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Association for the Preservation for Civil War Sites
A Diary from Dixie-Mary Chestnut This online version of her insightful diary on the Civil War is available from the marvelous Documenting the South at the University of North Carolina.
African-American Military History
American Battlefield Protection Program
America's Civil War
On-Line version of the magazine with various article available
American Civil War
Information Archive
A excellent gateway to Civil War resources
American Civil War
The Civil War page at North Texas University. See also their excellent American
Wars, Military History and Military Affairs
collection of links and the WWW
Sites for Historians page.
The American
Civil War
A valuable gateway maintained Jim
Janke
The American Civil War Homepage
Another first rate compilation of internet sources maintained by Dr. George H.
Hoeman. Read his explanation about
The
American Civil War
Homepage
Battles by State-The American Civil War,1861-1865
American Civil War Biographical Bibliographies
American Civil War Unit Bibliographies
Beauvoir, Home of Jefferson Davis
Civil War Roundtables of New York
United States Military Academy:Atlases
The American Civil
War and History
A general view of American Civil War webpages. Part of War
and Military History
Chronological List of Civil War Battles
Chronology of Emancipation during the Civil War
Civil War Battlefield Medicine
Civil War Battle Summaries by Campaign
Civil War Battle Summaries by State
Civil War Book Review
A wide ranging look at current Civil War era publications
Civil War and Reconstruction Notes-On Line Part of History Resources OnLine at the History Department at USD
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Civil War
Virtual Archives Ring
A look at the wide variety of Civil War web rings currently in operation
Civil War Order of Battle for Major Engagements
Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff,1775-1995-OCMH
Confederate Irregular and Partisan Warfare,1861-1865
Confederate Links
An in-depth overview of all Confederate related webpages
Famous Civil War Battles of the West
Evaluating Internet Research Sources-Robert Harris,Southern California College
Fox's Regimental Losses
The invaluable study published in 1889 by William F. Fox, "Regimental
Losses in the American Civil War,1861-1865"
Institute for Civil War Research
Main Western Theater,1861-1865
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and The MOLLUS War Papers series index
The Tennessee Sons of Confederate Veterans
Making of America: The Cornell University Library MOA Collection
Making of America:University of Michigan Digital Collection
Poetry and Music of the War between the States
Rare Map Collection-Hargrett Library-University of Georgia
Robert E. Lee Roundtable of Central New Jersey
Selected Civil War Photographs-Library of Congress
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War
The United States Civil War Center
The Court Martial of Henry Wirz
The Staff Ride-Dr.William Robertson-OCMH
The United States Civil War,1861-1865
The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the America Civil War One of the most creative uses of the internet to deal with a historical subject. Part of the excellent Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia
Thomas Livermore's Numbers and Losses of the Civil War-USAMHI
1stBooks Library
(free virtual books) Over 2,000 titles. Some of the books are available for free . Others at a nominal costAmerican
Records at the Maryland State Archives
Extensive Afro-American archives including manumission records,certificates of
freedom, Civil War bounty documents and more. The Maryland
State Archives has a search engine for the documents at Search
the Archives
The American Civil War Institute, Located at Cambellsville University the institute concentrates on the "study, preservation and symposia on the war in Kentucky and the Western theater of the Civil War"
American Civil
War Resources in the Virginia Tech Special Collections
In Virginia Tech's words"The American Civil War collections are among the
department's most
important materials. The manuscripts include letters and diaries from
both Union and Confederate soldiers, homefront letters, memoirs, and
contemporary research files. The backbone of the printed collection is
the Elden E. "Josh" Billings Collection which consists of
approximately
6,000 monographs" A useful
Manuscript Sources for Civil War Research is on this website. You
can also see their general collection at their Special
Collections Homepage
There are a number of valuable online papers and masters theses on the Civil
War available at Electronic
Theses and Dissertations on the American Civil War.
.
Auburn
University Archives - Civil War Collection
A collection of papers from participants, mainly Confederate. Part of Auburn
University Archive and Manuscripts Department.
