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	Æ Aeragon - First Modern War
		The naval warfare experiences in America during the Civil War, and especially the battle between the CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor, clearly demonstrated that the wooden ship-of-the-line was now obsolete.
		When the Civil War began, the telegraph was quickly used to report battle information and soon became the most important form of military communication.
		As a part of the proliferation of new technologies that occurred during the war, the Civil War was the first instance where a telegraph message from a hot-air balloon was sent.
	www.aeragon.com /03 (4471 words)

	The History Place - U.S. Civil War 1861-1865
		Robert E. Lee, son of a Revolutionary War hero, and a 25 year distinguished veteran of the United States Army and former Superintendent of West Point, is offered command of the Union Army.
		For the duration of the war the blockade limits the ability of the rural South to stay well supplied in its war against the industrialized North.
		A council of war with Gen. Grant leaning over the shoulder of Gen. Meade looking at a map, planning the Cold Harbor assault.
	www.historyplace.com /civilwar/index.html (2972 words)

	US Civil War Weapons
		The Civil War was long and bloody for both sides.
		A few were still in service at the beginning of the Civil War although they were not favorites because of their severe inaccuracy.
		These were still in service at the beginning of the Civil War and were meant to be used for repelling borders.
	realarmorofgod.com /civil-war-weapons.html (2157 words)

	Service Publications - US Civil War
		The popular Civil War News columnist has written a unique work, combining technical data on each Civil War firearm, an often surprising treatment of their actual use on the battlefield, and a guide to collecting and firing surviving relics and modern reproductions.
		Samuel Mudd's guilt or innocence in the Lincoln assassination is debated by a distinguished group of jurists and Civil War historians recently convened by the University of Richmond School of Law to reexamine the case.
		The battle of Shiloh on April 6-7 1862 was the biggest battle of the Civil War up to that date; the gallant stand of the then-unknown Union General Ulysses S. Grant created a new national hero and was the turning point in the career of the Civil War's eventual victor.
	www.servicepub.com /civil.html (1478 words)

	LSU Libraries Special Collections: The United States Civil War Center
		The mission of the United States Civil War Center is to promote interdisciplinary study of the American Civil War.
		The Center publishes the Civil War Book Review online and promotes use of research materials at LSU and elsewhere to further study of the Civil War.
		The Center is not a museum or library, but facilitates preservation of Civil War documents and artifacts by putting potential donors in touch with libraries, archives, and museums dedicated to preserving America’s cultural heritage.
	www.cwc.lsu.edu (131 words)

	Civil War Interactive
		The free CWi discussion board is a place for Civil War enthusiasts of all levels to meet, debate and discuss.
		Civil War Biographies: Hundreds of biographies of both the well-known and the little-known men and women of the Civil War.
		Documents of the Civil War: This is our always growing collection of documents that were pivotal in the course of the war.
	www.civilwarinteractive.com (415 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Robert E. Lee
		Lee was intrusted with the vital duties of mapping out the terrain ahead, dividing the line of advance for the U.S. troops, and in one case leading troops into battle.
		Colonel Lee, and a young aide Lt. JEB Stuart, and a detachment of U.S. marines, were rushed by train to Harper's Ferry where they were able to capture radical abolitionist John Brown and his followers.
		Following the war Lee was almost tried as a traitor, but was only left with his civil rights suspended.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/B/relee/relee.htm (969 words)

	US Civil War
		Northern merchants were too concerned for profits to risk waging war with one of their best customers and a chief source of cotton.
		Lincoln on the 4th of July requested an additional 400,000 men for the war, when it became increasingly apparent that the war effort would take much longer, but in special session, Congress authorized the raising of 500,000 for the duration.
		Seward suggested that the war would be over in 90 days but Scott warned that it would take at least 300,000 men, one good general and up to 3 years to conquer the South.
	www.freeuniv.com /lect/rankin/Unit4C.htm (5972 words)

