Annals of America
The Civil War and Reconstruction: An Eyewitness History
Greenwood Library of American War Reporting
Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and ReconstructionAbraham Lincoln Papers – Library of Congress – An extensive collection of Lincoln's incoming and outgoing correspondence, drafts of speeches, and notes.
African-American Mosaic: Abolition – Library of Congress – Antislavery petitions and other sources that document the struggle to abolish slavery.
American Slave Narratives – An online anthology of interviews conducted with former slaves, who describe their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. [Note: the Library has a complete collection of these narratives on microfilm]
Avalon Project--Yale Law School--Primary sources documents in law, history, and diplomacy.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 – Library of Congress – A selection of interviews, photos, and maps that provide an overview of the North and the South in the Civil War and the life of the soldier.
Documenting the American South – University of North Carolina – Thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, letters, oral history interviews, and songs that highlight southern history, literature, and culture. One of the collections features the Southern homefront during the Civil War.
PEA Committee to Study Slavery--A collection of resources from the Phillips Exeter Academy’s archives and other institutions that explore the academy’s history with enslaved people and early black students.
The Valley of the Shadow – University of Virginia – An extensive archive of sources depicting two communities, one Northern and one Southern, at the time of the Civil War; includes newspapers, letters, diaries, photographs, maps, and census records.
