" The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men.
An additional two hundred autographed portraits of army and navy officers, politicians, and cultural figures can be seen in the Civil War photograph album, ca. 1861-65. (James Wadsworth Family Papers). The full album pages are displayed as well as the front and verso of each carte de visite, revealing studio logos, addresses, and other imprint information on the approximately twenty photographers represented in the album. "
A browsable index of "hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865)". Organized by topic. Contains links to a large number of primary online documents. Another good place to look in addition to USC
Collection of video segments, audio clips and photos gathered at the History Channel's website.
Documenting 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. Currently DocSouth includes fourteen thematic collections of
"For articles dealing with battles, campaigns, issues, concepts, and prominent Confederate individuals the best available source is the 4 volume Encyclopedia of the Confederacy(Richard N. Current, editor in chief, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1993). This encyclopedia contains over 1400 articles written by more than 300 leading scholars. Each article contains a brief bibliography, and the entire work is indexed. This work has also been published recently in an abridged, one-volume edition entitled MacMillan Information Now Encyclopedia : The Confederacy (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1998). "
inks to many different Civil War websites on subjects ranging from food to different regiments from many states.
Numerous links to many Civil War primary sources, such as Lee’s terms of surrender, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and second inaugural address, and other documents.
"is produced by the National Portrait Gallery and is dedicated to examining the Civil War through the Smithsonian Institution's extensive and manifold collections. Since the war itself, 1861–1865, the institution has been actively collecting, preserving, and remembering America’s most profound national experience. Now through the World Wide Web, this site will significantly expand that mission, giving the public increased access to Smithsonian collections and archives. "
"In the unlikely event that you are not familiar with the Official Records (ORs), they consist mainly of battle reports and there are literally thousands of them. It would be a physical impossibility for me to put them all on the internet. Therefore, This site contains selected after action reports of the Commanders in the field for major battles of the American Civil War and selected events that I felt were significant. Just click on the event/battle you're interested in."
"The Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War
Based on total casualties (killed, wounded, missing, and captured)"