by TeachCivilWar | Jul 2, 2009 | Civil War Related Websites
During the 140th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, noted Civil War historian James McPherson gave some tours of the battlefield. Part of one of these tours is available as an audio file from the NPR website along with an accompanying article and two photo...
by TeachCivilWar | Jul 1, 2009 | Civil War Related Websites
The Gettysburg Discussion Group (GDG) has some great articles on the opening day of the Battle of Gettysburg. I’m particularly fond of the discussion on the area known as Oak Ridge because the 11th PVI and Sallie their mascot fought there before retreating...
by TeachCivilWar | Jun 30, 2009 | Civil War Related Websites
The U.S. Army has created an excellent website related to the Battle of Gettysburg. When you click the Launch Battle button it takes you to a multimedia presentation of the events leading up the to battle. In addition to the spoken narrative, there are also numerous...
by TeachCivilWar | Jun 25, 2009 | Lesson Plans
Mike Lynaugh has put together a collection of original Civil War photographs on his website Virtual Civil War. This collection of Civil War photographs will allow your students to view some excellent photos or provide you with some primary sources to display for...
by TeachCivilWar | Apr 12, 2009 | Civil War Related Videos
Well, 145 years ago the Battle of Gettysburg was raging and would become what some would call the turning point of the Civil War. Recently, I was bored and started searching around YouTube for Gettysburg related videos and came across the following video and just had...
