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==Maps==
==Maps==
*Library of Congress, American Memory, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/subject.html Civil War maps], can be browsed or searched.  
*Library of Congress, American Memory, [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/subject.html Civil War maps], can be browsed or searched.  
:Information and [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/civilwarmaps.html#links sample articles] on "[http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/civilwarmaps.html Topics in Chronicling America - Civil War Maps in the New York Daily Tribune]" provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the "Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection" of newspapers from the Library of Congress.
{{Block indent|Information and [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/civilwarmaps.html#links sample articles] on "[http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/civilwarmaps.html Topics in Chronicling America - Civil War Maps in the New York Daily Tribune]" provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the "Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection" of newspapers from the Library of Congress.}}
Example: [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1863-07-07/ed-1/seq-1/ New-York daily tribune., July 07, 1863, Image 1]
Example: [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1863-07-07/ed-1/seq-1/ New-York daily tribune., July 07, 1863, Image 1]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305847 Confederate Maps, 1861-1876. NARA Record Group 109 War Department Collection of Confederate Records, NAID 305847]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305847 Confederate Maps, 1861-1876. NARA Record Group 109 War Department Collection of Confederate Records, NAID 305847]

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United States
Civil War, 1861-1865
Bacon's Civil War Map.jpg
Getting Started
General Topics
Union
Confederate
Personnel Types

Maps[edit | edit source]

  • Library of Congress, American Memory, Civil War maps, can be browsed or searched.
Information and sample articles on "Topics in Chronicling America - Civil War Maps in the New York Daily Tribune" provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the "Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection" of newspapers from the Library of Congress.

Example: New-York daily tribune., July 07, 1863, Image 1

FamilySearch Catalog

  • Irwin Gottschall. A bibliography of maps of Civil War battlefield areas Washington, D.C.: United States Dept. of the Interior Geological Survey, 1962 FamilySearch Digital Library
  • Richard W. Stephenson. Civil War maps : an annotated list of maps and atlases in map collections of the Library of Congress Washington, D.C.: Map Division Reference Dept. Library of Congress, 1961 FamilySearch Digital Library
  • Civil War maps in the National Archives Washington, D.C.: National Archives & Records Administration, 1964 FamilySearch Digital Library
  • A guide to Civil War maps in the National Archives Washington, D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1986 FamilySearch Digital Library

Photographs[edit | edit source]