	Quartermaster Shop US Civil War Chevrons
		US Sharp Shooter chevrons in Green are available in cotton lace only at this time.
		If you would like us to sew the chevrons on the sleeves of a coat you are ordering, the coat must be custom made, as the chevrons are sewn on by machine when the sleeves are being constructed.
		US Marine chevrons are available at slightly higher cost.
	www.quartermastershop.com /Accessories/us_civil_war_chevrons.htm (337 words)

	The US Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Not only was the War the occasion for the abolition of slavery, but by conflict's end the re-United States had emerged as a modern, industrialized power.
		From April 1861 to April 1865, a brutal civil war was fought between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America.
		The American Civil War is one of the most researched conflicts in modern history, yet many people still desire more knowledge about it.
	www2.yk.psu.edu /~mer7/uscivilwar.htm (197 words)

	Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page
		The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs.
		Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects.
		Taking photographs at the time of the Civil War
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html (232 words)

	Civil War Journal - WebQuest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is the story of your life during the great American Civil War.
		You will begin to write in your journal prior to the Civil War and continue to write in your journal during and after the war.
		You are in 7th grade and life is back to normal; however, you will never forget your experience as a young adult during the Civil War.
	coe.west.asu.edu /students/hcarter/webquest.htm (1013 words)

	Internet Modern History Sourcebook: US Civil War
		Constitution of the Confederate States of America March 11, 1861 [At U Oklahoma] or
		Battle Hymn of the Republic [At U Oklahoma]
		DeAnne Blanton: Women Soldiers of the Civil War, Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives Spring 1993, vol.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/modsbook27.html (758 words)

	Arabs Worried About the Impact of ‘Second US Civil War’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But the possibility of US government becoming paralyzed for weeks, if not months, as a result of disputes over election results cannot be discounted.
		Again, the US is required to play a central role in bringing the rival factions together to ensure a smooth transition to a pluralist system in Kabul.
		The perception that the US is too pre-occupied with domestic electoral disputes to focus on Iraqi elections could encourage the forces that are fighting to disrupt the process of democratization in Baghdad.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=53398&d=25&m=10&y=2004 (928 words)

	Navy Civil War chronology
		U S S Tyler, Commander H. Walke, and USS Lexington, Commander R. Stembel, supported 3,000 Union troops under General Grant at the Battle of Belmont, Missouri.
		They discussed the strategy to be followed in the closing days of the war and how the South would be treated at the close of the conflict.
		This chronology of events from the American Civil War was extracted from Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861-1865, published in 1971 by the Naval Historical Center.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/civilwar.htm (3042 words)

	World Battleships List: US Civil War Monitors
		All the US coastal monitors of the Civil War presented generally the same appearance: a low iron "raft" with one or more turrets on deck, and little, if any, superstructure.
		Most of the Civil War monitors were designed by John Ericsson, and used a turret of his own design.
		Were incomplete at the end of the Civil War but were improperly preserved and protected while awaiting a decision on future completion; ultimately had to be scrapped after their timbers became rotten.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/battleships/us_mon.htm (6181 words)

	UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
		Thirteen U. Colored Infantry along with white units engaged the enemy at Chapin's (Chaffin's) Farm, Virginia on September 29 and 30, 1864.
		On April 9, 1865, three U. Colored Infantry Regiments from the Twenty-Fifth United States Army Corps (29th, 31st, and 116th) were positioned along the advance line of 17 Union regiments that moved from the west towards Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia to prevent the Confederate forces from escaping westward.
		The 62nd U. Colored Infantry Regiment (Missouri) participated in the last major engagement of the Civil War at Palmetto Ranch, Texas on May 15, 1865, over a month after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.
	www.coax.net /people/lwf/usct.htm (1150 words)

	Military & Pension Records for Union Civil War Veterans
		In it he stated simply that his father was a Civil War veteran, along with the date of birth and date of death for his father.
		I have 7 Civil War vets in my family and I have ordered the pension and military papers for all of them.
		Includes veterans of the War of 1812 and Union service in the Civil War as well as their family members who received penions.
	www.oz.net /~cyndihow/pensions.htm (3140 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Last Civil War widow dies at 97
		In 1927, she married the 81-year-old war veteran of the Confederate army, William Martin, when she was 21.
		"The war hasn't been that far removed, particularly for southerners, and she reminded us of that," he said.
		Martin had already been widowed with a son when she met William Martin, also a widower who had served with the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment during the siege of Petersburg in 1864-65 and had a $50-a-month pension.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/3765811.stm (272 words)

