Teaching the Civil War

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Lesson plans, resources, videos, tools, tips, and strategies for teaching the American Civil War.

Famous People of the American Civil War

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Clara Barton

Clara Barton was a nurse during the Civil War who went on to help find missing soldiers and then founded the American Red Cross. Read More

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the self-taught lawyer who was born in Kentucky and became the 16th President of the United States. Read More

George Meade

George Gordon Meade was a West Point graduate and engineer who became an army officer and played a critical role in the Civil War. Read More

Robert E Lee

Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general who led the South’s attempt at secession during the Civil War. Read More

Joshua Chamberlain

Chamberlain was a professor of rhetoric who became the commander of the 20th Maine Regiment and he earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Gettysburg. Read More

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist and led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Read More

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