Rosanna Alexander
Blake Library of the History of the Confederacy
Part of the James
E. Morrow Library and Special Collections and University Archives
at Marshall University
Bowdoin College Library Archives and Special Collections Civil War Resources
Bowling Green State University Center for Archival Collections Civil
War Manuscript Collections
Information on the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry and General Civil War
Manuscripts
Part of Center
for Archival Collections
The Carroll College Institute
for Civil War Studies
Includes a page for The
Iron Brigade of the West
Center for Electronic
Records
part of the National Archives and Records
Administration
Center of Military History, U.S. Army
Chicago Public
Library's Civil War Collection
A collection originally managed by the Grand Army of the Republic
A Storm of
Shot and Shell: Weapons of the Civil War
Cigars, Whiskey and
Winning Library
Writer Al Kaltman gives Leadership
Lessons from Ulysses S. Grant
A list of children's fiction at the Boulder Public Library
Civil War Collections,
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, includes a sound file of the Vacant Chair
Civil War Database,
Historical Data Systems, IncCi-a vast pay service with over 2,000 regimental
and 2 million personnel records
Civil War Manuscripts, Louisiana State University A mammoth guide to their Civil War collections for the lower Mississippi Valley
Civil War
Manuscripts, Tulane University Part of the Tulane
Manuscripts Department
This also includes resources on America's wars ranging from the American
Revolution to World War II. Special attention is also given to World
War I
Civil War Resources, A rich resource on the Civil War. Includes a Stonewall Jackson Resources and Battle of New Market-May 15,1864 site. Part of the Virginia Military Institute Archives
Civil War Resources , Indiana State Archives Part of the Indiana State Archives
Civil War Collection, Milwaukee Urban Archives, U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Civil
War Resources on the Internet part of the fabulous American
and British History Resources on the Internet
at Rutgers University
Libraries
Collections and Online Catalog, of the Virginia Historical Society
Confederate Research Center, Hill College, Hillsboro, TX
Gettysburg
College Civil War Institute
and the Civil
War Era Studies at Gettysburg College page Check out the 1999
Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College
Guy diCarlo, Jr.,
Civil War Research Papers
a special collection of newspapers,newsclippings,photographs and maps at
Virginia Tech
Confederate Broadside Poetry Collection at Wake Forrest University
A marvelous collection of popular Southern poetry from the Civil War
at Z.Smith
Reynolds Library
at Wake Forrest University
Also available are the Civil
War Memoirs of Henry E. Valentine
A veteran of Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers
Directory of Virginia
Civil War Repositories
A guide to many online archives throughout Virginia
Duke University's
Special Collections Library
With many valuable resources on line. These include Third
Person,First Person:Slave Voices from the Special Collections Library
The Digital Scriptorium
"a place where texts and images
will be created, studied, copied, enhanced. Perhaps one can think of networked
multimedia as the modern illuminated
manuscript" This includes the John
Hope Franklin Center for African and African American Documentation
Women and the Civil
War
a Civil
War Women On-Line Exhibit
and Civil War
Women: Primary Sources on the Internet
This includes the Rose
O'Neal Greenhow Papers , a Confederate spy,the Alice
Williamson Diary , a diary kept by a schoolgirl in Gallatin, Tennessee and
recounting the Union occupation in 1864 and Sarah
E. Thompson Papers , a Union intelligence operative in Tennessee
Fisk University Special Collections
Fort
Ward Collection
part of the Fort
Ward Museum
Fort Ward was part of the defensive
system surrounding Washington and was a earthwork
fort.
Furman University's Secession Era Editorials Project
George Tyler
Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War
with a developing West
Virginia Civil War Soldier Database The Center is well
located at Shepard College
in Sheperdstown, West Virginia.
