Research Guides: HIST 4369, 5373: Civil War & Reconstruction: Find Articles and Maps

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Articles from Southern Cultures Choose "Civil War" from the subject list for articles by Drew Gilpin Faust and many others. (Center for the Study of the American South at the Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Civil War at 150: Origins (April 2011 issue of the OAH Magazine of History) Featuring articles on the origins of the Civil War. (Organization of American Historians)

Quick Searches

Civil War Maps Online

Civil War Maps, Selected
(Library of Congress)
The War of the Rebellion Atlas Digitized edition of the War Department's official Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, published in 1895. Contains more than 1,000 maps, illustrations, and diagrams detailing battlefield maps, scenes from the conflict, and military equipment. (Baylor Univ.)
Civil War History Center: Primary Sources Primary sources, including photos and battle maps (including modern, historical, and even animated maps). (American Battlefield Trust)
Maps from the Army Corps of Engineers The records in the Civil Works Map File comprised the main map collection for the Corps of Engineers during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. They include manuscript maps forwarded to headquarters by Corps of Topographic Engineers and Army Engineer surveyors and cartographers in the field, and published editions of selected maps.
NOAA Historical Map and Chart Collection: Civil War Battle Maps
Under "Type," choose "Civil War." Optionally enter a state or a year, or just click Search to view all. (Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA))

Civil War Atlases & Maps

Useful Tools

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