Civil+War

Here is some information to help you learn about the war. Please feel free to add link that you find interesting or informative.

__**Anything and Everything**__
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/topics/Time-American_Civil_War.html
 * Smithsonian Magazine**

http://www.history.com/search?search-field=civil+war&x=0&y=0
 * History Channel - search for your topic or scroll through topics I have found**

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/
 * PBS - Civil War**

__**Art**__
http://www.askart.com/askart/interest/civil_war_art_1.aspx?id=40

__Battles__
http://www.nps.gov/index.htm
 * National Park Service - put battle field name in search engine on page**

__**Photography**__
http://international.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html http://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/photos/index.html http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/video/3_civil_war.html Find information about Matthew Brady - first photos of the Civil War

__**Music**__ http://www.civilwarmusic.net/ http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/gettkidz/music.htm http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/civil-war-music/

I have a CD in my room with songs from this time period. See me if you'd like to use it.

__**Inventions/Technology**__ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41056820/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/civil-war-ironclads-iconic-engine-gets-first-look/ http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ironclads.htm http://www.civilwarhome.com/navalwar.htm http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarweapons.htm

Check Creating America book in my room. there are two articles about weapons and technology during the war.

__**History Makers**__

__**Everyday People**__

__**Medicine**__ http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war-medicine.htm http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/gettkidz/doctor.htm

__**Myths**__ http://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths-about-why-the-south-seceded/2011/01/03/ABHr6jD_story.html http://www.virginiawestern.edu/faculty/vwhansd/his269/myths.html http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh/shiloh-history-articles/battle-of-shiloh-shattering.html

__**Documents**__ Emancipation Proclamation- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2967.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1549.html http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/

Gettysburg Address

__**Civilian Life**__

__**Soldier Life**__