Thomas Biggs Harned Walt Whitman
Collection
at The American
Memory Project
Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
Western
Pennsylvania Civil War Resources
a valuable site with Regimental
resources and Reenactor
and Fraternal organizations
Hill Memorial Library Special
Collections
at Louisiana State University
Libraries
History Computerization Project
with an extensive Directory
of Historical Resources
LOUIS -- Louisiana Online University
Information System
online catalogues for the entire state of Louisiana
Lawrence University Archives Civil War Collections in the Seeley G. Mudd Library
The Library of Virginia's Digital Library Collections with a rich Military History collection
Maine State Archives Civil
War Page
with Summary
Unit Histories and related Materials for Maine
Making of America (MOA), electronic
collection of American writing, Cornell University
Making of America (MOA),
University of Michigan
Maryland Historical Society's Guide to the Manuscript Collections
Milford Township Library
Civil War Collection
and Selected Civil War
Internet Resources
Milwaukee Urban Archives
and their
Civil War
Collections
NAIL (NARA Archival
Information Locator), National Archives and Records Administration and
their OnLine Exhibit
Hall
Navarro College's Pearce
Civil War Documents Collection
including photos of Grant
and Lee
Center for the
Study of Southern Culture
and the University
of Mississippi Libraries
Papers and Maps of Maj. Jedediah Hotchkiss
at The Special Collections-Library of Congress
The
Calvin Shedd Papers
A member of 7th
Regiment,NewHampshire Volunteers
Selected Civil War Photographs from the American Memory Project at The Library of Congress
Springfield Armory National Historic Site's Collection's Database
St. Lawrence University and Civil War Manuscript Collections
The Civil War Home Page
A growing collection of articles on the Civil War from "The Century
Magazine". These were collected and republished in the 19th century as
"The Battles and Leaders" series on the Civil War
Texas State Archives Adjutant General RG 401 Civil War Records, 1861-1865
Mark Twain
Exhibition at University of California, Berkeley
and The Bancroft Library
at The Online Archive of
California
University of Arkansas's Index to Manuscript Collections
University of California Digital Library
University of Delaware Library Special Collections Delaware in Wartime
University
of Florida African American Papers
at the Special Collections at
University of Southern Florida
University of Georgia Hargrett Library's digital copy of the
Confederate Constitution
at the American
Civil War at Images
from the Hargrett Special Collection
University of Missouri's
Western Historical Manuscript
Collection - Columbia
Western Historical Manuscript Collection
- Kansas
Western Historical
Manuscript Collection-Rolla
Western Historical Manuscript Collection
- St. Louis
University of North Carolina's
Manuscripts
Department
"Civil
War" search
Selected Civil War Letters
from the Southern Historical Collection
Documenting the American South
This marvelous collection includes First
Person Narratives of the South , Library
of Southern Literature , North
American Slave Narratives , The
Southern Homefront,1861-1865 , The
Church in the Southern Black Community, Beginnings to 1920
University Of Southern Mississippi - McCain Library And Archives: The Gore Civil War Collection
University of Tennessee Knoxville's The Civil War in Knoxville
Texas Confederate
Pension Records
part of the Texts and
Documents, Hanover College Library
part of the Texas State Library
and Archives Commission
Tom Hughes Civil War
Archives
extremely valuable website with a comprehensive guide to State
Historical Archives
U.S. Army Military History
Institute's Archives
and Reference
Bibliographies Databases
This includes in their MHI
Digital Library
an extensive Civil
War,1861-1865
section. This includes an online copy of Frederick H. Dyer's "A
Compendium of the War of the Rebellion", the invaluable three volume
compilation of regimental data from the Union Army
Afro-American
Sources in Virginia:A Guide to Manuscripts
and Guide to
Afro-American Sources in North Carolina
Virginia Military
Institute Archives and their Civil
War Resources
This includes a Stonewall
Jackson's Resources page
Wake Forest University's
Rare Books and Manuscripts
With Confederate
Broadside Poetry Collection
and Civil War Memoirs of Herbert Valentine
Virginia Tech Civil War Publications
Washington and Lee University
with the Robert E.Lee Papers
at Special
CollectionsJames Graham Leyburn Library
Wright State University's Civil War Special Collections and Archives
at their Special
Collections and Archives
CAMPAIGNS
1861- WESTERN
THEATER-BATTLE SUMMARIES
Civil War,1861
an extract from American
Military History
MAPS
Southeastern
United States,1861-USMA
Railroads
of the Confederacy,1861-USMA
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Operations in Charleston Harbor, Dec. 20, 1860-Apr. 14, 1861; the secession
of Georgia, Jan. 3-26, 1861; the secession of Alabama and Mississippi, Jan.
4-20, 1861; operations in Florida, Jan. 6-Aug. 31, 1861; the secession of North
Carolina, Jan. 9-May 20, 1861; the secession of Louisiana, Jan. 10-Feb. 19,
1861; operations in Texas and New Mexico, Feb. 1-June 11, 1861; operations in
Arkansas, the Indian Territory and Missouri, Feb. 7-May 9, 1861. See also
Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LI-PART 1-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
0.R-VOLUME LI-PART2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Seizure of United States forts, arsenals, etc.; vessels fired upon by State troops; expeditions for the relief of Forts Pickens and Sumter; bombardment and evacuation of Fort Sumter.
LINKS
Crisis at Fort Sumter
Nineteenth Century Documents Project
Civil War Military Actions Around Charleston,S.C
Freedman and Southern Society Project
Map of the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia-Holle 1861(Hargrett Library-UGA)
Seat
of the Civil War,1861-1865-Shepards,1923-PCL Map Collection at UT Austin
MAPS
The Battle of
Wilson's Creek(Oak Hills)
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
O.R-VOLUME
III(Serial No.3)
Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and the Indian Territory, May 10-Nov. 19, 1861. See also Supplemental O.R-VOLUME LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Camp Jackson, Booneville, Carthage, Blue Mills, Wilson's Creek, Lexington, Fredericktown, Springfield, Belmont.
