Civil War: Misc.

A look at the Civil War overall.

Use World Book student or advanced to find out information, get pictures, tables, charts and even primary sources.

This is not specifically about Lincoln! Use this database's timeline and click on a specific event to learn more about it.

Type in the name of any specific people you want to learn about.

Another web based encyclopedia to try. This is a trial run so your login is gogrolier and the password is spring.

Read eBooks about the civil war and make sure to click on "explore more" and "explore the web" to get even more information about your topic.

Information about Shaw as well as links to related articles.

A much longer bio of Robert Gould Shaw.

A bio from the New World Encyclopedia online.

This site has info plus a few videos you can watch about Davis.

A short history of the Hunley as well as a bit of info about the wreck.

Get basics like dimensions of the Hunley here.

Article about the unveiling of the Hunley.

Listen to songs by year.

Click to see lyrics

Click to see lyrics.

From the National Archives, a little bit about people who did not serve in the Civil War.,

Short paragraph about drafting in the Civil War.

This site speaks of weapons in general, but be sure to click on specific weapons to learn more about each.

You can scroll down and click on specific weapons to read about them. It even has the years they were used.

Pictures of Brady's from the U.S. National Archives.

A biography of Matthew Brady

From the national medical library, information about medicine during the Civil War. Make sure to clickon the various links.