British site includes articles about major battles, political and military figures, writers, artists, photographers, the role of women, issues, and Lincoln's assassination. Also features a chronology of the war.

Presents information about the battles and soldiers, as well as an array of photographs and links.

Eighth grade students write about major battles from both northern and southern perspectives.

Source for collectors researching the Civil War. Categorized links, including archives, bibliographies, books, and "Gateways" category. Provides a list of sites with compiled Civil War links.

Junior high students list key events in chronological order.

Article from Encarta Encyclopedia explores the causes of the war and provides an overview of each year. Also includes an assessment of the war. Includes related photographs.

Experience a photographic overview of the US Civil War by taking a guided virtual trip to America's national archives.

Concise overview of the bloodiest conflict in American history.

Includes pictures, stories, biographies, day by day accounts of the conflict, and recommended books.

Features General "Stonewall" Jackson and the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Includes primary source materials

Although no battles took place in Illinois, the state's residents still shaped the Civil War's course and felt its effects. Includes letters, diaries, and reminiscences of Union soldiers, as well as other materials from the home front.

Part of a collection of letters written by Newton Robert Scott, Private, Company A, of the 36th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers, during the American Civil War. Most were written to the woman he would later marry.

Match the squares in this review game.

Library of Congress site provides searchable database of more than 1,100 photographs. Also tells what it was like to be a photographer in the Civil War and provides a timeline of the conflict.

Student-created site explores the tragic cost of the conflict, provides short biographies of leaders, includes overviews of major battles, and features a comprehensive timeline.

Includes daily accounts of military action and battle maps. Also expresses the human side of war by telling the tale of military life through the eyes of a seventeen-year-old Union soldier.

Series of short lessons about the Civil War, along with suggested activities and interactive quizzes.

Junior high students present illustrated descriptions of the compromises, hot issues, personalities and major events. Includes a trivia section and an assessment of the social climate at the time.

Includes timeline, graphs, maps, biographies of Civil War leaders, and printable activity sheets.

Includes images, maps, biographies, historical documents, bibliography, related links, fact page and section for educators.

An easy-to-use American Civil War timeline with many original photographs and interesting quotes.

Follow a foot soldier into battle, browse through historic photographs, re-live the battle of Vicksburg, and explore the role African-Americans played in the Civil War. From the PBS series American Experience.

Presents a photographic overview of camp life, soldiers, officers, Sherman's march to the sea, and Lincoln's assassination.

Links to primary sources available on-line.