LINKS
The Wilson's Creek ,Staff Ride and Battlefield Tour, Combat Studies Institute,1993
Wilson's Creek, Staff Ride, Instructors Notes, Engineer School,1991
Wilson's
Creek,Staff Ride Instruction, Engineer School, 1991
Operations in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, June 11, 1861-Feb. 1, 1862; operations in Kentucky and Tennessee, July 1-Nov. 19, 1861; operations in North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia, Aug. 1, 1861-Jan. 11, 1862. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME LI-PART 1-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME LI-PART2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--San Augustine Springs; advance of Confederates into
Kentucky; Columbus, Paducah, Barboursville, Camp Wildcat, Ivy Mountain; revolt
of Unionists in East Tennessee; burning of Hampton; Hatteras Inlet.
Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia and Middle and East Florida, Aug. 21, 1861-Apr. 11, 1862; operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi and Louisiana, Sept. 1, 1861-May 12, 1862. See also Supplemental O.R-OLUME LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Port Royal, Jacksonville, Fort Pulaski, Pensacola, Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, New Orleans, the Lovell Court of Inquiry.
LINKS
1862- WESTERN
THEATER-BATTLE SUMMARIES
The Civil
War,1862 an extract from American
Military History
FORT HENRY-DONELSON CAMPAIGN,1862
MAPS
Henry
and Donelson Campaign,Situation January 1862 prior to Opening the Campaign-USMA
Henry- Donelson Campaign-Strategic Situation- February 27,1862-USMA
Panorama
of the Mississipi Valley and its Fortifications 1861 -C.Magnus-1864(Hargett
Collection-UGA)
LINKS
The Capture of Fort Donelson-Part1-Lew Wallace
The Capture of Fort Donelson-Part 2 -Lew Wallace
Letters to the Editor:Re Fort
Donelson
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Alabama and Southwest Virginia, Nov. 19, 1861-Mar. 4, 1862. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Rowlett's Station, Prestonburg, Logan's Cross-Roads or Mill
Springs, Forts Henry and Donelson.
LINKS
The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky -January 19,1862
The Battle of Rowletts Station
MAPS
The Battle of Pea Ridge(Elkhorn Tavern) March 7-8,1862
The Battle of New Madrid
and Island No. 10
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
O.R-VOLUME
VIII (Serial No. 8)
Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and the Indian Territory, Nov. 19, 1861-Apr. 10, 1862. See also
O.R-VOLUME LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Round Mountain, Chusto-Talasah, Chustenahlah, Mount Zion
Church, Roan's Tan-Yard, New Madrid, Island No. 10, Pea Ridge.
Operations in Southeastern Virginia, Jan. 11-Mar. 17, 1862; operations in North Carolina, Jan. 11-Aug. 20, 1862; operations in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, Feb. 1-Sept. 20, 1862. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME LI-PART 1-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME LI-PART2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Monitor and Merrimac, Roanoke Island, New Berne, Fort Macon, South Mills, Tranter's Creek, Valverde, Glorieta, "The California Column."
LINKS
The Battle of New Madrid and Island No.10
The Battle of Pea
Ridge(Elkhorn Tavern)
MAPS
Shiloh
Campaign:Union and Confederate Concentrations and Situation March
29,1862-USMA
Shiloh Campaign:Confederate Attack and Situation at End of the First Day, 6 April, 1862-USMA
Shiloh Campaign:Situation at the end of the Second Day of Battle, 7 April,1862-USMA
Shiloh NMP-NPS-PCL at UT Austin
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
O.R-VOLUME
X-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No.10)
O.R-VOLUME X-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (Serial No.11)
Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama and
Southwest Virginia, Mar. 4-June 10, 1862. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Cumberland Gap, Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh,
"Railroad Raid," Corinth, Fort Pillow, Memphis, Chattanooga.
LINKS
Corinth:Crossroads of the Confederacy
Chronology of events leading to the battle of Corinth,1862
The Battle of Shiloh-U.S Grant
Albert Sidney Johnston and the Shiloh Campaign-William Preston Johnston
Notes of a Confederate Staff Officer-Thomas Jordan
The Offer of Union Command to A.S Johnston-Fitz Porter
O.R-VOLUME XIII (Serial No. 19)
Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, the Indian Territory and the
Department of the Northwest, Apr. 10-Nov. 20, 1862. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. .
