American Civil War Era

**5th Grade Civil War Unit Resources

Unit: The American Civil War: A Nation Divided

The Civil War for Fifth Graders

Raid at Harper's Ferry

PBS: John Brown's Holy War       

Animated Atlas of America

KidsConnect Civil War page

American Civil War Glossary

Civil War Battle Summaries by State

Kid Info Civil War Links

Civil War for Kids

Interactive Civil War Mr. Nussbaum.com

Discover Georgia's Fascinating Civil War Heritage - Explore the critical role in the Civil War socially, economically, and industrially and militarily. Expand your knowledge and appreciation of that era and the important part it played on Georgia's citizens. Georgia and Atlanta Civil War maps.

Rare Maps of the Civil War

Civil War Map Collection
This large map collection is offered by the Library of Congress.

Civil War State Maps Showing Battle Sites
Pinpoint the sites of the famous battles with this helpful map.

Gettysburg Map
This map shows great detail of the Battle of Gettysburg, one of the most important battles of the Civil War.

Historical Image Collection

Timeline Civil War

NORTH and SOUTH DIVIDED

 

The American Civil War was the most documented war of its time, bringing a whole new perspective of the battlefield. Today the resources for these battles could fill up the Library of Congress alone making it easy to find information on just about any to picture about the Civil War. Here is a list of battles fought by the Union and Confederacy:

Union Victories Indecisive Battles Confederate Victories
New Orleans
Shiloh
Charleston Harbor
Port Royal Sound
Stones River
Battle of the Ironclads
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg – July 1-3, 1863
American Civil War: Gettysburg, PA  
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Sherman's Marh to the Sea
Appomattox Courthouse 		Fair Oaks (Seven Pines)
Perryville
Antietam
Wilderness Campaign
 Fort Sumter
Bull Run
Jackson's Valley Campaign
The Seven Days
The Second Battle of Bull Run
Yorktown
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
 

Important People

 Civil War Women A Civil War Army Camp Civil War (Thinkquest site)
Abraham Lincoln Understanding Slavery - Weapons of the Civil War Civil War Home Page
Abraham Lincoln Online North American Slave Narratives Battle of the First Ironclads American Civil War 1
History Place: Abraham Lincoln Been Here So Long: Slave Narratives Battle: Monitor Fights the Virginia American Civil War 2
Ulysses S. Grant Network     Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant Louisiana Guard: First Black Soldiers 1862 Peninsula Campaign Civil War 1
Robert E. Lee     Civil War 2
Robert E. Lee     Civil War 3
    Emancipation Proclamation CivilWar.com
    Gettysburg Address American Civil War Home Page
      History Place: The Civil War
      Eyewitness: The Civil War
 Frederick Douglass Smithsonian: Remembering Slavery Surrender at Appomattox History Place: A Nation Divided 

 
 
 
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