Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Civil War and Reconstruction helpful sights

Company Aytch -Pretty close to the full text. Recollections of CSA troop from Tennessee and good read if you haven't read it. Could be used as a primary source for students as well.

Historical music
- provides large amount of music from different time periods. Only includes 1 song in the civil war/reconstruction website, but still valuable website.

Data and Facts w/questions- Provides a lot of useful numbers, including: troops available for duty by year and side, deaths by wound and disease etc
Link
Civil War Primary Sources - Variety of documents, emancipation proclamation

Reconstruction Virtual history- gives good introduction and information. LinkDiscusses politics of reconstruction and the transition from slave labor to free labor.

97th Regimental String Band- Civil War era musical band. Some good songs.

Regimental quartermaster- Website to buy reenactment gear, maybe useful if discussing uniforms or camp life? Just an idea. Also has modern day things (books, cds etc) for purchase as
well.

Matthew Brady- Interactive page on Matthew Brady, useful if discussing photography in the time period and techniques.

Grant's Overland Campaign- Animation that depicts the overland campaign. Good visualization tool. Has good introductory text. Kind of long though.

www.civilwaranimated.com- Provides animations and contexts for the battles of Fredricksburg, First Mananas, Overland Campaign, Gettysburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville etc Really useful website. Each major event within the battle is a separate slide and user has the ability to pause it if necessary.