Principal Events.---Saint Charles, Hill's Plantation, Kirksville, Independence,
Lone Jack, Fort Ridgely, Newtonia, Old Fort Wayne, Clark's Mill.
O.R-VOLUME XIII (Serial No. 19)
Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, the Indian Territory and the
Department of the Northwest, Apr. 10-Nov. 20, 1862. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. .
Principal Events.---Saint Charles, Hill's Plantation, Kirksville, Independence,
Lone Jack, Fort Ridgely, Newtonia, Old Fort Wayne, Clark's Mill.
LINKS
O.R-VOLUME XIV (Serial No. 20)
Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia and Middle and East
Florida, Apr. 12, 1862-June 11, 1863. See also Supplemental Volume O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Secessionville, Simmons' Bluff, Tampa, Saint John's Bluff,
Fort McAllister, Jacksonville, Charleston Harbor.
LINKS
Battle of
Secessionville-June,1862
Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi (embracing
all operations against Vicksburg, May 18-July 27, 1862) and Louisiana, May 12,
1862-May 14, 1863; and operations in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, Sept. 20,
1862-May 14, 1863. See also Supplemental Volumes
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Natchez, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Donaldsonville, Sabine Pass,
Galveston, Port Hudson, Georgia Landing, Bisland, Irish Bend, Bayou Vermillion,
the Sibley and Grant Courts-Martial.
Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi (embracing
all operations against Vicksburg, May 18-July 27, 1862) and Louisiana, May 12,
1862-May 14, 1863; and operations in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, Sept. 20,
1862-May 14, 1863. See also Supplemental Volumes
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Natchez, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Donaldsonville, Sabine Pass,
Galveston, Port Hudson, Georgia Landing, Bisland, Irish Bend, Bayou Vermillion,
the Sibley and Grant Courts-Martial.
Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi (embracing
all operations against Vicksburg, May 18-July 27, 1862) and Louisiana, May 12,
1862-May 14, 1863; and operations in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, Sept. 20,
1862-May 14, 1863. See also Supplemental Volumes
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Natchez, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Donaldsonville, Sabine Pass,
Galveston, Port Hudson, Georgia Landing, Bisland, Irish Bend, Bayou Vermillion,
the Sibley and Grant Courts-Martial.
STONES RIVER-MURFREESBORO CAMPAIGN,1862-1863
Kentucky-Tennesse-The
Confederate Invasion of Kentucky- 14 August - 10 October,1862-USMA
Kentucky-Tennessee-The
Battle of Stones River or Murfreesboro-USMA
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
O.R-VOLUME
XVI-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No. 22)
O.R-VOLUME XVI-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. (Serial No. 23)
Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama and Southwest Virginia, June 10-Oct. 31, 1862. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Cumberland Gap, Morgan's (first)Kentucky Raid, Murfreesborough, Richmond, Munfordville, Perryville or Chaplin Hills, the Buell Commission and the T. T. Crittenden Court of Inquiry.
LINKS
The Battle of Perryville-October 8,1862
The Battle of Britton's Lane-September 1,1862
The Battle of Munfordville-September 14-17,1862
The Battle of Green River Crossing-September 20-21,1861
O.R-VOLUME XVII-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No. 24)
O.R-VOLUME
XVII-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (Serial No. 25)
Operations in West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi, June 10, 1862-Jan. 20,
1863. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Iuka, Corinth, Coffeeville, Holly Springs, Jackson,
Parker's Cross-Roads, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, the Van Dorn Court of
Inquiry.
O.R-VOLUME XX-PART 1 -REPORTS (Serial No. 29)
O.R-VOLUME XX-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (Serial No.30)
Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama and
Southwest Virginia, Nov. 1, 1862-Jan. 20, 1863. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Hartsville, Carter's Raid, Morgan's (second) Kentucky
Raid, Mutiny of the Anderson Cavalry, Stone's River, Wheeler's Raid.
O.R-VOLUME XXII-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No. 32)
O.R-VOLUME XXII-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE (Serial No. 33)
Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, the Indian Territory and the
Department of the Northwest, Nov. 20, 1862-Dec. 31, 1863. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. .
Principal Events.--Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Springfield, Hartville, Cape
Girardeau, Big Mound, Dead Buffalo Lake, Stony Lake, Cabin Creek, Helena, Honey
Springs, Bayou Fourche, Little Rock, White Stone Hill, Quantrill's Raid, Devil's
Backbone, Shelby's Raid, Baxter Springs, Pine Bluff.
