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Researching Your Civil War Veteran

September 2002 Music in the Civil War

Photos of musicians at Bensalem and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and several URLs for websites with words and/or midi files.

Stroud's Civil War News Emporium

The history, roster and selected biographies of members of a variety of Iowa (and other) civil war regiments. Also other fascinating items of a rather more "miscellaneous" nature.

Tenny's Civil War Page

The American Civil War

From Dakota State University - Madison, South Dakota

The American Civil War - The Struggle to Preserve the Union

A look at the causes, characters, and history of the American Civil War.

The American Civil War in the Eastern Theater

From southern Pennsylvania to Virginia's North Carolina border and from Chesapeake Bay to the mountains west of the Shenandoah Valley.

The Civil War

This site has extensive, original illustrations from the Civil War, as they appeared in the pages of Harper's Weekly. Slave Heritage Resource Center, and more.

The Civil War Archive

The Civil War Lady

Historical, military, & genealogical research of the American Civil War.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

The Civil War Project

Providing information on the Civil War at the state and national level.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)

Online searchable database of over 5 million soldiers from 30 states and territories. Rosters, regiments, cemeteries, battles, prisoners, Medals of Honor.

The Confederate Network

The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

Online searchable scanned images of the OR.

Touch the Elbow - Blogging the Civil War

From the authors of 'The Civil War Research Guide' - Stackpole Books, comes a blog dedicated to researching the Civil War, along with news and events and our thoughts on each.

U.S. Civil War Center

Links and resources for Civil War information.

US Civil War Factbook

Chronology, info on casualties, the Confederacy and a discussion forum.

War for Southern Independence Links

Which Henry Cook? A Methodology For Searching Confederate Ancestors

Article by Desmond Walls Allen.

WorldVitalRecords.com - Search All Military Databases $

An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, court records, military records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.