The Civil War on the Web A Guide to the Very Best Sites--Completely Revised and Updated

by Carter, Alice E.; Jensen, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780842051354
• ISBN10: 084205135X
• Edition: CD
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Finding the best sites on the Civil War can be a daunting task when you consider that a simple search on the web for Civil War can yield over a million hits. The Civil War on the Web, SR Books' highly acclaimed guide to Internet resources, elimina

Author Biography

Alice E. Carter has served as project manager for The New York Times on the Web and is currently the director of project management with Interactive Media Associates Richard Jensen is professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois -- Chicago and research associate at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications. In 1992 he founded H-Net

Table of Contents

Foreword by Gary W. Gallagher	xv
Introduction by John C. Waugh	xvii
User's Guide by Alice E. Carter	xix
PART I THE VERY BEST CIVIL WAR WEB SITES-REVIEWS AND RATINGS
Chapter 1 Battles and Campaigns	3	(26)
Web Site Reviews	5	(23)
General Sites	5	(4)
Antietam/Sharpsburg	9	(1)
Appomattox-See Richmond	10	(1)
Chancellorsville-See Fredericksburg	10	(1)
Chattanooga	10	(1)
Cold Harbor-See Richmond	11	(1)
Corinth-See Western Theater	11	(1)
Florida	11	(1)
Fredericksburg	12	(2)
Georgia	14	(1)
Gettysburg	14	(3)
Manassas/Bull Run	17	(1)
Missouri-See Western Theater	18	(1)
New Market	18	(1)
North Carolina	19	(1)
Peninsula Campaign-See Richmond	20	(1)
Petersburg	20	(2)
Richmond	22	(2)
Spotsylvania -See Fredericksburg	24	(1)
Vicksburg-See Western Theater	24	(1)
Western Theater	24	(3)
Wilderness-See also Fredericksburg	27	(1)
Suggested Readings	28	(1)
Chapter 2 Political and Military leaders	29	(16)
Web Site Reviews	32	(11)
General Sites	32	(3)
Davis, Jefferson	35	(1)
Grant, Ulysses S.	36	(1)
Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall"	36	(1)
Lee, Robert E.	37	(1)
Lincoln, Abraham	38	(3)
Longstreet, James	41	(1)
Meade, George Gordon	42	(1)
Suggested Readings	43	(2)
Chapter 3 Life of the Soldier	45	(14)
Web Site Reviews	47	(11)
Camp Life	47	(1)
Ethnic Groups	48	(2)
Food	50	(1)
Hospitals and Medicine	51	(1)
Letters and Diaries	51	(5)
Prisons	56	(2)
Suggested Readings	58	(1)
Chapter 4 Naval Operations	59	(14)
Web Site Reviews	62	(8)
Suggested Readings	70	(3)
Chapter 5 The Experience of the U.S. Colored Troops	73	(14)
Web Site Reviews	76	(9)
Suggested Readings	85	(2)
Chapter 6 Slavery and Emancipation	87	(20)
Web Site Reviews	90	(15)
Suggested Readings	105	(2)
Chapter 7 Women in the Civil War	107	(12)
Web Site Reviews	110	(8)
Suggested Readings	118	(1)
Chapter 8 Civil War Regiments	119	(16)
Web Site Reviews	121	(11)
Massachusetts	121	(3)
Michigan	124	(1)
New York	125	(1)
Pennsylvania	126	(1)
Tennessee	127	(1)
Texas	128	(2)
U.S. Colored Troops	130	(1)
Wisconsin	130	(2)
Suggested Readings	132	(3)
Chapter 9 General History, Historic Documents, Links, and Online Bookstore Sites	135	(20)
General History	136	(2)
Web Site Reviews	136	(2)
Historic Documents	138	(6)
Web Site Reviews	139	(5)
Link Sites	144	(3)
Web Site Reviews	145	(2)
Online Bookstores	147	(8)
Web Site Reviews	147	(8)
PART II SITES WORTH A VISIT-A TOPICAL INDEX
Battles and Campaigns	155	(14)
General Sites	155	(1)