O.R-VOLUME XXII-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No. 32)
O.R-VOLUME XXII-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE (Serial No. 33)
Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, the Indian Territory and the
Department of the Northwest, Nov. 20, 1862-Dec. 31, 1863. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. .
Principal Events.--Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Springfield, Hartville, Cape
Girardeau, Big Mound, Dead Buffalo Lake, Stony Lake, Cabin Creek, Helena, Honey
Springs, Bayou Fourche, Little Rock, White Stone Hill, Quantrill's Raid, Devil's
Backbone, Shelby's Raid, Baxter Springs, Pine Bluff.
LINKS
Murfreesboro:December 31,1862-January 2,1863
The Battle of Stones River(Murfreesboro)
The
War at Sea against the Confederacy-USMA
1863-
WESTERN THEATER-BATTLE SUMMARIESMAPS
Perrines new topographical war map-Perrine 1863(Hargrett Library-UGA)
Vicksburg Campaign-November 1862-March 1863-USMA
Vicksburg Campaign:The Crossing of the River and the advance to Jackson,29 April-14 May,1863-USMA
Gettysburg Campaign:Southeastern United States-General Situation-June 1,1863-USMA
Vicksburg Campaign:The Seige of Vicksburg-Operations 22 May and July 3 ,1863-USMA
Chattanooga Campaign-Situation 30 June 1863 and Movements since 24 June-USMA
Vicksburg Campaign:The Pursuit of Johnston,4-10 July and Situation 10 July 1863-USMA
Vicksburg Map-Regional Battlefield-NPS-PCL at UT Austin
Vicksburg
Map-Area Map--NPS-PCL at UT Austin
Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi (embracing
all operations against Vicksburg, May 18-July 27, 1862) and Louisiana, May 12,
1862-May 14, 1863; and operations in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, Sept. 20,
1862-May 14, 1863. See also Supplemental Volumes
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Natchez, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Donaldsonville, Sabine Pass,
Galveston, Port Hudson, Georgia Landing, Bisland, Irish Bend, Bayou Vermillion,
the Sibley and Grant Courts-Martial.
O.R-VOLUME XXII-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No. 32)
O.R-VOLUME XXII-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE (Serial No. 33)
Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, the Indian Territory and the
Department of the Northwest, Nov. 20, 1862-Dec. 31, 1863. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. .
Principal Events.--Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Springfield, Hartville, Cape
Girardeau, Big Mound, Dead Buffalo Lake, Stony Lake, Cabin Creek, Helena, Honey
Springs, Bayou Fourche, Little Rock, White Stone Hill, Quantrill's Raid, Devil's
Backbone, Shelby's Raid, Baxter Springs, Pine Bluff.
LINKS
O.R-VOLUME XXIV-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No.36)
O.R-VOLUME XXIV-PART 2-REPORTS (Serial No. 37)
O.R-VOLUME XXIV-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC (Serial No. 38)
Operations in Mississippi and West Tennessee (including those in Arkansas and
Louisiana connected with the siege of Vicksburg), Jan. 20-Aug. 10, 1863. See
also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Yazoo Pass, Steele's Bayou, Grierson's Raid, Grand Gulf,
Snyder's Mill, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion's Bill, Big Black River
Bridge, Vicksburg, Milliken's Bend, Goodrich's Landing.
LINKS
The Seige of Vicksburg-May 18-July 4,1863
Chronology of the Operations against Vicksburg-May 18,1862-July4,1863
Chronology of Grant's Final Campaign and Seige of Vicksburg-March 29,1863-July 4,1863
U.S Coast Survey-Savannah to Osabaw Sound-Bache 1863(Hargrett Library-UGA)
Charleston Harbor and its approaches,1863-(Hargrett Library-UGA)
CHICKAMAUGUA-CHATTANOGA CAMPAIGN 1863
MAPS
Map of northern Georgia and Tehhessee-Paterson 1863(Hargrett Library-UGA)
Chattanooga Campaign:Situation 30 June and Movements since 24 June-USMA
The Battlefield at Chickamaugua-Fergus 1864 (Hargrett Library-UGA)
Chickamaugua and Chattanooga NMP(Georgia/Tennessee (Regional Map)-PCL Map Collection at UT Austin
Chickamaugua
and Chattanooga NMP (Georgia/Tennesee)-Regional Map-PCL Map Collection at UT
Austin
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
O.R-VOLUME XXIII-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No. 34)
O.R-VOLUME XXIII-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (Serial No. 35)
Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama and
Southwest Virginia, Jan. 21-Aug. 10, 1863. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Thompson's Station, Vaught's Hill, Pegram's Raid,
Brentwood, Wheeler's Railroad Raid, Franklin, Streight's Raid, Everett's Raid,
Sanders' Raid, Hines' Raid, Tullahoma Campaign, Morgan's Ohio Raid, Scott's
Raid.