	US Civil War
		Civil War Descendants Society - Plymouth Pilgrims -
		Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - SUVCW
		The US Civil War Artillery Homepage by E.P. Alexander
	www.earthstation9.com /the_blue.htm (163 words)

	US Civil War Generals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is a concise index to the Generals who fought on both sides of the US Civil War, and has been specifically prepared for the Internet.
		The entries have been kept as brief as possible, to minimise bandwidth use and to reflect the intention that this is not an encyclopaedia.
		His American Civil War Homepage is an excellent collection of links to Civil War information.
	sunsite.utk.edu /civil-war/generals.html (728 words)

	Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1925 the SV name was changed to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), under which its federal charter was issued in 1954.
		The SUVCW National Headquarters is located in the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
		It is intended to provide information regarding the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Civil War.
	suvcw.org (736 words)

	Civil War Maps - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
		Civil War Maps brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia.
		Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman’s Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts—all available for the first time in one place.
		Most of the items presented here are documented in Civil War Maps: An Annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress, compiled by Richard W. Stephenson in 1989.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html (156 words)

	Tomfolio.com: Military, US Civil War Units
		Soldiers from Rhode Island played a significant role in the Civil War from First Bull Run through the final campaigns and served in the West as well as the East.
		This Civil War history book is VG++ with no marks and clean pages; minimal shelf wear; bumped edges slightly with some rubbing.
		An unusual Civil War memoir by what the editor calls a company clerk, with lots of information found nowhere else, including portraits of the officers and men.
	www.tomfolio.com /bookssub.asp?catid=28&subid=2784 (709 words)

	The Civil War Store
		The US Civil War (1861 - 1865) is among the most significant events in United States history.
		It is one of the only wars fought on American soil.
		Browse through the images, souvenirs and maps, or learn more about this era by reading the many articles we have posted and linked to.
	www.civilwar.nu (117 words)

	The American Civil War - The Struggle to Preserve the Union
		I cannot expect to entirely do justice to an event in American history which defined us as a people and redefined the country as a Nation, rather than as a mere experiment in Federal Republicanism.
		Its conclusion established the supremacy of the authority of the Federal government over that of the individual states, ended the institution of slavery, and stimulated the industrial growth and prosperity of the entire country.
		The cast of characters, the violent clash of opposing beliefs, and the huge stakes involved in the outcome make the Civil War a drama which is hard to ignore for anyone interested in our history.
	www.swcivilwar.com (419 words)

	Open Directory - Recreation: Antiques: US Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Civil War Collectibiles and Information - Images of Civil War relics recovered.
		Mike Brackin Civil War - Catalog of original American Civil and Indian Wars memorabilia, photographs, CDVs, stereoviews, tintypes, cabinet photographs and related artifacts.
		Miles of History - Civil War auction - Site specializing in historical (with particular emphasis on the American Civil War) relics and memorabilia, including weapons, documents, jewelry, tintypes and other rare photographs.
	dmoz.org /Recreation/Antiques/US_Civil_War (232 words)

	The American Civil War Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Civil War, Slavery, and Reconstruction in Missouri
		Indiana's and Kentucky's German-Americans in the Civil War
		Civil War Plymouth Pilgrims Descendants Society (survivors of the Battle of Plymouth, NC)
	sunsite.utk.edu /civil-war/warweb.html (4293 words)

	Civil War Medicine - Tompkins-McCaw Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Civil War Battlefield Medicine: An Introduction to the Medical Side of the War between the States
		Battlefield Surgeon of the Civil War: Hartwell Carver Tompkins
		The Civil War Arm Surgeon and his Work By Edward L. Musnson, M.D. "Confederate Medical Department" By Deering J. Roberts, M.D. "Confederate Surgeon " By F. Peyre Porcher, M.D. Southern Historical Society Papers.
	www.library.vcu.edu /tml/bibs/cwmed.html (939 words)

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