History: Civil War
Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln and the Civil WarPrimary and secondary sources related to the Civil War held on campus in the Lemmen Library and Archives.
- Black Abolitionist ArchiveOnline full-text searchable archive of black abolitionist speeches and editorials.
- Civil War letters and diaries at MSUTranscribed and digitized collections relating to the Civil War, including hundreds of pages of correspondence, diaries, musters, reminiscences, and photographs.
- Civil War Maps (Library of Congress)Brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman's Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts all available for the first time in one place.
- DocSouthDocumenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.
- Mathew Brady Civil War Photos (U.S. National Archives)Improved & enlarged collection from the National Archives
- Library of Congress Civil War PhotographsCivil War era photographs in many different formats
- Valley of the ShadowDetails life in two American towns, one Northern, one Southern, from John Brown's raid through Reconstruction. Includes thousands of original letters, diaries, newspapers, speeches, census and church records.
- The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armiesAll the government reports from the Civil War
- The American Civil War: A collection of free online primary sourcesIncludes links to newspapers, maps, diaries, letters, etc.
Subject Guide on Slave Narratives
- Last Updated: Jan 21, 2025 2:16 PM
- URL: https://libguides.gvsu.edu/history