O.R-VOLUME XXVI-PART 1-REPORTS-UNION AND CONFEDERATE;CORRESPONDENCE-UNION (Serial No. 41)
O.R-VOLUME XXVI-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE-CONFEDERATE (Serial No. 42)
Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana
(excluding those connected with the siege of Vicksburg), Texas and New Mexico,
May 14-Dec. 31, 1863. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Plains Store, Port Hudson, La Fourche Crossing,
Donaldsonville, Cox's Plantation, Sabine Pass, Stirling's Plantation, Teche, Rio
Grande.
O.R-VOLUME XXVIII-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No.46)
O.R-VOLUME XXVIII-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (Serial No.47)
Operations on the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia and in Middle and East
Florida, June 12-Dec. 31, 1863. See also Supplemental O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Grimball's Landing, Morris Island, Battery Wagner, Fort
Sumter, Charleston, Fort Brooke.
O.R-VOLUME XXX-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No.50)
O.R-VOLUME XXX-PART 2-REPORTS (Serial No.51)
O.R-VOLUME XXX-PART 3-UNION CORRESPONDENCE (Serial No.52)
O.R-VOLUME
XXX-PART 4-CORRESPONDENCE UNION AND CONFEDERATE (Serial No. 53)
Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North
Alabama and North Georgia, Aug. II-Oct. 19, 1863. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Chickamauga, Knoxville, Blountsville, Blue Springs, Wheeler and Roddey's Raid, Chalmers' Raid, Bogue Chitto Creek, the McCook, Crittenden and Negley Court of Inquiry.
LINKS
Chattanooga:A Road Trip Through Time
The Blue and Gray Trail:The Civil War in North Georgia and Chattanooga
Chronology of the Tullahoma-Chickamaugua Campaign-June 24,1863-September 20,1863
The Battle of Armstrong's Ridge,November 25,1863
1864- WESTERN
THEATER-BATTLE SUMMARIES
The Civil
War,1864-1865 an extract from American
Military History
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN 1863-1864
MAPS
Grant's
Plan for the 1864 Campaign
Atlanta-From Vincents Subdivision Map-The Army of the Cumberland 1864(Hargrett Library-UGA)
General Sherman's Campaign War Map-Bufford 1864(Hargrett Library-UGA)
Part of Northern Georgia-Merrill 1864(Hargrett Library-UGA)
Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta-Poe 1864(Hargrett Library-UGA)
Atlanta Campaign NPS-PCL at UT Austin
Kennesaw Mountain NMP-NPS-PCL at UT Austin
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
O.R-VOLUME XXXI-PART 1-REPORTS (serial no. 54)
O.R-VOLUME XXXI-PART 2-REPORTS (Serial No.55)
O.R-VOLUME XXXI-PART 3-CORRESPONDENCE (Serial No. 56)
Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North
Alabama and North Georgia, Oct. 20-Dec. 31, 1863. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Reopening of Tennessee River, Wauhatchie, Collierville,
Campbell's Station, Knoxville (Fort Sanders), Lookout Mountain, Missionary
Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Bean's Station, Mossy Creek, the Schurz and Hecker Court of
Inquiry and the McLaws Court-Martial.
O.R-VOLUME XXXII-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No. 57)
O.R-VOLUME XXXII-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (serial No. 58)
O.R-VOLUME XXXII-PART 3 -CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (serial No. 59)
Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
and North Georgia, Jan. 1-Apr. 30, 1864. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Dandridge, Athens, Fair Garden, Meridian, Okolona, Dalton,
Fort Pillow.
O.R-VOLUME XXXVIII-PART 2-REPORTS (serial No.73)
O.R-VOLUME XXXVIII-PART 3-REPORTS (Serial No.74)
O.R-VOLUME XXXVIII-PART 4-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (Serial No.75)
O.R-VOLUME
XXXVIII-PART 5-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC (serial no. 76)
The Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign, May 1-Sept. 8, 1864. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Rocky Face Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope
Church, Pickett's Mills, Dallas, Marietta, Kenesaw Mountain, Kolb's Farm,
Rousseau's Raid, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Garrard's Raids, Ezra Church, Utoy
Creek, McCook's Raid, Stoneman's Raid, Wheeler's Raid, Kilpatrick's Raid,
Jonesborough, Lovejoy's Station.
