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Last updated 11/27/2007

These links are from the Library of Congress Learning Page portion of the Library of Congress Website.
A Civil War Sketch Artist:  (Exhibition)"Alfred Waud was recognized as the best of the Civil War sketch artists who drew the war for the nation's pictorial press. Waud could render a scene quickly and accurately, with an artist's eye for composition and a reporter's instinct for human interest."
Diary of a Confederate Woman  (Exhibition)"The departure of men at the outbreak of Civil War changed the lives of women, burdening them with unaccustomed responsibilities. A remarkable record of the Civil War exists through the personal testimonies of a variety of women."
Walt Whitman and the Civil War (Exhibition) - "Read about Whitman's Civil War hospital notebooks in which he took notes about the needs and wants of wounded soldiers whom he visited and comforted in the hospitals in and near Washington, D.C."
Women's War Relief - A pattern used to make hospital slippers for Union Soldiers
Battle Hymn of the Republic (Performing Arts) - Learn the history, explore song sheets and sheet music, and listen to sound recordings of this patriotic melody from the Civil War period.
Civil War Treasures from New York Historical Society
Civil War Photograph Album
Jump Back in Time - America's Story - Civil War Stories
Meet Amazing Americans:
Abraham Lincoln
Frederic Douglas
Harriet Tubman
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee papers
The History Place - Civil War Timeline
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Today in History - (Today in History) Search the Archives using the term “civil war” for articles related to the Civil War.  

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