Civil War Era Primary Sources
Exploring a few of the thousands of primary sources related to the Civil WarCivil War Primary Sources
One of the many interesting things about studying the Civil War is the vast amount of digital historical resources that are available for free to the general public. The following is just a small sampling of the thousands of websites for primary sources related to the Civil War.
Civil War in the American South
The People’s Contest: A Civil War Era Digital Archiving Project
Modern Manuscript Collection/Civil War
The Crisis of Union: Causes, Conduct, and Consequences of the U.S. Civil War
Pennsylvania Civil War Digital Collection
Pennsylvania Regimental Histories
Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers
Hampton Roads Peace Conference Digital Collection
Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints
Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library
Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict
Civil War: Women and the Homefront: Primary Sources Online
Manuscripts of the American Civil War
The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
