Volume II, Chapter XIII. Anaesthetics"--Part III, Volume II, Chapter XV.--Transportation Of The Wounded. Ambulance Wagons."
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