O.R-VOLUME XLIV-REPORTS,CORRESPODENCE,ETC (Serial No. 92)
Operations in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, Nov. 14-Dec. 31, 1864. See
also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Griswoldville, Buck Head Creek, Honey Hill, Waynesborough,
Savannah, Fort McAllister.
LINKS
Atlanta Campaign,Staff Ride,Briefing Book,Reserve Command,1995
The Blue and Gray Trail:The Civil War in North Georgia and Chattanooga
Peachtree Creek:The 33rd Missisippi Infantry at Peachtree Creek-July 1864
The Atlanta Campaign (May 1-September 5,1864
The Battle of Pilot Knob-August-Septmber 1864
Battle of Allatoona Pass-October 15,1864
Order of battle of the Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca-May 14-15,1864
Battle of Resaca II Modern efforts to presevre the battlefield
Forrest gets the
Bulge on Sooy Smith-Edwin C. Bearss
LINKS
The Red River
Campaign(10.Mar-22'May 1864)
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
O.R-VOLUME XXXIV-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No. 61)
O.R-VOLUME XXXIV-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC, (serial no.62)
O.R-VOLUME XXXIV-PART 3-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC (Serial No. 63)
O.R-VOLUME XXXIV-PART 4-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC (serial No. 64)
Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories,
Jan. 1-June 30, 1864. See also Supplemental O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Red River, Sabine Cross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, Blair's
Landing, Monett's Ferry, Mansura, Yellow Bayou, Camden, Elkin's Ferry, Poison
Spring, Marks' Mills, Jenkins' Ferry, Old River Lake.
O.R-VOLUME XLI-PART 1-REPORTS (Serial No.83
O.R-VOLUME XLI-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC (serial No. 84)
O.R-VOLUME XLI-PART 3-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC (Serial No. 85)
O.R-VOLUME XLI-PART 4-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC (Serial No. 86)
Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories,
July 1-Dec. 31, 1864. See also Supplemental O.R-VOLUME
LIII-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Tahkahokuty Mountain, Price's Missouri Expedition (including
Fort Davidson, Glasgow, Lexington, Little Blue, Independence, Big Blue,
Westport, Marais des Cygnes, Little Osage River, Charlot and Newtonia), Adobe
Fort, Sand Creek.
LINKS
The Battle of Olustee-February 20,1864
Wirt Adams repels
Yankee Task Force at Yazoo City,April,1864-Edward Bearss
FRANKLIN-NASHVILLE CAMPAIGN 1864
MAPS
Franklin and Nashville Campaign: Situation November 26 and Movements since 29 September 1864-USMA
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
O.R-VOLUME XLV-PART 1-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (Serial No. 93)
O.R-VOLUME
XLV-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC (Serial no. 94)
Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
and North Georgia, Nov. 14, 1864-Jan. 23, 1865. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART1- REPORTS,UNION CORRESPONDENCE,ETC
O.R-VOLUME
LII-PART 2-CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin (Tenn.), Murfreesborough, Lyon's Raid, Nashville, Marion, Saltville, Verona, Egypt, Franklin (Miss.), the Hodge Court of Inquiry.
LINKS
Major General Edward
"Alleghany" Johnson,C.S.A
General Albert
Lee's Liberty Raid-November,1864-Edwin C. Bearss
1865- WESTERN THEATER-BATTLE SUMMARIES
The Civil
War,1864-1865 an extract from American
Military History
MARCH TO THE
SEA AND ADVANCE INTO THE CAROLINAS,1864-1865
MAPS
Principal
Federal Movements- November 1864-April 1865-USMA
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
O.R-VOLUME XLVII-PART 1 -REPORTS (Serial No. 98)
O.R-VOLUME XLVII-PART 2-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC (Serial No. 99)
O.R-VOLUME XLVII-PART 3-CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. (Sserial No. 100)
Operations in North Carolina (from Feb. 1), South Carolina, Southern Georgia
and East Florida, Jan. 1-June 30, 1865. See also Supplemental
O.R-VOLUME
LIII-SUPPLEMENTAL-REPORTS,CORRESPONDENCE,ETC.
Principal Events.--Columbia, Charleston, Wilmington, Kinston or Wise's Forks,
Monroe's Cross-Roads, Averasborough, Bentonville, Goldsborough, Raleigh, Durham
Station (surrender of Johnston's Army), Surrender of Confederate troops in
Florida, Review of Sherman's Army.
LINKS
Morrisville,North Carolina-April 13,1865
Monroes Crossroads,March 10,1865,NC,Staff Ride Study,1997