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Finding Primary Sources: Civil War and Reconstruction
A guide to finding primary source accounts of United States history at the Valley Cottage Library.
Civil War
Understanding the Red Badge of Courage: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical DocumentsCall Number: 813 CRANEISBN: 9780313301223- American Civil War (World Book's Documenting History Series)Call Number: J 973.7 WORISBN: 9780716615019
The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil WarCall Number: 973 BOIISBN: 9780195116694
War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars by Call Number: 355.0092 WARISBN: 9780743202947
Slavery
Free at Last: A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, and the Civil War by Call Number: 973.0496 FREISBN: 1565841204
Presidents
Websites
- Making of AmericaA digital library of primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
- The Valley of the ShadowsUsing primary source documents, this website details life in two American communities, one Northern and one Southern, during the Civil War.