Mrs. Larson's Civil War DBQ Project

Information Resources for
Mrs. Larson's Civil War DBQ Project

These primary and secondary information resources on Civil War topics have been carefully selected.

They are intended to save you research time, so that you can spend more time gathering actual information.

Click on a link directly below to go to the topic's resource links
1. Slavery Institution	2. TheAbolitionists	3. John Brown's Raid	4. Role of Women
5. Issues and Candidates	6. Major Battles	7. Roles of Blacks	8. Reconstruction
9. Civil War Leaders	10. Johnson Impeachment	Sources Covering Several Topics	Timelines, etc.

Sample DBQ Packet

Painting of Civil War battle

Painting of Civil War battle

1. Slavery, or the "Peculiar Institution"

Slavery in the Student Resource Center-- Primary and Secondary Sources
Chronology On The History Of Slavery And Racism 1830 To The End
African-American Pamphlet Collection
African American Pamphlets Home Page
African-American Sheet Music from Brown University (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
The Church in the Southern Black Community (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Frederick Douglass (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Fugitive from Labor Cases (from NARA: Teaching With Documents)
Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
Voices from the Days of Slavery, Audio Interviews (American Memory from the Library of Congress)

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Women's Roles during the Civil War, 1861-1865, from the Student Resource Center -- Reference
Women in the Civil War, from the Student Resource Center
Women Soldiers in the American Civil War)(Book Review) Student Resource Center
Civil War Women - On-line Archival Exhibits at Duke University
Grimke's Appeal to Christian Women of the South
The Southern Husband Outwitted by His Union Wife.
A Woman's War Record,1861-1865
From Flag to Flag; A Woman's Adventures and Experiences in the South during the War, in Mexico, and in Cuba
My Day: Reminiscences of a Long Life
My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington
Old Times in Dixie Land: a Southern Matron's Memories
Recollections Grave and Gay
Reminiscences of the Civil War
A Southern Girl in '61: The War-Time Memories of a Confederate Senator's Daughter
A Southern Woman's War Time Reminiscences
Taylor, Susie King: Reminiscences of my life in camp
Two diaries from middle St.John’s,Berkeley, South Carolina.
Virginia Clay-Clopton, 1825-1915 A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, Covering Social and Political Life in Washington and the South, 1853-66.
The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures, and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army. In Which Is Given Full Descriptions of the Numerous Battles in which She Participated as a Confederate Officer; of Her Perilous Performances as a Spy, as a Bearer of Despatches, as a Secret-Service Agent, and as a Blockade-Runner; of Her Adventures Behind the Scenes at Washington, including the Bond Swindle; of her Career as a Bounty and Substitute Broker in New York; of Her Travels in Europe and South America; Her Mining Adventures on the Pacific Slope; Her Residence among the Mormons; Her Love Affairs, Courtships, Marriages, &c., &c
Women Soldiers of the Civil War
From The Young Wife
Oberlin Women and Antebellum Social Movements, Document List
Relations between Abolitionist Women and Slaveholding Relatives, Introduction
Sigourney's Letters to Mothers

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Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 in the Student Resource Center -- Primars and Secondary Sources
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
Lincoln Papers: Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library
Presidential Elections: 1860 Overview
Presidential Elections: 1860 Events
Presidential Elections: 1860 Cartoons
Presidential Elections: 1860 Biographies
"We'll Sing to Abe Our Song": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War, from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana

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Battle of Monitor and Merrimack, 1862 in the Student Resource Center -- Primary and Secondary Sources
Battles of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, 1863, in the Student Resource Center -- Reference and Links to Additional Information
Campaigns and Battles, in the Student Resource Center -- Reference, with Links to Additional Sources
Modern Weapons and Tactics in the Civil War, in the Student Resource Center -- Reference, with Links to Additional Sources
Civil War Maps - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment
Crisis at Fort Sumter
Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page

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Milliken's Bend- A Chapter in the Civil War.</span>
United States Colored Troops at Camp Nelson
The Battle of Fort Pillow Official Records and Battle Description
U.S. Colored Troops in the Civil War
African American Troops in the Civil War, 1861-1865, from the Student Resource Center
African American History & the Civil War(CWSS)
Black Soldiers in the Civil War (Teaching With Documents)
Freedmen, The Freed Slaves of the Civil War
The Civil War: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence
The Civil War and Emancipation
Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry
The History of Jim Crow: The Historic Black Press--Overview Essay
History of Kentucky's U.S. Colored Troops
The Life and Times of Martin Robinson Delany (1812-1885) in the Student Resource Center
Minutes of an interview between the colored ministers and church officers at Savannah with the Secretary of War and Major
Mississippi Soldiers in the Civil War
Museum of Afro American History Boston - Black Heritage Trail Site 1
The Negro Troops At Milliken's Bend
Organization of U.S. Colored Troops by States
Photographs of African Americans During the Civil War - (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)
Poster urging African Americans to join the Union Army from the Student Resource Center
Reminiscences of my Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops late 1st S.C. Volunteers.
Slavery In The Civil War Era
A Soldier's Life, from the Student Resource Center
Union - Corps De Afrique Troops
United States Colored Troops in the Civil War

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Reconstruction (1865-1877) Topic Outline
14th Amendment Site-Home
American Reconstruction, 1865-1877 in the Student Resource Center-- Primary and Secondary Sources
America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War
African-American Sheet Music from Brown University (American Memory, Library of Congress)
African American Pamphlets Home Page
African-American Pamphlet Collection
Black Codes In The Former Confederate States
The Freedmen's Bureau Online - Black History - American History
Moderates & Radicals: Politics of Reconstruction, from the Student Resource Center -- Reference
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863

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Leadership, North and South, from the Student Resource Center -- Reference
Timeline of The Civil War - Other Photographs
Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Civil War Leaders and Biography
Letters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating Factors that Affected the Civil War
Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page
US Civil War Generals

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Andrew Johnson
Biography of Andrew Johnson
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

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Music and the Civil War

America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Music for the Nation
Panoramic Maps Collection
"We'll Sing to Abe Our Song": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War, from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana

Timelines and Additional General Resources

Library of Congress Historical Background
Brief stories about the historical eras in U.S. History. Be sure to scroll down the page to see additional information.
Civil War (1860-1865)
Reconstruction (1866-1877)

Information Please Timeline
Explains some of the major events that happened during this historical era. 1850 - 1899.

Longer Historical Overview
An Outline of American History
Tells about the many historical eras in this period of U.S. History.

HyperHistory Timeline
Allows you to see an historican and geographical overview of the historical period, giving information on the people, events and places of importance. Shows what was happening in various places at the same time in history.

Document Analysis Worksheets
Offers the following document analysis worksheets to help you extract meaning from the following primary source document types: Written Document, Photograph, Cartoon, Poster, Map, Artifact, Sound Recording, Motion Picture.

Primary Visuals: Political Cartoons from U.S. History
This is a collection of many political cartoons from the historic past up to the present.

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