Books and Articles on Battles and Campaigns Published 1861-1920	156	(1)
Civil War Maps	157	(1)
Civil War Military Manuals	158	(1)
Antietam/Sharpsburg	158	(1)
Appomattox-See also Richmond	159	(1)
Atlanta	159	(1)
Chancellorsville-See also Fredericksburg	159	(1)
Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Lookout Mountain	160	(1)
Cold Harbor-See also Richmond	160	(1)
Corinth-See Western Theater	161	(1)
Florida	161	(1)
Fredericksburg	161	(1)
Georgia-See also Sherman's March	161	(1)
Gettysburg	162	(1)
Manassas/Bull Run	163	(1)
Maryland-See also Antietam	163	(1)
New Market	163	(1)
North Carolina	164	(1)
Peninsula Campaign-See Richmond	164	(1)
Petersburg	164	(1)
Richmond	164	(1)
Sherman's March	165	(1)
Shiloh	165	(1)
South Carolina-See also Sherman's March	166	(1)
Spotsylvania -See Fredericksburg	166	(1)
Tennessee-See also Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Lookout Mountain	166	(1)
Vicksburg-See Western Theater	167	(1)
Virginia-See also Appomattox, Fredericksburg, Manassas/Bull Run, New Market, Petersburg, Richmond, Wilderness	167	(1)
Western Theater	167	(2)
Wilderness	169	(1)
Political and Military Leaders	169	(8)
General Sites	169	(8)
Leaders-North	170	(4)
Chamberlain, Joshua L.	170	(1)
Custer, George Armstrong	171	(1)
Farragut, David Glasgow	171	(1)
Grant, Ulysses S.	171	(1)
Hancock, Winfield Scott	171	(1)
Lincoln, Abraham	172	(1)
McClellan, George B.	173	(1)
Meade, George Gordon	173	(1)
Sherman, William Tecumseh	173	(1)
Thomas, George H.	174	(1)
Leaders-South	174	(3)
Beauregard, P.G.T.	174	(1)
Bragg, Braxton	174	(1)
Cleburne, Patrick R.	174	(1)
Cooper, Samuel	174	(1)
Davis, Jefferson	175	(1)
Early, Jubal A.	175	(1)
Forrest, Nathan Bedford	175	(1)
Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall"	175	(1)
Johnson, Edward "Alleghany"	176	(1)
Lee, Robert E.	176	(1)
Longstreet, James	176	(1)
Loring, William Wing	177	(1)
Mosby, John Singleton	177	(1)
Wheeler, Joseph	177	(1)
Life of the Soldier	177	(7)
Camp Life	177	(1)
Conscription	178	(1)
Ethnic Groups	178	(1)
Flags	178	(1)
Food	179	(1)
Hospitals and Medicine	179	(1)
Letters and Diaries	180	(2)
Military Laws and Regulations	182	(1)
Music and Poetry	183	(1)
Pensions	183	(1)
Prisons	183	(1)
Naval Operations	184	(4)
The Experience of the U.S. Colored Troops	188	(3)
General Sites	188	(2)
Regimental Histories	190	(1)
Slavery and Emancipation	191	(4)
Women in the Civil War	195	(2)
Civil War Regiments	197	(36)
General Sites	198	(1)
Alabama	198	(2)
Arkansas	200	(1)
California	200	(1)
Colorado	201	(1)
Connecticut	201	(1)
Dakota Territory	202	(1)
Delaware	202	(1)
District of Columbia	202	(1)
Florida	202	(1)
Georgia	202	(2)
Illinois	204	(2)
Indiana	206	(1)
Indian Territory (Oklahoma)	207	(1)
Iowa	207	(1)
Kansas	208	(1)
Kentucky	209	(1)
Louisiana	210	(1)
Maine	211	(1)
Maryland	212	(1)
Massachusetts	212	(2)
Michigan	214	(1)
Minnesota	215	(1)
Mississippi	215	(2)
Missouri	217	(1)
Nebraska	218	(1)
Nevada	218	(1)
New Hampshire	218	(1)
New Jersey	218	(1)
New Mexico	219	(1)
New York	219	(3)
North Carolina	222	(1)
Ohio	223	(3)
Pennsylvania	226	(1)
Rhode Island	227	(1)
South Carolina	228	(1)
Tennessee	228	(1)
Texas	229	(1)
Vermont	230	(1)
Virginia	230	(1)
West Virginia	231	(1)
Wisconsin	232	(1)
General History, Historic Documents, Links, and Online Bookstore Sites	233
General History	233	(1)
Historic Documents	233	(1)
Link Sites	234	(1)
Online Bookstores	235